Win: Madd Hatter (11-7) Loss: Rube K Lopez (12-6)
Save: Major Payne (37)
Inning: 1 Oakland Rube K Lopez pitching. Magglio Kida strikes out. Joe Hoffman flies out to the center fielder. John Souza grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Madd Hatter pitching. Mike Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Devarez pops out to the third baseman. Chet K Daviault walks. Dutch K Young singles to left field. Chet K Daviault advances to third on the hit. John Trammell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to left field. Sudden Sam LaRoche steals second. Chuck Matthewson strikes out. Dan Cunningham strikes out. Boom Boom Washington walks. Bob Stein grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Claude TK Estalella strikes out. Wilmer Chavez grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Madlock grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Madd Hatter hits an infield single to the shortstop. Magglio Kida singles to right field. Madd Hatter advances to third on the hit. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Madd Hatter scores. Magglio Kida advances to second on the play. John Souza strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Rube K Lopez flies out to the left fielder. Mike Smith strikes out. Billy Devarez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Chuck Matthewson strikes out. Dan Cunningham strikes out. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Chet K Daviault grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dutch K Young grounds out to the shortstop. John Trammell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Bob Stein singles to right field. Bob Stein is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Madd Hatter strikes out. Magglio Kida singles to right field. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Claude TK Estalella triples. Wilmer Chavez grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bill Madlock flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Claude TK Estalella scores. Rube K Lopez singles to center field. Mike Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland John Souza pops out to the shortstop. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to center field. Chuck Matthewson walks. Dan Cunningham reached on a fielding error by Dutch K Young. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the shortstop. Sudden Sam LaRoche scores. Chuck Matthewson advances to third on the play. Dan Cunningham advances to second on the play. Bob Stein walks. Madd Hatter strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Minnesota Billy Devarez grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Chet K Daviault strikes out. Dutch K Young flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Magglio Kida singles to center field. Joe Hoffman strikes out. John Souza hits a home run. Magglio Kida scores. Pinky K Womack comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sudden Sam LaRoche walks. Chuck Matthewson flies out to the center fielder. Dan Cunningham grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota John Trammell grounds out to the shortstop. Claude TK Estalella flies out to the center fielder. Wilmer Chavez grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Boom Boom Washington pops out to the shortstop. Bob Stein walks. Madd Hatter lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Bob Stein forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Magglio Kida singles to left field. Joe Hoffman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Magglio Kida is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Yoshio Yanagida enters the game as a defensive replacement for Sudden Sam LaRoche at 1B. Ox TK Cubillan is pinch hitting for Bill Madlock. Ox TK Cubillan pops out to the first baseman. Art K McDonald is pinch hitting for Pinky K Womack. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Art K McDonald strikes out. Mike Smith walks. Billy Devarez singles to left field. Mike Smith advances to third on the hit. Chet K Daviault grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Akihiko Ota pitching. John Souza doubles to center field. Yoshio Yanagida flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Matthewson grounds out to the pitcher. Dan Cunningham lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Major Payne comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dutch K Young grounds out to the pitcher. John Trammell flies out to the left fielder. Claude TK Estalella hits a home run. Wilmer Chavez singles to right field. Ox TK Cubillan pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 11 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Carl Oates did not respond to coaching in control Kurt Zerbe improves in control Garey Sorensen improves in arm Kurt Zerbe did not respond to coaching in control Doc Pinkney did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mellie W Purdin improves in power_vs_lefty Jerry Guiney did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom W German did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed W Knell improves in contact_vs_righty Ernie K Burns did not respond to coaching in SS