Inning: 1 Oakland Andy Wright pitching. Bill Duff strikes out. Tony Armas grounds out to the pitcher. Horace Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Urmanis Moreno pitching. Chuck Simmons singles to left field. Wilbur Murphy walks. Jake Marley singles to left field. Chuck Simmons scores. Wilbur Murphy advances to third on the hit. Dan Hildebrand flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Wilbur Murphy scores. Ken Butcher walks. Tarrik Kalin grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Dan Bevan reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dan Hildebrand. Dave Triplett strikes out. Bobby Puente pops out to the catcher. Ren Smith pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tony Bosman strikes out. Don Thomas strikes out. Andy Wright pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland PJ Chesterfield walks. Urmanis Moreno lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Duff grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Armas grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Chuck Simmons singles to right field. Wilbur Murphy walks. Jake Marley singles past the second baseman. Chuck Simmons scores. Dan Hildebrand flies out to the right fielder. Ken Butcher grounds out to the second baseman. Wilbur Murphy advances to third on the play. Jake Marley advances to second on the play. Tarrik Kalin grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Horace Jones strikes out. Dan Bevan grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Triplett grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Tony Bosman pops out to the second baseman. Don Thomas grounds out to the second baseman. Andy Wright strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Bobby Puente singles to right field. Ren Smith strikes out. PJ Chesterfield flies out to the left fielder. Urmanis Moreno strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Chuck Simmons flies out to the center fielder. Wilbur Murphy strikes out. Jake Marley singles to left field. Dan Hildebrand grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Bill Duff walks. Bill Duff steals second. Tony Armas strikes out. Horace Jones flies out to the right fielder. Dan Bevan hits a home run. Bill Duff scores. Dave Triplett singles to left field. Bobby Puente flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ken Butcher strikes out. Tarrik Kalin pops out to the second baseman. Tony Bosman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Ren Smith walks. PJ Chesterfield reached on a fielding error by Tarrik Kalin. Charley Jolly is pinch hitting for Urmanis Moreno. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Charley Jolly singles to right field. Ren Smith scores. PJ Chesterfield advances to third on the hit. Bill Duff walks. Tony Armas reached on a fielding error by Chuck Simmons. PJ Chesterfield scores. Horace Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Charley Jolly scores. Bill Duff advances to third on the play. Tony Armas advances to second on the play. Dolly Scanlan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dan Bevan doubles to right field. Bill Duff scores. Tony Armas scores. Dave Triplett pops out to the shortstop. Bobby Puente grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Tommy Prichard pitching. Don Thomas strikes out. Bob Shore is pinch hitting for Dolly Scanlan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Shore singles to center field. Chuck Simmons hits an infield single to the first baseman. Wilbur Murphy lines out to the pitcher. Jake Marley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Bill Vargas pitching. Ren Smith strikes out. PJ Chesterfield flies out to the center fielder. Ron Webster is pinch hitting for Tommy Prichard. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Ron Webster strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jim Keeton pitching. Dan Hildebrand grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Butcher walks. Tarrik Kalin grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ken Butcher is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tony Bosman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Bill Duff singles past the shortstop. Bill Duff steals second. Bill Duff steals third. Tony Armas grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Duff scores. Horace Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Bevan doubles to right field. Dave Triplett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Don Thomas strikes out. Dusty Miller is pinch hitting for Bill Vargas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dusty Miller flies out to the right fielder. Chuck Simmons walks. Wilbur Murphy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Wes Haney did not respond to coaching in control Orestes Mattingly improves in control Kenji Arime did not respond to coaching in control Joe Finigan improves in arm
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Vance Lomon did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Barrett improves in range Tom Houk improves in power_vs_lefty Dave Larkin did not respond to coaching in velocity