Win: George Connally (3-2) Loss: Yoshinori Takiguchi (0-1)
Save: Bill Pearson (7)
Inning: 1 New York Yoshinori Takiguchi pitching. Kane Candini singles to right field. Art Baker hits an infield single to the pitcher. Joe Bell singles to right field. Kane Candini scores. Art Baker advances to third on the hit. Curtis Romano singles to center field. Art Baker scores. Kiyoitsu Aiba reached on a 2-base fielding error by Mitsuo Yaginuma. Joe Bell scores. Bill Rooks strikes out. Deacon Chance doubles to left field. Curtis Romano scores. Kiyoitsu Aiba scores. Darrin Tiemeyer singles to left field. George Connally flies out to the center fielder. Kane Candini strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland George Connally pitching. Mitsuo Yaginuma singles to center field. Hirokazu Kawa singles to center field. Mitsuo Yaginuma is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Ken Nagatomi grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Art Baker walks. Art Baker steals second. Joe Bell grounds out to the shortstop. Curtis Romano strikes out. Kiyoitsu Aiba flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Ginger Nordyke walks. Doc Reimer strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to left field. Nobuo Kawazoe walks. Jef Ceulemans strikes out. Yoshinori Takiguchi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 New York Bill Rooks strikes out. Deacon Chance strikes out. Darrin Tiemeyer pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the third baseman. Hirokazu Kawa pops out to the shortstop. Ken Nagatomi singles past the third baseman. Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York George Connally flies out to the right fielder. Kane Candini walks. Art Baker walks. Ron Houser 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. Joe Bell flies out to the center fielder. Curtis Romano walks. Kiyoitsu Aiba grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Oakland Doc Reimer singles to right field. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Nobuo Kawazoe flies out to the center fielder. Jef Ceulemans grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Doc Reimer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Bill Rooks strikes out. Deacon Chance grounds out to the third baseman. Darrin Tiemeyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Ron Houser flies out to the right fielder. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the shortstop. Hirokazu Kawa walks. Ken Nagatomi singles to right field. Ginger Nordyke singles to center field. Hirokazu Kawa is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York George Connally pops out to the second baseman. Kane Candini grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Art Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Doc Reimer strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Joe Bell strikes out. Curtis Romano singles to left field. Curtis Romano is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Kiyoitsu Aiba strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Jef Ceulemans walks. Teruhiko Akimoto is pinch hitting for Ron Houser. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Teruhiko Akimoto singles past the second baseman. Jef Ceulemans aggressively advances to third on the hit. Teruhiko Akimoto steals second. Mitsuo Yaginuma pops out to the third baseman. Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Ken Nagatomi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Ryozo Wako pitching. Bill Rooks strikes out. Deacon Chance singles to left field. Darrin Tiemeyer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Deacon Chance advances to second on the play. George Connally walks. Kane Candini flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Ginger Nordyke flies out to the center fielder. Doc Reimer triples. Dee Robinson is pinch hitting for Daisuke Komatsubara. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dee Robinson flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Doc Reimer scores. Nobuo Kawazoe doubles to center field. Clayton Harris 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. Jef Ceulemans doubles to left field. Nobuo Kawazoe scores. Calvin Unser is pinch hitting for Ryozo Wako. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Calvin Unser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Bob Cisar pitching. Art Baker flies out to the right fielder. Joe Bell hits a home run. Curtis Romano singles past the first baseman. Kiyoitsu Aiba grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ed Brinkman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Deacon Chance at 2B. Mitsuo Yaginuma singles to right field. Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the left fielder. Ken Nagatomi walks. Bill Pearson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ginger Nordyke hits a home run. Mitsuo Yaginuma scores. Ken Nagatomi scores. Doc Reimer grounds out to the third baseman. Dee Robinson lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 New York total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 9
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bert Alexander improves in contact_vs_lefty Chuck Birdsall improves in power_vs_lefty Chuck Marrero improves in contact_vs_lefty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Don Rodriquez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Armbrister improves in power_vs_lefty Jan Nackerts did not respond to coaching in velocity