Win: Mitch Blankenship (6-8) Loss: Duane Jackson (3-5)
Save: Tommy Kutyna (25)
Inning: 1 Seattle Mitch Blankenship pitching. Masanao Ushio grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Regan flies out to the center fielder. Roy Coombs grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Duane Jackson pitching. Irv Brittin flies out to the right fielder. Norihiro Egawa singles to left field. Bill Torres flies out to the left fielder. Bob Elliott hits a home run. Norihiro Egawa scores. Sumner Jeltz doubles to left field. Greg Abbott grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Seattle Hideki Walsh singles to right field. Jake Habib pops out to the first baseman. Eddie Paniagua strikes out. Charlie Coleman grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Johnny Groskloss grounds out to the shortstop. John Geronimo strikes out. Mitch Blankenship strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Seattle Rodney Jata flies out to the right fielder. Duane Jackson strikes out. Masanao Ushio walks. Jack Regan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Irv Brittin grounds out to the shortstop. Norihiro Egawa hits a home run. Bill Torres grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Elliott strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Seattle Roy Coombs grounds out to the shortstop. Hideki Walsh pops out to the third baseman. Jake Habib lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Sumner Jeltz hits an infield single to the shortstop. Greg Abbott flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Groskloss flies out to the center fielder. John Geronimo lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Seattle Eddie Paniagua singles to center field. Charlie Coleman grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Eddie Paniagua is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Charlie Coleman steals second. Rodney Jata strikes out. Duane Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Mitch Blankenship grounds out to the shortstop. Irv Brittin singles to left field. Norihiro Egawa singles to center field. Irv Brittin advances to third on the hit. Bill Torres singles to left field. Irv Brittin scores. Bob Elliott flies out to the left fielder. Sumner Jeltz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Seattle Masanao Ushio flies out to the right fielder. Jack Regan singles to center field. Roy Coombs walks. Hideki Walsh grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Regan advances to third on the play. Roy Coombs advances to second on the play. Jake Habib grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Greg Abbott flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Groskloss lines out to the second baseman. John Geronimo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Seattle Eddie Paniagua walks. Charlie Coleman flies out to the left fielder. Rodney Jata flies out to the center fielder. Bob Clements is pinch hitting for Duane Jackson. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Bob Clements doubles to center field. Eddie Paniagua uses his aggressiveness and scores. Masanao Ushio singles to center field. Bob Clements scores. Jack Regan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Earl Seaver pitching. Mitch Blankenship strikes out. Irv Brittin grounds out to the pitcher. Norihiro Egawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Seattle Roy Coombs pops out to the second baseman. Hideki Walsh strikes out. Jake Habib flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Bill Torres walks. Bob Elliott singles past the second baseman. Bill Torres aggressively advances to third on the hit. Sumner Jeltz grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Torres scores. Bob Elliott advances to second on the play. Greg Abbott flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Groskloss hits a home run. Bob Elliott scores. Bernie Scott comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Geronimo singles to center field. Mitch Blankenship grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Seattle Eddie Paniagua walks. Charlie Coleman strikes out. Rodney Jata hits a home run. Eddie Paniagua scores. Dave Zipfel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carlos Giel is pinch hitting for Bernie Scott. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Carlos Giel lines out to the second baseman. Masanao Ushio singles to left field. Tommy Kutyna comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jack Regan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Seattle total runners left on base: 7 Oakland total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Tommy Kutyna is injured and is expected to be out 2 days.
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Buddy Booty did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Buddy Booty did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Marcus Hayes did not respond to coaching in range Dickie Bennett did not respond to coaching in velocity Sam Danner did not respond to coaching in control Hank Travers improves in power_vs_lefty Eddie Kohlman did not respond to coaching in CF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dick Robson did not respond to coaching in control Babe Wilson improves in contact_vs_lefty Jim Pujols did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Hall improves in power_vs_lefty Steve Perez did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Perez did not respond to coaching in velocity Babe Wilson did not respond to coaching in 3B