Win: Frank Cottier (10-6) Loss: Atsuhiro Mine (8-11)
Inning: 1 New York Atsuhiro Mine pitching. Brendan McCabe singles to right field. Tommy Larkin grounds out to the second baseman. Brendan McCabe advances to second on the play. Randall Clarke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brendan McCabe advances to third on the play. Passed ball. Brendan McCabe scores. Tim Smith singles to left field. Passed ball. Tim Smith advances to second. Shane McAvoy singles to left field. Pit Zak walks. Mitchell Fisk flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Oakland Frank Cottier pitching. Masato Tani grounds out to the shortstop. Patrick Dubois flies out to the right fielder. Dan Barthelson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York John Nyman flies out to the center fielder. Frank Cottier strikes out. Brendan McCabe grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland So Yamashita strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara walks. Daisuke Komatsubara steals second. Pete Delgado walks. Kunihisa Shibata grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Tommy Larkin grounds out to the shortstop. Randall Clarke doubles to left field. Randall Clarke steals third. Tim Smith singles to center field. Randall Clarke scores. Shane McAvoy lines out to the second baseman. Pit Zak pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Shawn Hubbell walks. Atsuhiro Mine fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Atsuhiro Mine grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Masato Tani grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Mitchell Fisk singles to right field. John Nyman strikes out. Frank Cottier lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Brendan McCabe singles to right field. Mitchell Fisk scores. Brendan McCabe is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Patrick Dubois grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Barthelson flies out to the right fielder. So Yamashita strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Tommy Larkin hits a home run. Randall Clarke grounds out to the second baseman. Tim Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Shane McAvoy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara singles to center field. Pete Delgado grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Shawn Hubbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Pit Zak walks. Pit Zak steals second. Mitchell Fisk doubles to left field. Pit Zak scores. Ron Houser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Nyman pops out to the catcher. Frank Cottier strikes out. Brendan McCabe singles past the third baseman. Mitchell Fisk scores. Tommy Larkin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Ron Houser singles to right field. Masato Tani grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ron Houser advances to second on the play. Patrick Dubois doubles to center field. Ron Houser scores. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Patrick Dubois advances to third on the play. So Yamashita hits a home run. Patrick Dubois scores. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Randall Clarke singles to right field. Tim Smith singles to left field. Randall Clarke advances to third on the hit. Tim Smith steals second. Shane McAvoy strikes out. Pit Zak grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mitchell Fisk singles to center field. Randall Clarke scores. Rod Marte comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Nyman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Pete Delgado strikes out. Kunihisa Shibata doubles to right field. Alex Robertson 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. Shawn Hubbell grounds out to the shortstop. Dian Gonzalez is pinch hitting for Rod Marte. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dian Gonzalez doubles to right field. Kunihisa Shibata scores. Masato Tani strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Fred Orndorff pitching. Ray Cedeno is pinch hitting for Alex Robertson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ray Cedeno grounds out to the second baseman. Brendan McCabe walks. Tommy Larkin singles to right field. Brendan McCabe steals third. Randall Clarke pops out to the second baseman. Tim Smith singles to left field. Brendan McCabe scores. Shane McAvoy singles to right field. Tommy Larkin scores. Mike Zackert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Latimer is pinch hitting for Pit Zak. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Latimer walks. Mitchell Fisk pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Oakland Joe Becker pitching. Patrick Dubois flies out to the right fielder. Dan Barthelson singles to left field. So Yamashita strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York John Nyman strikes out. Frank Rogers is pinch hitting for Joe Becker. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Rogers lines out to the third baseman. Brendan McCabe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Craig Andrews pitching. Carlos Galvez is pinch hitting for Pete Delgado. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Carlos Galvez singles to right field. Trevor Easterday is pinch hitting for Kunihisa Shibata. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Trevor Easterday grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Shawn Hubbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 New York total runners LOB: 10 Oakland total runners LOB: 4
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Curtis Romano did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jack Kuenn did not respond to coaching in arm Curtis Romano improves in power_vs_lefty Tony Otero improves in range Curtis Romano improves in 2B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Ostermueller improves in velocity Harry Dean did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Irwin did not respond to coaching in control Joe Rommel did not respond to coaching in control