Inning: 1 Oakland Bill Blades pitching. Pascual Elston singles to right field. Steve Tovar strikes out. Kevin Carroll doubles to left field. Pascual Elston uses his aggressiveness and scores. Lew Crosetti singles to right field. Kevin Carroll scores. John Haney lines out to the third baseman. Ron Regan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Lew Crosetti is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Seizaburo Nakamura pitching. Mike Smith pops out to the catcher. Steve Congalton walks. Bob Kekich grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Congalton advances to second on the play. Larry Webster hits an infield single to the second baseman. Ricardo Hargrave strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Todd Murphy is hit by a pitch. Jeff Huskey flies out to the center fielder. Seizaburo Nakamura lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pascual Elston strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Rudy Brown pops out to the first baseman. Joel Collins flies out to the left fielder. Whammy Dorman walks. Bill Blades strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Steve Tovar walks. Kevin Carroll singles to left field. Steve Tovar advances to third on the hit. Lew Crosetti flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Steve Tovar is thrown out at the plate. John Haney singles to center field. Ron Regan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Mike Smith triples. Steve Congalton doubles to center field. Mike Smith scores. Bob Kekich singles to right field. Steve Congalton scores. Larry Webster flies out to the left fielder. Ricardo Hargrave singles to right field. Bob Kekich advances to third on the hit. Ricardo Hargrave steals second. Rudy Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Kekich scores. Ricardo Hargrave advances to third on the play. Joel Collins walks. Whammy Dorman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Todd Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Huskey grounds out to the shortstop. Seizaburo Nakamura flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Bill Blades walks. Mike Smith singles past the third baseman. Steve Congalton grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Mike Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Kekich strikes out. Larry Webster grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Pascual Elston singles to center field. Steve Tovar singles past the first baseman. Otto Vidal 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. Kevin Carroll flies out to the center fielder. Lew Crosetti lines out to the pitcher. John Haney grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Ricardo Hargrave strikes out. Rudy Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Joel Collins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Ron Regan grounds out to the second baseman. Todd Murphy flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Huskey singles to right field. Seizaburo Nakamura singles to center field. Pascual Elston strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Whammy Dorman strikes out. Otto Vidal flies out to the right fielder. Mike Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Steve Tovar grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kevin Carroll grounds out to the second baseman. Lew Crosetti grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Steve Congalton grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Kekich singles to left field. Larry Webster strikes out. Ricardo Hargrave flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland John Haney flies out to the right fielder. Ron Regan reached on a fielding error by Otto Vidal. Todd Murphy singles to left field. Ron Regan advances to third on the hit. Jeff Huskey singles to center field. Ron Regan scores. Todd Murphy advances to third on the hit. Shintaro Hasegawa is pinch hitting for Seizaburo Nakamura. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Shintaro Hasegawa walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Pascual Elston flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Todd Murphy scores. Steve Tovar grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Darrell Wells pitching. Rudy Brown singles to left field. Joel Collins strikes out. Whammy Dorman flies out to the right fielder. Tom Ricci is pinch hitting for Otto Vidal. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Ricci doubles to center field. Rudy Brown uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Shozo Muramatsu pitching. Kevin Carroll pops out to the first baseman. Lew Crosetti strikes out. John Haney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Steve Congalton singles to center field. Steve Congalton steals second. Bob Kekich flies out to the center fielder. Jay Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Larry Webster flies out to the center fielder. Ricardo Hargrave grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Oakland Ron Regan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Todd Murphy strikes out. Jeff Huskey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Detroit Rudy Brown flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Joel Collins singles to center field. Whammy Dorman reached on a fielding error by Lew Crosetti. Pat Dunn is pinch hitting for Shozo Muramatsu. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pat Dunn singles to right field. Joel Collins scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 10 Detroit total runners left on base: 10
Batting:2B - Steve Congalton (4), Tom Ricci (2).3B - Mike Smith (1). Baserunning: SB - Steve Congalton (5), Ricardo Hargrave (2). Fielding: E - Otto Vidal.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Cohen did not respond to coaching in range Mel Kingman did not respond to coaching in control Ossee Fischer improves in range Ron LeFlore improves in range
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Lyle Pierce improves in contact_vs_righty George Ferreira did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Gregg did not respond to coaching in endurance Lyle Pierce improves in speed Otis Ferraro did not respond to coaching in 1B