Inning: 1 Oakland Joe Hayes pitching. Fumio Matsuda strikes out. Joel Heinkel grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Severson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Ray Machado pitching. Harry Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Larry Thompson singles to right field. Al Granger walks. Ryne Hawkes singles to left field. Larry Thompson scores. Al Granger advances to third on the hit. Bill Fitzsimmons singles to center field. Al Granger scores. Ryne Hawkes advances to third on the hit. Bill Conine lines out to the second baseman. Chick Davis pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Paul Distaso walks. Nick Johnston flies out to the left fielder. Fusoya Hiramasu grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paul Distaso advances to second on the play. Michael Stewart flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Louis Ray grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Hayes grounds out to the pitcher. Harry Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Ben Grieve grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Machado grounds out to the third baseman. Fumio Matsuda walks. Joel Heinkel singles in front of the left fielder. Fumio Matsuda advances to third on the hit. Joel Heinkel steals second. Alex Severson walks. Paul Distaso strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Larry Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Al Granger grounds out to the shortstop. Ryne Hawkes singles past the second baseman. Bill Fitzsimmons walks. Bill Conine singles to right field. Ryne Hawkes scores. Bill Fitzsimmons advances to third on the hit. Chick Davis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Nick Johnston singles to center field. Nick Johnston is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Fusoya Hiramasu strikes out. Michael Stewart flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Louis Ray flies out to the center fielder. Joe Hayes flies out to the center fielder. Harry Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Ben Grieve singles to center field. Ray Machado lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fumio Matsuda hits a home run. Ben Grieve scores. Joel Heinkel flies out to the right fielder. Alex Severson singles to left field. Paul Distaso flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Larry Thompson walks. Larry Thompson steals second. Al Granger walks. Ryne Hawkes bunts for a base hit. Bill Fitzsimmons strikes out. Bill Conine grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Thompson scores. Al Granger advances to third on the play. Ryne Hawkes advances to second on the play. Chick Davis is hit by a pitch. Louis Ray flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Oakland Nick Johnston strikes out. Fusoya Hiramasu singles to center field. Michael Stewart doubles to right field. Fusoya Hiramasu uses his aggressiveness and scores. Michael Stewart steals third. Ben Grieve is hit by a pitch. Ray Machado singles to left field. Michael Stewart scores. Ben Grieve advances to third on the hit. Muddy Swacina comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fumio Matsuda flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ben Grieve scores. Joel Heinkel walks. Alex Severson singles to right field. Ray Machado scores. Joel Heinkel advances to third on the hit. Paul Distaso hits a home run. Joel Heinkel scores. Alex Severson scores. Porter Posada comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nick Johnston singles to center field. Fusoya Hiramasu singles to right field. Nick Johnston advances to third on the hit. Michael Stewart walks. Ben Grieve flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Porter Posada reached on a fielding error by Michael Stewart. Harry Brown flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Larry Thompson singles to center field. Porter Posada advances to third on the hit. Al Granger strikes out. Ryne Hawkes grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Ray Machado grounds out to the shortstop. Fumio Matsuda grounds out to the second baseman. Joel Heinkel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bill Fitzsimmons walks. Bill Conine grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill Fitzsimmons is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Chick Davis pops out to the shortstop. Bill Conine steals second. Passed ball. Bill Conine advances to third. Louis Ray grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Alex Severson strikes out. Paul Distaso singles to left field. Nick Johnston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paul Distaso advances to second on the play. Karl Gleason 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 2nd. Fusoya Hiramasu triples. Paul Distaso scores. Ernie Beazley is pinch hitting for Michael Stewart. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ernie Beazley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay George Child is pinch hitting for Karl Gleason. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. George Child flies out to the center fielder. Harry Brown walks. Larry Thompson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Harry Brown is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Al Granger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Russ Gruber pitching. Ben Grieve walks. Ray Machado lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Damon Marquez is pinch hitting for Fumio Matsuda. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Damon Marquez reached on a fielding error by Bill Conine. Joel Heinkel grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Grieve scores. Damon Marquez advances to second on the play. Alex Severson singles past the shortstop. Damon Marquez scores. Paul Distaso strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Ryne Hawkes singles to right field. Bill Fitzsimmons grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bill Conine hits a home run. Chick Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 10 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 11
Batting:2B - Michael Stewart (12).3B - Fusoya Hiramasu (4).HR - Fumio Matsuda (8), Paul Distaso (18).SF - Fumio Matsuda.HBP - Ben Grieve (4). Baserunning: SB - Joel Heinkel (27), Michael Stewart (13).CS - Nick Johnston (5). Fielding: E - Michael Stewart.PB - Fusoya Hiramasu.
Batting:HR - Bill Conine (5).GIDP - Bill Fitzsimmons.HBP - Chick Davis (3). Baserunning: SB - Larry Thompson (29), Bill Conine (7). Fielding: E - Bill Conine.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Freddie Heimueller improves in power_vs_lefty Walter Langkowski did not respond to coaching in control Hack Conroy did not respond to coaching in control Wayne Flynn improves in endurance
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Larry Cotter improves in speed George Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Smith improves in contact_vs_lefty Sam Joost improves in power_vs_righty