Inning: 1 Oakland Tom Vidro pitching. Ron Purtell flies out to the left fielder. Pop Lipetri grounds out to the third baseman. Spike Warren grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Chet Farmer pitching. George Torrez walks. Toshio Horiuchi triples. George Torrez scores. Bernie Salkeld grounds out to the shortstop. Toshio Horiuchi scores. Creepy Crider walks. Eddie Brown reached on a fielding error by Ed Milligan. Rod Johnson walks. Rip Schmidt singles to right field. Creepy Crider scores. Eddie Brown scores. Harry Page grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Ralph Heimach flies out to the center fielder. Ed Milligan strikes out. Trenidad Beeler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Tom Vidro flies out to the center fielder. George Torrez flies out to the right fielder. Toshio Horiuchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Rip Mahoney flies out to the left fielder. Gus Wilkinson walks. Chet Farmer fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Chet Farmer strikes out. Ron Purtell grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gus Wilkinson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Bernie Salkeld grounds out to the second baseman. Creepy Crider grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Pop Lipetri flies out to the center fielder. Spike Warren strikes out. Ralph Heimach grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Rod Johnson walks. Rip Schmidt singles to left field. Rod Johnson aggressively advances to third on the hit. Harry Page singles to right field. Rod Johnson scores. Tom Vidro fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tom Vidro flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! George Torrez strikes out. Toshio Horiuchi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Ed Milligan singles to right field. Ed Milligan steals second. Trenidad Beeler pops out to the second baseman. Rip Mahoney grounds out to the pitcher. Gus Wilkinson singles to right field. Ed Milligan scores. Chet Farmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Bernie Salkeld flies out to the center fielder. Creepy Crider grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Ron Purtell strikes out. Herb Jackson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Pop Lipetri flies out to the left fielder. Spike Warren flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Rod Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Rip Schmidt walks. Harry Page hits a home run. Rip Schmidt scores. Eddie Gillespie comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Herb Jackson grounds out to the third baseman. George Torrez singles to right field. George Torrez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Ralph Heimach grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Milligan walks. Trenidad Beeler singles to left field. Ed Milligan advances to third on the hit. Rip Mahoney lines out to the first baseman. Gus Wilkinson singles to center field. Ed Milligan scores. Roger Broglio is pinch hitting for Eddie Gillespie. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Roger Broglio reached on a fielding error by Toshio Horiuchi. Ron Purtell strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Detroit Wally Hennessey pitching. Toshio Horiuchi strikes out. Bernie Salkeld strikes out. Creepy Crider doubles to center field. Eddie Brown singles to right field. Creepy Crider scores. Eddie Brown is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Pop Lipetri singles to right field. Butch Ginsberg is pinch hitting for Spike Warren. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Butch Ginsberg grounds out to the second baseman. Pop Lipetri advances to second on the play. Ralph Heimach flies out to the right fielder. Ed Milligan singles to right field. Pop Lipetri uses his aggressiveness and scores. Trenidad Beeler flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Brian Reis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rod Johnson grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Rip Schmidt walks. Harry Page walks. Ed Kasko is pinch hitting for Herb Jackson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Kasko grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Cal Killebrew pitching. Chief Mendoza is pinch hitting for Rip Mahoney. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chief Mendoza grounds out to the third baseman. Gus Wilkinson strikes out. Bill Vidro is pinch hitting for Brian Reis. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Vidro flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Detroit total runners left on base: 4
Batting:2B - Creepy Crider (5).3B - Toshio Horiuchi (2).HR - Harry Page (4).GIDP - Harry Page, Ed Kasko. Baserunning: CS - George Torrez (4), Eddie Brown (5). Fielding: E - Toshio Horiuchi.
Game Notes Chet Farmer is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Roy Lea improves in control Tom Magner did not respond to coaching in control Tom Magner improves in velocity Ray Ford did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in control Ray Ford improves in power_vs_lefty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Hal Suero improves in control Ben Dees did not respond to coaching in speed Ben Dees improves in speed Keiji Doi improves in velocity Jose Howerton did not respond to coaching in control Jose Howerton did not respond to coaching in velocity Ernie Haydel did not respond to coaching in SS