Win: Bill Hall (5-2) Loss: Dan Wilkins (0-3)
Save: Pete Carden (7)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Bill Hall pitching. Gabe Egan flies out to the right fielder. Jim Bowie grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! BobbyBobJimBo pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Larry Christensen pitching. John Kelly walks. Buddy Lyden grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Pinky Javier flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dale Murphy grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Boogie Woogie grounds out to the second baseman. Vinny Brown hits a home run. Boogie OogieOogie strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Charley Lewis strikes out. Buck Benedict lines out to the shortstop. Gene Ingersoll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Bob Klesko lines out to the shortstop. Larry Christensen flies out to the left fielder. Gabe Egan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Jay Dalrymple flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Hearn strikes out. Bill Hall singles to center field. John Kelly grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jim Bowie hits a home run. BobbyBobJimBo strikes out. Dale Murphy strikes out. Boogie Woogie strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Buddy Lyden flies out to the left fielder. Pinky Javier grounds out to the second baseman. Charley Lewis grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Vinny Brown pops out to the first baseman. Boogie OogieOogie grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Klesko strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Buck Benedict singles to right field. Gene Ingersoll grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Buck Benedict is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jay Dalrymple hits a home run. Gene Ingersoll scores. Johnny Hearn pops out to the shortstop. Bill Hall strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Larry Christensen strikes out. Gabe Egan singles to right field. Jim Bowie grounds out to the second baseman. Gabe Egan advances to second on the play. BobbyBobJimBo singles to right field. Gabe Egan scores. Dale Murphy grounds into a force play to the third baseman. BobbyBobJimBo is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland John Kelly walks. Buddy Lyden singles to center field. John Kelly advances to third on the hit. Pinky Javier pops out to the third baseman. Charley Lewis flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, John Kelly scores. Buck Benedict grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Buddy Lyden is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Boogie Woogie strikes out. Vinny Brown strikes out. Boogie OogieOogie pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Joe Mayo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gene Ingersoll flies out to the center fielder. Jay Dalrymple strikes out. Johnny Hearn singles to center field. Bill Hall lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Bob Klesko grounds out to the pitcher. Lou Fernandez is pinch hitting for Joe Mayo. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Lou Fernandez grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Gabe Egan lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Dan Wilkins pitching. John Kelly grounds out to the second baseman. Buddy Lyden singles to center field. Pinky Javier hits a home run. Buddy Lyden scores. Harry Collins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charley Lewis grounds out to the shortstop. Buck Benedict walks. Gene Ingersoll doubles to center field. Buck Benedict uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rodney Davenport comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jay Dalrymple lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Pete Carden comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Bowie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! John Swartz is pinch hitting for BobbyBobJimBo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Swartz grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Edington is pinch hitting for Dale Murphy. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fred Edington singles to left field. Boogie Woogie singles to center field. Fred Edington advances to third on the hit. Vinny Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 3 Oakland total runners left on base: 4
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Kevin Huston improves in speed Carlos Cooper did not respond to coaching in speed Johnny Levey improves in contact_vs_lefty Ray Langford improves in arm Carlos Cooper improves in contact_vs_righty Al Moore improves in range
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ron Jones improves in velocity Horace Drew did not respond to coaching in velocity Gracie Valdez improves in contact_vs_lefty John Christenson did not respond to coaching in speed Gracie Valdez did not respond to coaching in speed Gracie Valdez improves in range Scott Martin did not respond to coaching in SS