Inning: 1 Oakland Les Wood pitching. Masato Tani strikes out. Patrick Dubois pops out to the shortstop. Dan Barthelson reached on a fielding error by Pat Meyer. Yasushi Makino grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dan Barthelson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Howard Yaryan pitching. Rico Rice flies out to the left fielder. Les Thielman singles past the first baseman. Mitchell Fisk strikes out. Pat Meyer grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland So Yamashita grounds out to the second baseman. Coot Higgins grounds out to the shortstop. Dian Gonzalez singles to right field. Dian Gonzalez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Russ Sykes flies out to the left fielder. Gus Lavelle singles to left field. Desi Sprague hits a home run. Gus Lavelle scores. Donn Duvall singles to center field. Les Wood pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Rico Rice singles to left field. Les Thielman grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Pete Delgado grounds out to the second baseman. Howard Yaryan flies out to the right fielder. Masato Tani walks. Patrick Dubois doubles to center field. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Mitchell Fisk flies out to the center fielder. Pat Meyer strikes out. Russ Sykes doubles to left field. Gus Lavelle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Yasushi Makino singles past the first baseman. So Yamashita strikes out. Coot Higgins grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Desi Sprague flies out to the left fielder. Donn Duvall pops out to the third baseman. Les Wood flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Dian Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder. Pete Delgado grounds out to the shortstop. Howard Yaryan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Rico Rice grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Les Thielman flies out to the right fielder. Mitchell Fisk flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Masato Tani grounds out to the second baseman. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Barthelson singles past the second baseman. Yasushi Makino grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dan Barthelson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Pat Meyer grounds out to the second baseman. Russ Sykes doubles to left field. Gus Lavelle walks. Desi Sprague singles to right field. Russ Sykes scores. Gus Lavelle advances to third on the hit. Donn Duvall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gus Lavelle scores. Desi Sprague advances to second on the play. Les Wood strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland So Yamashita walks. Coot Higgins grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! So Yamashita advances to second on the play. Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Delgado strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jiro Watanabe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rico Rice singles to left field. Les Thielman reached on a fielding error by Jiro Watanabe. Mitchell Fisk walks. Pat Meyer strikes out. Russ Sykes flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Rico Rice scores. Gus Lavelle walks. Desi Sprague grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Oakland Shoji Kasai is pinch hitting for Jiro Watanabe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shoji Kasai walks. Masato Tani singles to left field. Shoji Kasai advances to third on the hit. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the pitcher. Masato Tani advances to second on the play. Dan Barthelson strikes out. Yorelvis Barroso is pinch hitting for Yasushi Makino. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Yorelvis Barroso singles to right field. Shoji Kasai scores. So Yamashita flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Fred Orndorff pitching. Donn Duvall singles to left field. Gene Gomez is pinch hitting for Les Wood. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Gene Gomez flies out to the right fielder. Rico Rice walks. Les Thielman strikes out. Mitchell Fisk flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Walt Kyle pitching. Coot Higgins flies out to the center fielder. Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Delgado flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Minnesota total runners left on base: 10
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sam Pless did not respond to coaching in control Joe Steinbacher improves in velocity Ron Houser improves in velocity
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Rueter improves in power_vs_righty Domingo Sullivan improves in power_vs_righty Ricky Chapman did not respond to coaching in control