Win: Kazumasa Hamagiwa (3-2) Loss: Dave Wilkerson (0-5)
Inning: 1 Oakland Dave Wilkerson pitching. Deacon Shipley strikes out. Takeo Hayashi walks. Tom Shelley strikes out. Denny Bankhead grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Washington Kazumasa Hamagiwa pitching. Jerry Habyan flies out to the left fielder. Harry Bongiovanni doubles to left field. Claude Veach pops out to the second baseman. Sherman Mercer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Eddie Crane doubles to left field. Woodie Steinfeldt flies out to the right fielder. Reggie Buckley hits a home run. Eddie Crane scores. John Hamilton strikes out. Kazumasa Hamagiwa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Bill Grissom strikes out. Tom Nixon pops out to the first baseman. Urbane Jackson singles to left field. Pat Saucier strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Deacon Shipley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Takeo Hayashi strikes out. Tom Shelley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Dave Wilkerson strikes out. Jerry Habyan walks. Harry Bongiovanni hits a home run. Jerry Habyan scores. Claude Veach hits a home run. Sherman Mercer strikes out. Bill Grissom grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Denny Bankhead flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Crane strikes out. Woodie Steinfeldt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Tom Nixon grounds out to the pitcher. Urbane Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Pat Saucier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Reggie Buckley hits a home run. John Hamilton walks. Kazumasa Hamagiwa lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Deacon Shipley pops out to the shortstop. Takeo Hayashi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Dave Wilkerson grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Habyan flies out to the center fielder. Harry Bongiovanni singles to center field. Claude Veach flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Tom Shelley singles to center field. Denny Bankhead doubles to center field. Tom Shelley uses his aggressiveness and scores. Eddie Crane walks. Woodie Steinfeldt strikes out. Reggie Buckley singles to center field. Denny Bankhead scores. Eddie Crane advances to third on the hit. There goes the runner on third! Eddie Crane is out trying to steal home. John Hamilton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Sherman Mercer strikes out. Bill Grissom strikes out. Tom Nixon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Rick Bridges comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kazumasa Hamagiwa flies out to the center fielder. Deacon Shipley walks. Takeo Hayashi strikes out. Tom Shelley singles to right field. Deacon Shipley advances to third on the hit. Tom Shelley steals second. Denny Bankhead grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Washington Urbane Jackson strikes out. Pat Saucier lines out to the shortstop. Ryan Anderson is pinch hitting for Rick Bridges. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ryan Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Tom Sharpe pitching. Eddie Crane grounds out to the pitcher. Woodie Steinfeldt flies out to the right fielder. Reggie Buckley singles to center field. John Hamilton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Jerry Habyan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Bongiovanni flies out to the left fielder. Claude Veach strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Bill Kell is pinch hitting for Kazumasa Hamagiwa. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bill Kell doubles to left field. Deacon Shipley singles to left field. Takeo Hayashi singles to right field. Bill Kell scores. Chet Kunkel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Shelley hits a home run. Deacon Shipley scores. Takeo Hayashi scores. Denny Bankhead grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Crane singles to center field. Woodie Steinfeldt strikes out. Reggie Buckley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Art Alfonseca pitching. Sherman Mercer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Grissom singles to center field. Tom Nixon flies out to the left fielder. Urbane Jackson walks. Pat Saucier doubles to center field. Bill Grissom scores. Urbane Jackson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jeff Cardenas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frankie Eiteljorge is pinch hitting for Chet Kunkel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Frankie Eiteljorge pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 7 Washington total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Denny Bankhead (5), Eddie Crane (8), Bill Kell (1).HR - Tom Shelley (4), Reggie Buckley 2 (6). Baserunning: SB - Tom Shelley (8).CS - Eddie Crane (1).
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Tony Willhite did not respond to coaching in arm Don Sheerin did not respond to coaching in range Dann Bergman did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Pless did not respond to coaching in control
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jason Agbayani did not respond to coaching in speed Cuckoo Rodriguez improves in speed Lew Brown did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Brian Nichting did not respond to coaching in velocity