Win: Jimmy Ortiz (11-14) Loss: Vic Dorsey (9-5)
Save: Manuel Kennedy (28)
Inning: 1 Oakland Jimmy Ortiz pitching. Harry Beville walks. Gordie Raudman strikes out. Harry Beville steals second. Bill Buckels strikes out. Bob Parker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Kevin Morehead pitching. Gerald Castillo flies out to the center fielder. Walt Serum grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Clarke walks. Dave Miller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Toshihide Aoki singles to center field. Craig Corey strikes out. Toshihide Aoki gets picked off first. Jason Roberts grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jeff Cisco grounds out to the pitcher. Pete Heffernan walks. Ed Diaz pops out to the third baseman. Charlie Karlon lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ron Horsey singles to center field. Kevin Morehead pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Harry Beville walks. Gordie Raudman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Jimmy Ortiz flies out to the right fielder. Gerald Castillo walks. Walt Serum pops out to the second baseman. Ed Clarke pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Bill Buckels strikes out. Bob Parker singles to center field. Toshihide Aoki pops out to the shortstop. Craig Corey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Dave Miller singles to center field. Jeff Cisco strikes out. Pete Heffernan flies out to the right fielder. Ed Diaz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Jason Roberts flies out to the left fielder. Ron Horsey flies out to the left fielder. Kevin Morehead grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Charlie Karlon grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Gerald Castillo walks. Walt Serum strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Harry Beville flies out to the left fielder. Gordie Raudman strikes out. Bill Buckels flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Ed Clarke strikes out. Dave Miller reached on a fielding error by Toshihide Aoki. Jeff Cisco grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Miller advances to second on the play. Vic Dorsey 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 Heffernan pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Bob Parker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Toshihide Aoki grounds out to the shortstop. Craig Corey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Ed Diaz singles to center field. Ed Diaz steals second. Charlie Karlon walks. Joe Gordon is pinch hitting for Jimmy Ortiz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Joe Gordon flies out to the center fielder. Gerald Castillo triples. Ed Diaz scores. Charlie Karlon scores. Ricardo Merritt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Walt Serum strikes out. Ed Clarke grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Manuel Kennedy pitching. Jason Roberts strikes out. Ron Horsey strikes out. Jack Schulze is pinch hitting for Ricardo Merritt. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jack Schulze walks. Harry Beville singles to left field. Jack Schulze advances to third on the hit. Gordie Raudman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Chad Dyer pitching. Dave Miller walks. Jeff Cisco walks. Pete Heffernan strikes out. Ed Diaz doubles to right field. Dave Miller scores. Jeff Cisco uses his aggressiveness and scores. Darnell Hansell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Karlon strikes out. Manuel Kennedy pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Bill Buckels grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Mingori is pinch hitting for Bob Parker. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ray Mingori lines out to the shortstop. Toshihide Aoki singles to right field. Craig Corey grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Toshihide Aoki is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chuck Leon improves in contact_vs_lefty Calvin Peterson improves in range Atlee Dickson did not respond to coaching in velocity Jimmy Gerhart improves in power_vs_lefty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Martin did not respond to coaching in velocity Gilly Porzio improves in contact_vs_lefty Mike Nealon improves in contact_vs_righty Gilly Porzio improves in power_vs_righty Bill Peckinpaugh improves in CF