Win: Rod Marte (9-6) Loss: Kevin Tracewski (10-11)
Save: Ryozo Wako (31)
Inning: 1 Oakland Kevin Tracewski pitching. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the shortstop. Herb Roselli flies out to the left fielder. Hirokazu Kawa singles past the shortstop. Kunihisa Shibata singles to right field. Doc Reimer singles to center field. Hirokazu Kawa scores. Bruce Cotter singles to right field. Nobuo Kawazoe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Detroit Rod Marte pitching. Harold Phillips grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Kopacz strikes out. John Heiserman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Marte strikes out. Mitsuo Yaginuma singles to right field. Herb Roselli strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Jeff Charton strikes out. J.T. Stone flies out to the right fielder. Walter Tiegen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the left fielder. Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the center fielder. Doc Reimer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Scott Hunt lines out to the third baseman. Rufe Bowles walks. Kevin Tracewski lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harold Phillips walks. Eddie Kopacz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Bruce Cotter flies out to the right fielder. Nobuo Kawazoe strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to center field. Rod Marte strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit John Heiserman grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Jeff Charton grounds out to the shortstop. J.T. Stone flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Mitsuo Yaginuma singles to center field. Herb Roselli strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Walter Tiegen flies out to the right fielder. Scott Hunt flies out to the center fielder. Rufe Bowles singles to right field. Kevin Tracewski walks. Harold Phillips lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata singles to right field. Doc Reimer walks. Bruce Cotter walks. Nobuo Kawazoe flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Kunihisa Shibata scores. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the right fielder. Rod Marte flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Eddie Kopacz strikes out. John Heiserman grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Charton doubles to center field. Mike Morris 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. Stone walks. Walter Tiegen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Mitsuo Yaginuma flies out to the center fielder. Herb Roselli grounds out to the second baseman. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Scott Hunt grounds out to the shortstop. Rufe Bowles flies out to the right fielder. Henry Erickson is pinch hitting for Kevin Tracewski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Henry Erickson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Joe Becker pitching. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Doc Reimer flies out to the left fielder. So Yamashita is pinch hitting for Bruce Cotter. So Yamashita singles to center field. Nobuo Kawazoe pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Carlos Galvez enters the game as a defensive replacement for So Yamashita at C. Harold Phillips strikes out. Eddie Kopacz walks. John Heiserman walks. Ryozo Wako comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Jeff Charton grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the shortstop. Ryozo Wako grounds out to the catcher. Mitsuo Yaginuma strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit J.T. Stone grounds out to the second baseman. Walter Tiegen flies out to the center fielder. Scott Hunt singles to right field. Scott Hunt steals second. Rufe Bowles grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Detroit total runners LOB: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Akira Matsumoto did not respond to coaching in control Don Rodriquez improves in contact_vs_righty Hap Begley improves in range
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Carlos Bruce did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Twitchell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Hostetler improves in speed