Win: Frank Gakeler (1-0) Loss: Bill Lovett (0-1)
Save: Major Payne (1)
Inning: 1 Detroit Frank Gakeler pitching. Tommie Converse walks. Pat Pladson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tommie Converse is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Max Jackson singles to left field. Pat Pladson advances to third on the hit. Art Jakucki singles to center field. Pat Pladson scores. Alex Locklear walks. Sol Spongberg pops out to the first baseman. Jose Pfund grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Oakland Bill Lovett pitching. Joe Hoffman strikes out. Bob Hinton singles to right field. Boom Boom Washington doubles to left field. Bob Hinton uses his aggressiveness and scores. Terry Johnson strikes out. John Souza grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Clarence Singleton grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Lovett grounds out to the pitcher. Tommie Converse strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Dan Cunningham flies out to the right fielder. Hal Plank walks. Sudden Sam LaRoche walks. Frank Gakeler lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Hoffman singles to left field. Hal Plank scores. Bob Hinton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Pat Pladson hits an infield single to the shortstop. Max Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Pladson advances to second on the play. Art Jakucki pops out to the third baseman. Alex Locklear grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Terry Johnson singles to center field. John Souza flies out to the center fielder. Dan Cunningham pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Sol Spongberg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Pfund singles to center field. Clarence Singleton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Pfund advances to second on the play. Bill Lovett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Hal Plank singles to right field. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Frank Gakeler fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Frank Gakeler singles to right field. Joe Hoffman singles to center field. Bob Hinton strikes out. Boom Boom Washington singles to center field. Hal Plank scores. Frank Gakeler scores. Joe Hoffman advances to third on the hit. Terry Johnson singles to left field. Joe Hoffman scores. John Souza grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Terry Johnson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Tommie Converse flies out to the left fielder. Pat Pladson walks. Max Jackson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland So Watanabe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dan Cunningham grounds out to the shortstop. Hal Plank grounds out to the second baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Art Jakucki grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Alex Locklear doubles to left field. Sol Spongberg singles to center field. Jose Pfund flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Alex Locklear scores. Clarence Singleton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Frank Gakeler grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Hinton pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Milton McGinn is pinch hitting for So Watanabe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Milton McGinn strikes out. Tommie Converse grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Pladson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Ed Richardson pitching. Boom Boom Washington pops out to the catcher. Terry Johnson walks. John Souza flies out to the left fielder. Dan Cunningham flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Magglio Kida enters the game as a defensive replacement for Terry Johnson at LF. Yoshio Yanagida enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dan Cunningham at 1B. Max Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Art Jakucki flies out to the center fielder. Alex Locklear singles to center field. Alex Locklear is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Hal Plank hits a home run. Bob Heath comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the center fielder. Frank Gakeler grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Sol Spongberg lines out to the third baseman. Jose Pfund hits a home run. Clarence Singleton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hank Tabor is pinch hitting for Bob Heath. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hank Tabor singles to left field. Major Payne comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tommie Converse flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 7 Oakland total runners left on base: 7
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bobby Blackburn did not respond to coaching in control Jeff Grilli did not respond to coaching in range Gil Miller did not respond to coaching in arm Coot McBee did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Charlie Lombard did not respond to coaching in control Paul Reyes improves in power_vs_lefty Chuck Matthewson improves in speed Ducky Wagner improves in power_vs_righty Garey Sorensen did not respond to coaching in 1B