Inning: 1 Oakland Jim Stevens pitching. Junior Diaz grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Bustamante strikes out. Sean Perez doubles to left field. Bobby Marvez hits a home run. Sean Perez scores. Dave De Palma grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Vic Ramirez pitching. Luke Cias strikes out. Brian Hermansen flies out to the left fielder. Les Daniels strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Mario Menendez walks. Evar Murello doubles to right field. Eddie Cangelosi grounds out to the shortstop. Mario Menendez scores. Evar Murello advances to third on the play. Vic Ramirez grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Junior Diaz reached on a 2-base fielding error by Rick Shields. Evar Murello scores. Bill Bustamante doubles to center field. Junior Diaz scores. Sean Perez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Matt Murtaugh strikes out. Rick Shields flies out to the center fielder. George Dalcanton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Bobby Marvez singles to left field. Dave De Palma flies out to the center fielder. Mario Menendez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Bob Vaughn grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Laskey flies out to the center fielder. Jim Stevens strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Evar Murello hits a home run. Eddie Cangelosi flies out to the center fielder. Vic Ramirez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Luke Cias. Junior Diaz strikes out. Bill Bustamante strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Luke Cias grounds out to the third baseman. Brian Hermansen walks. Brian Hermansen steals second. Eddie Cangelosi throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Les Daniels flies out to the left fielder. Matt Murtaugh doubles to left field. Brian Hermansen scores. Rick Shields hits an infield single to the shortstop. George Dalcanton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Sean Perez strikes out. Bobby Marvez pops out to the first baseman. Dave De Palma grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Bob Vaughn strikes out. Larry Laskey lines out to the second baseman. Doc Rittwage is pinch hitting for Jim Stevens. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Doc Rittwage singles to center field. Luke Cias grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Jeff Higuera pitching. Mario Menendez pops out to the shortstop. Evar Murello walks. Eddie Cangelosi walks. Vic Ramirez fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Vic Ramirez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Brian Hermansen singles to center field. Les Daniels grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Brian Hermansen is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Matt Murtaugh pops out to the catcher. Rick Shields grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Les Daniels is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Junior Diaz hits a home run. Freddie Schuster comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Bustamante grounds out to the third baseman. Sean Perez strikes out. Bobby Marvez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit George Dalcanton pops out to the second baseman. Bob Vaughn singles to left field. Larry Laskey grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Dave De Palma strikes out. Mario Menendez pops out to the second baseman. Evar Murello singles to center field. Tom Quinces is pinch hitting for Eddie Cangelosi. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tom Quinces grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Evar Murello is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Reggie Sutton is pinch hitting for Freddie Schuster. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Reggie Sutton strikes out. Luke Cias grounds out to the pitcher. Aramis Mack comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Brian Hermansen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland George Easley pitching. Tomas Riera is pinch hitting for Aramis Mack. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Tomas Riera grounds out to the second baseman. Junior Diaz grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Bustamante walks. Sean Perez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Chris Chamberlan pitching. Les Daniels strikes out. Matt Murtaugh flies out to the center fielder. Rick Shields grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 5 Detroit total runners LOB: 4
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chuck Boland improves in range Rankin Brown improves in contact_vs_lefty Buck Schreiber improves in power_vs_lefty Buck Schreiber did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Lint did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Conroy did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Charlie Alvarez improves in contact_vs_righty Dick Killian improves in speed Joe Mahaffey did not respond to coaching in 3B