Inning: 1 Oakland Shane Morgan pitching. Mitsuo Yaginuma singles to center field. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the right fielder. Doc Reimer singles to left field. Mitsuo Yaginuma advances to third on the hit. Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Detroit Dick Ruebel pitching. Harold Phillips strikes out. Chad Hunt singles to left field. Patsy Gick flies out to the center fielder. J.T. Stone grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Chad Hunt is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the shortstop. Jef Ceulemans pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Scott Hunt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paul Ray grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Charton walks. Roy Wyse flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Dick Ruebel flies out to the right fielder. Mitsuo Yaginuma strikes out. Ken Nagatomi walks. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Shane Morgan flies out to the center fielder. Harold Phillips singles past the second baseman. Chad Hunt lines out to the shortstop. Patsy Gick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Doc Reimer hits a home run. Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the second baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara doubles to left field. Ginger Nordyke flies out to the center fielder. Jef Ceulemans grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit J.T. Stone strikes out. Scott Hunt flies out to the left fielder. Paul Ray singles to left field. Jeff Charton walks. Roy Wyse grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Dick Ruebel flies out to the right fielder. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Nagatomi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Shane Morgan singles to left field. Harold Phillips grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Shane Morgan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Chad Hunt singles to center field. Harold Phillips advances to third on the hit. Patsy Gick strikes out. J.T. Stone triples. Harold Phillips scores. Chad Hunt scores. Scott Hunt pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa singles to center field. Hirokazu Kawa is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Doc Reimer flies out to the right fielder. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Paul Ray reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mitsuo Yaginuma. Mike Morris 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. Jeff Charton flies out to the right fielder. Roy Wyse singles to left field. Paul Ray scores. Shane Morgan fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Shane Morgan grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Roy Wyse is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Harold Phillips grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara singles to left field. Daisuke Komatsubara steals second. Ginger Nordyke walks. Jef Ceulemans walks. Teruhiko Akimoto is pinch hitting for Mike Morris. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Teruhiko Akimoto walks. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. The defense is playing the corners in. Mitsuo Yaginuma singles to left field. Ginger Nordyke scores. The defense is playing the corners in. Ken Nagatomi grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Jef Ceulemans is out at home. The defense is playing the corners in. Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Doc Reimer hits an infield single to the pitcher. Teruhiko Akimoto scores. Karl Brownson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Detroit Akira Matsumoto pitching. Chad Hunt singles to center field. Patsy Gick grounds out to the shortstop. Chad Hunt advances to second on the play. J.T. Stone flies out to the center fielder. Scott Hunt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Ginger Nordyke hits a home run. Jef Ceulemans doubles to right field. Nobuo Kawazoe is pinch hitting for Akira Matsumoto. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Nobuo Kawazoe doubles to left field. Jef Ceulemans scores. Eric Walker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the second baseman. Nobuo Kawazoe advances to third on the play. Ken Nagatomi reached on a fielding error by J.T. Stone. Nobuo Kawazoe scores. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Ryozo Wako pitching. Paul Ray grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff Charton grounds out to the third baseman. Roy Wyse flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Doc Reimer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to right field. Daisuke Komatsubara steals second. Ginger Nordyke lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Suds Sperring is pinch hitting for Eric Walker. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Suds Sperring grounds out to the pitcher. Harold Phillips lines out to the shortstop. Chad Hunt pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 9 Detroit total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Karl Brownson is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Kevin Piechota did not respond to coaching in velocity Kevin Piechota did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Becquer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Hostetler improves in range Dutch Barrett did not respond to coaching in control Dave Reynolds improves in speed