Win: Masaharu Murata (3-0) Loss: Al Poole (4-1)
Save: Darnell Hansell (7)
Inning: 1 Oakland Al Poole pitching. Bruce Heltzel flies out to the center fielder. Toshihide Aoki singles to center field. Jack Schulze grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Masaharu Murata pitching. Wayne Haines singles to center field. Greg Ryan strikes out. Colby Wertz flies out to the center fielder. Tommy Oliver strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Craig Corey singles to center field. Jason Roberts hits a home run. Craig Corey scores. Harry Beville walks. Amado Vail grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harry Beville is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Parker grounds out to the shortstop. Amado Vail advances to second on the play. Masaharu Murata flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Bobby Mann strikes out. Pat Baerga doubles to right field. Pat Tate strikes out. Shoichi Nishioka grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Bruce Heltzel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Toshihide Aoki strikes out. Jack Schulze singles to center field. Craig Corey walks. Jason Roberts grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Al Poole walks. Wayne Haines grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Greg Ryan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Harry Beville grounds out to the shortstop. Amado Vail singles to left field. Bob Parker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Colby Wertz strikes out. Tommy Oliver strikes out. Bobby Mann singles to right field. Pat Baerga strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Masaharu Murata grounds out to the third baseman. Bruce Heltzel grounds out to the shortstop. Toshihide Aoki grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Pat Tate reached on a 2-base throwing error by Craig Corey. Shoichi Nishioka walks. Al Poole lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Shoichi Nishioka advances to second on the play. Shoichi Nishioka advances to second on the play. Wayne Haines strikes out. Greg Ryan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Jack Schulze grounds out to the third baseman. Craig Corey flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Jason Roberts grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Colby Wertz pops out to the third baseman. Tommy Oliver flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Mann flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Harry Beville flies out to the right fielder. Amado Vail flies out to the right fielder. Bob Parker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Pat Baerga singles to center field. Pat Tate grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Pat Baerga is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Shoichi Nishioka strikes out. Mike Haugstad is pinch hitting for Al Poole. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mike Haugstad flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Bobby Cotto pitching. Masaharu Murata reached on a 2-base throwing error by Pat Tate. Bruce Heltzel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Masaharu Murata advances to third on the play. Toshihide Aoki walks. Jack Schulze flies out to the center fielder. Craig Corey strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Washington Wayne Haines grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Ryan strikes out. Colby Wertz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Jason Roberts walks. Harry Beville grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Jason Roberts is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Amado Vail strikes out. Bob Parker grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Darnell Hansell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tommy Oliver grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bobby Mann flies out to the center fielder. Pat Baerga grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Washington total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Greg Ryan is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lindsay Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Turk Siemer improves in power_vs_righty Joe Fischer did not respond to coaching in range Joe Fischer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Robinson improves in range Walt Lavan did not respond to coaching in arm Dale Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Dan Wera did not respond to coaching in control Billy Ramirez did not respond to coaching in 2B