Win: fruhym Wahshh (10-6) Loss: Carlos Medina (14-4)
Save: George Pujols (18)
Inning: 1 Detroit Carlos Medina pitching. Juan Vasquez grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Miller flies out to the left fielder. Matt Harper grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland fruhym Wahshh pitching. Marcell Reese pops out to the first baseman. Dooley McDonald flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Baker walks. Jonny Redtail grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Earl Shinall strikes out. Curt Branca grounds out to the second baseman. Hector McGuire strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Zeke Wright flies out to the right fielder. Carleton Fort pops out to the first baseman. Cidi Schlei grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Ed Peterson singles to left field. Angel Whitaker singles to center field. Ed Peterson advances to third on the hit. fruhym Wahshh strikes out. Juan Vasquez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland David Gomez strikes out. Carlos Medina singles to left field. Marcell Reese grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Alex Miller walks. Matt Harper singles to center field. Alex Miller advances to third on the hit. Matt Harper steals second. Earl Shinall doubles to left field. Alex Miller scores. Matt Harper scores. Curt Branca singles past the second baseman. Earl Shinall scores. Hector McGuire grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Curt Branca advances to second on the play. Ed Peterson grounds out to the third baseman. Angel Whitaker lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Dooley McDonald doubles to left field. Jimmy Baker strikes out. Jonny Redtail grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dooley McDonald advances to third on the play. Zeke Wright flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit fruhym Wahshh flies out to the left fielder. Juan Vasquez flies out to the left fielder. Alex Miller singles to left field. Matt Harper flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Carleton Fort grounds out to the third baseman. Cidi Schlei singles to right field. David Gomez flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Medina grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Earl Shinall flies out to the left fielder. Curt Branca grounds out to the shortstop. Hector McGuire walks. Hector McGuire steals second. Ed Peterson doubles to left field. Hector McGuire scores. Angel Whitaker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Marcell Reese strikes out. Dooley McDonald flies out to the left fielder. Jimmy Baker grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit fruhym Wahshh grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Liefer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Juan Vasquez walks. Juan Vasquez steals second. Alex Miller pops out to the first baseman. Matt Harper walks. Earl Shinall pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Jonny Redtail strikes out. Zeke Wright hits a home run. Al Geary comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carleton Fort singles to right field. Cidi Schlei flies out to the left fielder. David Gomez singles to right field. Carleton Fort advances to third on the hit. Brian Priest is pinch hitting for Ed Liefer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Brian Priest grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Fern Cora pitching. Rich Storie is pinch hitting for Curt Branca. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rich Storie grounds out to the third baseman. Hector McGuire grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Peterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Marcell Reese strikes out. Dooley McDonald singles to left field. Jimmy Baker flies out to the center fielder. Jonny Redtail flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Angel Whitaker grounds out to the third baseman. Hughie Wright is pinch hitting for Al Geary. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hughie Wright strikes out. Juan Vasquez hits an infield single to the pitcher. Alex Miller grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Juan Vasquez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland George Pujols pitching. Zeke Wright strikes out. Carleton Fort singles to right field. Cidi Schlei flies out to the center fielder. David Gomez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 7
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Sutcliffe did not respond to coaching in control Luis Austin improves in velocity Matt McCaskill improves in arm Joe Nordyke improves in control Oscar White did not respond to coaching in control Ken King did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Geoff Walker did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Gload did not respond to coaching in control Dave Gload did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Travers improves in range Del Crowder did not respond to coaching in speed Rodney Rowland did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Charlie Travers improves in LF