Inning: 1 Oakland Tom Vidro pitching. Ed Szekely singles to center field. Johnny Adams flies out to the center fielder. Ed Szekely steals second. Ray Ford strikes out. Ron Purtell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Tim Gumbert pitching. Harry Page grounds out to the second baseman. Rip Schmidt strikes out. Bernie Salkeld strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ralph Heimach grounds out to the shortstop. Doc Mele grounds out to the third baseman. Harlin Muncrief doubles to center field. Elam Mingori singles to right field. Harlin Muncrief scores. Tim Gumbert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Rod Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Haydel pops out to the catcher. Eisaku Endo walks. Toshio Horiuchi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ed Szekely singles to center field. Johnny Adams grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ed Szekely is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ray Ford singles to center field. Johnny Adams advances to third on the hit. Ron Purtell singles to left field. Johnny Adams scores. Ralph Heimach grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Joaquin Garcia flies out to the left fielder. Tom Vidro grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Page lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Doc Mele grounds out to the third baseman. Harlin Muncrief walks. Elam Mingori strikes out. Tim Gumbert grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Harlin Muncrief is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Rip Schmidt singles to center field. Bernie Salkeld grounds out to the catcher. Rip Schmidt advances to second on the play. Rod Johnson pops out to the first baseman. Ernie Haydel singles to center field. Rip Schmidt scores. Ernie Haydel steals second. Eisaku Endo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Ed Szekely strikes out. Johnny Adams grounds out to the third baseman. 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. Ray Ford singles to center field. Ron Purtell walks. Ralph Heimach walks. Doc Mele pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Detroit Toshio Horiuchi pops out to the shortstop. Joaquin Garcia grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Herb Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Harlin Muncrief singles to center field. Elam Mingori flies out to the left fielder. Tim Gumbert lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Harlin Muncrief forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Ed Szekely singles to right field. Johnny Adams singles to center field. Tim Gumbert scores. Ed Szekely advances to third on the hit. Jim Speed comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ray Ford walks. Ron Purtell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Detroit Harry Page walks. Rip Schmidt strikes out. Bernie Salkeld strikes out. Rod Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Ralph Heimach strikes out. Doc Mele singles to center field. Harlin Muncrief singles to right field. Elam Mingori grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Ernie Haydel grounds out to the pitcher. Eisaku Endo singles to center field. Toshio Horiuchi pops out to the third baseman. Joaquin Garcia strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Tim Gumbert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Szekely strikes out. Johnny Adams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Ben Dees is pinch hitting for Jim Speed. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ben Dees grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Page pops out to the shortstop. Rip Schmidt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Cal Killebrew pitching. Ray Ford grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Purtell flies out to the left fielder. Ralph Heimach walks. Doc Mele singles to left field. Ralph Heimach advances to third on the hit. Harlin Muncrief doubles to right field. Ralph Heimach scores. Doc Mele uses his aggressiveness and scores. Elam Mingori flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Bernie Salkeld flies out to the right fielder. Rod Johnson strikes out. Ernie Haydel singles to right field. Eisaku Endo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 12 Detroit total runners LOB: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Klugmann did not respond to coaching in control Don Figueroa improves in contact_vs_lefty Monk Sparks improves in control Bernardo Pfeffer did not respond to coaching in range Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Jake Cruz did not respond to coaching in velocity
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Fermin improves in range Carlos Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jeff Ribant did not respond to coaching in velocity Rudy Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in speed Hal Suero did not respond to coaching in velocity Ernesto Castro did not respond to coaching in control Mark Hopp did not respond to coaching in CF