Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Rico Gilles pitching. Clyde Meador strikes out. Bob Encarnacion grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Thompson grounds out to the catcher - great play by the catcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Jack Lindstrom pitching. Happy Iott singles to left field. Joel Heinkel walks. Alex Severson hits a home run. Happy Iott scores. Joel Heinkel scores. Paul Distaso grounds out to the second baseman. Nick Johnston singles to center field. Fusoya Hiramasu flies out to the center fielder. Michael Stewart flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Al Granger strikes out. Palmer Pena singles to center field. Ryne Hawkes walks. Bill Conine walks. Chick Davis is hit by a pitch. Palmer Pena scores. Jack Lindstrom singles to left field. Ryne Hawkes scores. Bill Conine scores. Chick Davis advances to third on the hit. Clyde Meador flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Chick Davis scores. Bob Encarnacion grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Ben Grieve singles to center field. Rico Gilles lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Happy Iott strikes out. Joel Heinkel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Larry Thompson grounds out to the third baseman. Al Granger grounds out to the pitcher. Palmer Pena flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Alex Severson pops out to the catcher. Paul Distaso grounds out to the shortstop. Nick Johnston singles to center field. Fusoya Hiramasu grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Ryne Hawkes flies out to the center fielder. Bill Conine singles to center field. Chick Davis pops out to the catcher. Bill Conine steals second. Jack Lindstrom flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Michael Stewart strikes out. Ben Grieve doubles to right field. Rico Gilles singles to center field. Ben Grieve is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Happy Iott grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rico Gilles is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Clyde Meador flies out to the center fielder. Bob Encarnacion strikes out. Larry Thompson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Joel Heinkel grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Severson grounds out to the pitcher. Paul Distaso strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Al Granger strikes out. Bill Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Palmer Pena strikes out. Ryne Hawkes singles to left field. Bill Conine singles past the third baseman. Chick Davis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Nick Johnston flies out to the right fielder. Fusoya Hiramasu singles to right field. Michael Stewart flies out to the right fielder. Fusoya Hiramasu is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bill Fitzsimmons is pinch hitting for Jack Lindstrom. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Bill Fitzsimmons flies out to the left fielder. Clyde Meador grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Encarnacion walks. Larry Thompson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bob Encarnacion is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Porter Posada pitching. Ben Grieve strikes out. Fumio Matsuda is pinch hitting for Bill Smith. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Fumio Matsuda strikes out. Happy Iott doubles to center field. Joel Heinkel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Frank Yankowski pitching. Al Granger singles to center field. Palmer Pena grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ryne Hawkes doubles to center field. Bill Conine flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Alex Severson strikes out. Paul Distaso flies out to the left fielder. Nick Johnston doubles to center field. Fusoya Hiramasu grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Chick Davis reached on a 2-base throwing error by Fusoya Hiramasu. George Child is pinch hitting for Porter Posada. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. George Child doubles to center field. Chick Davis scores. Clyde Meador doubles past the left fielder. George Child scores. Keith Foulke comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Encarnacion grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Thompson strikes out. Al Granger singles to center field. Clyde Meador scores. Palmer Pena singles to right field. Al Granger advances to third on the hit. Ryne Hawkes singles to center field. Al Granger scores. Palmer Pena advances to third on the hit. Bill Conine flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Muddy Swacina pitching. Ernie Beazley is pinch hitting for Michael Stewart. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ernie Beazley flies out to the right fielder. Ben Grieve walks. Willie Davis is pinch hitting for Keith Foulke. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Willie Davis walks. Happy Iott grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Happy Iott is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Cassidy improves in contact_vs_righty Pete Thompson did not respond to coaching in control Braden Gardella did not respond to coaching in arm Clay Cram improves in power_vs_lefty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Walter Langkowski did not respond to coaching in endurance Ben Harris improves in power_vs_lefty Wayne Flynn did not respond to coaching in velocity Ben Harris did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty