Win: Be B Bee (18-10) Loss: Jeff Whitney (13-11)
Save: Frankly Walking (7)
Inning: 1 Detroit Be B Bee pitching. Leon Kotke grounds out to the second baseman. Jim White flies out to the center fielder. Chris Paniagua lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Jeff Whitney pitching. GG SiSi strikes out. Benny Tate strikes out. B Fredo walks. D Wills strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Bob Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Davenport grounds out to the second baseman. Mel Peacock strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Young Lew walks. Alfonso Hidalgo strikes out. Purnal Lankford singles to center field. Young Lew advances to third on the hit. Jim Rath grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit John Cheadle strikes out. John Jones flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Whitney singles to right field. Leon Kotke walks. Jim White grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Be B Bee strikes out. GG SiSi strikes out. Benny Tate strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Chris Paniagua flies out to the center fielder. Bob Smith pops out to the second baseman. Mike Davenport flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland B Fredo strikes out. D Wills flies out to the left fielder. Young Lew flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Mel Peacock walks. John Cheadle walks. John Jones flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Whitney lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Leon Kotke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Alfonso Hidalgo strikes out. Purnal Lankford strikes out. Jim Rath walks. Be B Bee grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Jim White flies out to the center fielder. Chris Paniagua grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland GG SiSi grounds out to the second baseman. Benny Tate singles to right field. B Fredo flies out to the right fielder. D Wills singles to center field. Benny Tate advances to third on the hit. Young Lew triples. Benny Tate scores. D Wills scores. Alfonso Hidalgo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Mike Davenport strikes out. Mel Peacock walks. John Cheadle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mel Peacock advances to second on the play. John Jones walks. Jeff Whitney walks. Leon Kotke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Oakland Purnal Lankford pops out to the shortstop. Jim Rath doubles to right field. Be B Bee grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Rath advances to third on the play. GG SiSi walks. Benny Tate hits a home run. Jim Rath scores. GG SiSi scores. B Fredo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Jim White strikes out. Chris Paniagua flies out to the right fielder. Bob Smith singles to right field. Joe Musgraves is pinch hitting for Mike Davenport. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Musgraves strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland D Wills grounds out to the second baseman. B Hizzie is pinch hitting for Young Lew. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. B Hizzie grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Frank Simon is pinch hitting for Alfonso Hidalgo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Frank Simon singles to right field. Purnal Lankford grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Frank Simon is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Mel Peacock grounds out to the pitcher. Huck Long is pinch hitting for John Cheadle. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Huck Long singles to center field. Kirk Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Jones hits a home run. Huck Long scores. Larry Alten is pinch hitting for Jeff Whitney. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Larry Alten hits a home run. Frankly Walking comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Leon Kotke walks. Jim White grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 8 Oakland total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Young Lew is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Larvell Schaeffer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Effie Kiser did not respond to coaching in arm Honus Harstad did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Smith improves in speed Effie Kiser did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Eric Hobbie improves in contact_vs_righty Eric Hobbie improves in contact_vs_righty Bill Rose did not respond to coaching in velocity Snake Coquillette did not respond to coaching in velocity