Win: Cal Killebrew (3-2) Loss: Tim Gumbert (7-5)
Save: Frank Hamilton (17)
Inning: 1 Oakland Tom Vidro pitching. Ed Szekely flies out to the center fielder. Ron Purtell flies out to the left fielder. Spike Warren strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Tim Gumbert pitching. George Torrez flies out to the center fielder. Toshio Horiuchi singles to left field. Bernie Salkeld walks. Creepy Crider strikes out. Art Robles flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Happy Conzelman grounds out to the second baseman. Tetsuro Sekine flies out to the right fielder. Rip Mahoney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Eddie Brown strikes out. Rod Johnson singles to center field. Passed ball. Rod Johnson advances to second. Wally Pujols singles to right field. Rod Johnson scores. Tom Vidro fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tom Vidro flies out to the center fielder. George Torrez singles to center field. Wally Pujols advances to third on the hit. Toshio Horiuchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Pinky Andrus flies out to the left fielder. Trenidad Beeler flies out to the left fielder. Tim Gumbert reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bernie Salkeld. Ed Szekely grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Bernie Salkeld strikes out. Creepy Crider strikes out. Art Robles walks. Eddie Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Ron Purtell lines out to the shortstop. Spike Warren strikes out. Happy Conzelman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Rod Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Wally Pujols strikes out. Tom Vidro grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Tetsuro Sekine walks. Rip Mahoney grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Pinky Andrus flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit George Torrez strikes out. Toshio Horiuchi grounds out to the pitcher. Bernie Salkeld strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Trenidad Beeler singles to center field. Tim Gumbert lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ed Szekely singles to center field. Trenidad Beeler scores. Cal Killebrew comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ron Purtell flies out to the center fielder. Spike Warren grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ed Szekely is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Creepy Crider reached on a 2-base throwing error by Happy Conzelman. Art Robles grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Creepy Crider advances to third on the play. Eddie Brown walks. Rod Johnson singles to center field. Creepy Crider scores. Eddie Brown advances to third on the hit. Wally Pujols strikes out. Cal Killebrew flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Happy Conzelman flies out to the center fielder. Tetsuro Sekine grounds out to the second baseman. Rip Mahoney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit George Torrez singles to left field. Toshio Horiuchi strikes out. Bernie Salkeld pops out to the shortstop. George Torrez steals second. Creepy Crider flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Roger Broglio is pinch hitting for Pinky Andrus. Roger Broglio strikes out. Trenidad Beeler grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Grimes is pinch hitting for Tim Gumbert. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ed Grimes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit John Kelly pitching. Juan Poholsky enters the game as a defensive replacement for Roger Broglio at RF. Art Robles triples. Eddie Brown grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Art Robles scores. Rod Johnson pops out to the shortstop. Wally Pujols singles past the second baseman. Takeshi Takahashi is pinch hitting for Cal Killebrew. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Wally Pujols steals second. Takeshi Takahashi doubles to center field. Wally Pujols scores. Ken Hacker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Torrez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Frank Hamilton pitching. Ed Szekely singles to left field. Ron Purtell grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Ed Szekely is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Spike Warren grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners left on base: 9
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Butch Ginsberg did not respond to coaching in range Don Lambert did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Mora did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Brian Reis did not respond to coaching in control Shawn Haney did not respond to coaching in velocity Shawn Haney did not respond to coaching in velocity
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Natsuo Takahashi did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joe Ernaga did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Page did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dale Mueller did not respond to coaching in control Mike Harrell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joe Ernaga improves in velocity Ben Dees did not respond to coaching in CF