Win: Tink Clark (2-4) Loss: Ed Liefer (2-6)
Save: Neal Patterson (1)
Inning: 1 Washington Jack Page pitching. Tom Ballenger strikes out. Gus Armstrong flies out to the left fielder. Rube Schreiber grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Mark Sutcliffe pitching. Chet Thornton grounds out to the shortstop. Zeke Wright flies out to the right fielder. Carleton Fort walks. Jimmy Baker grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Carleton Fort is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Don Bowman pops out to the second baseman. Jim Hershberger walks. Yoshinari Ono strikes out. Jim Hershberger steals second. Joe Meridith singles to left field. Jim Hershberger scores. Niorquis Gavilan walks. Mark Sutcliffe flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Brian Priest flies out to the left fielder. Dooley McDonald grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cidi Schlei walks. David Gomez singles to left field. Cidi Schlei advances to third on the hit. Jack Page singles to right field. Cidi Schlei scores. Chet Thornton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Tom Ballenger strikes out. Gus Armstrong walks. Rube Schreiber grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Gus Armstrong is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Don Bowman singles to right field. Rube Schreiber advances to third on the hit. Don Bowman steals second. Jim Hershberger walks. Yoshinari Ono singles to right field. Rube Schreiber scores. Don Bowman scores. Jim Hershberger advances to third on the hit. Joe Meridith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Zeke Wright flies out to the center fielder. Carleton Fort grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Niorquis Gavilan singles to left field. Mark Sutcliffe lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Niorquis Gavilan forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Mark Sutcliffe is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tom Ballenger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Brian Priest grounds out to the third baseman. Dooley McDonald strikes out. Cidi Schlei strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Gus Armstrong singles to center field. Rube Schreiber grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gus Armstrong is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Don Bowman singles to right field. Jim Hershberger strikes out. Yoshinari Ono flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland David Gomez flies out to the center fielder. Jack Page grounds out to the second baseman. Chet Thornton triples. Zeke Wright grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Joe Meridith grounds out to the third baseman. Niorquis Gavilan pops out to the catcher. Mark Sutcliffe pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Carleton Fort strikes out. Jimmy Baker singles to right field. Brian Priest grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jimmy Baker advances to second on the play. Dooley McDonald singles to right field. Jimmy Baker scores. Cidi Schlei strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Tom Ballenger grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Graham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Gus Armstrong singles to center field. Rube Schreiber grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Gus Armstrong is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Don Bowman singles to center field. Jim Hershberger singles to right field. Rube Schreiber uses his aggressiveness and scores. Yoshinari Ono strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland David Gomez pops out to the shortstop. Frank Miller is pinch hitting for Joe Graham. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Miller grounds out to the pitcher. Chet Thornton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Kerby McAndrew pitching. Joe Meridith walks. Niorquis Gavilan walks. Mark Sutcliffe lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom Ballenger strikes out. Gus Armstrong grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Zeke Wright walks. Zeke Wright steals second. Ryosuke Inui 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. Carleton Fort doubles to right field. Zeke Wright scores. Jimmy Baker pops out to the first baseman. Brian Priest strikes out. Dooley McDonald strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Rube Schreiber grounds out to the second baseman. Don Bowman walks. Don Bowman steals second. Jim Hershberger grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshinari Ono reached on a fielding error by Zeke Wright. Joe Meridith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Tink Clark comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Cidi Schlei strikes out. David Gomez pops out to the third baseman. Woody Hilton is pinch hitting for Kerby McAndrew. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Woody Hilton singles to center field. Chet Thornton singles past the shortstop. Woody Hilton advances to third on the hit. Zeke Wright singles to center field. Woody Hilton scores. Chet Thornton advances to third on the hit. Carleton Fort strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Washington Ed Liefer pitching. Niorquis Gavilan strikes out. Arturo Ramirez is pinch hitting for Tink Clark. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Arturo Ramirez singles to center field. Tom Ballenger grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Arturo Ramirez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Gus Armstrong doubles past the right fielder. Tom Ballenger uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rube Schreiber grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Oakland Neal Patterson pitching. Jimmy Baker singles to center field. Brian Priest flies out to the right fielder. Dooley McDonald is hit by a pitch. Cidi Schlei flies out to the left fielder. David Gomez walks. Mike Lowenstein is pinch hitting for Ed Liefer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Lowenstein flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Washington total runners LOB: 13 Oakland total runners LOB: 11
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Roy Pena did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Krug did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Seiichi Ushiyama did not respond to coaching in speed Damon Ebert did not respond to coaching in range Jot Roig did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Pena did not respond to coaching in control
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Darrell Montgomery improves in speed Julio Hickman improves in velocity Seth Winger improves in speed Marcell Reese did not respond to coaching in speed Carlos Medina did not respond to coaching in velocity Seth Winger improves in power_vs_righty