Win: Dick Larkin (2-7) Loss: Jimmy Powell (4-7)
Save: Mark Welch (36)
Inning: 1 Oakland Mike Shepard pitching. Kevin Koestner singles to right field. Del Devlin strikes out. Whitey Smith flies out to the left fielder. Kevin Koestner steals second. Art Gardella grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Rip McCormick pitching. Frank Frazetta pops out to the shortstop. Willie Dingman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carlos Grilli grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Chuck Freeman grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Johnson singles to left field. Erik Smith grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Billy Johnson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Deacon Newman singles to center field. Rip McCormick grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Deacon Newman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit B.J. Neibauer walks. Tracy Aase flies out to the left fielder. Lou Doyle flies out to the center fielder. Greg Estes walks. Fred Suggs hits a home run. B.J. Neibauer scores. Greg Estes scores. Mike Shepard singles to right field. Frank Frazetta pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Kevin Koestner grounds out to the third baseman. Del Devlin flies out to the left fielder. Whitey Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Willie Dingman grounds out to the second baseman. Carlos Grilli grounds out to the shortstop. B.J. Neibauer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Art Gardella walks. Chuck Freeman flies out to the center fielder. Billy Johnson reached on a fielding error by Mike Shepard. Erik Smith singles to left field. Art Gardella scores. Deacon Newman flies out to the left fielder. Rip McCormick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Tracy Aase singles to left field. Lou Doyle grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Greg Estes singles to right field. Fred Suggs walks. Mike Shepard grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Kevin Koestner pops out to the second baseman. Del Devlin pops out to the third baseman. Whitey Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Frank Frazetta triples. Willie Dingman flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Frank Frazetta scores. Carlos Grilli doubles to center field. B.J. Neibauer grounds out to the shortstop. Tracy Aase pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Art Gardella strikes out. Chuck Freeman flies out to the right fielder. Billy Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Lou Doyle flies out to the right fielder. Greg Estes walks. Fred Suggs doubles to left field. Mike Shepard flies out to the right fielder. Jim Reach 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. Frank Frazetta flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Erik Smith pops out to the shortstop. Deacon Newman singles to center field. Wally Poat is pinch hitting for Jim Reach. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Wally Poat singles to left field. Kevin Koestner singles to left field. Del Devlin doubles to right field. Deacon Newman scores. Wally Poat scores. Whitey Smith singles to right field. Kevin Koestner scores. Israel Spillner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Art Gardella strikes out. Whitey Smith steals second. Chuck Freeman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Bill Rohde pitching. Willie Dingman walks. Carlos Grilli strikes out. Willie Dingman is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). B.J. Neibauer singles past the third baseman. Tracy Aase pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Billy Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Erik Smith singles to center field. Kenichiro Kataoka is pinch hitting for Deacon Newman. Erik Smith steals second. Kenichiro Kataoka flies out to the right fielder. Keiji Shiozaki is pinch hitting for Bill Rohde. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Keiji Shiozaki doubles to right field. Erik Smith scores. Kevin Koestner doubles to right field. Keiji Shiozaki scores. Dick Larkin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Del Devlin pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Jimmy Powell pitching. Craig Willis enters the game as a defensive replacement for Kenichiro Kataoka at C. Lou Doyle singles to left field. Greg Estes walks. Fred Suggs singles past the second baseman. Lou Doyle scores. Dan Handiboe is pinch hitting for Dick Larkin. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Dan Handiboe singles to left field. Greg Estes scores. Fred Suggs advances to third on the hit. Andy Slaton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Frazetta grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Suggs scores. Dan Handiboe advances to second on the play. Willie Dingman flies out to the center fielder. Carlos Grilli walks. B.J. Neibauer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Mark Welch pitching. Whitey Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Art Gardella singles past the second baseman. Chuck Freeman hits an infield single to the second baseman. Billy Johnson pops out to the catcher. Erik Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 10 Detroit total runners left on base: 9
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Rod Green did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Bohn improves in arm Jose Reilley did not respond to coaching in range Bob Veras improves in contact_vs_lefty Lou Fisher improves in power_vs_righty Russ Hershiser improves in speed
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Cobb did not respond to coaching in control Bill Jones improves in contact_vs_righty Dutch Rhodes did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Smith improves in range Tiny Huppert did not respond to coaching in speed Nomar Williamson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tiny Huppert did not respond to coaching in LF