Win: Pedro Barcelan (9-3) Loss: Tim Besana (13-10)
Save: Aramis Mack (12)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Pedro Barcelan pitching. Shawn Rensa singles past the shortstop. Gino Hill doubles to left field. Shawn Rensa uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dwight McNally strikes out. Ron Hartung grounds out to the pitcher. Jose Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Tim Besana pitching. Junior Diaz strikes out. Bill Bustamante grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Marvez singles to left field. Mario Menendez singles to left field. Bobby Marvez is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Charlie Hunt grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Farr flies out to the center fielder. Marty Caulfield singles to left field. Tim Besana strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Tom Quinces pops out to the shortstop. Eddie Cangelosi singles in front of the right fielder. Dave De Palma strikes out. Hironori Matsushita grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Eddie Cangelosi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Shawn Rensa pops out to the first baseman. Gino Hill walks. Dwight McNally strikes out. Gino Hill steals second. Ron Hartung grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Pedro Barcelan flies out to the center fielder. Junior Diaz strikes out. Bill Bustamante hits a home run. Bobby Marvez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jose Walker singles to left field. Charlie Hunt strikes out. Mike Farr pops out to the second baseman. Marty Caulfield singles in front of the center fielder. Jose Walker advances to third on the hit. Tim Besana flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Mario Menendez flies out to the center fielder. Tom Quinces singles past the third baseman. Eddie Cangelosi grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Shawn Rensa bunts for a base hit. Gino Hill flies out to the left fielder. Dwight McNally grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Shawn Rensa is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ron Hartung flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Dave De Palma singles to center field. Hironori Matsushita walks. Pedro Barcelan lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. The defense is playing the infield in. Junior Diaz singles to right field. Dave De Palma scores. Hironori Matsushita scores. Pedro Barcelan advances to third on the hit. Junior Diaz steals second. Bill Bustamante walks. Bobby Marvez strikes out. Mario Menendez singles past the shortstop. Pedro Barcelan scores. Junior Diaz scores. Gus Gates comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Quinces grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jose Walker flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Hunt flies out to the center fielder. Mike Farr flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Eddie Cangelosi singles to left field. Dave De Palma grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Hironori Matsushita grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Marty Caulfield singles to left field. Juan Karmen is pinch hitting for Gus Gates. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Passed ball. Marty Caulfield advances to second. Juan Karmen hits an infield single to the pitcher. Fernando Osuel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Shawn Rensa singles to right field. Marty Caulfield scores. Juan Karmen advances to third on the hit. Gino Hill pops out to the first baseman. Dwight McNally flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Juan Karmen scores. Ron Hartung flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Ed Quinn pitching. Fernando Osuel grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Junior Diaz grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Bustamante strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jose Walker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Hunt grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Farr strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Bobby Marvez strikes out. Mario Menendez grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Quinces flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Tyson Canales comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Marty Caulfield flies out to the center fielder. Andy Wilkins is pinch hitting for Ed Quinn. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Andy Wilkins doubles to left field. Shawn Rensa walks. Gino Hill strikes out. Dwight McNally walks. Aramis Mack comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ron Hartung flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Minnesota total runners left on base: 10 Oakland total runners left on base: 3
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lew Searage did not respond to coaching in range Pat Heving did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Barojas did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mario Christiansen did not respond to coaching in control Salomon McFarland did not respond to coaching in 2B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Carroll did not respond to coaching in velocity Rob McCormick improves in power_vs_lefty Erwin Moreno improves in arm Rob McCormick did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Evar Murello did not respond to coaching in 3B