Win: Walt Gettinger (1-0) Loss: Robert Tamayo (0-1)
Inning: 1 Seattle Robert Tamayo pitching. Horace Kinsella walks. Horace Kinsella steals second. Cleon Stone flies out to the left fielder. Tom Cuccinello pops out to the catcher. Jack Heath walks. Jim Landrum singles to left field. Horace Kinsella scores. Jack Heath advances to third on the hit. Chick Cress singles to center field. Jack Heath scores. Dan Ordenana strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Walt Gettinger pitching. Jose Lynn walks. Del Devlin flies out to the right fielder. Whitey Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Seattle Al Loun flies out to the center fielder. Walt Gettinger singles to right field. Horace Kinsella walks. Cleon Stone walks. Tom Cuccinello walks. Walt Gettinger scores. Jack Heath flies out to the right fielder. Jim Landrum flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Oakland Art Gardella strikes out. Wally Poat strikes out. Billy Johnson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Seattle Chick Cress strikes out. Dan Ordenana singles to center field. Al Loun flies out to the center fielder. Dan Ordenana steals second. Walt Gettinger pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Keiji Shiozaki walks. Deacon Newman strikes out. Robert Tamayo fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Robert Tamayo flies out to the center fielder. Keiji Shiozaki gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Seattle Horace Kinsella doubles to right field. Cleon Stone walks. Tom Cuccinello strikes out. Jack Heath doubles to center field. Horace Kinsella scores. Cleon Stone uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Landrum grounds out to the shortstop. Chick Cress doubles to left field. Jack Heath scores. Rip McCormick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dan Ordenana strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Jose Lynn pops out to the second baseman. Del Devlin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Whitey Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Seattle Al Loun strikes out. Walt Gettinger strikes out. Horace Kinsella pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Art Gardella flies out to the left fielder. Wally Poat hits an infield single to the pitcher. Billy Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Keiji Shiozaki grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Wally Poat is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Seattle Cleon Stone strikes out. Tom Cuccinello grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Heath singles to center field. Jim Landrum grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Deacon Newman grounds out to the third baseman. Rip McCormick lines out to the pitcher. Jose Lynn grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Seattle Chick Cress flies out to the left fielder. Dan Ordenana grounds out to the third baseman. Al Loun strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Del Devlin flies out to the right fielder. Whitey Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Art Gardella singles to center field. Wally Poat singles to right field. Billy Johnson singles to right field. Art Gardella scores. Keiji Shiozaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Seattle Walt Gettinger grounds out to the shortstop. Horace Kinsella singles to right field. Cleon Stone singles to left field. Horace Kinsella advances to third on the hit. Tom Cuccinello strikes out. Jack Heath grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Deacon Newman pops out to the shortstop. Kenichiro Kataoka is pinch hitting for Rip McCormick. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kenichiro Kataoka doubles to center field. Jose Lynn reached on a fielding error by Tom Cuccinello. Darin Thompson 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 3rd. Chuck Freeman is pinch hitting for Del Devlin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chuck Freeman grounds out to the pitcher. Jose Lynn advances to second on the play. Whitey Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Seattle Bill Rohde pitching. Jim Landrum lines out to the second baseman. Chick Cress grounds out to the pitcher. Dan Ordenana grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Art Gardella strikes out. Wally Poat flies out to the center fielder. Billy Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Seattle total runners LOB: 10 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes Jim Landrum is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Redleg Matuzak did not respond to coaching in control Bruce Thormodsgard did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Wiley Marrow did not respond to coaching in arm Robinson Corbett did not respond to coaching in control Bruce Thormodsgard improves in speed Todd Tresh improves in power_vs_righty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Frank Phillips did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Klein improves in contact_vs_righty Bob Veras improves in arm Bob Veras improves in contact_vs_righty Charlie Neill improves in control Jose Reilley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty