Inning: 1 Oakland Ed Osteen pitching. Denney Perdue grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Juan Lopez singles to center field. Matt Cook grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Mark Donovan pitching. Ad Killins hits an infield single to the second baseman. Orie Hunter doubles to left field. Ad Killins is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Orie Hunter is out trying to steal third. Stan Haselman doubles to left field. Goose Kores grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Woody Kirby strikes out. Frank Stewart is hit by a pitch. Bumpus Gehring grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Richie Nitz flies out to the center fielder. Miguel Boken pops out to the first baseman. Red Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Bill Autry grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Minshall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Donovan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Wally Sanicki flies out to the center fielder. Ed Osteen pops out to the second baseman. Ad Killins grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Denney Perdue grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Lopez flies out to the left fielder. Matt Cook flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Orie Hunter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Stan Haselman flies out to the center fielder. Goose Kores flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Woody Kirby singles past the first baseman. Frank Stewart strikes out. Bumpus Gehring strikes out. Bill Autry singles to left field. Bob Minshall grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Richie Nitz grounds out to the second baseman. Miguel Boken singles to left field. Red Williams grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Mark Donovan strikes out. Denney Perdue grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Juan Lopez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Wally Sanicki walks. Ed Osteen lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ad Killins strikes out. Orie Hunter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Matt Cook singles to center field. Woody Kirby walks. Frank Stewart flies out to the center fielder. Bumpus Gehring singles to center field. The defense is playing the corners in. Bill Autry pops out to the catcher. Bob Minshall strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Detroit Stan Haselman singles to left field. Goose Kores grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Richie Nitz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Mark Donovan grounds out to the shortstop. Denney Perdue grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Lopez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Miguel Boken flies out to the right fielder. Ken Wyrostek is pinch hitting for Red Williams. Ken Wyrostek hits an infield single to the second baseman. Al Butler is pinch hitting for Wally Sanicki. Al Butler flies out to the left fielder. Ed Osteen grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ken Wyrostek is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Ryan Pena enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ken Wyrostek at 2B. Bob Verhoeven enters the game as a defensive replacement for Al Butler at 3B. Matt Cook strikes out. Woody Kirby walks. Darren Murphy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Frank Stewart grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Ad Killins walks. Orie Hunter triples. Ad Killins scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Detroit total runners left on base: 3
Game Notes Richie Nitz is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Homer Ussat improves in power_vs_righty Casey Hanford did not respond to coaching in control Manuel Rockenfield did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tommy Bowlin improves in control Tommy Bowlin did not respond to coaching in control Casey Hanford did not respond to coaching in velocity Trevor Harman did not respond to coaching in LF
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Lou McLean did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Kurt Bentley did not respond to coaching in velocity Wayne Sauveur did not respond to coaching in control Roger Cecil did not respond to coaching in range Jim Johnson did not respond to coaching in control Troy Roberts did not respond to coaching in speed