Win: Weldon Jones (10-5) Loss: Al Lindsey (6-9)
Save: Fred Orndorff (11)
Inning: 1 Oakland Al Lindsey pitching. Masato Tani hits a home run. Patrick Dubois hits a home run. Dan Barthelson flies out to the right fielder. So Yamashita flies out to the center fielder. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Weldon Jones pitching. Ecky Sprowl strikes out. Andres Hernandez grounds out to the pitcher. Pete Sutcliffe singles to right field. Pete Sutcliffe steals second. Vance Oster singles to right field. Mike Poepping grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. Carlos Galvez pops out to the second baseman. Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Mike Courtney strikes out. Javier Daly singles to center field. Tavo Minor singles to left field. Javier Daly advances to third on the hit. Al Lindsey grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Weldon Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Masato Tani singles to center field. Patrick Dubois strikes out. Dan Barthelson walks. So Yamashita singles past the second baseman. Masato Tani scores. Dan Barthelson advances to third on the hit. Daisuke Komatsubara pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Ecky Sprowl flies out to the center fielder. Andres Hernandez singles to center field. Andres Hernandez is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Pete Sutcliffe doubles to left field. Vance Oster flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Dian Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Carlos Galvez singles to left field. Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the left fielder. Weldon Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Mike Poepping flies out to the center fielder. Mike Courtney strikes out. Javier Daly grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Masato Tani flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Patrick Dubois flies out to the center fielder. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Tavo Minor reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dan Barthelson. Al Lindsey lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ecky Sprowl pops out to the catcher. Andres Hernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland So Yamashita strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara hits an infield single to the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dian Gonzalez walks. Carlos Galvez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Pete Sutcliffe grounds out to the second baseman. Vance Oster singles to center field. Mike Poepping grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Weldon Jones strikes out. Masato Tani flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Mike Courtney is hit by a pitch. Javier Daly strikes out. Tavo Minor grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Courtney is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joey Berres is pinch hitting for Al Lindsey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Joey Berres pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Jaime Zuber pitching. Patrick Dubois hits an infield single to the second baseman. Dan Barthelson triples. Patrick Dubois scores. So Yamashita flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Dan Barthelson scores. Jack Tragesser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to center field. Daisuke Komatsubara is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dian Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Ecky Sprowl strikes out. Andres Hernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Pete Sutcliffe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Carlos Galvez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Trevor Easterday is pinch hitting for Kunihisa Shibata. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the shortstop. Weldon Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Vance Oster doubles to right field. Mike Poepping strikes out. Tony Hunt is pinch hitting for Mike Courtney. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tony Hunt singles to left field. Vance Oster scores. Javier Daly walks. Fred Orndorff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tavo Minor reached on a fielding error by Masato Tani. Jack Tragesser singles to center field. Tony Hunt scores. Ecky Sprowl grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Javier Daly is out at home. Tavo Minor gets picked off third. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 4 Detroit total runners LOB: 8
Batting:3B - Dan Barthelson (9).HR - Masato Tani (10), Patrick Dubois (13).SF - So Yamashita. Baserunning: CS - Daisuke Komatsubara 2 (6). Fielding: E - Masato Tani, Dan Barthelson.
Batting:2B - Pete Sutcliffe (17), Vance Oster (22).GIDP - Mike Poepping, Al Lindsey.HBP - Mike Courtney (3). Baserunning: SB - Pete Sutcliffe (7).CS - Andres Hernandez (13).
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Kenichi Ogawa did not respond to coaching in control Jack Brummer did not respond to coaching in control Jack Brummer did not respond to coaching in velocity Kenichi Ogawa did not respond to coaching in control
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Southwick did not respond to coaching in velocity Harold Phillips improves in power_vs_lefty Harold Phillips did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Chad Hunt did not respond to coaching in speed