Win: Eric Grace (11-7) Loss: Mike DeMaestri (4-9)
Save: Luis Kent (7)
Inning: 1 Detroit Mike DeMaestri pitching. Sean Casey strikes out. Tetsuya Akagi grounds out to the third baseman. Katsuo Machida grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Eric Grace pitching. Rich Martinez pops out to the third baseman. Don Lawrick flies out to the right fielder. Lee Bell singles to left field. Bill Ward walks. Sam Karsay flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Klondike Douglass walks. Todd Helton grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Chuck Jones hits a home run. Bob Bailor flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Al Hines strikes out. Bob Bejma grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Gleaton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Sidney DeFate flies out to the left fielder. Eric Grace reached on a 2-base throwing error by Sam Karsay. Sean Casey walks. Tetsuya Akagi strikes out. Katsuo Machida flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Mike DeMaestri strikes out. Rich Martinez singles to right field. Don Lawrick strikes out. Lee Bell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Klondike Douglass strikes out. Todd Helton singles to left field. Chuck Jones strikes out. Bob Bailor lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Bill Ward pops out to the first baseman. Sam Karsay grounds out to the pitcher. Al Hines flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Sidney DeFate grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Eric Grace strikes out. Sean Casey grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Bob Bejma strikes out. Ron Gleaton walks. Mike DeMaestri lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Rich Martinez strikes out. Don Lawrick strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Tetsuya Akagi strikes out. Katsuo Machida walks. Klondike Douglass hits a home run. Katsuo Machida scores. Todd Helton flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Lee Bell strikes out. Bill Ward grounds out to the shortstop. Sam Karsay strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Bob Bailor grounds out to the shortstop. Sidney DeFate doubles to right field. Bob White 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. Eric Grace strikes out. Sean Casey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Al Hines grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Bejma grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ron Gleaton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Tetsuya Akagi strikes out. Katsuo Machida strikes out. Klondike Douglass singles to right field. Klondike Douglass steals second. Todd Helton walks. Chuck Jones singles to left field. Klondike Douglass scores. Todd Helton advances to third on the hit. Don Hassey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Bailor flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Johnny DeLancey is pinch hitting for Don Hassey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Johnny DeLancey singles to center field. Johnny DeLancey is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rich Martinez grounds out to the second baseman. Don Lawrick singles to center field. Lee Bell walks. Dutch Ford 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. Bill Ward flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Detroit Dick Groat pitching. Sidney DeFate strikes out. Desi Coco is pinch hitting for Dutch Ford. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Desi Coco flies out to the right fielder. Sean Casey singles to right field. Tetsuya Akagi grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Don Drysdale pitching. Sam Karsay singles to left field. Al Hines strikes out. Bob Bejma singles to center field. Sam Karsay advances to third on the hit. Luis Kent comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ron Gleaton singles to right field. Sam Karsay scores. Walker Jensen is pinch hitting for Dick Groat. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Walker Jensen flies out to the center fielder. Rich Martinez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 9
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Eric Nagy improves in speed Tom Judd did not respond to coaching in velocity Tike Weathers did not respond to coaching in velocity Rick McIntosh did not respond to coaching in velocity
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Del Marolewski improves in control Carl Kinzy did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Carl Kinzy improves in speed Horacio Kamieniecki improves in range