Win: Candy Love (7-5) Loss: Mike Busch (1-1)
Save: Verily Cooper (28)
Inning: 1 Chicago Bill High pitching. Bruno Harris flies out to the left fielder. Joe Fitzgerald grounds out to the shortstop. Faye Martinez pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Pat Mazzera pitching. Benny Tate bunts for a base hit. Benny Tate is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Zoilo Ellison strikes out. B Fredo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Jordair Jett strikes out. Johnny Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Torkelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland D Wills grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Young Lew grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alfonso Hidalgo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Wilfredo Lopez pops out to the first baseman. Mickey Murcer flies out to the center fielder. Pat Mazzera strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Purnal Lankford strikes out. Tony Abbaticchio hits a home run. Bill High flies out to the center fielder. Benny Tate grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Bruno Harris strikes out. Joe Fitzgerald singles to right field. Faye Martinez grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Fitzgerald is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jordair Jett grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Faye Martinez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Zoilo Ellison singles to center field. B Fredo strikes out. Zoilo Ellison is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). D Wills singles to right field. Young Lew grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Johnny Reynolds strikes out. Tom Torkelson singles to center field. Wilfredo Lopez reached on a fielding error by D Wills. Mickey Murcer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Wilfredo Lopez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pat Mazzera walks. Bruno Harris pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Oakland Alfonso Hidalgo grounds out to the second baseman. Purnal Lankford strikes out. Tony Abbaticchio flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Jim Trout is pinch hitting for Joe Fitzgerald. Jim Trout strikes out. Faye Martinez flies out to the right fielder. Jordair Jett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Frankie Smith enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Trout at SS. Bill High strikes out. Benny Tate strikes out. Zoilo Ellison singles to center field. B Fredo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Johnny Reynolds strikes out. Tom Torkelson singles to center field. Sparky Dalton is pinch running for Tom Torkelson on 1st base. Wilfredo Lopez doubles to center field. Sparky Dalton uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mickey Murcer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wilfredo Lopez advances to third on the play. Pat Mazzera grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland D Wills pops out to the shortstop. B Hizzie is pinch hitting for Young Lew. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. B Hizzie flies out to the right fielder. Frank Simon is pinch hitting for Alfonso Hidalgo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Frank Simon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Kirk Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bruno Harris strikes out. Frankie Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Faye Martinez walks. Jordair Jett grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Purnal Lankford grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Abbaticchio strikes out. Jim Rath is pinch hitting for Kirk Taylor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Jim Rath walks. Benny Tate walks. Zoilo Ellison grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Chicago Mickey Creeden pitching. Johnny Reynolds walks. Johnny Reynolds is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Sparky Dalton strikes out. Wilfredo Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland B Fredo singles to right field. B Fredo steals second. D Wills strikes out. B Hizzie grounds out to the second baseman. B Fredo advances to third on the play. Frank Simon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Chicago Mickey Murcer strikes out. Rowland Money is pinch hitting for Pat Mazzera. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Rowland Money pops out to the first baseman. Bruno Harris pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Oakland Candy Love pitching. Purnal Lankford strikes out. Tony Abbaticchio flies out to the center fielder. Bill Winsett is pinch hitting for Mickey Creeden. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Bill Winsett doubles to left field. Benny Tate pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Chicago Mike Busch pitching. Frankie Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Faye Martinez doubles past the first baseman. Jordair Jett grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Reynolds singles to right field. Faye Martinez scores. Sparky Dalton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Oakland Verily Cooper comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Zoilo Ellison grounds out to the shortstop. B Fredo strikes out. D Wills lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Chicago total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 6
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Alex Leonard did not respond to coaching in range Sol Drucke did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Eddie Wood did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Crews did not respond to coaching in range David Dwalster did not respond to coaching in C
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Lou Templeton improves in speed Ed Niekro improves in power_vs_righty Chuck Robinson improves in speed Jim Kinnunen improves in contact_vs_righty