Win: Jay Halama (4-3) Loss: Jeff Higuera (0-7)
Save: Tyson Canales (13)
Inning: 1 Oakland Jeff Higuera pitching. Bill Bustamante strikes out. Bobby Marvez singles to center field. Tomas Riera triples. Bobby Marvez scores. Dave De Palma flies out to the center fielder. Evar Murello walks. Mario Menendez singles to right field. Tomas Riera scores. Evar Murello advances to third on the hit. Harper Herrera flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Detroit Jay Halama pitching. Luke Cias walks. Luke Cias steals second. Brian Hermansen grounds out to the shortstop. Les Daniels flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Bill Johnson walks. Rick Shields grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Eddie Cangelosi singles to center field. Eddie Cangelosi is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jay Halama grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Bustamante strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit George Dalcanton grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Vaughn walks. Larry Laskey strikes out. Bob Vaughn is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Bobby Marvez strikes out. Tomas Riera singles to right field. Dave De Palma flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Evar Murello grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tomas Riera is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Jeff Higuera grounds out to the shortstop. Luke Cias grounds out to the third baseman. Brian Hermansen reached on a fielding error by Bill Bustamante. Les Daniels singles to center field. Bill Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Mario Menendez pops out to the second baseman. Harper Herrera grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Cangelosi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Rick Shields grounds out to the second baseman. George Dalcanton grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Vaughn walks. Bob Vaughn is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Jay Halama singles to left field. Bill Bustamante flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Marvez flies out to the center fielder. Tomas Riera doubles to right field. Dave De Palma pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Larry Laskey strikes out. Jeff Higuera grounds out to the third baseman. Luke Cias grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Evar Murello flies out to the right fielder. Mario Menendez grounds out to the third baseman. Harper Herrera strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Brian Hermansen grounds out to the second baseman. Les Daniels strikes out. Bill Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Eddie Cangelosi doubles to left field. Jack Carroll 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. Jay Halama fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jay Halama reached on a fielding error by George Dalcanton. Bill Bustamante strikes out. Bobby Marvez strikes out. Tomas Riera grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Rick Shields strikes out. George Dalcanton singles to right field. Bob Vaughn flies out to the left fielder. Larry Laskey doubles to right field. Doc Rittwage is pinch hitting for Jack Carroll. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Doc Rittwage flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Freddie Schuster pitching. Dave De Palma strikes out. Evar Murello flies out to the left fielder. Mario Menendez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Luke Cias strikes out. Brian Hermansen flies out to the right fielder. Les Daniels lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Bobo Barreto is pinch hitting for Harper Herrera. Bobo Barreto grounds out to the third baseman. Eddie Cangelosi flies out to the right fielder. Carlos Guero is pinch hitting for Jay Halama. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Carlos Guero strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Tyson Canales pitching. Bill Johnson singles to left field. Rick Shields strikes out. George Dalcanton singles to right field. Bob Vaughn strikes out. Larry Laskey strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 7 Detroit total runners LOB: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: A- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Marcos Hermano improves in range Buck Schreiber did not respond to coaching in speed Rankin Brown improves in power_vs_righty Johnny Fermin did not respond to coaching in control
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charlie Paepke improves in velocity Steve Speer improves in contact_vs_lefty Joe Mahaffey did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Al Juul did not respond to coaching in arm Charlie Alvarez did not respond to coaching in SS