Win: Weldon Jones (5-3) Loss: Joe Redman (3-1)
Save: Bob Cisar (6)
Inning: 1 Oakland Bob Baer pitching. Brooks Hegan singles to right field. Brooks Hegan is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). So Yamashita singles to right field. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Ginger Nordyke grounds into a force play to the second baseman. So Yamashita is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Baltimore Weldon Jones pitching. Jim Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Emmett Speier flies out to the center fielder. Bunny Ehmke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Doc Reimer flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Bruce Cotter grounds out to the second baseman. Trevor Easterday is hit by a pitch. Nobuo Kawazoe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore Albie Kennedy singles to right field. Bryan Nagy flies out to the left fielder. Sig Carney pops out to the second baseman. John Burke singles to left field. Albie Kennedy advances to third on the hit. Dave Karros grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Weldon Jones walks. Brooks Hegan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Weldon Jones advances to second on the play. So Yamashita grounds out to the second baseman. Weldon Jones advances to third on the play. Ken Nagatomi doubles past the right fielder. Weldon Jones scores. Ginger Nordyke singles to right field. Ken Nagatomi scores. Doc Reimer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ginger Nordyke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Bob Baer strikes out. Jim Hernandez singles in front of the left fielder. Emmett Speier doubles to left field. Jim Hernandez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bunny Ehmke singles to right field. Emmett Speier scores. Albie Kennedy pops out to the shortstop. Bryan Nagy lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Bruce Cotter walks. Trevor Easterday walks. Nobuo Kawazoe flies out to the center fielder. Weldon Jones lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Brooks Hegan singles to left field. Bruce Cotter scores. Trevor Easterday is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Sig Carney walks. John Burke strikes out. Dave Karros grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Joe Redman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. So Yamashita singles to left field. So Yamashita steals second. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Ginger Nordyke flies out to the left fielder. Doc Reimer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Joe Redman strikes out. Jim Hernandez strikes out. Emmett Speier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Bruce Cotter doubles to center field. Trevor Easterday pops out to the second baseman. Nobuo Kawazoe strikes out. Weldon Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Bunny Ehmke doubles to left field. Albie Kennedy doubles to left field. Bunny Ehmke scores. Bryan Nagy grounds out to the shortstop. Sig Carney grounds out to the shortstop. John Burke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Brooks Hegan singles to center field. So Yamashita walks. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Ginger Nordyke singles to right field. Brooks Hegan scores. So Yamashita advances to third on the hit. Ramon Stephenson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Doc Reimer singles to center field. So Yamashita scores. Bruce Cotter flies out to the right fielder. Trevor Easterday singles to left field. Nobuo Kawazoe is hit by a pitch. Ginger Nordyke scores. Weldon Jones is hit by a pitch. Doc Reimer scores. Lee Isales comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brooks Hegan pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Baltimore Dave Karros flies out to the center fielder. Lee Isales strikes out. Jim Hernandez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland So Yamashita singles to center field. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the third baseman. So Yamashita advances to second on the play. Doc Reimer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Emmett Speier singles to left field. Bunny Ehmke flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Albie Kennedy singles to left field. Emmett Speier advances to third on the hit. Bob Cisar 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. Bryan Nagy grounds out to the second baseman. Emmett Speier scores. Albie Kennedy advances to second on the play. Sig Carney walks. John Burke grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Bruce Cotter flies out to the right fielder. Trevor Easterday strikes out. Nobuo Kawazoe pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Kunihisa Shibata enters the game as a defensive replacement for Nobuo Kawazoe at LF. Dave Karros singles to right field. Lee Isales lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Jim Hernandez pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 10 Baltimore total runners LOB: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Jan Nackerts did not respond to coaching in control Jazz Bilzen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Art Saverine did not respond to coaching in control
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Hohnhorst did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Billy Phelps improves in range Joe Whaley improves in speed Turk Vernon did not respond to coaching in velocity