Inning: 1 Oakland Gene Cronin pitching. Masato Tani grounds out to the second baseman. Patrick Dubois doubles to left field. Dan Barthelson strikes out. So Yamashita singles to center field. Patrick Dubois uses his aggressiveness and scores. Danny Manning grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Marvin Benard pitching. John Lopez flies out to the left fielder. Brendan McCabe grounds out to the shortstop. Randall Clarke hits a home run. Pit Zak grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Dian Gonzalez walks. Brooks Hegan walks. Shoji Kasai strikes out. Marvin Benard lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Brooks Hegan advances to second on the play. Brooks Hegan advances to second on the play. Masato Tani grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Marvin Benard is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Tommy Larkin triples. Shane McAvoy flies out to the right fielder. Tim Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Tommy Larkin is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Patrick Dubois strikes out. Dan Barthelson flies out to the right fielder. So Yamashita doubles to right field. Danny Manning grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Masaru Yasui grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gene Cronin singles to left field. Gene Cronin steals second. John Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Cronin advances to third on the play. Brendan McCabe grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Dian Gonzalez singles to left field. Dian Gonzalez steals second. Brooks Hegan grounds out to the shortstop. Shoji Kasai grounds out to the second baseman. Dian Gonzalez advances to third on the play. Marvin Benard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Randall Clarke grounds out to the shortstop. Pit Zak grounds out to the second baseman. Tommy Larkin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Masato Tani walks. Patrick Dubois singles to left field. Masato Tani aggressively advances to third on the hit. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Patrick Dubois advances to second on the play. So Yamashita singles to left field. Masato Tani scores. Patrick Dubois uses his aggressiveness and scores. Danny Manning lines out to the first baseman. Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Shane McAvoy flies out to the center fielder. Tim Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Masaru Yasui singles to left field. Gene Cronin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Brooks Hegan grounds out to the third baseman. Shoji Kasai grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Marvin Benard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York John Lopez strikes out. Brendan McCabe bunts for a base hit. Randall Clarke strikes out. Brendan McCabe steals second. Pit Zak flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Masato Tani grounds out to the pitcher. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Barthelson walks. So Yamashita singles to center field. Joe Becker 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. Danny Manning grounds into a force play to the second baseman. So Yamashita is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Tommy Larkin grounds out to the shortstop. Shane McAvoy strikes out. Tim Smith hits a home run. Masaru Yasui hits a home run. Lucas Morrison is pinch hitting for Joe Becker. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Lucas Morrison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Rich Yochim pitching. Dian Gonzalez singles to left field. Brooks Hegan singles to right field. Dian Gonzalez is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Shoji Kasai grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York John Lopez reached on a 2-base fielding error by Dan Barthelson. Mike Zackert 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. Brendan McCabe flies out to the center fielder. Randall Clarke doubles to left field. John Lopez scores. Pit Zak grounds out to the second baseman. Randall Clarke advances to third on the play. Tommy Larkin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Craig Andrews comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Trevor Easterday is pinch hitting for Mike Zackert. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Trevor Easterday walks. Masato Tani flies out to the right fielder. Trevor Easterday is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Patrick Dubois flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 8 New York total runners left on base: 4
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Kunihisa Shibata did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Katoll did not respond to coaching in velocity Doc Reimer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Leugim Cabrera did not respond to coaching in control
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ed Sweeney did not respond to coaching in velocity John Nyman improves in contact_vs_righty Julio Petry improves in arm John Nyman did not respond to coaching in speed