Inning: 1 Oakland Steve Foxen pitching. Buddy Lint flies out to the center fielder. Andre Wehmeier grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Billy Shirley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Morris Anson pitching. Roy Hegman walks. Scott Fisher strikes out. Roy Hegman steals second. Placido Beck flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Lee Harris strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Barry McGunnigle pops out to the third baseman. Chris Cote grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Brucker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Pat Whiten pops out to the catcher. Oliver Buller grounds out to the third baseman. Jake Hunter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Dave Blackburn strikes out. Ron Muniz strikes out. Morris Anson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Freddie Parsons singles to left field. Freddie Parsons steals second. Steve Foxen lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Roy Hegman walks. Scott Fisher hits a home run. Freddie Parsons scores. Roy Hegman scores. Placido Beck singles to center field. Lee Harris singles to right field. Placido Beck advances to third on the hit. Pat Whiten pops out to the first baseman. Oliver Buller walks. Jake Hunter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Oakland Buddy Lint grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Andre Wehmeier grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Shirley reached on a 2-base throwing error by Placido Beck. Barry McGunnigle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Freddie Parsons strikes out. Steve Foxen pops out to the third baseman. Roy Hegman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Chris Cote strikes out. Steve Brucker strikes out. Dave Blackburn grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Scott Fisher hits a home run. Placido Beck strikes out. Lee Harris walks. Lee Harris is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Pat Whiten flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Ron Muniz singles to left field. Morris Anson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Buddy Lint grounds out to the catcher. Andre Wehmeier strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Oliver Buller strikes out. Jake Hunter strikes out. Freddie Parsons grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Billy Shirley walks. Barry McGunnigle grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Chris Cote strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Steve Foxen flies out to the left fielder. Roy Hegman hits a home run. Scott Fisher strikes out. Placido Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Mike Williams is pinch hitting for Steve Brucker. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Williams strikes out. Dave Blackburn singles to left field. John Lyons is pinch hitting for Ron Muniz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Lyons doubles to center field. Dave Blackburn uses his aggressiveness and scores. Robin Fisher 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. Morris Anson grounds out to the shortstop. Buddy Lint grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Lee Harris triples. Rico Moore comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pat Whiten strikes out. Oliver Buller hits a home run. Lee Harris scores. Jake Hunter strikes out. Jim Jonnard is pinch hitting for Freddie Parsons. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Jonnard singles to right field. Cupid Grace is pinch hitting for Robin Fisher. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Cupid Grace singles to center field. Roy Hegman doubles to left field. Jim Jonnard scores. Bill Giovanola comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Scott Fisher singles to left field. Cupid Grace scores. Roy Hegman scores. Horacio Barna is pinch hitting for Placido Beck. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Horacio Barna strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Doug Goss pitching. Andre Wehmeier flies out to the right fielder. Billy Shirley flies out to the left fielder. Tom Bader is pinch hitting for Barry McGunnigle. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tom Bader flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 3 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Roy Hegman (17).3B - Lee Harris (2).HR - Roy Hegman (8), Scott Fisher 2 (22), Oliver Buller (12). Baserunning: SB - Roy Hegman (19), Freddie Parsons (5).CS - Lee Harris (12). Fielding: E - Placido Beck.
Game Notes Rico Moore is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Yordanis Molinet did not respond to coaching in control Yachiho Kanamoto did not respond to coaching in arm Leo Cermak improves in speed Yordanis Molinet did not respond to coaching in velocity Chris Seilheimer improves in contact_vs_righty Leo Cermak did not respond to coaching in speed Yachiho Kanamoto did not respond to coaching in SS
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: James Busby did not respond to coaching in velocity Lew Navarro improves in arm Marty Brown did not respond to coaching in velocity Dan Cadore did not respond to coaching in arm Ted Traber improves in arm Tom Guardado did not respond to coaching in range