Win: Billy Murnane (10-4) Loss: Eli Herr (5-4)
Save: Darnell Hansell (16)
Inning: 1 Seattle Billy Murnane pitching. Troy Bales pops out to the first baseman. Bill Lawry flies out to the center fielder. Rick Hiatt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Eli Herr pitching. Bill Chiozza grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Al Eagan grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Polanco hits a home run. Bob Parker singles to left field. Toshihide Aoki singles to left field. Craig Corey triples. Bob Parker scores. Toshihide Aoki scores. Frank Morton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jason Roberts doubles to right field. Craig Corey scores. Gordie Raudman singles to right field. Jason Roberts scores. Billy Murnane grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Seattle Jon Kaufmann walks. Bill Nixon strikes out. Kosuke Makino singles to center field. Jon Kaufmann advances to third on the hit. John Allison flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Burns grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Bill Chiozza singles to center field. Bill Chiozza steals second. Bobby Burns throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Al Eagan grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Chiozza scores. Billy Polanco strikes out. Bob Parker hits a home run. Toshihide Aoki grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Seattle Frank Morton grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Troy Bales doubles to center field. Bill Lawry grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Hiatt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Craig Corey singles to left field. Craig Corey steals second. Jason Roberts flies out to the center fielder. Gordie Raudman doubles to center field. Craig Corey scores. Billy Murnane pops out to the shortstop. Bill Chiozza flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Seattle Jon Kaufmann grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Nixon strikes out. Kosuke Makino flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Al Eagan strikes out. Billy Polanco singles to center field. Bob Parker flies out to the center fielder. Toshihide Aoki pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Seattle John Allison singles to left field. Bobby Burns strikes out. Frank Morton lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Troy Bales pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Craig Corey walks. Craig Corey steals second. Jason Roberts strikes out. Gordie Raudman grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Murnane grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Seattle Bill Lawry singles to right field. Rick Hiatt flies out to the center fielder. Jon Kaufmann reached on a 2-base throwing error by Al Eagan. Bill Nixon doubles to center field. Bill Lawry scores. Jon Kaufmann scores. Kosuke Makino strikes out. John Allison walks. Bobby Burns grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Tom Horner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Bill Chiozza grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Eagan pops out to the first baseman. Billy Polanco singles to left field. Bob Parker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Seattle Irving Starkel is pinch hitting for Tom Horner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Irving Starkel doubles to left field. Troy Bales grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Irving Starkel advances to third on the play. Bill Lawry grounds out to the third baseman. Irving Starkel scores. Vic Dorsey 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. Rick Hiatt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Angel Hoelskoetter pitching. Toshihide Aoki walks. Toshihide Aoki gets picked off first. Craig Corey strikes out. Jason Roberts flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Seattle Jon Kaufmann flies out to the center fielder. Bill Nixon grounds out to the pitcher. Kosuke Makino walks. John Allison grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Bob Brett is pinch hitting for Gordie Raudman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Brett grounds out to the shortstop. Vic Dorsey strikes out. Bill Chiozza grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Seattle Bobby Burns strikes out. Manny Moreno is pinch hitting for Angel Hoelskoetter. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Manny Moreno hits an infield single to the pitcher. Troy Bales singles past the shortstop. Manny Moreno advances to third on the hit. Bill Lawry singles to center field. Manny Moreno scores. Troy Bales advances to third on the hit. Darnell Hansell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rick Hiatt singles to right field. Troy Bales scores. Bill Lawry advances to third on the hit. Jon Kaufmann flies out to the right fielder. Bill Nixon strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Seattle total runners left on base: 9 Oakland total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Jason Roberts (14), Gordie Raudman (12).3B - Craig Corey (1).HR - Billy Polanco (1), Bob Parker (10). Baserunning: SB - Bill Chiozza (3), Craig Corey 2 (10). Fielding: E - Al Eagan.
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Carlyle did not respond to coaching in velocity John Kerr did not respond to coaching in control Gil Krenchicki did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob McNertney did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Stricklett did not respond to coaching in control Calvin Peterson improves in contact_vs_righty Roy Stephenson did not respond to coaching in control Bruce Heltzel improves in contact_vs_lefty