Win: Marvin Benard (1-0) Loss: Duffy Miller (1-1)
Save: Fred Orndorff (2)
Inning: 1 Oakland Duffy Miller pitching. Masato Tani singles past the shortstop. Patrick Dubois singles to center field. Masato Tani advances to third on the hit. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Masato Tani scores. Patrick Dubois advances to second on the play. Yasushi Makino flies out to the left fielder. So Yamashita doubles to center field. Patrick Dubois scores. Coot Higgins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Marvin Benard pitching. Tracy Hassler flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Roy Webster grounds out to the second baseman. Howard Kocher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Dian Gonzalez walks. Pete Delgado flies out to the right fielder. Marvin Benard 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 grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Bryan Hendricks lines out to the shortstop. Fred Townsend singles to left field. A.E. Staley flies out to the right fielder. Justin Thyme pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Patrick Dubois grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the shortstop. Yasushi Makino singles past the second baseman. So Yamashita is hit by a pitch. Coot Higgins singles to center field. Yasushi Makino scores. So Yamashita advances to third on the hit. Dian Gonzalez hits a home run. So Yamashita scores. Coot Higgins scores. Rex Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete Delgado walks. Marvin Benard grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Pete Delgado is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Billy Beattie grounds out to the second baseman. Rex Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Tracy Hassler singles to left field. Tracy Hassler steals second. Roy Webster singles to left field. Tracy Hassler scores. Howard Kocher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Masato Tani grounds out to the pitcher. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Barthelson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Bryan Hendricks singles to center field. Fred Townsend lines out to the shortstop. A.E. Staley singles to center field. Bryan Hendricks advances to third on the hit. Justin Thyme triples. Bryan Hendricks scores. A.E. Staley scores. Billy Beattie singles to right field. Justin Thyme scores. Rex Jones lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tracy Hassler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Yasushi Makino singles in front of the center fielder. So Yamashita singles to center field. Yasushi Makino is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Coot Higgins strikes out. Dian Gonzalez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Roy Webster flies out to the left fielder. Howard Kocher lines out to the third baseman. Bryan Hendricks grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Pete Delgado singles to left field. Marvin Benard lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Masato Tani lines out to the third baseman. Patrick Dubois pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Fred Townsend strikes out. A.E. Staley strikes out. Justin Thyme reached on a fielding error by Coot Higgins. Dizzy Olson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Billy Beattie strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Dan Barthelson singles to center field. Yasushi Makino grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dan Barthelson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. So Yamashita doubles to center field. Yasushi Makino uses his aggressiveness and scores. Coot Higgins grounds out to the shortstop. Dian Gonzalez walks. Charlie Peters comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete Delgado grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Red Hane is pinch hitting for Charlie Peters. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Red Hane singles to right field. Tracy Hassler singles to left field. Roy Webster pops out to the third baseman. Howard Kocher flies out to the center fielder. Bryan Hendricks grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Moxie Klutz pitching. Shoji Kasai is pinch hitting for Dizzy Olson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shoji Kasai strikes out. Masato Tani grounds out to the shortstop. Patrick Dubois lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Fred Orndorff pitching. Fred Townsend strikes out. A.E. Staley flies out to the left fielder. Justin Thyme flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Dan Barthelson walks. Dan Barthelson steals second. Yasushi Makino pops out to the shortstop. So Yamashita pops out to the shortstop. Coot Higgins hits a home run. Dan Barthelson scores. Santiago Chile comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dian Gonzalez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Billy Beattie grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Davies is pinch hitting for Santiago Chile . Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dave Davies flies out to the right fielder. Tracy Hassler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 7 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Harry Dean improves in control Ron Houser did not respond to coaching in control Jim Katoll did not respond to coaching in endurance Jim Katoll did not respond to coaching in velocity
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Earl Burk did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Singleton did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Dawley did not respond to coaching in velocity Cal Pike did not respond to coaching in velocity Jake White did not respond to coaching in 3B