Win: Mike Vaughn (1-0) Loss: Joe Graham (1-1)
Save: Tink Clark (2)
Inning: 1 Oakland Don Thornton pitching. Cidi Schlei grounds out to the shortstop. Chet Thornton grounds out to the pitcher. Dooley McDonald flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Makito Nishimura pitching. Tom Ballenger singles to left field. Rangel Olivera grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Yoshinari Ono flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Jimmy Baker flies out to the center fielder. Zeke Wright hits a home run. Carleton Fort singles to center field. Woody Hilton singles past the second baseman. David Gomez triples. Carleton Fort scores. Woody Hilton scores. Makito Nishimura flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, David Gomez scores. Cidi Schlei walks. Chet Thornton singles to left field. Cidi Schlei advances to third on the hit. Dooley McDonald pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Washington Arturo Ramirez strikes out. Rube Schreiber singles to right field. Don Bowman walks. Jim Owens grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rube Schreiber is out at third base. Chick Alou reached on a 2-base throwing error by Zeke Wright. Don Bowman scores. Don Thornton strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Jimmy Baker doubles to left field. Zeke Wright singles to center field. Jimmy Baker scores. Zeke Wright is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Carleton Fort pops out to the shortstop. Woody Hilton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Tom Ballenger grounds out to the second baseman. Rangel Olivera doubles to center field. Yoshinari Ono grounds out to the third baseman. Arturo Ramirez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland David Gomez singles to left field. Makito Nishimura lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Cidi Schlei flies out to the center fielder. Mike Vaughn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Chet Thornton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Rube Schreiber singles to left field. Don Bowman pops out to the shortstop. Jim Owens strikes out. Chick Alou grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Rube Schreiber is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Dooley McDonald walks. Jimmy Baker pops out to the second baseman. Zeke Wright pops out to the second baseman. Carleton Fort grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Mike Vaughn strikes out. Tom Ballenger grounds out to the second baseman. Rangel Olivera doubles to left field. Yoshinari Ono lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Woody Hilton strikes out. David Gomez strikes out. Makito Nishimura grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Arturo Ramirez singles to left field. Rube Schreiber grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Don Bowman hits a home run. Jim Owens singles to center field. Chick Alou reached on a 2-base fielding error by Chet Thornton. Mike Vaughn walks. Tom Ballenger flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Oakland Cidi Schlei flies out to the left fielder. Chet Thornton grounds out to the second baseman. Dooley McDonald flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Rangel Olivera singles to center field. Yoshinari Ono singles to left field. Rangel Olivera advances to third on the hit. Arturo Ramirez walks. Joe Graham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Rube Schreiber walks. Rangel Olivera scores. Don Bowman walks. Yoshinari Ono scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Jim Owens singles to right field. Arturo Ramirez scores. Rube Schreiber scores. Don Bowman advances to third on the hit. Chick Alou grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Don Bowman scores. Gus Armstrong is pinch hitting for Mike Vaughn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gus Armstrong grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Ryosuke Inui pitching. Jimmy Baker strikes out. Zeke Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Carleton Fort grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Tom Ballenger walks. Rangel Olivera grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Ballenger advances to second on the play. Yoshinari Ono grounds out to the third baseman. Arturo Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Tink Clark comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Woody Hilton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). David Gomez singles to left field. Mike Lowenstein is pinch hitting for Joe Graham. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Lowenstein flies out to the right fielder. Cidi Schlei grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Washington total runners left on base: 9
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Quisenberry did not respond to coaching in range Bruce Plummer did not respond to coaching in control Ed Rocco did not respond to coaching in control Ed Rocco did not respond to coaching in velocity Carlos Medina did not respond to coaching in endurance Mike Sivess did not respond to coaching in range Marcell Reese did not respond to coaching in SS
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Wojcik did not respond to coaching in control Keith Stanley did not respond to coaching in control Joe Wojcik did not respond to coaching in velocity Damon Ebert improves in power_vs_lefty Jot Roig did not respond to coaching in endurance George Kearney improves in range