Win: Frank Hamilton (1-0) Loss: Chet Farmer (0-1)
Save: Frank Hargan (1)
Inning: 1 Oakland Tom Vidro pitching. Ed Szekely grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Milligan doubles to right field. Johnny Adams grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ron Purtell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Chet Farmer pitching. Harry Page grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rip Schmidt doubles past the first baseman. Bernie Salkeld strikes out. Art Dean grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Doc Mele grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Ford flies out to the right fielder. Ralph Heimach walks. Harlin Muncrief strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Creepy Crider pops out to the shortstop. Rod Johnson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Roy Creeden lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Chet Farmer grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Szekely strikes out. Ed Milligan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Ernie Haydel grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Vidro grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Page grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Johnny Adams walks. Ron Purtell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Doc Mele grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Rip Schmidt grounds out to the third baseman. Bernie Salkeld grounds out to the shortstop. Art Dean grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Ray Ford grounds out to the pitcher. Ralph Heimach grounds out to the third baseman. Harlin Muncrief walks. Chet Farmer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Creepy Crider hits an infield single to the second baseman. Rod Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Roy Creeden flies out to the left fielder. Ernie Haydel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Ed Szekely strikes out. Ed Milligan pops out to the first baseman. Frank Hamilton 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. Johnny Adams flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Frank Hamilton grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Page hits a home run. Rip Schmidt strikes out. Bernie Salkeld grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Ron Purtell walks. Doc Mele flies out to the center fielder. Ray Ford flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Ralph Heimach singles to center field. Ron Purtell advances to third on the hit. Harlin Muncrief strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Art Dean strikes out. Creepy Crider singles to center field. Rod Johnson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Gus Wilkinson is pinch hitting for Chet Farmer. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Gus Wilkinson walks. Ed Szekely grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gus Wilkinson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Milligan flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Adams singles to left field. Ed Szekely advances to third on the hit. Ron Purtell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Bill Jackson pitching. Roy Creeden singles to center field. Ernie Haydel flies out to the center fielder. Joaquin Garcia is pinch hitting for Frank Hamilton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joaquin Garcia grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Creeden advances to second on the play. Harry Page singles to right field. Rip Schmidt doubles to center field. Roy Creeden scores. Harry Page uses his aggressiveness and scores. Wally Hennessey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bernie Salkeld strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Frank Hargan pitching. Doc Mele strikes out. Ray Ford grounds out to the second baseman. Ralph Heimach doubles past the third baseman. Harlin Muncrief walks. Elam Mingori is pinch hitting for Wally Hennessey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Elam Mingori flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 9 Detroit total runners left on base: 3
Game Notes Ray Ford is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dave Henry did not respond to coaching in velocity Darrell Kuenn improves in power_vs_righty George Stairs improves in velocity Joe Winters improves in range Ham Corey did not respond to coaching in arm Gus Mathews did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Fermin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike Young improves in power_vs_lefty Larry Foster did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rudy Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Eiji Kato did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rudy Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mark Hopp did not respond to coaching in CF