Win: Rangel Martinez (8-11) Loss: John Espino (6-5)
Inning: 1 Oakland John Espino pitching. Masato Tani pops out to the catcher. Patrick Dubois flies out to the right fielder. Dan Barthelson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Rangel Martinez pitching. Rico Rice strikes out. Donn Duvall grounds out to the second baseman. Mitchell Fisk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Yasushi Makino flies out to the center fielder. So Yamashita strikes out. Coot Higgins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Les Thielman flies out to the left fielder. Fred Dunlop pops out to the second baseman. Russ Sykes singles to left field. Ricky Vaughn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Dian Gonzalez singles to center field. Dunier Ibanez reached on a fielding error by Gus Lavelle. Rangel Martinez lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Masato Tani singles to center field. Dian Gonzalez scores. Dunier Ibanez scores. Patrick Dubois grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Masato Tani is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dan Barthelson doubles to left field. Patrick Dubois uses his aggressiveness and scores. Yasushi Makino strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Gus Lavelle lines out to the shortstop. John Espino grounds out to the third baseman. Rico Rice grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland So Yamashita flies out to the center fielder. Coot Higgins flies out to the left fielder. Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Donn Duvall strikes out. Mitchell Fisk strikes out. Les Thielman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Dunier Ibanez pops out to the shortstop. Rangel Martinez flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Masato Tani grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Fred Dunlop grounds out to the second baseman. Russ Sykes singles to right field. Russ Sykes steals second. Ricky Vaughn strikes out. Gus Lavelle grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Barthelson triples. Yasushi Makino grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Barthelson scores. So Yamashita grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota John Espino strikes out. Rico Rice strikes out. Donn Duvall grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Coot Higgins strikes out. Dian Gonzalez singles to left field. Dian Gonzalez steals second. Dunier Ibanez singles in front of the center fielder. Dian Gonzalez scores. Gene Brow comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rangel Martinez lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Masato Tani flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Oscar Wilshere is pinch hitting for Mitchell Fisk. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Oscar Wilshere grounds out to the third baseman. Les Thielman flies out to the left fielder. Fred Dunlop lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Patrick Dubois pops out to the shortstop. Dan Barthelson singles to left field. Yorelvis Barroso is pinch hitting for Yasushi Makino. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dan Barthelson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Yorelvis Barroso walks. So Yamashita singles to left field. Yorelvis Barroso advances to third on the hit. Coot Higgins grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Russ Sykes strikes out. Ricky Vaughn strikes out. Gus Lavelle grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Luis Harris comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Dian Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder. Dunier Ibanez grounds out to the shortstop. Rangel Martinez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Hub Hawes is pinch hitting for Luis Harris. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hub Hawes flies out to the center fielder. Rico Rice hits a home run. Donn Duvall flies out to the center fielder. Oscar Wilshere doubles to left field. Fred Orndorff 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. Les Thielman singles to left field. Oscar Wilshere scores. Fred Dunlop pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 4 Minnesota total runners LOB: 3
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sam Pless did not respond to coaching in control Brooks Hegan improves in contact_vs_righty Trevor Easterday improves in arm
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Glenn Ramirez improves in velocity Luis Gentry did not respond to coaching in velocity Tink Cardenas did not respond to coaching in arm