Inning: 1 Baltimore Rod Marte pitching. Rick Decker walks. Henry Erickson strikes out. Morikazu Tsutsui walks. Fumiya Nakanowatari grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Jake Stafford pitching. Dan Barthelson strikes out. Yorelvis Barroso grounds out to the third baseman. Patrick Dubois strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Patsy Gick flies out to the center fielder. Ned Stapleton grounds out to the second baseman. Les Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa walks. Masato Tani pops out to the first baseman. Hirokazu Kawa steals second. Pat Morrison grounds out to the second baseman. Hirokazu Kawa advances to third on the play. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Jim Hernandez singles to center field. Jake Stafford lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rick Decker singles to right field. Jim Hernandez scores. Henry Erickson pops out to the third baseman. Morikazu Tsutsui pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Pete Delgado flies out to the center fielder. Rod Marte strikes out. Dan Barthelson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Fumiya Nakanowatari flies out to the right fielder. Patsy Gick grounds out to the second baseman. Ned Stapleton singles past the second baseman. Les Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Yorelvis Barroso flies out to the right fielder. Patrick Dubois walks. Hirokazu Kawa singles to center field. Patrick Dubois aggressively advances to third on the hit. Masato Tani flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Patrick Dubois is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Jim Hernandez strikes out. Jake Stafford flies out to the center fielder. Rick Decker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Pat Morrison grounds out to the shortstop. Trevor Easterday reached on a 2-base throwing error by Patsy Gick. Pete Delgado grounds out to the second baseman. Trevor Easterday advances to third on the play. Rod Marte strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Henry Erickson grounds out to the third baseman. Morikazu Tsutsui singles to right field. Fumiya Nakanowatari grounds out to the pitcher. Morikazu Tsutsui advances to second on the play. Patsy Gick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Dan Barthelson grounds out to the shortstop. Yorelvis Barroso flies out to the center fielder. Patrick Dubois strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Ned Stapleton flies out to the center fielder. Les Williams strikes out. Jim Hernandez walks. Jake Stafford grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim Hernandez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Masato Tani pops out to the catcher. Pat Morrison doubles to right field. Trevor Easterday pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Rick Decker singles to left field. Henry Erickson doubles to center field. Rick Decker uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe Rommel 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. Morikazu Tsutsui grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Henry Erickson advances to third on the play. Fumiya Nakanowatari singles past the shortstop. Henry Erickson scores. Patsy Gick singles to right field. Fumiya Nakanowatari aggressively advances to third on the hit. Ned Stapleton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Patsy Gick advances to second on the play. Les Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Pete Delgado strikes out. Shawn Hubbell is pinch hitting for Joe Rommel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shawn Hubbell singles to center field. Dan Barthelson singles to center field. Shawn Hubbell advances to third on the hit. Dan Barthelson steals second. Yorelvis Barroso grounds out to the shortstop. Shawn Hubbell scores. Dan Barthelson advances to third on the play. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Baltimore Fred Orndorff pitching. Jim Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Courtney is pinch hitting for Jake Stafford. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Courtney strikes out. Rick Decker pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Hanson Richert pitching. Hirokazu Kawa walks. Hirokazu Kawa is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Masato Tani lines out to the second baseman. Pat Morrison pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Baltimore total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes Henry Erickson is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill McGee did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Walt Crandall did not respond to coaching in velocity Emmett Speier improves in speed Bill McGee did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Kid Dunning did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Irwin improves in control Yutaka Tanaka did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Drungo Ables improves in velocity