Win: Steve Jones (9-6) Loss: Shun Arisawa (9-14)
Save: Randy Gibson (34)
Inning: 1 Oakland Steve Jones pitching. John Oquist flies out to the center fielder. Joe Pickett flies out to the center fielder. Bruce Altrock singles to right field. Cliff Cocreham strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Shun Arisawa pitching. Bruce McCauley strikes out. Joe Yingling flies out to the right fielder. Jaime Riggs grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Astyanax Espinosa flies out to the center fielder. Bill Kvasnak flies out to the left fielder. Stanley Schappert strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ike Weiss doubles to right field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Bobby Poffenberger strikes out. Brooks Denny walks. Jim Pettit grounds out to the second baseman. Ike Weiss scores. Brooks Denny advances to second on the play. John Kennedy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Dave Whiteside pops out to the third baseman. Shun Arisawa grounds out to the shortstop. John Oquist grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Steve Jones flies out to the center fielder. Bruce McCauley walks. Joe Yingling grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bruce McCauley advances to second on the play. Jaime Riggs flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Joe Pickett flies out to the center fielder. Bruce Altrock grounds out to the second baseman. Cliff Cocreham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ike Weiss strikes out. Bobby Poffenberger strikes out. Brooks Denny grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Astyanax Espinosa strikes out. Bill Kvasnak grounds out to the second baseman. Stanley Schappert singles to left field. Dave Whiteside reached on a fielding error by Ike Weiss. Shun Arisawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Jim Pettit strikes out. John Kennedy singles to right field. Steve Jones lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, John Kennedy forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Bruce McCauley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland John Oquist strikes out. Joe Pickett flies out to the right fielder. Bruce Altrock strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Joe Yingling flies out to the left fielder. Jaime Riggs flies out to the right fielder. Ike Weiss flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Cliff Cocreham grounds out to the pitcher. Astyanax Espinosa grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Kvasnak singles to center field. Stanley Schappert grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bill Kvasnak is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bobby Poffenberger is hit by a pitch. Brooks Denny doubles to left field. Bobby Poffenberger uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Pettit walks. John Kennedy grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Brooks Denny advances to third on the play. Steve Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Dave Whiteside grounds out to the shortstop. Stephen Richards is pinch hitting for Shun Arisawa. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Stephen Richards triples. Randy Gibson 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 Oquist strikes out. Joe Pickett flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Mike DeWolf pitching. Bruce McCauley strikes out. Joe Yingling walks. Jaime Riggs grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Yingling advances to second on the play. Ike Weiss grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Bruce Altrock flies out to the left fielder. Cliff Cocreham grounds out to the third baseman. Astyanax Espinosa grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A Improvements: Jim Tragesser did not respond to coaching in control Tommy Ford did not respond to coaching in velocity Rick Kubinski did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ray Rollins did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Anthony Brizzolara improves in velocity Ray Rollins improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Farrow did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Clarence Beltre did not respond to coaching in control Claude Cavarretta improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Farmer improves in power_vs_righty Tommy Hagen did not respond to coaching in C
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Kevin Shetrone improves in range Steve Hendley improves in control Larry Cox did not respond to coaching in arm Larry Cox did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Julio Frazier improves in speed Paul Sharrott improves in power_vs_lefty Andy Long did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Eric Nixon did not respond to coaching in control Ed Mallicoat improves in contact_vs_righty Alan Campbell improves in contact_vs_righty Frank Listach did not respond to coaching in C