Inning: 1 Detroit Marvin Benard pitching. Scott Hunt strikes out. Rufe Bowles grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Charton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Val Devlin pitching. Masato Tani strikes out. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Barthelson singles to left field. So Yamashita flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit John Heiserman strikes out. Andres Hernandez strikes out. Bob Kline walks. Eddie Kopacz singles past the second baseman. Charles Roebuck singles to center field. Bob Kline scores. Eddie Kopacz advances to third on the hit. Val Devlin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Pete Delgado pops out to the second baseman. Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Scott Hunt singles to left field. Rufe Bowles flies out to the right fielder. Scott Hunt steals second. Jeff Charton grounds out to the shortstop. John Heiserman bunts for a base hit. Andres Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Shawn Hubbell flies out to the center fielder. Marvin Benard reached on a 2-base fielding error by Scott Hunt. Masato Tani grounds out to the third baseman. Patrick Dubois walks. Dan Barthelson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Bob Kline flies out to the right fielder. Eddie Kopacz flies out to the right fielder. Charles Roebuck strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland So Yamashita flies out to the left fielder. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to right field. Pete Delgado singles to center field. Daisuke Komatsubara advances to third on the hit. Kunihisa Shibata singles to left field. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Shawn Hubbell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Val Devlin pops out to the second baseman. Scott Hunt reached on a 2-base fielding error by Kunihisa Shibata. Rufe Bowles strikes out. Jeff Charton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Marvin Benard pops out to the third baseman. Masato Tani grounds out to the third baseman. Patrick Dubois lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit John Heiserman hits a home run. Andres Hernandez walks. Bob Kline singles to right field. Eddie Kopacz grounds out to the second baseman. Andres Hernandez advances to third on the play. Bob Kline advances to second on the play. Ron Houser 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. Charles Roebuck grounds out to the pitcher. Val Devlin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Dan Barthelson flies out to the center fielder. So Yamashita grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Daisuke Komatsubara doubles to left field. Pete Delgado strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Scott Hunt walks. Rufe Bowles grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Jeff Charton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the second baseman. Shawn Hubbell strikes out. Dian Gonzalez is pinch hitting for Ron Houser. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dian Gonzalez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Mike Zackert pitching. John Heiserman grounds out to the third baseman. Andres Hernandez strikes out. Bob Kline grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Masato Tani grounds out to the third baseman. Patrick Dubois walks. Dan Barthelson singles to right field. Patrick Dubois advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. So Yamashita singles to left field. Patrick Dubois scores. Dan Barthelson advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the pitcher. So Yamashita advances to second on the play. Shoji Kasai is pinch hitting for Pete Delgado. Shoji Kasai singles to right field. Dan Barthelson scores. So Yamashita scores. Bruce Dykstra comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Carlos Galvez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Shoji Kasai at C. Eddie Kopacz pops out to the first baseman. Charles Roebuck grounds out to the second baseman. Tavo Minor is pinch hitting for Bruce Dykstra. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tavo Minor singles to right field. Scott Hunt singles to center field. Rufe Bowles flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners left on base: 9 Oakland total runners left on base: 6
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Paul Ray did not respond to coaching in arm Howie Freeman did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Damaska improves in power_vs_lefty Harold Phillips did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dick Ruebel did not respond to coaching in control Dick Ruebel did not respond to coaching in control Curly Devine did not respond to coaching in range