Inning: 1 Oakland Tomofumi Akaike pitching. Mitsuo Yaginuma singles to right field. Herb Roselli grounds out to the second baseman. Mitsuo Yaginuma advances to second on the play. Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the left fielder. Daisuke Komatsubara lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Atsuhiro Mine pitching. Harold Phillips hits a home run. Rufe Bowles strikes out. John Heiserman walks. John Heiserman steals second. Jeff Charton grounds out to the third baseman. J.T. Stone strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Trevor Easterday walks. Doc Reimer singles to center field. Bruce Cotter hits a home run. Trevor Easterday scores. Doc Reimer scores. Nobuo Kawazoe walks. Atsuhiro Mine lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mitsuo Yaginuma hits a home run. Nobuo Kawazoe scores. Herb Roselli grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Walter Tiegen grounds out to the third baseman. Scott Hunt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tavo Minor singles to left field. Tomofumi Akaike flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara singles to left field. Trevor Easterday singles to right field. Daisuke Komatsubara advances to third on the hit. Trevor Easterday steals second. Doc Reimer singles to right field. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Al Lindsey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bruce Cotter flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Trevor Easterday is thrown out at the plate. Nobuo Kawazoe pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Harold Phillips doubles to left field. Rufe Bowles strikes out. John Heiserman flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Charton singles to left field. Harold Phillips scores. J.T. Stone singles to right field. Jeff Charton advances to third on the hit. Walter Tiegen strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Atsuhiro Mine grounds out to the third baseman. Mitsuo Yaginuma strikes out. Herb Roselli strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Scott Hunt grounds out to the second baseman. Tavo Minor grounds out to the second baseman. Al Lindsey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rufe Bowles. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the shortstop. Trevor Easterday singles to center field. Hirokazu Kawa scores. Doc Reimer lines out to the second baseman. Bruce Cotter singles to right field. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Harold Phillips flies out to the left fielder. Rufe Bowles grounds out to the pitcher. John Heiserman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Atsuhiro Mine strikes out. Mitsuo Yaginuma strikes out. Herb Roselli grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Jeff Charton grounds out to the shortstop. J.T. Stone walks. Walter Tiegen grounds into a force play to the shortstop. J.T. Stone is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Scott Hunt singles to left field. Walter Tiegen advances to third on the hit. Tavo Minor hits a home run. Walter Tiegen scores. Scott Hunt scores. Mike Morris comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Lindsey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa hits an infield single to the shortstop. Daisuke Komatsubara doubles past the first baseman. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the second baseman. Hirokazu Kawa scores. Daisuke Komatsubara advances to third on the play. Eric Walker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Doc Reimer singles past the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Doc Reimer steals second. Bruce Cotter grounds out to the second baseman. Doc Reimer advances to third on the play. Nobuo Kawazoe triples. Doc Reimer scores. So Yamashita is pinch hitting for Mike Morris. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. So Yamashita flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Ron Houser pitching. Harold Phillips strikes out. Rufe Bowles grounds out to the third baseman. John Heiserman walks. Jeff Charton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Mitsuo Yaginuma strikes out. Fred Myers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brooks Hegan is pinch hitting for Herb Roselli. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Brooks Hegan grounds out to the third baseman. Hirokazu Kawa triples. Daisuke Komatsubara doubles to left field. Hirokazu Kawa scores. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Chad Hunt is pinch hitting for J.T. Stone. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chad Hunt pops out to the shortstop. Walter Tiegen grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Hunt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Doc Reimer grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Becker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bruce Cotter strikes out. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Joe Winegarner is pinch hitting for Tavo Minor. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Winegarner flies out to the center fielder. Henry Erickson is pinch hitting for Joe Becker. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Henry Erickson singles to right field. Harold Phillips walks. John Magrini is pinch hitting for Rufe Bowles. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Magrini flies out to the center fielder. John Heiserman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Detroit total runners LOB: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Clayton Harris did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Ostermueller improves in velocity Eddie Zimmerman did not respond to coaching in control
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Don Zimmer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dutch Barrett did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Ray improves in power_vs_lefty