Win: Gustavo Gonzalez (15-5) Loss: Charlie Clarkson (4-11)
Save: Jay Miller (28)
Inning: 1 Oakland Charlie Clarkson pitching. Don Friday strikes out. Steve Tovar strikes out. Mickey Kahdot grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Gustavo Gonzalez pitching. Matt Leshnock singles to right field. Steve Congalton pops out to the shortstop. Bob Kekich grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Matt Leshnock is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Kekich is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Pascual Elston walks. Lew Crosetti strikes out. Todd Murphy singles to center field. Pascual Elston advances to third on the hit. Scott Newsome grounds out to the third baseman. Pascual Elston scores. Todd Murphy advances to second on the play. Andy Ricketts strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Larry Webster triples. Vicente Aragon strikes out. Pat Dunn pops out to the second baseman. Leo Teed flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Gustavo Gonzalez singles to center field. Don Friday singles to left field. Gustavo Gonzalez advances to third on the hit. Steve Tovar walks. Mickey Kahdot flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Gustavo Gonzalez scores. Pascual Elston walks. Lew Crosetti strikes out. Todd Murphy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Detroit Tom Demery flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Clarkson flies out to the right fielder. Matt Leshnock grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Scott Newsome strikes out. Andy Ricketts grounds out to the second baseman. Gustavo Gonzalez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Steve Congalton strikes out. Bob Kekich flies out to the center fielder. Larry Webster flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Don Friday singles to left field. Steve Tovar strikes out. Mickey Kahdot strikes out. Pascual Elston lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Vicente Aragon singles to right field. Vicente Aragon is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Pat Dunn lines out to the second baseman. Leo Teed flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Lew Crosetti grounds out to the second baseman. Todd Murphy singles to left field. Scott Newsome doubles to left field. Andy Ricketts strikes out. Gustavo Gonzalez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Tom Demery singles to center field. Tom Demery steals second. Charlie Clarkson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Matt Leshnock grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Demery scores. Steve Congalton singles to left field. Bob Kekich grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Steve Congalton is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Don Friday grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Tovar singles to center field. Mickey Kahdot singles to left field. Pascual Elston singles to right field. Lew Crosetti singles to center field. Steve Tovar scores. Mickey Kahdot scores. Pascual Elston advances to third on the hit. Roy Moreno comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Todd Murphy grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Larry Webster walks. Vicente Aragon grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Pat Dunn pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Ron Regan is pinch hitting for Scott Newsome. Ron Regan lines out to the shortstop. Andy Ricketts grounds out to the third baseman. Gustavo Gonzalez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tom Demery. Don Friday grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Charlie Orr enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ron Regan at C. Leo Teed flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Tom Demery strikes out. Bob Schmidt is pinch hitting for Roy Moreno. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Schmidt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Russ Ley pitching. Steve Tovar singles to center field. Mickey Kahdot lines out to the third baseman. Pascual Elston walks. Lew Crosetti strikes out. Todd Murphy strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Detroit Jay Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Matt Leshnock grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Congalton grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Kekich singles past the shortstop. Larry Webster flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 11 Detroit total runners LOB: 3
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Hugo Becker improves in contact_vs_lefty Hugo Becker did not respond to coaching in arm Jason Alomar did not respond to coaching in velocity Ossee Fischer improves in contact_vs_lefty Ossee Fischer did not respond to coaching in C
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Hal Smoltz did not respond to coaching in control Dick Hill did not respond to coaching in control Otis Ferraro improves in power_vs_lefty Tom Snyder did not respond to coaching in arm