Win: Chick Sutton (10-11) Loss: Dick Sawatski (4-18)
Save: Ron Chambliss (41)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Dick Sawatski pitching. Bob Encarnacion strikes out. Glenn Villafuerte grounds out to the shortstop. Chester Tibbs lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Chick Sutton pitching. Ernie Beazley grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Severson grounds out to the shortstop. Milt Roof grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota James Pezold flies out to the left fielder. Frank Bragan flies out to the center fielder. Tom Witherup hits a home run. Frank White singles to left field. Hal Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Happy Iott flies out to the right fielder. Fusoya Hiramasu walks. Damon Marquez strikes out. Cat Dancing flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Chick Sutton grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Encarnacion flies out to the center fielder. Glenn Villafuerte flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Paul Distaso grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Sawatski grounds out to the second baseman. Ernie Beazley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Chester Tibbs lines out to the shortstop. James Pezold flies out to the center fielder. Frank Bragan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Alex Severson flies out to the center fielder. Milt Roof strikes out. Happy Iott flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Tom Witherup walks. Tom Witherup steals second. Frank White pops out to the first baseman. Hal Smith pops out to the catcher. Chick Sutton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Fusoya Hiramasu pops out to the catcher. Damon Marquez grounds out to the third baseman. Cat Dancing flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bob Encarnacion grounds out to the second baseman. Glenn Villafuerte singles to center field. Chester Tibbs strikes out. James Pezold strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Paul Distaso strikes out. Dick Sawatski singles to right field. Ernie Beazley grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Dick Sawatski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ernie Beazley steals second. Alex Severson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Frank Bragan pops out to the third baseman. Tom Witherup walks. Frank White hits a home run. Tom Witherup scores. Hal Smith doubles to left field. Chick Sutton grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Machado 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. Passed ball. Hal Smith advances to third. Bob Encarnacion walks. Glenn Villafuerte flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Milt Roof flies out to the left fielder. Happy Iott flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Fusoya Hiramasu flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Chester Tibbs flies out to the right fielder. James Pezold pops out to the first baseman. Frank Bragan pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Damon Marquez singles past the second baseman. Cat Dancing walks. Paul Distaso strikes out. Ben Grieve is pinch hitting for Ray Machado. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ben Grieve singles to right field. Damon Marquez scores. Cat Dancing advances to third on the hit. Ernie Beazley grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Rudy Castro pitching. Tom Witherup flies out to the left fielder. Frank White strikes out. Hal Smith hits a home run. Kevin Konstanty is pinch hitting for Chick Sutton. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Kevin Konstanty grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ron Chambliss pitching. Alex Severson strikes out. Milt Roof flies out to the center fielder. Happy Iott pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5 Oakland total runners LOB: 3
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve DeMaestri improves in contact_vs_lefty Jay Esser improves in arm Grant Levrault did not respond to coaching in arm Herb Williams did not respond to coaching in control Paul Pruitt did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Freddie Heimueller improves in arm Bill McAnally did not respond to coaching in control Cal Beazley did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Castillo did not respond to coaching in control