Inning: 1 Minnesota Rod Marte pitching. Rico Rice grounds out to the pitcher. Les Thielman flies out to the left fielder. Oscar Wilshere singles in front of the left fielder. Pat Meyer pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Cy Trout pitching. Masato Tani reached on a fielding error by Fred Dunlop. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the third baseman. Masato Tani advances to second on the play. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Masato Tani advances to third on the play. Yasushi Makino strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Russ Sykes lines out to the second baseman. Fred Dunlop strikes out. Desi Sprague flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland So Yamashita singles to left field. So Yamashita steals second. Coot Higgins strikes out. Dian Gonzalez pops out to the catcher. Pete Delgado singles to right field. Rod Marte grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Donn Duvall strikes out. Cy Trout strikes out. Rico Rice grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Masato Tani singles to center field. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the third baseman. Masato Tani advances to second on the play. Dan Barthelson singles to right field. Masato Tani scores. Dan Barthelson steals second. Yasushi Makino singles to left field. Dan Barthelson scores. So Yamashita flies out to the center fielder. Coot Higgins walks. Dian Gonzalez walks. Pete Delgado strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Minnesota Les Thielman grounds out to the shortstop. Oscar Wilshere strikes out. Pat Meyer singles to center field. Russ Sykes hits a home run. Pat Meyer scores. Fred Dunlop flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Rod Marte strikes out. Masato Tani pops out to the second baseman. Patrick Dubois singles to right field. Dan Barthelson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Desi Sprague grounds out to the shortstop. Donn Duvall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cy Trout grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Yasushi Makino flies out to the center fielder. So Yamashita grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Coot Higgins grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Rico Rice grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Les Thielman is hit by a pitch. Oscar Wilshere strikes out. Pat Meyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Dian Gonzalez flies out to the right fielder. Pete Delgado lines out to the third baseman. Rod Marte flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Russ Sykes singles to center field. Fred Dunlop lines out to the second baseman. Desi Sprague grounds out to the second baseman. Russ Sykes advances to second on the play. Dizzy Olson 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. Donn Duvall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Masato Tani strikes out. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Barthelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Gene Gomez is pinch hitting for Cy Trout. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Gene Gomez flies out to the center fielder. Rico Rice grounds out to the shortstop. Les Thielman walks. Oscar Wilshere strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland John Espino pitching. Yasushi Makino flies out to the center fielder. So Yamashita flies out to the right fielder. Coot Higgins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Pat Meyer reached on a fielding error by Masato Tani. Russ Sykes pops out to the shortstop. Fred Dunlop strikes out. Pat Meyer steals second. Desi Sprague strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Dian Gonzalez doubles to center field. Pete Delgado flies out to the right fielder. 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 grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dian Gonzalez advances to third on the play. Masato Tani singles to left field. Dian Gonzalez scores. Minnesota total runners left on base: 5 Oakland total runners left on base: 7
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Hartsock did not respond to coaching in velocity Glenn Ramirez did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Fondy improves in power_vs_lefty Bob Henninger improves in speed Domingo Sullivan did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Rommel did not respond to coaching in velocity Danny Manning did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Katoll did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Houser improves in control