Win: Greg McNally (5-2) Loss: Dick Holmes (3-4)
Save: Walt Hendrick (2)
Inning: 1 Detroit Pop McCarty pitching. Adrian Gajkowski grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Nelson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Maul walks. Mike Will triples. Jim Maul scores. Craig Ley lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Greg McNally pitching. Allie Melendez walks. Andy Miller singles to left field. Allie Melendez advances to third on the hit. Isao Fujii singles to left field. Allie Melendez scores. Andy Miller advances to third on the hit. Cub Finch singles to right field. Andy Miller scores. Elmer Campbell flies out to the left fielder. Jose Phillips strikes out. Larry Murray flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Jim Gideon lines out to the third baseman. Eddie Sipin strikes out. Lee Aguayo singles to left field. Greg McNally pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Danny Dear strikes out. Pop McCarty strikes out. Allie Melendez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Adrian Gajkowski singles to center field. Jack Nelson grounds out to the second baseman. Adrian Gajkowski advances to second on the play. Jim Maul strikes out. Mike Will flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Andy Miller walks. Isao Fujii flies out to the right fielder. Andy Miller steals second. Cub Finch singles to right field. Andy Miller scores. Elmer Campbell grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Cub Finch is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jose Phillips singles to center field. Elmer Campbell advances to third on the hit. Larry Murray lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Craig Ley doubles to center field. Jim Gideon singles to center field. Eddie Sipin grounds out to the catcher. Jim Gideon advances to second on the play. Lee Aguayo singles to right field. Craig Ley scores. Jim Gideon scores. Greg McNally lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Adrian Gajkowski grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Danny Dear singles to right field. Danny Dear is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Pop McCarty pops out to the shortstop. Allie Melendez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Jack Nelson strikes out. Jim Maul triples. Mike Will strikes out. Craig Ley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Andy Miller strikes out. Isao Fujii grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Cub Finch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Jim Gideon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Eddie Sipin pops out to the second baseman. Lee Aguayo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Elmer Campbell strikes out. Jose Phillips grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Larry Murray strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Dick Holmes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Greg McNally singles to right field. Adrian Gajkowski grounds out to the third baseman. Greg McNally advances to second on the play. Jack Nelson doubles to left field. Greg McNally scores. Jim Maul flies out to the left fielder. Mike Will doubles past the first baseman. Jack Nelson scores. Charlie Blanks comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Craig Ley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Danny Dear flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Blanks grounds out to the third baseman. Allie Melendez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Jim Gideon flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Sipin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lee Aguayo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Andy Miller flies out to the right fielder. Isao Fujii strikes out. Cub Finch flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit B.J. Garbowski is pinch hitting for Greg McNally. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. B.J. Garbowski singles to right field. Adrian Gajkowski flies out to the center fielder. Jack Nelson singles to center field. Jim Maul flies out to the center fielder. Mike Will singles to center field. B.J. Garbowski scores. Jack Nelson aggressively advances to third on the hit. Osvaldo Duliba comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 3rd. Craig Ley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Walt Hendrick pitching. Mark Kraus enters the game as a defensive replacement for Lee Aguayo at 3B. Elmer Campbell triples. Jose Phillips flies out to the center fielder. Larry Murray singles to right field. Elmer Campbell scores. Danny Dear singles to center field. Larry Murray advances to third on the hit. Tom Gallia is pinch hitting for Osvaldo Duliba. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Gallia pops out to the shortstop. Allie Melendez singles to right field. Larry Murray scores. Danny Dear is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Danny Clendenon did not respond to coaching in velocity Al May did not respond to coaching in velocity Danny Clendenon did not respond to coaching in control Herman Knudson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mark Brummer did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rob Oglesby improves in velocity Skeeter Griffin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Johnny Lanford did not respond to coaching in velocity Chick Wooten improves in arm Jim Guzman improves in 1B