Win: Doc Ginter (9-18) Loss: Ray Machado (6-17)
Save: Ron Chambliss (35)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Ray Machado pitching. James Pezold flies out to the center fielder. Frank Bragan strikes out. Hiroji Miyaji grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Doc Ginter pitching. Happy Iott grounds out to the catcher. Joel Heinkel walks. Joel Heinkel is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Alex Severson walks. Alex Severson is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bill Dauterive singles in front of the left fielder. Bill Dauterive steals second. Ken Handibone singles to right field. Ken Handibone steals second. Arnie Ramazzotti walks. Les Williams strikes out. Kevin Konstanty strikes out. Doc Ginter walks. Bill Dauterive scores. James Pezold grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Oakland Paul Distaso walks. Nick Johnston pops out to the first baseman. Paul Distaso steals second. Fusoya Hiramasu grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Distaso advances to third on the play. Michael Stewart grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Frank Bragan strikes out. Hiroji Miyaji singles to left field. Bill Dauterive flies out to the right fielder. Ken Handibone grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ben Grieve flies out to the center fielder. Ray Machado singles to right field. Happy Iott flies out to the right fielder. Ray Machado steals second. Joel Heinkel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Arnie Ramazzotti flies out to the center fielder. Les Williams pops out to the catcher. Kevin Konstanty singles to center field. Doc Ginter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Alex Severson singles to right field. Alex Severson steals second. Paul Distaso strikes out. Nick Johnston walks. Fusoya Hiramasu lines out to the second baseman. Michael Stewart pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota James Pezold grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Frank Bragan grounds out to the third baseman. Hiroji Miyaji grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Ben Grieve strikes out. Ray Machado reached on a fielding error by Ken Handibone. Happy Iott singles to left field. Ray Machado advances to third on the hit. Joel Heinkel strikes out. Alex Severson singles in front of the center fielder. Ray Machado scores. Happy Iott advances to third on the hit. Paul Distaso flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bill Dauterive triples. Ken Handibone flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill Dauterive scores. Arnie Ramazzotti grounds out to the shortstop. Les Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Nick Johnston singles to center field. Nick Johnston is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Fusoya Hiramasu lines out to the second baseman. Michael Stewart walks. Ben Grieve grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Michael Stewart is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Kevin Konstanty singles to center field. Doc Ginter lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Keith Foulke 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. James Pezold grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Bragan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Damon Marquez is pinch hitting for Keith Foulke. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Damon Marquez grounds out to the third baseman. Happy Iott strikes out. Joel Heinkel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Frank Yankowski pitching. Hiroji Miyaji flies out to the right fielder. Bill Dauterive doubles past the right fielder. Ken Handibone grounds out to the shortstop. Arnie Ramazzotti strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Alex Severson grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Distaso singles to center field. Nick Johnston strikes out. Fusoya Hiramasu grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Paul Distaso is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Les Williams pops out to the pitcher. Kevin Konstanty flies out to the center fielder. Frank White is pinch hitting for Doc Ginter. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Frank White flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ron Chambliss pitching. Michael Stewart grounds out to the third baseman. Ben Grieve pops out to the catcher. Fumio Matsuda is pinch hitting for Frank Yankowski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Fumio Matsuda singles to left field. Happy Iott singles to left field. Fumio Matsuda advances to third on the hit. Joel Heinkel strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 10
Batting:2B - Bill Dauterive (32).3B - Bill Dauterive (4).SF - Ken Handibone. Baserunning: SB - Bill Dauterive (7), Ken Handibone (8). Fielding: E - Ken Handibone.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chick Sutton did not respond to coaching in control Jay Esser did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bob Reeder did not respond to coaching in control Jay Esser improves in contact_vs_righty Herb Parsons did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Wayne Flynn did not respond to coaching in velocity Brian Coluccio improves in control Wayne Flynn did not respond to coaching in velocity Ben Harris improves in arm