Inning: 1 Oakland Ed Quinn pitching. Junior Diaz singles to left field. Hironori Matsushita is hit by a pitch. Bobby Marvez walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Bill Bustamante grounds into a fielders choice to the shortstop. Junior Diaz is out at home. The defense is playing the infield in. Tomas Riera pops out to the second baseman. Eddie Cangelosi strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Minnesota Bobby Dario pitching. Shawn Rensa strikes out. Gino Hill pops out to the third baseman. Hugh Iott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Danny Hamann singles to right field. Alien Laurel strikes out. Bobby Dario fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bobby Dario singles to right field. Junior Diaz triples. Danny Hamann scores. Bobby Dario scores. Hironori Matsushita flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Junior Diaz scores. Bobby Marvez lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Jim Taylor grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Hunt singles to center field. Mike Farr grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Charlie Hunt is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Yasufumi Ochiai singles to center field. Mike Farr advances to third on the hit. Juan Karmen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Bill Bustamante walks. Tomas Riera grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Bustamante advances to second on the play. Eddie Cangelosi grounds out to the third baseman. Danny Hamann grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Blake Cummings is pinch hitting for Ed Quinn. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Blake Cummings strikes out. Shawn Rensa flies out to the center fielder. Gino Hill flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Doug Karlon pitching. Alien Laurel strikes out. Bobby Dario singles to center field. Junior Diaz flies out to the right fielder. Hironori Matsushita singles to left field. Bobby Dario advances to third on the hit. Bobby Marvez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Hugh Iott pops out to the pitcher. Jim Taylor grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Hunt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Bill Bustamante triples. Alex Garcia 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. Tomas Riera walks. Eddie Cangelosi singles to right field. Bill Bustamante scores. Danny Hamann walks. Alien Laurel singles to left field. Tomas Riera scores. Eddie Cangelosi scores. Danny Hamann advances to third on the hit. Bobby Dario walks. Junior Diaz strikes out. Hironori Matsushita strikes out. Bobby Marvez singles to right field. Danny Hamann scores. Bill Bustamante lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Minnesota Mike Farr grounds out to the pitcher. Yasufumi Ochiai strikes out. Juan Karmen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Tomas Riera doubles to left field. Eddie Cangelosi grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Danny Hamann reached on a fielding error by Juan Karmen. Alien Laurel walks. Bobby Dario grounds into a 2-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Alex Garcia strikes out. Shawn Rensa doubles to left field. Gino Hill walks. Hugh Iott strikes out. Jim Taylor singles past the shortstop. Shawn Rensa scores. Gino Hill advances to third on the hit. Charlie Hunt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Harry Robinson 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. Junior Diaz grounds out to the third baseman. Hironori Matsushita singles past the second baseman. Bobby Marvez walks. Bill Bustamante walks. Tomas Riera strikes out. Eddie Cangelosi grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mike Farr grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yasufumi Ochiai flies out to the center fielder. Juan Karmen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Danny Hamann flies out to the left fielder. Dave De Palma is pinch hitting for Alien Laurel. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave De Palma doubles to right field. Bobby Dario singles to left field. Dave De Palma scores. Junior Diaz singles to right field. Hironori Matsushita doubles to right field. Bobby Dario scores. Junior Diaz uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bobby Marvez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hironori Matsushita advances to third on the play. Ed Schmidt 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 Bustamante singles to left field. Hironori Matsushita scores. Tomas Riera strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ed Schmidt flies out to the center fielder. Shawn Rensa walks. Gino Hill strikes out. Hugh Iott grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Shawn Rensa is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Eddie Cangelosi walks. Danny Hamann pops out to the shortstop. Dave De Palma grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jim Taylor flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Hunt grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Farr walks. Yasufumi Ochiai flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 15 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Hironori Matsushita (10), Tomas Riera (14), Dave De Palma (5).3B - Junior Diaz (1), Bill Bustamante (2).SF - Hironori Matsushita.GIDP - Dave De Palma, Bobby Dario.HBP - Hironori Matsushita (2).
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Kralick did not respond to coaching in velocity Jose Montes improves in contact_vs_lefty Tom Quinces improves in speed Fred McCullers did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Quinces did not respond to coaching in 3B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tim Besana did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Shields improves in velocity Joe Barojas did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Barojas did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Barojas did not respond to coaching in 1B