Inning: 1 Detroit Howard Yaryan pitching. Rod Trout singles to center field. John Heiserman strikes out. Rufe Bowles flies out to the right fielder. Eddie Kopacz pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Al Lindsey pitching. Mitsuo Yaginuma singles to center field. Mitsuo Yaginuma steals second. Pat Morrison strikes out. So Yamashita walks. Danny Manning strikes out. Mitsuo Yaginuma steals third. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Andres Hernandez strikes out. Harold Phillips doubles to center field. Ecky Sprowl singles past the shortstop. Harold Phillips scores. B.J. Salveson flies out to the left fielder. Al Lindsey flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Carlos Galvez flies out to the center fielder. Kunihisa Shibata singles to left field. Shawn Hubbell singles to right field. Kunihisa Shibata advances to third on the hit. Howard Yaryan strikes out. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Rod Trout grounds out to the second baseman. John Heiserman singles past the shortstop. Rufe Bowles singles to center field. John Heiserman advances to third on the hit. Eddie Kopacz strikes out. Andres Hernandez singles to center field. John Heiserman scores. Rufe Bowles advances to third on the hit. Harold Phillips flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Pat Morrison grounds out to the third baseman. So Yamashita singles to left field. Danny Manning strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to center field. So Yamashita advances to third on the hit. Carlos Galvez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Ecky Sprowl grounds out to the shortstop. B.J. Salveson flies out to the left fielder. Al Lindsey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata pops out to the second baseman. Shawn Hubbell grounds out to the second baseman. Howard Yaryan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Rod Trout walks. Rod Trout steals second. John Heiserman walks. Rufe Bowles walks. Eddie Kopacz grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Rod Trout is out at home. Andres Hernandez grounds out to the second baseman. John Heiserman scores. Rufe Bowles advances to third on the play. Eddie Kopacz advances to second on the play. Harold Phillips hits a home run. Rufe Bowles scores. Eddie Kopacz scores. Mike Zackert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ecky Sprowl walks. B.J. Salveson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Mitsuo Yaginuma doubles to left field. Pat Morrison grounds out to the shortstop. So Yamashita lines out to the second baseman. Danny Manning strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Al Lindsey strikes out. Rod Trout strikes out. John Heiserman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carlos Galvez flies out to the left fielder. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Rufe Bowles grounds out to the third baseman. Eddie Kopacz walks. Andres Hernandez reached on a fielding error by Pat Morrison. Harold Phillips walks. Ecky Sprowl flies out to the center fielder. B.J. Salveson strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Oakland Shawn Hubbell singles past the third baseman. Masato Tani is pinch hitting for Mike Zackert. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Masato Tani reached on a 2-base throwing error by Eddie Kopacz. Mitsuo Yaginuma flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Shawn Hubbell scores. Pat Morrison grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! So Yamashita grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Joe Rommel pitching. Tavo Minor is pinch hitting for Al Lindsey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tavo Minor doubles to left field. Rod Trout singles to center field. Rod Trout steals second. John Heiserman flies out to the center fielder. Rufe Bowles singles to center field. Tavo Minor scores. Rod Trout scores. Ron Houser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eddie Kopacz strikes out. Dino Snyder is pinch hitting for Andres Hernandez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dino Snyder walks. Harold Phillips flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland J.R. Gunning pitching. Danny Manning singles to right field. Danny Manning steals second. Daisuke Komatsubara pops out to the third baseman. Carlos Galvez pops out to the second baseman. Kunihisa Shibata walks. Shawn Hubbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Detroit Ecky Sprowl doubles to right field. B.J. Salveson singles to left field. Ecky Sprowl scores. Pete Sutcliffe is pinch hitting for J.R. Gunning. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pete Sutcliffe walks. Rod Trout walks. John Heiserman flies out to the center fielder. Rufe Bowles walks. B.J. Salveson scores. Eddie Kopacz flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Pete Sutcliffe is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Howie Freeman pitching. Ron Houser singles to left field. Mitsuo Yaginuma lines out to the first baseman. Pat Morrison grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 12 Oakland total runners LOB: 10
Batting:2B - Harold Phillips (6), Ecky Sprowl (4), Tavo Minor (20).HR - Harold Phillips (9). Baserunning: SB - Rod Trout 2 (20). Fielding: E - Eddie Kopacz.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Magrini did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bob Damaska improves in arm Chad Hunt did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Charles Roebuck did not respond to coaching in speed
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jack Brummer did not respond to coaching in velocity Clayton Harris did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Ruebel did not respond to coaching in velocity Yutaka Tanaka improves in contact_vs_righty