Win: Bill Wallace (2-0) Loss: Madd Hatter (0-1)
Save: So Watanabe (3)
Inning: 1 Detroit Madd Hatter pitching. Tommie Converse is hit by a pitch. Clarence Singleton walks. Max Jackson singles to left field. Tommie Converse scores. Clarence Singleton aggressively advances to third on the hit. Art Jakucki doubles to left field. Clarence Singleton scores. Max Jackson scores. Milton McGinn singles to right field. Art Jakucki scores. Sol Spongberg strikes out. Pat Pladson grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Bill Wallace pitching. Joe Hoffman strikes out. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marsh White singles in front of the left fielder. Terry Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Addie Romanick strikes out. Bill Wallace grounds out to the shortstop. Tommie Converse pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Dwayne Murray strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Tim Yonke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Clarence Singleton walks. Max Jackson strikes out. Art Jakucki is hit by a pitch. Milton McGinn strikes out. Sol Spongberg flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Hal Plank singles to center field. Madd Hatter 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 hits a home run. Hal Plank scores. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Marsh White flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Pat Pladson flies out to the right fielder. Addie Romanick lines out to the shortstop. Bill Wallace singles to left field. Tommie Converse flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Terry Johnson doubles to center field. Dwayne Murray grounds out to the third baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Yonke singles to right field. Terry Johnson scores. Hal Plank strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Clarence Singleton grounds out to the second baseman. Max Jackson reached on a fielding error by Sudden Sam LaRoche. Art Jakucki singles to left field. Ed Estalella comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Milton McGinn walks. Sol Spongberg singles to right field. Max Jackson scores. Art Jakucki scores. Milton McGinn advances to third on the hit. Pat Pladson singles to center field. Milton McGinn scores. Addie Romanick grounds out to the third baseman. Sol Spongberg advances to third on the play. Pat Pladson advances to second on the play. Bill Wallace grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Ed Estalella grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Hoffman hits a home run. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Marsh White strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Tommie Converse grounds out to the shortstop. Clarence Singleton singles past the second baseman. Max Jackson flies out to the right fielder. Art Jakucki flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Terry Johnson strikes out. Dwayne Murray flies out to the right fielder. Sudden Sam LaRoche walks. Tim Yonke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Milton McGinn singles to center field. Harry Bold comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sol Spongberg pops out to the first baseman. Pat Pladson singles to center field. Addie Romanick grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Boone Logan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hal Plank hits a home run. John Souza is pinch hitting for Harry Bold. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Souza grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Hoffman hits a home run. Scoops Viola comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Marsh White walks. Terry Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Frank Flair pitching. Alex Locklear is pinch hitting for Scoops Viola. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Alex Locklear strikes out. Tommie Converse strikes out. Clarence Singleton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland So Watanabe pitching. Dwayne Murray grounds out to the second baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Yonke walks. Hal Plank strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Max Jackson singles to right field. Art Jakucki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Max Jackson advances to second on the play. Milton McGinn reached on a 2-base fielding error by Terry Johnson. Max Jackson scores. Sol Spongberg grounds out to the third baseman. Pat Pladson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Dan Cunningham is pinch hitting for Frank Flair. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dan Cunningham singles to right field. Joe Hoffman singles to left field. Dan Cunningham aggressively advances to third on the hit. Boom Boom Washington grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Dan Cunningham scores. Marsh White strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes Milton McGinn is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Knudsen improves in power_vs_lefty Harry Sanberg improves in power_vs_righty Dan Dammann improves in speed Dennis Murphy did not respond to coaching in velocity
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Hutchinson improves in velocity Carl Oates did not respond to coaching in control John Bay improves in contact_vs_righty Carl Oates did not respond to coaching in endurance Harry Skowron did not respond to coaching in SS