Win: Hugh Thobe (2-1) Loss: Les Wood (0-3)
Save: Mike Zackert (2)
Inning: 1 Anaheim Weldon Jones pitching. Ernie Hiller grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Sears strikes out. Bill Wright flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Ramon Waner pitching. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the pitcher. So Yamashita strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Anaheim Frank Marshall grounds out to the second baseman. Jason Henriksen hits an infield single to the shortstop. Grover Rose flies out to the center fielder. Tim DeFate grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara pops out to the first baseman. Kunihisa Shibata pops out to the first baseman. Herb Roselli grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Anaheim Jim Powell hits an infield single to the shortstop. Ramon Waner lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ernie Hiller grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Sears pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Doc Reimer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carlos Galvez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Weldon Jones singles to center field. Trevor Easterday singles to left field. Weldon Jones aggressively advances to third on the hit. So Yamashita triples. Weldon Jones scores. Trevor Easterday scores. Hirokazu Kawa singles to center field. So Yamashita scores. Daisuke Komatsubara pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Anaheim Bill Wright flies out to the left fielder. Frank Marshall grounds out to the third baseman. Jason Henriksen walks. Grover Rose singles to right field. Jason Henriksen is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Herb Roselli flies out to the right fielder. Doc Reimer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Anaheim Tim DeFate flies out to the left fielder. Jim Powell singles to left field. Ned Stapleton is pinch hitting for Ramon Waner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ned Stapleton triples. Jim Powell scores. Ernie Hiller grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ned Stapleton scores. Jack Sears grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Matt Gilbert pitching. Carlos Galvez singles to center field. Weldon Jones lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Carlos Galvez forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Trevor Easterday walks. So Yamashita flies out to the right fielder. Hirokazu Kawa lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Anaheim Bill Wright flies out to the left fielder. Frank Marshall strikes out. Jason Henriksen singles to center field. Grover Rose singles to left field. Tim DeFate pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Herb Roselli walks. Doc Reimer grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Anaheim Jim Powell strikes out. Don Klieman is pinch hitting for Matt Gilbert. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Don Klieman grounds out to the second baseman. Ernie Hiller doubles to center field. Jack Sears strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Hugh Miller pitching. Carlos Galvez doubles to right field. Weldon Jones fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Weldon Jones strikes out. Trevor Easterday walks. So Yamashita flies out to the center fielder. Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Anaheim Bill Wright singles to center field. Bill Wright steals second. Hugh Thobe 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. Frank Marshall grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Wright advances to third on the play. Jason Henriksen triples. Bill Wright scores. Grover Rose singles to center field. Jason Henriksen scores. Yukio Wakamatsu is pinch hitting for Tim DeFate. Yukio Wakamatsu flies out to the center fielder. Grover Rose steals second. Jim Powell singles to left field. Morikazu Tsutsui is pinch hitting for Hugh Miller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Morikazu Tsutsui grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Les Wood pitching. Daisuke Komatsubara walks. Kunihisa Shibata doubles to left field. Daisuke Komatsubara uses his aggressiveness and scores. Herb Roselli strikes out. Doc Reimer singles to center field. Kunihisa Shibata scores. Bill Pettit comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carlos Galvez singles to right field. Hugh Thobe lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Trevor Easterday strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Anaheim Mike Zackert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ernie Hiller singles to left field. Jack Sears strikes out. Bill Wright singles to right field. Ernie Hiller steals third. Frank Marshall strikes out. Jason Henriksen pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Anaheim total runners left on base: 10 Oakland total runners left on base: 8
Anaheim Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chris Mota improves in speed Stan Maloney improves in contact_vs_lefty Joe Bennett improves in power_vs_lefty Mike Dibble did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Akira Matsumoto did not respond to coaching in velocity Hap Begley improves in range Drungo Ables did not respond to coaching in velocity