Win: Marty Pena (1-0) Loss: Dutch T Norwood (0-1)
Save: Major Payne (1)
Inning: 1 Oakland Dutch T Norwood pitching. Joe Hoffman flies out to the left fielder. Boom Boom Washington hits a home run. Marsh White flies out to the center fielder. Terry Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Marty Pena pitching. Jack Kramer grounds out to the shortstop. Chet K Daviault grounds out to the shortstop. Claude TK Estalella flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Dwayne Murray grounds out to the third baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to right field. Tim Yonke flies out to the right fielder. Hal Plank singles to center field. Sudden Sam LaRoche advances to third on the hit. Marty Pena grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tomokazu T Kuzava grounds out to the shortstop. Dutch K Young strikes out. Billy Devarez singles past the second baseman. Billy Devarez steals second. Ox TK Cubillan singles to center field. Billy Devarez scores. Art K McDonald strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Joe Hoffman strikes out. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the second baseman. Marsh White flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Dutch T Norwood strikes out. Jack Kramer strikes out. Chet K Daviault strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Terry Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Dwayne Murray flies out to the left fielder. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Claude TK Estalella grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tomokazu T Kuzava strikes out. Dutch K Young flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Tim Yonke walks. Hal Plank flies out to the right fielder. Marty Pena lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Hoffman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Billy Devarez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Ox TK Cubillan singles to left field. Art K McDonald strikes out. Dutch T Norwood grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ox TK Cubillan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Boom Boom Washington singles to left field. Boom Boom Washington steals second. Marsh White grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Boom Boom Washington advances to third on the play. Terry Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Dwayne Murray flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jack Kramer pops out to the third baseman. Chet K Daviault pops out to the second baseman. Claude TK Estalella singles to left field. Tomokazu T Kuzava singles to center field. Claude TK Estalella advances to third on the hit. Dutch K Young grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the second baseman. Tim Yonke walks. Hal Plank singles to right field. Marty Pena lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Hoffman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Billy Devarez strikes out. Ox TK Cubillan strikes out. Art K McDonald grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Boom Boom Washington pops out to the shortstop. Marsh White singles to right field. Terry Johnson walks. Dwayne Murray walks. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Marsh White scores. Tim Yonke grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Rube Mattingly is pinch hitting for Dutch T Norwood. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Rube Mattingly grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Kramer reached on a 2-base fielding error by Marsh White. Frank Flair 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. Chet K Daviault strikes out. Claude TK Estalella lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Akihiko Ota pitching. Hal Plank singles to left field. John Souza is pinch hitting for Frank Flair. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Souza grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hal Plank is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joe Hoffman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Major Payne pitching. Tomokazu T Kuzava flies out to the right fielder. Dutch K Young pops out to the shortstop. Billy Devarez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5
Batting:HR - Boom Boom Washington (1).SF - Sudden Sam LaRoche.GIDP - Joe Hoffman. Baserunning: SB - Boom Boom Washington (1). Fielding: E - Marsh White.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Sam Feller did not respond to coaching in control Dave Cogswell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Sam Feller did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Howe did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mike Howe did not respond to coaching in SS
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ed Knell did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Stapleton did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Stapleton did not respond to coaching in velocity David Gordon improves in arm