Win: Mario Nevers (14-9) Loss: Chick Pappas (8-8)
Save: Scott Nichol (39)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Etsuo Nakagawa pitching. Tom Welch strikes out. Marlon Fields hits a home run. Jim Roberson grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Asadoor flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Mario Nevers pitching. Charlie Barton grounds out to the second baseman. Don Silverio grounds out to the third baseman. Tino Sanchez singles to right field. Terry Boyle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Yorkis Dreke walks. George Plank pops out to the shortstop. Dmitri Hearn walks. Yorkis Dreke is out trying to steal third. Dmitri Hearn steals second. Wheezer Corridon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Hugh Dixon grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshitaka Nakada strikes out. Lee Swacina singles to right field. Jimmy Prim singles to center field. Lee Swacina advances to third on the hit. Etsuo Nakagawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Mario Nevers strikes out. Tom Welch grounds out to the second baseman. Marlon Fields doubles to left field. Jim Roberson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Charlie Barton singles to left field. Don Silverio doubles to left field. Charlie Barton uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tino Sanchez flies out to the left fielder. Terry Boyle strikes out. Hugh Dixon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Ed Asadoor flies out to the right fielder. Yorkis Dreke grounds out to the shortstop. George Plank flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Yoshitaka Nakada hits a home run. Lee Swacina flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Prim flies out to the center fielder. Etsuo Nakagawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Dmitri Hearn strikes out. Wheezer Corridon walks. Mario Nevers lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom Welch singles to right field. Wheezer Corridon scores. Marlon Fields grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tom Welch is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Charlie Barton singles past the shortstop. Don Silverio walks. Tino Sanchez walks. Terry Boyle flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Charlie Barton scores. Hugh Dixon flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Yoshitaka Nakada grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jim Roberson flies out to the center fielder. Ed Asadoor reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jimmy Prim. Chick Pappas 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. Yorkis Dreke is hit by a pitch. George Plank hits a home run. Ed Asadoor scores. Yorkis Dreke scores. Ike Kilgus comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dmitri Hearn grounds out to the shortstop. Wheezer Corridon hits a home run. Willard Michalak is pinch hitting for Mario Nevers. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Willard Michalak flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Zip Durrett pitching. Lee Swacina pops out to the shortstop. Jimmy Prim grounds out to the second baseman. Ike Kilgus flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Tom Welch strikes out. Marlon Fields flies out to the right fielder. Jim Roberson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Charlie Barton grounds out to the third baseman. Don Silverio strikes out. Tino Sanchez pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Ed Asadoor grounds out to the second baseman. Yorkis Dreke singles to center field. George Plank strikes out. Dmitri Hearn singles to left field. Bob Lefevre 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. Wheezer Corridon singles to left field. Offa Hughes is pinch hitting for Zip Durrett. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Offa Hughes singles past the third baseman. Yorkis Dreke scores. Tom Welch flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Oakland Herb Tuero pitching. Terry Boyle strikes out. Hugh Dixon flies out to the center fielder. Yoshitaka Nakada strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Marlon Fields walks. Eiji Ishimine comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Roberson walks. Ed Asadoor strikes out. Yorkis Dreke strikes out. George Plank grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Lee Swacina grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Prim grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fred Smith is pinch hitting for Eiji Ishimine. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Fred Smith singles to left field. Charlie Barton singles to center field. Scott Nichol comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Don Silverio strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 8
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Zip Hill did not respond to coaching in range Jim Page improves in speed George Riggs improves in power_vs_lefty Dick Tauscher did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jeff Macha did not respond to coaching in control Fred Lake did not respond to coaching in control Jeff Macha did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Perdue did not respond to coaching in velocity