Win: Ted Kane (15-12) Loss: Rip Wells (10-13)
Save: Don Lowery (1)
Inning: 1 Oakland Rip Wells pitching. Roger Broglio lines out to the third baseman. Bill Vidro pops out to the shortstop. Ron Purtell singles to center field. Spike Warren walks. Ralph Heimach grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Chicago Ted Kane pitching. John Prokopec walks. Zeke Diaz grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Les Pettini lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Rip Mahoney singles to right field. Trenidad Beeler hits a home run. Rip Mahoney scores. Tetsuro Sekine singles to left field. Ted Kane lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Roger Broglio grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Vidro strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Les Spindel flies out to the left fielder. Jim Washburn grounds out to the pitcher. Andy Niehoff grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Ron Purtell hits a home run. Spike Warren grounds out to the shortstop. Ralph Heimach walks. Rip Mahoney singles to center field. Ralph Heimach advances to third on the hit. Trenidad Beeler strikes out. Tetsuro Sekine grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Chicago Al McDonald flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Earl Wood grounds out to the third baseman. Rip Wells singles to right field. John Prokopec reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ron Purtell. Zeke Diaz singles to center field. Rip Wells scores. Les Pettini strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Ted Kane grounds out to the shortstop. Roger Broglio walks. Bill Vidro strikes out. Ron Purtell reached on a 2-base fielding error by Jim Washburn. Spike Warren grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Chicago Les Spindel pops out to the first baseman. Jim Washburn strikes out. Andy Niehoff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Ralph Heimach flies out to the right fielder. Rip Mahoney flies out to the left fielder. Trenidad Beeler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Al McDonald grounds out to the second baseman. Earl Wood grounds out to the second baseman. Rip Wells grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Tetsuro Sekine grounds out to the second baseman. Ted Kane strikes out. Roger Broglio strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago John Prokopec singles to left field. Zeke Diaz grounds out to the third baseman. John Prokopec advances to second on the play. Les Pettini walks. Les Spindel strikes out. Jim Washburn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Bill Vidro strikes out. Ron Purtell pops out to the second baseman. Spike Warren walks. Ralph Heimach strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Andy Niehoff strikes out. Al McDonald strikes out. Earl Wood singles to center field. Dick Bayless is pinch hitting for Rip Wells. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dick Bayless singles to left field. Earl Wood advances to third on the hit. John Kelly 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 2nd. John Prokopec grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Hideaki Matsuura pitching. Rip Mahoney walks. Trenidad Beeler flies out to the center fielder. Rip Mahoney steals second. Tetsuro Sekine strikes out. Ed Szekely is pinch hitting for John Kelly. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Szekely walks. Roger Broglio strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Chicago Don Lowery pitching. Zeke Diaz grounds out to the pitcher. Les Pettini flies out to the left fielder. Les Spindel singles to center field. Jim Washburn flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Bill Vidro doubles to left field. Ron Purtell walks. Spike Warren singles to right field. Bill Vidro is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Ron Purtell advances to third on the play. Ralph Heimach strikes out. Rip Mahoney hits a home run. Ron Purtell scores. Spike Warren scores. Trenidad Beeler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Andy Niehoff strikes out. Al McDonald singles to left field. Gene Hobbs is pinch hitting for Earl Wood. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Gene Hobbs strikes out. Charlie Hawkins is pinch hitting for Hideaki Matsuura. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Charlie Hawkins singles to center field. John Prokopec grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 10 Chicago total runners LOB: 9
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ray Ford did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Roy Lea improves in control Don Lambert did not respond to coaching in velocity Ray Ford improves in range Ray Ford improves in contact_vs_lefty Wally Hennessey improves in control
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Neal Robinson did not respond to coaching in velocity Anthony Cleary improves in contact_vs_righty Lee Grover did not respond to coaching in arm Owen Legg did not respond to coaching in velocity John Katt did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Buck Giebel improves in control