Inning: 1 Oakland Kevin Tracewski pitching. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the shortstop. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Cy Trout pitching. Scott Hunt grounds out to the second baseman. Rufe Bowles grounds out to the shortstop. Rod Trout grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa pops out to the first baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara triples. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Doc Reimer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit John Heiserman grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Kopacz flies out to the left fielder. Andres Hernandez walks. Chad Hunt doubles past the center fielder. Andres Hernandez is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Pete Delgado grounds out to the second baseman. Cy Trout strikes out. Mitsuo Yaginuma strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Tavo Minor singles to left field. Kevin Tracewski fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Kevin Tracewski singles to right field. Tavo Minor advances to third on the hit. Scott Hunt hits a home run. Tavo Minor scores. Kevin Tracewski scores. Rufe Bowles singles to right field. Rod Trout singles to right field. Rufe Bowles advances to third on the hit. John Heiserman pops out to the catcher. Eddie Kopacz doubles to center field. Rufe Bowles scores. Rod Trout uses his aggressiveness and scores. Andres Hernandez strikes out. Chad Hunt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Patrick Dubois strikes out. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Tavo Minor triples. Kevin Tracewski walks. Scott Hunt singles to center field. Tavo Minor scores. Mike Morris comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rufe Bowles lines out to the shortstop. Rod Trout grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara triples. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Doc Reimer strikes out. Pete Delgado flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit John Heiserman grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Kopacz flies out to the center fielder. Andres Hernandez lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Mike Morris strikes out. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Chad Hunt strikes out. Tavo Minor walks. Kevin Tracewski fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Kevin Tracewski flies out to the right fielder. Scott Hunt walks. Ron Houser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Rufe Bowles strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the second baseman. Hirokazu Kawa singles to right field. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to right field. Hirokazu Kawa advances to third on the hit. Trevor Easterday walks. Doc Reimer flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Hirokazu Kawa scores. Pete Delgado flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Rod Trout walks. John Heiserman bunts for a base hit. Eddie Kopacz strikes out. Andres Hernandez singles to center field. Chad Hunt singles to left field. Rod Trout scores. John Heiserman scores. Andres Hernandez advances to third on the hit. Hugh Thobe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tavo Minor flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Andres Hernandez scores. Kevin Tracewski grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Masato Tani is pinch hitting for Hugh Thobe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Masato Tani pops out to the third baseman. Mitsuo Yaginuma singles to center field. Patrick Dubois strikes out. Brooks Hegan is pinch hitting for Kunihisa Shibata. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Brooks Hegan singles to left field. Mitsuo Yaginuma advances to third on the hit. Hirokazu Kawa walks. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Detroit Ryozo Wako pitching. Scott Hunt grounds out to the shortstop. Harold Phillips is pinch hitting for Rufe Bowles. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Harold Phillips flies out to the left fielder. Rod Trout flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Trevor Easterday flies out to the center fielder. Doc Reimer grounds out to the third baseman. Carlos Galvez is pinch hitting for Pete Delgado. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Carlos Galvez grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Detroit total runners left on base: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Drungo Ables did not respond to coaching in velocity Clayton Harris improves in control Waddy Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Billy Lollar improves in range Charlie Rackley did not respond to coaching in control Al Kerr did not respond to coaching in speed