Win: Satoshi Kinoshita (1-0) Loss: Major Payne (0-1)
Inning: 1 Oakland J.T. McElyea pitching. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the shortstop. Boom Boom Washington pops out to the third baseman. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Frank Gakeler pitching. Henry Piereaux singles to center field. Wes Pena pops out to the second baseman. Tom Midkiff grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Terry Johnson doubles to center field. Rocky Jonnard flies out to the left fielder. Dan Cunningham grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! John Souza strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Bert Terry flies out to the left fielder. Bill TK Murray hits an infield single to the pitcher. Roberto Williams flies out to the center fielder. Eduardo Nunez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Lenny Buehrle grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Gakeler strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Errol Abbassid pops out to the first baseman. J.T. McElyea walks. Henry Piereaux walks. Wes Pena strikes out. Tom Midkiff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Hoffman singles to left field. Joe Hoffman steals second. Terry Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Rocky Jonnard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Bert Terry flies out to the right fielder. Bill TK Murray flies out to the center fielder. Roberto Williams pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Dan Cunningham triples. The defense is playing the infield in. John Souza strikes out. The defense is playing the infield in. Lenny Buehrle singles to right field. Dan Cunningham scores. Frank Gakeler lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Eduardo Nunez strikes out. Errol Abbassid triples. J.T. McElyea singles to center field. Errol Abbassid scores. Henry Piereaux pops out to the shortstop. Wes Pena grounds into a force play to the shortstop. J.T. McElyea is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Hoffman walks. Terry Johnson lines out to the second baseman. Rocky Jonnard singles to center field. Joe Hoffman advances to third on the hit. Dan Cunningham flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Chicago Tom Midkiff grounds out to the second baseman. Bert Terry flies out to the center fielder. Bill TK Murray grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland John Souza walks. Bob Stein is pinch hitting for Lenny Buehrle. Bob Stein strikes out. Frank Gakeler lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Roberto Williams singles to center field. Eduardo Nunez flies out to the center fielder. Errol Abbassid walks. Frank Flair comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. J.T. McElyea lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Henry Piereaux strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Boom Boom Washington doubles to center field. Joe Hoffman strikes out. Terry Johnson walks. Satoshi Kinoshita 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. Rocky Jonnard singles to right field. Boom Boom Washington scores. Dan Cunningham strikes out. John Souza flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Chicago Wes Pena flies out to the right fielder. Tom Midkiff strikes out. Bert Terry singles past the shortstop. Bill TK Murray flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Bob Stein flies out to the left fielder. Hal Plank is pinch hitting for Frank Flair. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hal Plank strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Major Payne pitching. Roberto Williams strikes out. Eduardo Nunez hits a home run. Errol Abbassid hits a home run. Oakland total runners left on base: 8 Chicago total runners left on base: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Carl Oates improves in velocity Lee Fletcher did not respond to coaching in control John Bay improves in range Happy Riggs did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Daley did not respond to coaching in 2B
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jim Brito improves in range Jack Graber did not respond to coaching in control Randy Boyer did not respond to coaching in control Andre Rossman did not respond to coaching in control Ed Widmar did not respond to coaching in C