Win: German Balian (8-3) Loss: Ham Northrup (6-5)
Save: Ernie Stechschulte (24)
Inning: 1 Oakland Fred Combs pitching. Rafa Garcia flies out to the center fielder. Napoleon Garcia singles to center field. Ginger Deering strikes out. Bill Stryker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Bobby Torres pitching. Tatsuya Mimura flies out to the right fielder. Bob Main singles to center field. Bob Main is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Herm Creel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Josh Bermudez strikes out. Jack Samuel grounds out to the shortstop. Donal Moreno singles to center field. Mauricio Avila Perez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Bill Raffensberger singles to center field. Steve Brown walks. Kazuo Nakajima pops out to the second baseman. Lance Qualters walks. Ken Gladd strikes out. Fred Combs grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Bill Raffensberger is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Oakland Bobby Torres grounds out to the third baseman. Rafa Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Napoleon Garcia grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Main singles past the first baseman. Herm Creel grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Ginger Deering strikes out. Bill Stryker doubles to right field. Josh Bermudez pops out to the second baseman. Jack Samuel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Bill Raffensberger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Brown strikes out. Kazuo Nakajima pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Donal Moreno grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Mauricio Avila Perez hits a home run. Bobby Torres grounds out to the third baseman. Rafa Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Lance Qualters flies out to the center fielder. Ken Gladd singles past the third baseman. Fred Combs fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Fred Combs walks. Tatsuya Mimura walks. Bob Main singles to center field. Ken Gladd scores. Fred Combs scores. Tatsuya Mimura aggressively advances to third on the hit. Herm Creel hits a home run. Tatsuya Mimura scores. Bob Main scores. Ty Knots comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Raffensberger strikes out. Steve Brown reached on a fielding error by Rafa Garcia. Kazuo Nakajima pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Napoleon Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Ginger Deering hits a home run. Bill Stryker grounds out to the third baseman. Josh Bermudez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Lance Qualters strikes out. Ken Gladd flies out to the center fielder. Jim Blowers is pinch hitting for Fred Combs. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jim Blowers hits a home run. Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Pedro Williams pitching. Jack Samuel singles to center field. Donal Moreno walks. Mauricio Avila Perez singles to center field. Jack Samuel scores. Donal Moreno advances to third on the hit. Gary Owens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ted Roberson is pinch hitting for Ty Knots. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Mauricio Avila Perez steals second. Ted Roberson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Donal Moreno scores. Mauricio Avila Perez advances to third on the play. Rafa Garcia flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Mauricio Avila Perez scores. Napoleon Garcia grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Tom Hargan pitching. Bob Main singles to center field. Bob Main steals second. Herm Creel grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Raffensberger grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Main advances to third on the play. Steve Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Ginger Deering singles to left field. Bill Stryker strikes out. Ginger Deering steals second. Josh Bermudez flies out to the left fielder. Jack Samuel reached on a fielding error by Bill Raffensberger. Jonah Hernandez is pinch hitting for Donal Moreno. Jonah Hernandez singles to right field. Ginger Deering scores. Mauricio Avila Perez singles to left field. Peter Beskyttelse 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 1st. Hideo Yamasaki is pinch hitting for Tom Hargan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Hideo Yamasaki grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Detroit German Balian pitching. Johnny Caballo enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jonah Hernandez at C. Kazuo Nakajima grounds out to the pitcher. Lance Qualters singles past the first baseman. Ken Gladd flies out to the left fielder. Harry Long is pinch hitting for Peter Beskyttelse. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Harry Long flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Ham Northrup pitching. Rafa Garcia grounds out to the pitcher. Napoleon Garcia walks. Ginger Deering strikes out. Bill Stryker walks. Josh Bermudez singles to right field. Napoleon Garcia scores. Jack Samuel strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Detroit Ernie Stechschulte comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tatsuya Mimura flies out to the right fielder. Bob Main grounds out to the shortstop. Herm Creel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Detroit total runners LOB: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Frank Miljus did not respond to coaching in arm Eddy Johan did not respond to coaching in control John Brockington did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Shinall did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Domingo Wert did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Don Burch improves in power_vs_lefty Al Stiles improves in range Carl Mudrock improves in speed