Win: Gibby Werts (7-10) Loss: Joe Carden (6-9)
Save: Carl Sommers (13)
Inning: 1 Oakland Gibby Werts pitching. Dominic Gallagher reached on a fielding error by Johnny Crouch. Buddy Taylor grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Jack Barr grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Toronto Joe Carden pitching. Jason Crump grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Cox flies out to the center fielder. Bob Garbowski walks. Allie Corkhill walks. Billy McGuire grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Al Face grounds out to the second baseman. Gus Tamulis grounds out to the pitcher. Minoru Shibahara grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Toronto Cedric Hildebrand pops out to the first baseman. Johnny Crouch grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Rowland Grissom singles to right field. Gibby Werts flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Mel Delgado flies out to the left fielder. Sukehiro Akiyama grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Carden walks. Dominic Gallagher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Toronto Jason Crump grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Cox flies out to the center fielder. Bob Garbowski lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Buddy Taylor strikes out. Jack Barr flies out to the right fielder. Al Face flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Toronto Allie Corkhill flies out to the center fielder. Billy McGuire lines out to the shortstop. Cedric Hildebrand grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Gus Tamulis grounds out to the shortstop. Minoru Shibahara hits a home run. Mel Delgado strikes out. Sukehiro Akiyama singles to center field. Joe Carden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Toronto Johnny Crouch strikes out. Rowland Grissom hits a home run. Gibby Werts strikes out. Jason Crump reached on a 2-base throwing error by Minoru Shibahara. Bill Cox singles to center field. Jason Crump scores. Bob Garbowski grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Dominic Gallagher doubles to center field. Buddy Taylor strikes out. Jack Barr flies out to the center fielder. Al Face grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Toronto Allie Corkhill pops out to the second baseman. Billy McGuire flies out to the right fielder. Cedric Hildebrand grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Gus Tamulis grounds out to the pitcher. Minoru Shibahara singles past the first baseman. Mel Delgado flies out to the center fielder. Sukehiro Akiyama grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Minoru Shibahara is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Toronto Johnny Crouch lines out to the shortstop. Rowland Grissom grounds out to the third baseman. Javier Echevarria is pinch hitting for Gibby Werts. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Javier Echevarria singles to center field. Javier Echevarria steals second. Pat Meixell 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. Jason Crump doubles past the third baseman. Javier Echevarria scores. Bill Cox strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Bob Leppert pitching. Solly Vukovich is pinch hitting for Pat Meixell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Solly Vukovich grounds out to the pitcher. Dominic Gallagher walks. Dominic Gallagher is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Buddy Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Toronto Jim Trouppe pitching. Bob Garbowski singles to right field. Allie Corkhill doubles to left field. Bob Garbowski uses his aggressiveness and scores. Billy McGuire grounds out to the shortstop. Cedric Hildebrand grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Allie Corkhill advances to third on the play. Johnny Crouch grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Carl Sommers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jack Barr grounds out to the shortstop. Al Face walks. Gus Tamulis flies out to the left fielder. Minoru Shibahara flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Toronto total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Sukehiro Akiyama is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Doug Adkins did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Burns improves in arm Dusty Moore did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dusty Moore improves in power_vs_lefty Fred Burns did not respond to coaching in 3B
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Dave Barker did not respond to coaching in control Albie Marolewski did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Gabe Price improves in contact_vs_righty Lance Garcia did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty