Win: Greg Jackson (7-5) Loss: Jimmy Lorenzen (10-10)
Save: Cliff Medeiros (8)
Inning: 1 Oakland Greg Jackson pitching. Andres Haworth singles to center field. Yasuji Takada grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Andres Haworth is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joe Noonan is hit by a pitch. Roy Ostrowski bunts for a base hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Will Silber strikes out. Ed Billings grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Detroit Jimmy Lorenzen pitching. Cornelius Marsh singles to left field. Glenn McAuley flies out to the left fielder. Chris White pops out to the second baseman. Steve Maloney hits a home run. Cornelius Marsh scores. Jax Popplewell singles to right field. Ensign Cardenal strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Bob McKee singles to center field. Luis Coughlin flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Lorenzen lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Andres Haworth pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Dan Rice grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Brady hits an infield single to the second baseman. Greg Jackson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Cornelius Marsh reached on a fielding error by Luis Coughlin. Glenn McAuley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Yasuji Takada singles to left field. Joe Noonan grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Yasuji Takada is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Roy Ostrowski strikes out. Will Silber strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Chris White grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Maloney grounds out to the third baseman. Jax Popplewell singles to right field. Ensign Cardenal flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Ed Billings singles to center field. Bob McKee flies out to the right fielder. Luis Coughlin grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Dan Rice flies out to the right fielder. Joe Brady flies out to the right fielder. Greg Jackson singles past the first baseman. Cornelius Marsh hits a home run. Greg Jackson scores. Glenn McAuley walks. Chris White strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Jimmy Lorenzen grounds out to the third baseman. Andres Haworth grounds out to the second baseman. Yasuji Takada strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Steve Maloney singles to right field. Jax Popplewell walks. Ensign Cardenal singles to left field. Steve Maloney scores. Muneo Aida comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dan Rice grounds out to the pitcher. Jax Popplewell advances to third on the play. Ensign Cardenal advances to second on the play. Joe Brady walks. Greg Jackson strikes out. Cornelius Marsh pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Oakland Joe Noonan singles to right field. Roy Ostrowski walks. Will Silber singles to right field. Joe Noonan is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Roy Ostrowski advances to third on the play. Ed Billings grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roy Ostrowski scores. Will Silber advances to second on the play. Bob McKee grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Glenn McAuley grounds out to the second baseman. Chris White flies out to the left fielder. Steve Maloney hits a home run. Tom Musgraves comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jax Popplewell lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Luis Coughlin grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Clarke is pinch hitting for Tom Musgraves. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dave Clarke grounds out to the shortstop. Andres Haworth flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit John Rettenmund pitching. Ensign Cardenal flies out to the center fielder. Dan Rice grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Brady flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Yasuji Takada pops out to the shortstop. Joe Noonan singles to left field. Roy Ostrowski hits a home run. Joe Noonan scores. Will Silber singles to right field. Ed Billings lines out to the first baseman. Bob McKee strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Chico Mahler is pinch hitting for Greg Jackson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Chico Mahler strikes out. Cornelius Marsh grounds out to the shortstop. Glenn McAuley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Cliff Medeiros pitching. Luis Coughlin singles to right field. Mark Johnson is pinch hitting for John Rettenmund. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mark Johnson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Andres Haworth flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Detroit total runners left on base: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Zimmerman did not respond to coaching in range Phenomenal Taylor did not respond to coaching in speed Phenomenal Taylor improves in power_vs_lefty Andy McGraw improves in power_vs_lefty Phenomenal Taylor did not respond to coaching in 3B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gene Shirley improves in contact_vs_lefty Herb Wortham improves in contact_vs_lefty Masato Watanabe improves in endurance David Alston did not respond to coaching in control