Win: Hank Fox (8-3) Loss: Joe Acaba (8-8)
Save: Craig Linebrink (21)
Inning: 1 Oakland Joe Acaba pitching. Ron Bannister singles to left field. Jesse Demaree hits a home run. Ron Bannister scores. George Maddox pops out to the second baseman. Keith Gross grounds out to the third baseman. Heinie Howley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Baltimore Hank Fox pitching. Roy Hands strikes out. Dixie Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Carlos Fredrickson doubles to left field. Gary Morrison flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Chad Vache flies out to the right fielder. Chet Eddy grounds out to the second baseman. Ramon Franco singles to left field. Hank Fox strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Big Pappi singles to center field. Ken Blattner pops out to the second baseman. Nick McLaughlin grounds out to the third baseman. Big Pappi advances to second on the play. Jimmy McGuire lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ron Bannister strikes out. Jesse Demaree singles to right field. George Maddox flies out to the left fielder. Keith Gross hits a home run. Jesse Demaree scores. Heinie Howley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Joe Acaba strikes out. Roy Hands singles to center field. Dixie Smith singles to center field. Roy Hands advances to third on the hit. Carlos Fredrickson singles to center field. Roy Hands scores. Gary Morrison singles to center field. Dixie Smith scores. Carlos Fredrickson advances to third on the hit. Big Pappi strikes out. Ken Blattner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Chad Vache grounds out to the second baseman. Chet Eddy grounds out to the shortstop. Ramon Franco singles to left field. Hank Fox flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Nick McLaughlin grounds out to the pitcher. Jimmy McGuire strikes out. Joe Acaba flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Ron Bannister grounds out to the third baseman. Jesse Demaree grounds out to the second baseman. George Maddox singles past the third baseman. Keith Gross flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Roy Hands grounds out to the second baseman. Dixie Smith strikes out. Carlos Fredrickson triples. Gary Morrison grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Heinie Howley strikes out. Chad Vache singles to center field. Chet Eddy grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Big Pappi flies out to the right fielder. Ken Blattner flies out to the right fielder. Nick McLaughlin singles to center field. Buck Butler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Jimmy McGuire doubles to left field. Joe Acaba reached on a fielding error by Jesse Demaree. Nick McLaughlin scores. Roy Hands strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Chuck Maxvill is pinch hitting for Ramon Franco. Chuck Maxvill grounds out to the shortstop. Ted Hurtado is pinch hitting for Buck Butler. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ted Hurtado grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Bannister grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Harry Casanova pitching. Russ Haney enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chuck Maxvill at 1B. Dixie Smith strikes out. Carlos Fredrickson grounds out to the third baseman. Gary Morrison singles to right field. Bobo Dear is pinch hitting for Big Pappi. Bobo Dear flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Jack Jones enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bobo Dear at CF. Jesse Demaree grounds out to the third baseman. George Maddox strikes out. Keith Gross flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Ken Blattner grounds out to the shortstop. Nick McLaughlin strikes out. Jimmy McGuire grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Heinie Howley singles to center field. Chad Vache flies out to the center fielder. Chet Eddy grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Craig Linebrink comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jorge Diaz is pinch hitting for Joe Acaba. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jorge Diaz strikes out. Roy Hands flies out to the right fielder. Dixie Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 3 Baltimore total runners LOB: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Doug Howry improves in range Ron Bouldin improves in arm Kirt Wiltse did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Estrada did not respond to coaching in velocity
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: David Pena did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Steve Crowell improves in power_vs_lefty Howard Callahan improves in contact_vs_lefty Ernie Wolfe improves in power_vs_righty