Win: Sammy Wood (4-6) Loss: John Rettenmund (10-3)
Save: Erik Nettles (17)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Garry Aparicio pitching. Lee Mason flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Russ Davis hits a home run. Roy Handley flies out to the left fielder. Brian Hinrichs singles to left field. Brian Hinrichs steals second. Eddie Metheny grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Stan Arnold pitching. Andres Haworth strikes out. Ron Kroner walks. Tim Bogar strikes out. Orville Lind strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Kaiser Myers singles to center field. Joe Noonan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kaiser Myers is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Doug Office walks. Stan Arnold lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lee Mason walks. Russ Davis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Oakland Ed Billings singles to left field. Ed Billings steals second. Rocky Brooks grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Clarke singles to center field. Ed Billings scores. Dave Clarke steals second. Luis Coughlin strikes out. Garry Aparicio pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Roy Handley singles to center field. Brian Hinrichs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roy Handley advances to second on the play. Eddie Metheny doubles to left field. Roy Handley scores. Kaiser Myers flies out to the left fielder. Joe Noonan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Andres Haworth pops out to the first baseman. Ron Kroner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tim Bogar pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Doug Office strikes out. Stan Arnold singles to right field. Lee Mason pops out to the second baseman. Russ Davis grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Stan Arnold is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Orville Lind flies out to the center fielder. Ed Billings grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rocky Brooks singles to center field. Dave Clarke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Roy Handley strikes out. Brian Hinrichs walks. Eddie Metheny grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brian Hinrichs advances to second on the play. Kaiser Myers doubles to right field. Brian Hinrichs scores. Joe Noonan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Luis Coughlin reached on a 2-base throwing error by Doug Office. Garry Aparicio lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Andres Haworth grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Luis Coughlin scores. Ron Kroner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Doug Office singles to center field. Stan Arnold fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Stan Arnold singles to left field. Doug Office advances to third on the hit. Red York 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. Lee Mason doubles to center field. Doug Office scores. Russ Davis grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Roy Handley flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Stan Arnold scores. Lee Mason is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Tim Bogar grounds out to the pitcher. Orville Lind doubles to center field. Ed Billings flies out to the right fielder. Rocky Brooks pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Brian Hinrichs grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Metheny grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Kaiser Myers grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Dave Clarke doubles past the third baseman. Luis Coughlin grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Biancalana is pinch hitting for Red York. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ben Biancalana flies out to the left fielder. Andres Haworth grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland John Rettenmund pitching. Joe Noonan flies out to the center fielder. Doug Office grounds out to the second baseman. Rangel Fernandez is pinch hitting for Stan Arnold. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Rangel Fernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Carlos Johnston pitching. Ron Kroner singles to right field. Tim Bogar walks. Orville Lind hits a home run. Ron Kroner scores. Tim Bogar scores. Sammy Wood comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Billings strikes out. Rocky Brooks grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Dave Clarke grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Lee Mason singles to center field. Russ Davis singles past the shortstop. Roy Handley singles to right field. Lee Mason scores. Russ Davis advances to third on the hit. James Castillo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brian Hinrichs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Russ Davis scores. Roy Handley advances to second on the play. Roy Handley steals third. Eddie Metheny flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Roy Handley scores. Kaiser Myers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Erik Nettles comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Luis Coughlin singles to right field. Will Silber is pinch hitting for James Castillo. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Will Silber strikes out. Andres Haworth walks. Ron Kroner grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Lee Mason (37), Eddie Metheny (31), Kaiser Myers (27).HR - Russ Davis (27).SF - Roy Handley, Eddie Metheny. Baserunning: SB - Roy Handley (32), Brian Hinrichs (40).CS - Lee Mason (19). Fielding: E - Doug Office.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sam McAndrew did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Sadaharu Miwa did not respond to coaching in speed Sam McAndrew improves in range Kevin Melillo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Kevin Melillo did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Phenomenal Taylor did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Phenomenal Taylor improves in power_vs_lefty Hank Wilborn did not respond to coaching in control Hank Wilborn did not respond to coaching in velocity Phenomenal Taylor did not respond to coaching in LF