Win: George Johnson (6-3) Loss: Jim Fisher (3-9)
Save: Cal Killebrew (26)
Inning: 1 Oakland Tom Vidro pitching. Ron Purtell doubles to center field. Pop Lipetri walks. Spike Warren strikes out. Ralph Heimach flies out to the left fielder. Ed Milligan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Detroit Jim Fisher pitching. George Torrez strikes out. Toshio Horiuchi hits a home run. Bernie Salkeld strikes out. Creepy Crider walks. Eddie Brown grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Creepy Crider is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Rip Mahoney flies out to the right fielder. Gus Wilkinson singles to center field. Ed Szekely grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gus Wilkinson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Fisher grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Szekely is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Rod Johnson singles to right field. Rip Schmidt singles to center field. Wally Pujols grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Johnson advances to third on the play. Rip Schmidt advances to second on the play. Tom Vidro grounds out to the pitcher. George Torrez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Ron Purtell doubles past the center fielder. Pop Lipetri flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Spike Warren flies out to the left fielder. Ralph Heimach strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Toshio Horiuchi hits a home run. Bernie Salkeld flies out to the center fielder. Creepy Crider singles to right field. Eddie Brown grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Ed Milligan walks. Rip Mahoney singles to left field. Gus Wilkinson flies out to the left fielder. Ed Szekely doubles to left field. Ed Milligan scores. Jim Fisher singles to right field. Rip Mahoney scores. Ed Szekely scores. Ron Purtell grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim Fisher is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. George Johnson 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. Ron Purtell steals second. Pop Lipetri strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Rod Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Rip Schmidt doubles to left field. Wally Pujols flies out to the left fielder. George Johnson walks. George Torrez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Spike Warren singles to left field. Ralph Heimach flies out to the left fielder. Ed Milligan flies out to the right fielder. Rip Mahoney flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Toshio Horiuchi grounds out to the shortstop. Bernie Salkeld doubles to center field. Creepy Crider singles to left field. Bernie Salkeld scores. Eddie Brown grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Gus Wilkinson grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Szekely flies out to the right fielder. Jim Fisher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Rod Johnson walks. Rip Schmidt walks. Wally Pujols strikes out. George Johnson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. George Johnson singles past the third baseman. Rod Johnson scores. Rip Schmidt advances to third on the hit. Greg Perkovich comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Torrez strikes out. Toshio Horiuchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Ron Purtell strikes out. Pop Lipetri grounds out to the second baseman. Spike Warren grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Bernie Salkeld strikes out. Creepy Crider strikes out. Eddie Brown lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Ralph Heimach grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Milligan flies out to the right fielder. Rip Mahoney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Rod Johnson pops out to the first baseman. Rip Schmidt grounds out to the shortstop. Takeshi Takahashi is pinch hitting for Wally Pujols. Takeshi Takahashi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Katsuyuki Higasa enters the game as a defensive replacement for Takeshi Takahashi at LF. Cal Killebrew comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Gus Wilkinson pops out to the third baseman. Ed Szekely singles to center field. Roger Broglio is pinch hitting for Greg Perkovich. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Roger Broglio flies out to the center fielder. Ed Szekely steals second. Ron Purtell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Detroit total runners left on base: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Shawn Haney did not respond to coaching in velocity Ray Ford improves in power_vs_lefty Ray Ford did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Elam Mingori improves in speed Roy Hague did not respond to coaching in control Ed Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in velocity
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ben Dees did not respond to coaching in speed Yozaburo Morimitsu did not respond to coaching in velocity Ernesto Castro improves in control Art Dean improves in range Ben Dees did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Cal Parkinson did not respond to coaching in control Ernie Haydel did not respond to coaching in SS