Inning: 1 Oakland Eddie Gagnon pitching. Masato Tani flies out to the right fielder. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the catcher. Dan Barthelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Atsuhiro Mine pitching. Rico Rice grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Oscar Wilshere flies out to the center fielder. Les Thielman hits a home run. Pat Meyer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland So Yamashita walks. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Dian Gonzalez pops out to the shortstop. Carlos Galvez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Fred Dunlop pops out to the second baseman. Ricky Vaughn grounds out to the shortstop. Russ Sykes walks. Russ Sykes steals second. Donn Duvall walks. Eddie Gagnon singles to left field. Russ Sykes scores. Donn Duvall advances to third on the hit. Rico Rice singles to center field. Donn Duvall scores. Eddie Gagnon advances to third on the hit. Oscar Wilshere grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Shoji Kasai singles to left field. Atsuhiro Mine lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Masato Tani grounds out to the shortstop. Patrick Dubois singles to right field. Shoji Kasai scores. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Les Thielman flies out to the center fielder. Pat Meyer grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Dunlop flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland So Yamashita grounds out to the second baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara walks. Daisuke Komatsubara steals second. Dian Gonzalez singles to center field. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Carlos Galvez walks. Shoji Kasai triples. Dian Gonzalez scores. Carlos Galvez scores. Atsuhiro Mine strikes out. Masato Tani grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ricky Vaughn lines out to the shortstop. Russ Sykes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Donn Duvall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Frank Underwood comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Patrick Dubois hits a home run. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the second baseman. So Yamashita singles past the second baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Dian Gonzalez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Frank Underwood singles to center field. Rico Rice singles to left field. Frank Underwood advances to third on the hit. Oscar Wilshere grounds out to the pitcher. Rico Rice advances to second on the play. Les Thielman grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Frank Underwood scores. Rico Rice advances to third on the play. Pat Meyer walks. Fred Dunlop singles to left field. Rico Rice scores. Pat Meyer advances to third on the hit. Rod Marte comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ricky Vaughn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Carlos Galvez flies out to the left fielder. Shoji Kasai grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Marte strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Russ Sykes flies out to the left fielder. Donn Duvall strikes out. Frank Underwood grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Masato Tani walks. Patrick Dubois grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Rico Rice grounds out to the shortstop. Oscar Wilshere grounds out to the second baseman. Les Thielman hits a home run. Fred Orndorff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pat Meyer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Patrick Dubois. Fred Dunlop grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Desi Sprague enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ricky Vaughn at 1B. So Yamashita walks. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). So Yamashita advances to second on the play. Dian Gonzalez singles to left field. So Yamashita scores. John Espino comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carlos Galvez pops out to the second baseman. Shoji Kasai grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Desi Sprague grounds out to the shortstop. Russ Sykes strikes out. Donn Duvall grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Trevor Easterday is pinch hitting for Fred Orndorff. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Trevor Easterday walks. Masato Tani strikes out. Patrick Dubois flies out to the right fielder. Dan Barthelson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Mike Zackert pitching. Mitchell Fisk is pinch hitting for John Espino. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Mitchell Fisk grounds out to the shortstop. Rico Rice grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Oscar Wilshere grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Oakland Jim Hartsock pitching. So Yamashita grounds out to the catcher. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to center field. Dian Gonzalez doubles to right field. Daisuke Komatsubara uses his aggressiveness and scores. Carlos Galvez singles to left field. Dian Gonzalez scores. Walt Kyle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shoji Kasai flies out to the left fielder. Mike Zackert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Minnesota Les Thielman grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Meyer strikes out. Fred Dunlop pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 7 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Leugim Cabrera did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Cisar did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Brummer did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Dean did not respond to coaching in velocity
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Al Kerr improves in arm Bill Jefferson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Gorman Penson improves in contact_vs_lefty Gorman Penson improves in power_vs_righty Jerry Fondy improves in 3B