Inning: 1 Oakland Eddie Mendoza pitching. Sean Perez walks. Hironori Matsushita flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Marvez flies out to the center fielder. Tomas Riera strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Jay Halama pitching. Shawn Rensa flies out to the left fielder. Dwight McNally singles in front of the left fielder. Gino Hill singles to left field. Dwight McNally advances to third on the hit. Marty Caulfield strikes out. Ron Hartung strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Gary Stroner strikes out. Junior Diaz flies out to the right fielder. Bill Bustamante strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hugh Iott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Taylor pops out to the shortstop. Andy Wilkins walks. Eddie Mendoza strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Kelly Miller singles to center field. Jay Halama lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to second for one out, on to first for the 3-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Sean Perez lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Shawn Rensa grounds out to the pitcher. Dwight McNally lines out to the third baseman. Gino Hill singles to center field. Gino Hill is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Hironori Matsushita strikes out. Bobby Marvez walks. Tomas Riera grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bobby Marvez advances to second on the play. Gary Stroner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Marty Caulfield singles to right field. Ron Hartung walks. Hugh Iott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marty Caulfield advances to third on the play. Ron Hartung advances to second on the play. Jim Taylor hits an infield single to the third baseman. Marty Caulfield scores. Andy Wilkins grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Junior Diaz strikes out. Bill Bustamante strikes out. Kelly Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Eddie Mendoza strikes out. Shawn Rensa walks. Dwight McNally doubles to center field. Shawn Rensa uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gino Hill singles past the second baseman. Dwight McNally scores. Arturo Milanes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marty Caulfield singles to center field. Gino Hill advances to third on the hit. Ron Hartung singles to left field. Gino Hill scores. Marty Caulfield advances to third on the hit. Hugh Iott singles past the second baseman. Marty Caulfield scores. Ron Hartung advances to third on the hit. Johnny Fermin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Taylor singles to right field. Ron Hartung scores. Hugh Iott advances to third on the hit. Andy Wilkins grounds out to the second baseman. Hugh Iott scores. Jim Taylor advances to second on the play. Eddie Mendoza strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Johnny Fermin hits an infield single to the pitcher. Sean Perez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Hironori Matsushita grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Shawn Rensa strikes out. Dwight McNally singles past the first baseman. Gino Hill singles to left field. Dwight McNally advances to third on the hit. Marty Caulfield flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Dwight McNally scores. Ron Hartung grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Bobby Marvez lines out to the third baseman. Tomas Riera flies out to the right fielder. Gary Stroner singles to center field. Junior Diaz doubles to center field. Bill Bustamante lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Hugh Iott walks. Jim Taylor strikes out. Andy Wilkins strikes out. Eddie Mendoza strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Kelly Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Harper Herrera is pinch hitting for Johnny Fermin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Harper Herrera singles to center field. Sean Perez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Chris Chamberlan pitching. Shawn Rensa singles past the shortstop. Dwight McNally singles to right field. Shawn Rensa advances to third on the hit. Gino Hill singles to right field. Shawn Rensa scores. Dwight McNally advances to third on the hit. Ed Moraga comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marty Caulfield strikes out. Ron Hartung pops out to the first baseman. Hugh Iott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Dave De Palma is pinch hitting for Hironori Matsushita. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave De Palma doubles to left field. Bobby Marvez flies out to the left fielder. Tomas Riera flies out to the left fielder. Gary Stroner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Minnesota total runners left on base: 9
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tom Queen improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Schegg improves in arm Lefty Malinosky improves in range Joe Kralick did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Queen did not respond to coaching in 3B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Wade Marsh improves in speed Alex Garcia improves in control Mickey Retzer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Alex Garcia did not respond to coaching in control Lew Searage did not respond to coaching in 1B