Win: Tom Vidro (6-3) Loss: Chet Farmer (8-4)
Save: Cal Parkinson (2)
Inning: 1 Detroit Chet Farmer pitching. Rip Schmidt singles to left field. Bernie Salkeld strikes out. Art Dean strikes out. Creepy Crider grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Tom Vidro pitching. Pop Lipetri flies out to the left fielder. Ralph Heimach pops out to the third baseman. Ray Ford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Rod Johnson singles to left field. Roy Creeden singles to center field. Rod Johnson advances to third on the hit. Ernie Haydel flies out to the right fielder. Eisaku Endo singles to right field. Rod Johnson scores. Tom Vidro fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tom Vidro singles to center field. Roy Creeden scores. Eisaku Endo advances to third on the hit. Rip Schmidt pops out to the third baseman. Bernie Salkeld grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Elam Mingori grounds out to the third baseman. Harlin Muncrief hits a home run. Chief Mendoza lines out to the second baseman. Gus Wilkinson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Art Dean singles to center field. Art Dean steals second. Creepy Crider flies out to the left fielder. Rod Johnson doubles to right field. Art Dean scores. Roy Creeden hits a home run. Rod Johnson scores. Ernie Haydel grounds out to the shortstop. Eisaku Endo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Hiroshi Haraikawa walks. Chet Farmer lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pop Lipetri lines out to the third baseman. Ralph Heimach singles to left field. Hiroshi Haraikawa scores. Ray Ford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Tom Vidro pops out to the shortstop. Rip Schmidt grounds out to the pitcher. Bernie Salkeld flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Elam Mingori walks. Harlin Muncrief flies out to the left fielder. Chief Mendoza grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Elam Mingori is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Chief Mendoza is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Ed Gonzalez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Art Dean grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Creepy Crider grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Johnson walks. Roy Creeden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Gus Wilkinson strikes out. Hiroshi Haraikawa flies out to the center fielder. Ed Gonzalez pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Ernie Haydel singles to center field. Ernie Haydel steals second. Eisaku Endo flies out to the left fielder. Tom Vidro strikes out. Rip Schmidt hits a home run. Ernie Haydel scores. Pryor McMillan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bernie Salkeld singles to center field. Art Dean strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Pop Lipetri strikes out. Ralph Heimach flies out to the left fielder. Ray Ford hits a home run. Herb Jackson 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. Elam Mingori strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Creepy Crider strikes out. Rod Johnson walks. Roy Creeden singles to center field. Rod Johnson advances to third on the hit. Ernie Haydel singles to left field. Rod Johnson scores. Roy Creeden advances to third on the hit. Ernie Haydel steals second. Eisaku Endo grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Creeden scores. Ernie Haydel advances to third on the play. Jim Fisher comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ben Dees is pinch hitting for Herb Jackson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ben Dees doubles to center field. Ernie Haydel scores. Rip Schmidt flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Cal Parkinson pitching. Harlin Muncrief walks. Harlin Muncrief steals second. Chief Mendoza singles to center field. Harlin Muncrief scores. Gus Wilkinson grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Chief Mendoza is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Hiroshi Haraikawa strikes out. Bill Vidro is pinch hitting for Jim Fisher. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Vidro singles to center field. Gus Wilkinson advances to third on the hit. Pop Lipetri grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Butch Tessmer pitching. Bernie Salkeld grounds out to the shortstop. Art Dean strikes out. Creepy Crider strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Ralph Heimach singles to right field. Ray Ford walks. Elam Mingori grounds out to the third baseman. Ralph Heimach advances to third on the play. Ray Ford advances to second on the play. Harlin Muncrief flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ralph Heimach scores. Chief Mendoza flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Rod Johnson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Roy Creeden singles to right field. Ernie Haydel walks. Eisaku Endo flies out to the left fielder. Cal Parkinson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Gus Wilkinson walks. Hiroshi Haraikawa doubles to left field. Gus Wilkinson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Butch Tessmer lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pop Lipetri flies out to the right fielder. Ralph Heimach hits a home run. Hiroshi Haraikawa scores. Ray Ford singles to center field. Elam Mingori singles to center field. Ray Ford advances to third on the hit. Harlin Muncrief walks. Chief Mendoza lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Detroit total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 7
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joaquin Garcia did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joaquin Garcia did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Carlos Gonzalez improves in power_vs_righty Ed Kasko did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Hal Wallis did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Kasko did not respond to coaching in arm Mark Hopp did not respond to coaching in CF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Vicente Wehrmeister improves in speed Pinky Andrus improves in range Emil Burtt did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bernardo Pfeffer improves in range Bernardo Pfeffer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ham Corey did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty