Win: Joe Rommel (5-5) Loss: George Connally (12-9)
Inning: 1 New York Rod Marte pitching. Shane McAvoy grounds out to the third baseman. Randall Clarke pops out to the first baseman. Tommy Larkin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland George Connally pitching. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the shortstop. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the second baseman. Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Tim Smith hits an infield single to the second baseman. Pit Zak grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Mitchell Fisk strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Masato Tani walks. Trevor Easterday lines out to the third baseman. Pete Delgado grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Masato Tani is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Pat Morrison grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York John Nyman strikes out. Frank Rogers grounds out to the second baseman. George Connally is hit by a pitch. Shane McAvoy pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Yorelvis Barroso singles to center field. Rod Marte lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Yorelvis Barroso is out trying to steal third. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Randall Clarke walks. Tommy Larkin grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Tim Smith pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Patrick Dubois flies out to the right fielder. Hirokazu Kawa singles to center field. Masato Tani walks. Trevor Easterday grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Masato Tani is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pete Delgado strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York Pit Zak walks. Mitchell Fisk strikes out. Pit Zak steals second. John Nyman walks. Frank Rogers pops out to the third baseman. George Connally grounds into a force play to the second baseman. John Nyman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Pat Morrison flies out to the right fielder. Yorelvis Barroso grounds out to the third baseman. Rod Marte singles to center field. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Shane McAvoy flies out to the right fielder. Randall Clarke flies out to the center fielder. Tommy Larkin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the third baseman. Masato Tani walks. Trevor Easterday singles to left field. Pete Delgado flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Tim Smith walks. Pit Zak is hit by a pitch. Ron Houser 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. Mitchell Fisk flies out to the left fielder. John Nyman strikes out. Tim Smith steals third. Frank Rogers flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Pat Morrison strikes out. Yorelvis Barroso flies out to the center fielder. Mitsuo Yaginuma is pinch hitting for Ron Houser. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Joe Rommel pitching. George Connally grounds out to the pitcher. Shane McAvoy grounds out to the third baseman. Randall Clarke singles to center field. Randall Clarke is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the third baseman. Hirokazu Kawa singles to right field. Masato Tani pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Tommy Larkin singles to right field. Tim Smith strikes out. Tommy Larkin steals second. Pit Zak flies out to the center fielder. Mitchell Fisk flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Trevor Easterday walks. Trevor Easterday steals second. Charlie Riconda 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. Pete Delgado grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Morrison grounds out to the shortstop. Yorelvis Barroso singles to right field. Trevor Easterday scores. New York total runners left on base: 6 Oakland total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Pit Zak is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bob Herbert improves in contact_vs_righty Kane Candini improves in arm Glenn Wallace did not respond to coaching in velocity
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Kid Dunning did not respond to coaching in control Drungo Ables did not respond to coaching in control Bill Ostermueller did not respond to coaching in control