Win: Mike Morris (3-2) Loss: Howie Freeman (1-2)
Save: Jim Cormier (2)
Inning: 1 Detroit Weldon Jones pitching. Rod Trout walks. Scott Hunt strikes out. Andres Hernandez strikes out. Rod Trout is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Al Lindsey pitching. Masato Tani lines out to the third baseman. Patrick Dubois flies out to the center fielder. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Pete Sutcliffe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vance Oster walks. Charles Roebuck singles to center field. Bob Kline hits an infield single to the third baseman. Joey Berres strikes out. Al Lindsey strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Oakland So Yamashita pops out to the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Rod Trout walks. Scott Hunt walks. Andres Hernandez strikes out. Pete Sutcliffe strikes out. Vance Oster singles to left field. Rod Trout scores. Scott Hunt advances to third on the hit. Charles Roebuck flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Pete Delgado strikes out. Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the left fielder. Weldon Jones singles to center field. Masato Tani hits a home run. Weldon Jones scores. Patrick Dubois pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Bob Kline singles to right field. Joey Berres doubles to left field. Al Lindsey flies out to the right fielder. Rod Trout grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Kline scores. Joey Berres advances to third on the play. Scott Hunt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Dan Barthelson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). So Yamashita hits a home run. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Dian Gonzalez pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Andres Hernandez singles to left field. Pete Sutcliffe hits an infield single to the second baseman. Vance Oster grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Andres Hernandez advances to third on the play. Charles Roebuck flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Pete Delgado grounds out to the shortstop. Kunihisa Shibata reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bob Kline. Weldon Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Masato Tani grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Bob Kline walks. Joey Berres grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bob Kline is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mike Courtney is pinch hitting for Al Lindsey. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Mike Courtney strikes out. Rod Trout grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Les Carpenter pitching. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Barthelson walks. So Yamashita pops out to the first baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Scott Hunt grounds out to the third baseman. Andres Hernandez walks. Andres Hernandez steals second. Rod Marte 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. Andres Hernandez steals third. Pete Sutcliffe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vance Oster singles past the second baseman. Andres Hernandez scores. Charles Roebuck flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Dian Gonzalez flies out to the left fielder. Pete Delgado walks. Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the left fielder. Shoji Kasai is pinch hitting for Rod Marte. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shoji Kasai singles to left field. Masato Tani grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Mike Morris pitching. Bob Kline grounds out to the second baseman. Ecky Sprowl is pinch hitting for Joey Berres. Ecky Sprowl hits a home run. Ron Tucker is pinch hitting for Les Carpenter. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ron Tucker reached on a 2-base throwing error by Patrick Dubois. Rod Trout grounds out to the pitcher. Scott Hunt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Howie Freeman pitching. B.J. Salveson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ecky Sprowl at C. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Barthelson singles to left field. So Yamashita singles to center field. Dan Barthelson advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to center field. Dan Barthelson scores. So Yamashita advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Dian Gonzalez hits a home run. So Yamashita scores. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Bruce Dykstra comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete Delgado singles to left field. Kunihisa Shibata walks. Trevor Easterday is pinch hitting for Mike Morris. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Trevor Easterday walks. Masato Tani flies out to the left fielder. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Detroit Jim Cormier pitching. Pat Morrison enters the game as a defensive replacement for Masato Tani at 3B. Andres Hernandez singles to center field. Pete Sutcliffe grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Andres Hernandez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Vance Oster grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 10 Oakland total runners left on base: 7
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dick Mahoney improves in range Leugim Cabrera did not respond to coaching in velocity Harold Phillips did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Kenichi Ogawa did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Cisar did not respond to coaching in velocity Curly Devine did not respond to coaching in arm