Inning: 1 Oakland Richard Stokes pitching. Denney Perdue doubles to center field. Juan Lopez triples. Denney Perdue scores. Bill Autry singles to right field. Juan Lopez scores. Woody Kirby grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Frank Stewart singles past the shortstop. Bumpus Gehring singles to center field. Bob Henke grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Baltimore Garland Ozuna pitching. John Brown singles to center field. Joel Briley singles to left field. Ed Masters walks. Don Flowers singles to right field. John Brown scores. Joel Briley scores. George Pearson singles to center field. Ed Masters scores. Don Flowers advances to third on the hit. Jose Palmer grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Don Flowers scores. Keefe Wise walks. Jim Glover walks. Richard Stokes flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Dave Patterson grounds out to the shortstop. Garland Ozuna strikes out. Denney Perdue singles to center field. Juan Lopez grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Denney Perdue is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Baltimore John Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Joel Briley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Masters walks. Ed Masters steals second. Don Flowers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Bill Autry grounds out to the shortstop. Woody Kirby grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Frank Stewart singles to center field. Bumpus Gehring walks. Bob Henke strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Baltimore George Pearson flies out to the center fielder. Jose Palmer walks. Keefe Wise grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Dave Patterson flies out to the center fielder. Garland Ozuna grounds out to the second baseman. Denney Perdue grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Jim Glover grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Richard Stokes grounds out to the shortstop. John Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Juan Lopez grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Autry grounds out to the shortstop. Woody Kirby singles to left field. Frank Stewart strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Joel Briley grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Masters walks. Don Flowers singles to center field. Ed Masters advances to third on the hit. George Pearson walks. Scott Nichols comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jose Palmer grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Bumpus Gehring grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Henke walks. Bill Lonergan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dave Patterson strikes out. Scott Nichols strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Keefe Wise grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Glover singles to center field. Jim Glover steals second. Bill Lonergan flies out to the center fielder. John Brown reached on a 2-base throwing error by Juan Lopez. Jim Glover scores. Joel Briley singles to center field. John Brown scores. Ed Masters grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Denney Perdue pops out to the shortstop. Juan Lopez singles to left field. Bill Autry grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Juan Lopez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Autry steals second. Woody Kirby hits an infield single to the first baseman. Frank Stewart strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Baltimore Don Flowers reached on a 2-base throwing error by Woody Kirby. George Pearson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Don Flowers advances to third on the play. Jose Palmer flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Don Flowers scores. Keefe Wise walks. Jim Glover strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Harry Wendell is pinch hitting for Bumpus Gehring. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Harry Wendell triples. Bob Henke strikes out. Dave Patterson singles to right field. Harry Wendell scores. Chris Johnson is pinch hitting for Scott Nichols. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chris Johnson singles to center field. Dave Patterson aggressively advances to third on the hit. Al Desjardien comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Denney Perdue grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Patterson scores. Chris Johnson advances to second on the play. Juan Lopez singles past the shortstop. Chris Johnson scores. Bill Autry reached on a 2-base fielding error by Joel Briley. Woody Kirby doubles to left field. Juan Lopez scores. Bill Autry scores. Frank Stewart flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Steve Smith pitching. Kiki Norman is pinch hitting for Al Desjardien. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Kiki Norman flies out to the left fielder. John Brown reached on a 2-base throwing error by Woody Kirby. Joel Briley is hit by a pitch. Ed Masters walks. Don Flowers triples. John Brown scores. Joel Briley scores. Ed Masters scores. George Pearson grounds out to the shortstop. Don Flowers scores. Jose Palmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Vance Cubbage pitching. Harry Wendell walks. Harry Wendell steals second. Bob Henke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Wendell advances to third on the play. Dave Patterson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Wendell scores. Steve Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 10 Baltimore total runners left on base: 7
Batting:3B - Don Flowers (2).SF - Jose Palmer.GIDP - Jose Palmer 2, Keefe Wise.HBP - Joel Briley (2). Baserunning: SB - Ed Masters (24), Jim Glover (12). Fielding: E - Joel Briley.
Game Notes Dave Patterson is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill McConnell did not respond to coaching in control Alex Alexander improves in contact_vs_righty Trevor Harman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Scott Upchurch improves in contact_vs_lefty Joe Lewis did not respond to coaching in velocity Tommy Bowlin did not respond to coaching in control Dan Sears did not respond to coaching in C
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Lee improves in power_vs_righty Eddie Brenly improves in contact_vs_lefty Willis Davis improves in contact_vs_righty Ed Stein did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jim Taylor improves in contact_vs_lefty George Markland did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Stein did not respond to coaching in CF