Inning: 1 New York Dick Ruebel pitching. Gary Winkelman walks. Gary Winkelman steals second. Curtis Romano flies out to the left fielder. Joe Bell strikes out. Ray Cedeno grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Charlie Fitzgerald pitching. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ken Nagatomi walks. Hirokazu Kawa grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Tim Smith strikes out. Kane Candini grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Rooks walks. Rick Decker lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Doc Reimer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the right fielder. Daisuke Komatsubara pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Charlie Fitzgerald grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Winkelman grounds out to the shortstop. Curtis Romano walks. Joe Bell hits an infield single to the shortstop. Ray Cedeno flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Tex Owen singles to center field. So Yamashita pops out to the shortstop. Dick Ruebel pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Trevor Easterday flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Tim Smith walks. Kane Candini reached on a 2-base throwing error by Trevor Easterday. Bill Rooks flies out to the left fielder. Rick Decker strikes out. Charlie Fitzgerald grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Ken Nagatomi grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the third baseman. Doc Reimer walks. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Gary Winkelman singles past the second baseman. Gary Winkelman is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Curtis Romano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Bell singles to center field. Ray Cedeno doubles to right field. Joe Bell uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tim Smith singles past the shortstop. Ray Cedeno is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Tex Owen walks. So Yamashita grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Kane Candini flies out to the left fielder. Bill Rooks singles to right field. Rick Decker grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Rooks advances to second on the play. Ron Houser 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. Charlie Fitzgerald grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Ron Houser grounds out to the second baseman. Trevor Easterday singles to right field. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Trevor Easterday is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Gary Winkelman grounds out to the shortstop. Curtis Romano flies out to the right fielder. Joe Bell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Doc Reimer flies out to the left fielder. Kunihisa Shibata walks. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Tex Owen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Ray Cedeno flies out to the center fielder. Tim Smith strikes out. Kane Candini grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland So Yamashita grounds out to the pitcher. Calvin Unser is pinch hitting for Ron Houser. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Calvin Unser singles past the second baseman. Trevor Easterday walks. Ken Nagatomi pops out to the first baseman. Hirokazu Kawa singles to right field. Calvin Unser scores. Doc Reimer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 New York Ryozo Wako pitching. Bill Rooks walks. Rick Decker strikes out. Charlie Fitzgerald lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Gary Winkelman singles to center field. Bill Rooks scores. Gary Winkelman is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Bill Pearson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Kunihisa Shibata singles to right field. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Kunihisa Shibata is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tex Owen hits a home run. So Yamashita grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 New York Bob Cisar comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Curtis Romano flies out to the center fielder. Joe Bell strikes out. Ray Cedeno singles to left field. Tim Smith triples. Ray Cedeno scores. Kane Candini doubles to right field. Tim Smith scores. Akira Matsumoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Rooks grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Oakland Ginger Nordyke is pinch hitting for Akira Matsumoto. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ginger Nordyke singles to left field. Trevor Easterday walks. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa singles to left field. Doc Reimer strikes out. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 New York total runners LOB: 9 Oakland total runners LOB: 9
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chuck Birdsall did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bert Alexander improves in power_vs_lefty Darrin Tiemeyer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Art Fitzsimmons did not respond to coaching in velocity
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Eddie Zimmerman did not respond to coaching in velocity Don Prince did not respond to coaching in control Eddie Zimmerman did not respond to coaching in endurance Jim Armbrister did not respond to coaching in speed