Win: Diego Segui (8-9) Loss: Lefty Benjamin (13-9)
Inning: 1 Oakland Kikuo Ohtonei pitching. Jonah Shinault flies out to the left fielder. Herm Karp grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Sheridan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Lefty Benjamin pitching. Len Loftus flies out to the center fielder. Terry Herrmann strikes out. Al Palmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Scott Fitzgerald strikes out. Lefty Dixon reached on a fielding error by Al Palmer. Lefty Dixon is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jimmy Wynn singles to left field. Jim Causey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Raul Morrill flies out to the center fielder. Bo Pearson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Walter Peel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Spike Malone strikes out. Lefty Benjamin singles to center field. Jonah Shinault walks. Herm Karp singles to right field. Lefty Benjamin scores. Jonah Shinault advances to third on the hit. Mike Sheridan lines out to the third baseman. Scott Fitzgerald walks. Lefty Dixon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Detroit Bob Kelly flies out to the left fielder. Dan Kauffman grounds out to the third baseman. Kikuo Ohtonei strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Jimmy Wynn walks. Jim Causey flies out to the left fielder. Jimmy Wynn steals second. Spike Malone strikes out. Lefty Benjamin pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Len Loftus walks. Terry Herrmann strikes out. Al Palmer grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Len Loftus is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Raul Morrill walks. Bo Pearson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Raul Morrill is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Jonah Shinault singles to left field. Herm Karp grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Mike Sheridan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Walter Peel pops out to the shortstop. Bob Kelly strikes out. Dan Kauffman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Scott Fitzgerald singles to right field. Scott Fitzgerald is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Lefty Dixon flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Wynn grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Kikuo Ohtonei singles to left field. Len Loftus grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Terry Herrmann doubles to right field. Al Palmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Jim Causey grounds out to the shortstop. Spike Malone flies out to the center fielder. Lefty Benjamin walks. Jonah Shinault strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Raul Morrill grounds out to the second baseman. Bo Pearson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walter Peel reached on a 2-base fielding error by Herm Karp. Bob Kelly is hit by a pitch. Dan Kauffman singles to center field. Walter Peel scores. Bob Kelly advances to third on the hit. J.R. Robinson is pinch hitting for Kikuo Ohtonei. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. J.R. Robinson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Diego Segui pitching. Herm Karp flies out to the center fielder. Mike Sheridan grounds out to the second baseman. Scott Fitzgerald flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Len Loftus grounds out to the third baseman. Terry Herrmann grounds out to the pitcher. Al Palmer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Lefty Dixon walks. Jimmy Wynn grounds out to the third baseman. Lefty Dixon advances to second on the play. Jim Causey flies out to the left fielder. Spike Malone pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Raul Morrill grounds out to the shortstop. Bo Pearson doubles to right field. Mike Maas 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. Walter Peel singles to right field. Bo Pearson scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Detroit total runners left on base: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Collins improves in power_vs_righty Ron Platte improves in contact_vs_righty Harry Sutter improves in control Harry Sutter did not respond to coaching in control
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bret Saberhagen did not respond to coaching in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Bret Saberhagen did not respond to coaching in velocity Lou Noyes improves in power_vs_righty