Win: Herb Seaton (1-1) Loss: Tyson Canales (0-1)
Save: Adrian Lara (1)
Inning: 1 Oakland Herb Seaton pitching. Carlos Guero strikes out. Gabi Diez grounds out to the second baseman. Jon Tomberlin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Joel Burgos pitching. Hugh Iott singles to center field. Marty Caulfield pops out to the first baseman. Eric Santana grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Hugh Iott advances to second on the play. Gene Pashnick grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Ronaldo Jeva strikes out. Alien Laurel flies out to the left fielder. Kelly Miller grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Frank Nicholls walks. Yasufumi Ochiai grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Stover Clingman hits an infield single to the second baseman. Tatsuya Yamada walks. Herb Seaton grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tatsuya Yamada is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Tomas Riera doubles to left field. Matt Holland grounds out to the pitcher. Joel Burgos strikes out. Carlos Guero grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Hugh Iott strikes out. Marty Caulfield walks. Eric Santana grounds out to the second baseman. Marty Caulfield advances to second on the play. Gene Pashnick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Gabi Diez grounds out to the second baseman. Jon Tomberlin walks. Ronaldo Jeva strikes out. Jon Tomberlin steals second. Alien Laurel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Frank Nicholls grounds out to the pitcher. Yasufumi Ochiai doubles to right field. Stover Clingman singles to right field. Yasufumi Ochiai scores. Tatsuya Yamada walks. Herb Seaton lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Tatsuya Yamada advances to second on the play. Tatsuya Yamada advances to second on the play. Hugh Iott walks. Tyson Canales comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marty Caulfield flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Oakland Kelly Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Tomas Riera singles to center field. Tomas Riera is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Matt Holland pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Eric Santana pops out to the shortstop. Gene Pashnick grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Nicholls grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Tyson Canales grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carlos Guero hits a home run. Gabi Diez singles to right field. Jon Tomberlin flies out to the left fielder. Ronaldo Jeva strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Yasufumi Ochiai reached on a 2-base throwing error by Gabi Diez. Stover Clingman singles to left field. Yasufumi Ochiai scores. Tatsuya Yamada walks. Herb Seaton lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hugh Iott lines out to the pitcher. Marty Caulfield singles to center field. Stover Clingman scores. Tatsuya Yamada scores. Billy Hernandez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eric Santana grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Marty Caulfield is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Alien Laurel strikes out. Kelly Miller flies out to the right fielder. Tomas Riera strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Gene Pashnick pops out to the shortstop. Frank Nicholls singles to center field. Yasufumi Ochiai flies out to the left fielder. Stover Clingman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Frank Nicholls is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Norman Holquez is pinch hitting for Matt Holland. Norman Holquez strikes out. Lee Dedmon is pinch hitting for Billy Hernandez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Lee Dedmon strikes out. Carlos Guero walks. Gabi Diez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota John Hoiles pitching. Juan Karmen enters the game as a defensive replacement for Norman Holquez at CF. Tatsuya Yamada flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Durham is pinch hitting for Herb Seaton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jimmy Durham grounds out to the second baseman. Hugh Iott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Adrian Lara pitching. Jon Tomberlin singles to center field. Ronaldo Jeva flies out to the center fielder. Alien Laurel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jon Tomberlin advances to second on the play. Kelly Miller singles to center field. Tomas Riera strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Minnesota total runners left on base: 9
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Vince Riggan improves in control Junior Diaz did not respond to coaching in arm Junior Diaz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Matt Howard did not respond to coaching in velocity Sean Perez did not respond to coaching in 3B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bobby Staggs did not respond to coaching in speed Gino Hill did not respond to coaching in arm Alex Garcia did not respond to coaching in control Rob Ingram improves in contact_vs_lefty Gino Hill did not respond to coaching in 2B