Inning: 1 Oakland John Henderson pitching. Junior Diaz walks. Harper Herrera grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Mario Menendez pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Tyson Canales pitching. Dwight McNally strikes out. Shawn Rensa grounds out to the third baseman. Gino Hill grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Bill Bustamante flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Guero pops out to the third baseman. Kelly Miller singles to left field. Alien Laurel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Marty Caulfield grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Hugh Iott flies out to the right fielder. Yasufumi Ochiai strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Eddie Jaramillo grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tyson Canales is hit by a pitch. Junior Diaz walks. Harper Herrera strikes out. Mario Menendez grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Junior Diaz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Con Wheeler grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Taylor flies out to the left fielder. John Henderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Bill Bustamante flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Guero walks. Kelly Miller strikes out. Carlos Guero steals second. Alien Laurel singles to right field. Carlos Guero is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Dwight McNally singles to left field. Shawn Rensa strikes out. Gino Hill grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Eddie Jaramillo reached on a 2-base fielding error by Yasufumi Ochiai. Tyson Canales lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. The defense is playing the infield in. Junior Diaz singles to center field. Eddie Jaramillo scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Harper Herrera flies out to the center fielder. Doug Karlon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Mario Menendez grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Marty Caulfield singles to right field. Hugh Iott doubles to center field. Yasufumi Ochiai grounds out to the third baseman. Marty Caulfield scores. Hugh Iott advances to third on the play. Con Wheeler flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Hugh Iott scores. Jim Taylor singles to right field. Juan Karmen is pinch hitting for Doug Karlon. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Juan Karmen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Gus Gates pitching. Bill Bustamante grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Carlos Guero doubles to right field. Kelly Miller flies out to the right fielder. Alien Laurel grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Dwight McNally doubles to left field. Shawn Rensa flies out to the center fielder. Gino Hill grounds out to the second baseman. Dwight McNally advances to third on the play. Marty Caulfield pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Eddie Jaramillo pops out to the shortstop. Sean Perez is pinch hitting for Tyson Canales. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Sean Perez pops out to the catcher. Junior Diaz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ed Moraga pitching. Hugh Iott walks. Yasufumi Ochiai strikes out. Con Wheeler flies out to the left fielder. Jim Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Harper Herrera grounds out to the shortstop. Mario Menendez pops out to the third baseman. Bill Bustamante flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Yamil Torriente is pinch hitting for Gus Gates. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Yamil Torriente pops out to the second baseman. Dwight McNally doubles to right field. Shawn Rensa singles to left field. Dwight McNally scores. Aramis Mack comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gino Hill singles to center field. Marty Caulfield flies out to the right fielder. Hugh Iott lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Ed Quinn pitching. Eric Santana enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Taylor at LF. Carlos Guero strikes out. Kelly Miller strikes out. Alien Laurel singles to left field. Eddie Jaramillo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Breining improves in power_vs_righty Joe Kralick did not respond to coaching in velocity Buck Schreiber improves in contact_vs_lefty Jim Leverette improves in contact_vs_lefty Tom Queen did not respond to coaching in 3B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tim Besana did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Everitt did not respond to coaching in control Tim Besana improves in endurance Alex Garcia did not respond to coaching in control