Win: Keith Burtschy (1-0) Loss: Jerry Pless (1-1)
Save: Doug Phillips (2)
Inning: 1 Oakland Keith Burtschy pitching. Takeo Hayashi flies out to the center fielder. Tom Shelley pops out to the pitcher. Eddie Crane singles to center field. Matt Whiteside strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Anaheim Jerry Pless pitching. Ralph Weik strikes out. Merrill Strawberry singles to right field. Steve Schupp grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Woodie Steinfeldt flies out to the center fielder. Stew LaManna grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Edgar Probe grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Anaheim Jerry Abrams strikes out. Hal Haines singles to left field. Fred Land flies out to the left fielder. Ivan Duzen walks. Red McNaughton lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Ernie Pick singles to left field. Jerry Pless lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Takeo Hayashi singles to left field. Ernie Pick is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Tom Shelley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Anaheim Keith Burtschy grounds out to the second baseman. Ralph Weik singles to center field. Merrill Strawberry flies out to the center fielder. Steve Schupp strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Eddie Crane singles to center field. Matt Whiteside walks. Woodie Steinfeldt flies out to the left fielder. Stew LaManna flies out to the center fielder. Edgar Probe grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Anaheim Jerry Abrams walks. Hal Haines singles to center field. Fred Land grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Abrams advances to third on the play. Hal Haines advances to second on the play. Ivan Duzen singles to center field. Jerry Abrams scores. Hal Haines uses his aggressiveness and scores. Red McNaughton lines out to the shortstop. Keith Burtschy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Ernie Pick flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Pless grounds out to the pitcher. Takeo Hayashi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Anaheim Ralph Weik grounds out to the third baseman. Merrill Strawberry flies out to the right fielder. Steve Schupp grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Tom Shelley doubles past the left fielder. Eddie Crane flies out to the right fielder. Matt Whiteside strikes out. Woodie Steinfeldt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Anaheim Jerry Abrams grounds out to the third baseman. Hal Haines singles to left field. Fred Land singles to center field. Ivan Duzen strikes out. Red McNaughton walks. Keith Burtschy strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Oakland Stew LaManna strikes out. Edgar Probe strikes out. Ernie Pick walks. Jerry Pless walks. Takeo Hayashi lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Anaheim Ralph Weik grounds out to the shortstop. Merrill Strawberry walks. Takeshi Aoki is pinch running for Merrill Strawberry on 1st base. Steve Schupp strikes out. Jerry Abrams walks. Hal Haines flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Tom Shelley grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Crane grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Whiteside strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Anaheim Fred Land strikes out. Ivan Duzen lines out to the third baseman. Red McNaughton reached on a 2-base throwing error by Eddie Crane. Willard Anderson is pinch hitting for Keith Burtschy. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Willard Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Doug Phillips pitching. Woodie Steinfeldt walks. Stew LaManna grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Woodie Steinfeldt advances to second on the play. Edgar Probe grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Pick singles to right field. Woodie Steinfeldt scores. Reggie Buckley is pinch hitting for Jerry Pless. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Reggie Buckley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 8 Anaheim total runners left on base: 10
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Basgall did not respond to coaching in range Jim Keenan improves in range Silver Ray did not respond to coaching in arm Ollie Pesky did not respond to coaching in control
Anaheim Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Taira Matoyama did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rich Pezold did not respond to coaching in control Rich Pezold improves in control Les Rodriguez improves in speed