Win: John Rettenmund (9-2) Loss: Ben Grissom (1-1)
Inning: 1 Seattle Garry Aparicio pitching. Bob Zabel singles to left field. Earl Leskanic grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Del Tubbs walks. Del Tubbs steals second. Marcelino Baumgardner singles past the first baseman. Del Tubbs scores. Hughie Robinson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Tony Sanders pitching. Andres Haworth singles to center field. Babe Stephenson flies out to the center fielder. Ron Kroner strikes out. Orville Lind hits a home run. Andres Haworth scores. Ed Billings singles to left field. Luis Coughlin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Seattle Bruce Northrup pops out to the first baseman. Pinky King singles to right field. Pinky King steals second. Pinky King is out trying to steal third. Ken Schupp walks. Tony Sanders strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Dave Clarke walks. Birdie Hill strikes out. Garry Aparicio fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Garry Aparicio flies out to the center fielder. Andres Haworth grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Seattle Bob Zabel grounds out to the pitcher. Earl Leskanic grounds out to the shortstop. Del Tubbs flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Babe Stephenson flies out to the center fielder. Ron Kroner strikes out. Orville Lind strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Seattle Marcelino Baumgardner reached on a fielding error by Ed Billings. Hughie Robinson flies out to the left fielder. Bruce Northrup pops out to the shortstop. Pinky King doubles to center field. Marcelino Baumgardner uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ken Schupp grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Ed Billings walks. Luis Coughlin pops out to the catcher. Dave Clarke singles to center field. Ed Billings advances to third on the hit. Birdie Hill singles to left field. Ed Billings scores. Dave Clarke is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Garry Aparicio strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Seattle Tony Sanders flies out to the right fielder. Bob Zabel strikes out. Earl Leskanic grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Andres Haworth flies out to the left fielder. Babe Stephenson flies out to the center fielder. Ron Kroner walks. Orville Lind doubles past the first baseman. Ed Billings strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Seattle Del Tubbs flies out to the right fielder. Marcelino Baumgardner grounds out to the second baseman. Hughie Robinson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Luis Coughlin walks. Dave Clarke hits a home run. Luis Coughlin scores. Limb Nady comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Birdie Hill hits an infield single to the shortstop. Garry Aparicio fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Garry Aparicio flies out to the right fielder. Andres Haworth flies out to the left fielder. Babe Stephenson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Seattle Bruce Northrup flies out to the center fielder. Pinky King flies out to the right fielder. Ken Schupp strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Ron Kroner singles to right field. Orville Lind flies out to the left fielder. Ed Billings singles to left field. Ron Kroner advances to third on the hit. Luis Coughlin singles to center field. Ron Kroner scores. Ed Billings advances to third on the hit. Dave Clarke grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Billings scores. Luis Coughlin advances to second on the play. Leo Czajkowski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Birdie Hill flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Seattle Leo Czajkowski strikes out. Bob Zabel pops out to the first baseman. Earl Leskanic flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Garry Aparicio grounds out to the second baseman. Andres Haworth strikes out. Babe Stephenson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Seattle Del Tubbs walks. Del Tubbs steals second. Marcelino Baumgardner walks. Hughie Robinson singles to right field. Del Tubbs scores. Marcelino Baumgardner advances to third on the hit. Wayne Sanders comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Pete Lally is pinch hitting for Bruce Northrup. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pete Lally flies out to the left fielder. Hughie Robinson steals second. Pinky King doubles to center field. Marcelino Baumgardner scores. Hughie Robinson scores. Ken Schupp strikes out. Joe Thompson is pinch hitting for Leo Czajkowski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Thompson hits a home run. Pinky King scores. James Castillo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Zabel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Lefty Dransfeldt pitching. Ron Kroner strikes out. Orville Lind singles to center field. Orville Lind steals second. Ed Billings strikes out. Luis Coughlin grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Seattle Earl Leskanic grounds out to the third baseman. Del Tubbs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marcelino Baumgardner pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Oakland Dave Clarke strikes out. Birdie Hill pops out to the first baseman. Tim Bogar is pinch hitting for James Castillo. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tim Bogar walks. Andres Haworth grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tim Bogar is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Seattle John Rettenmund pitching. Hughie Robinson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Pete Lally grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pinky King flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Oakland Babe Stephenson pops out to the first baseman. Ron Kroner strikes out. Orville Lind walks. John Burkart comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Orville Lind is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Seattle Ken Schupp strikes out. Jack Hernandez is pinch hitting for John Burkart. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jack Hernandez strikes out. Bob Zabel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Oakland Ben Grissom pitching. Ed Billings walks. Luis Coughlin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Billings advances to second on the play. Dave Clarke hits a home run. Ed Billings scores. Seattle total runners left on base: 3 Oakland total runners left on base: 9
Game Notes John Rettenmund is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Randy Distefano improves in speed Frank Koenigsmark did not respond to coaching in velocity Pete Murray did not respond to coaching in range John Shriver did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mule Smith improves in contact_vs_righty Jack Beebe did not respond to coaching in velocity Dennis Schmidt improves in power_vs_lefty Dennis Schmidt did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Phenomenal Taylor did not respond to coaching in LF