Inning: 1 Oakland Bill Smith pitching. Sugar Ray Reynolds flies out to the left fielder. Marino Baker strikes out. Eddie Walsh grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Takao Yamazaki pitching. Wes Purdin strikes out. Curt Andrews pops out to the second baseman. Barney Martinez singles to left field. Pryor Addis doubles to center field. Barney Martinez scores. Jim Bond grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Gerry Templeton doubles to left field. Tricky Kalahan strikes out. Al Richardson walks. Kazuaki Matsuyama pops out to the shortstop. Roman Osik strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Sam Strohmayer strikes out. Otto Burgo grounds out to the third baseman. Marcus Hunt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Takao Yamazaki grounds out to the second baseman. Sugar Ray Reynolds grounds out to the second baseman. Marino Baker grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bill Smith grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Wes Purdin flies out to the center fielder. Curt Andrews grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Eddie Walsh singles to center field. Gerry Templeton doubles to center field. Eddie Walsh uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tricky Kalahan strikes out. Al Richardson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gerry Templeton advances to third on the play. Kazuaki Matsuyama singles to left field. Gerry Templeton scores. Kazuaki Matsuyama is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Barney Martinez grounds out to the second baseman. Pryor Addis strikes out. Jim Bond pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Roman Osik hits a home run. Takao Yamazaki singles to center field. Sugar Ray Reynolds triples. Takao Yamazaki scores. Fred Shirley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marino Baker singles to center field. Sugar Ray Reynolds scores. Marino Baker steals second. Eddie Walsh grounds out to the second baseman. Marino Baker advances to third on the play. Gerry Templeton flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Marino Baker scores. Tricky Kalahan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Sam Strohmayer strikes out. Otto Burgo flies out to the center fielder. Marcus Hunt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Al Richardson grounds out to the shortstop. Kazuaki Matsuyama doubles to center field. Roman Osik doubles to right field. Kazuaki Matsuyama scores. Takao Yamazaki grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Sugar Ray Reynolds singles to left field. Roman Osik scores. Marino Baker pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Fred Shirley strikes out. Wes Purdin walks. Curt Andrews singles to left field. Wes Purdin advances to third on the hit. Barney Martinez flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Wes Purdin scores. Pryor Addis pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Eddie Walsh grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gerry Templeton walks. Tricky Kalahan doubles to right field. Gerry Templeton is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Al Richardson lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jim Bond singles to center field. Sam Strohmayer triples. Jim Bond scores. Otto Burgo singles to center field. Sam Strohmayer scores. Charlie Griffith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marcus Hunt strikes out. Matt Helfrich is pinch hitting for Fred Shirley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Matt Helfrich singles to center field. Wes Purdin grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Matt Helfrich is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Curt Andrews flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Hisao Maruyama pitching. Kazuaki Matsuyama pops out to the first baseman. Roman Osik pops out to the first baseman. Bobby Ford is pinch hitting for Charlie Griffith. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Bobby Ford grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Hal Reece pitching. Barney Martinez singles to right field. Barney Martinez steals second. Pryor Addis flies out to the left fielder. Jim Bond singles to center field. Barney Martinez scores. Sam Strohmayer walks. Otto Burgo strikes out. Marcus Hunt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Sugar Ray Reynolds strikes out. Marino Baker singles to right field. Marino Baker steals second. Eddie Walsh walks. Gerry Templeton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marino Baker advances to third on the play. Eddie Walsh advances to second on the play. Tricky Kalahan walks. Al Richardson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Minnesota Mike Garcia comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Fred Walker is pinch hitting for Hisao Maruyama. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Fred Walker singles to right field. Wes Purdin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Fred Walker advances to second on the play. Curt Andrews singles to left field. Fred Walker scores. Barney Martinez singles to center field. Pryor Addis singles past the second baseman. Curt Andrews scores. Barney Martinez advances to third on the hit. Jim Bond singles to left field. Barney Martinez scores. Pryor Addis advances to third on the hit. Alexander Gomez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sam Strohmayer hits a ground ball to the shortstop. The shortstop throws home. Pryor Addis scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Minnesota total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Hisao Maruyama is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tim Southworth did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tim Southworth did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Frank Allen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joe McClain improves in speed Frank Allen did not respond to coaching in 1B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rudy Hansen did not respond to coaching in range Bill Hubbell improves in contact_vs_lefty Ben Posada did not respond to coaching in velocity Rudy Hansen improves in arm