Win: Bill Hall (2-0) Loss: Larry Christensen (0-2)
Inning: 1 Oakland Larry Christensen pitching. John Kelly grounds out to the shortstop. Buddy Lyden flies out to the center fielder. Pinky Javier walks. Pinky Javier steals second. Charley Lewis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bill Hall pitching. BobbyBobJimBo grounds out to the shortstop. Dale Murphy walks. Boogie Woogie strikes out. Fred Edington strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Buck Benedict lines out to the shortstop. Gene Ingersoll hits a home run. Jay Dalrymple hits a home run. Fred Poffenberger singles to right field. Bill Hall lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Kelly singles to right field. Fred Poffenberger scores. Buddy Lyden singles to right field. John Kelly advances to third on the hit. Pinky Javier singles to right field. John Kelly scores. Buddy Lyden advances to third on the hit. Charley Lewis strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Yadier Molina strikes out. Vinny Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Boogie OogieOogie grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Buck Benedict singles to center field. Gene Ingersoll walks. Jay Dalrymple doubles past the center fielder. Buck Benedict scores. Gene Ingersoll uses his aggressiveness and scores. Fred Poffenberger walks. Bill Hall fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bill Hall strikes out. John Kelly flies out to the center fielder. Buddy Lyden strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Boog Williams walks. Larry Christensen lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. BobbyBobJimBo flies out to the center fielder. Dale Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Pinky Javier flies out to the center fielder. Charley Lewis grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Buck Benedict walks. Gene Ingersoll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Boogie Woogie strikes out. Fred Edington grounds out to the shortstop. Yadier Molina singles to center field. Vinny Brown grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Yadier Molina is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Jay Dalrymple hits a home run. Fred Poffenberger grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Hall strikes out. John Kelly walks. Buddy Lyden walks. Pinky Javier flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Boogie OogieOogie flies out to the right fielder. Boog Williams singles to center field. Larry Christensen lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. BobbyBobJimBo singles to right field. Dale Murphy flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Charley Lewis walks. Buck Benedict walks. Gene Ingersoll lines out to the second baseman. Jay Dalrymple reached on a fielding error by Boogie Woogie. Fred Poffenberger strikes out. Bill Hall singles to left field. Charley Lewis scores. Buck Benedict scores. Jay Dalrymple advances to third on the hit. John Kelly pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Boogie Woogie grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Edington flies out to the left fielder. Yadier Molina strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Moose Haas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buddy Lyden singles to right field. Pinky Javier grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Buddy Lyden advances to second on the play. Charley Lewis strikes out. Buck Benedict walks. Gene Ingersoll flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Vinny Brown flies out to the right fielder. Boogie OogieOogie strikes out. Boog Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Dan Wilkins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jay Dalrymple lines out to the third baseman. Fred Poffenberger reached on a fielding error by Boog Williams. Bill Hall lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Fred Poffenberger forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Damian Marak is pinch hitting for John Kelly. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Damian Marak grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Gabe Egan is pinch hitting for Dan Wilkins. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Gabe Egan singles to center field. John Swartz is pinch hitting for BobbyBobJimBo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Swartz singles to right field. Dale Murphy singles past the shortstop. Gabe Egan scores. John Swartz advances to third on the hit. Boogie Woogie flies out to the right fielder. Fred Edington is hit by a pitch. Bob Klesko is pinch hitting for Yadier Molina. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Klesko grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. John Swartz is out at home. Vinny Brown flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Oakland Harry Collins pitching. Buddy Lyden strikes out. Steve Potts is pinch hitting for Pinky Javier. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Steve Potts singles to left field. Kazuhisa Hida is pinch hitting for Charley Lewis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kazuhisa Hida walks. Ray Ankiel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buck Benedict grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kazuhisa Hida is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Gene Ingersoll grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Boogie OogieOogie flies out to the right fielder. Boog Williams doubles to right field. Jim Bowie is pinch hitting for Ray Ankiel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Bowie singles to center field. John Swartz singles to left field. Boog Williams scores. Jim Bowie advances to third on the hit. Dale Murphy strikes out. Boogie Woogie walks. Fred Edington grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Oakland total runners LOB: 15 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 11
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ricardo Dickerson improves in range Alex Bold improves in power_vs_righty Scott Martin improves in contact_vs_righty Gary Figueroa improves in control Alex Bold did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ronnie York improves in speed Scott Martin did not respond to coaching in SS
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Al Moore improves in power_vs_righty Carlos Cooper did not respond to coaching in arm Jake Funk improves in power_vs_righty Al Moore did not respond to coaching in speed Fritz Woods did not respond to coaching in arm BillyBob Boone improves in range