Win: Byron Young (16-7) Loss: Frank Palmquist (4-12)
Save: John Murphy (35)
Inning: 1 Oakland Byron Young pitching. Shaun Walsh grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Woodling lines out to the second baseman. Julian Martin flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Frank Palmquist pitching. Swede Bivin singles to left field. Frank Babb singles to left field. Swede Bivin advances to third on the hit. Frank Babb is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Terry Abadie hits a home run. Swede Bivin scores. Jim Stephenson singles to left field. John Howley grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Frank Grubb flies out to the left fielder. Eli Ferguson walks. Lennie Coble pops out to the first baseman. Mike Dessau pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Adrian Smith walks. Frank Shaner strikes out. Johnny Smith pops out to the first baseman. Byron Young singles to center field. Adrian Smith advances to third on the hit. Swede Bivin walks. Frank Babb walks. Adrian Smith scores. Terry Abadie singles to center field. Byron Young scores. Swede Bivin scores. Frank Babb advances to third on the hit. Ruben Kirkpatrick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Stephenson singles to center field. Frank Babb scores. Terry Abadie advances to third on the hit. John Howley pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Jim Woodson singles to left field. Ruben Kirkpatrick lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shaun Walsh strikes out. Tom Woodling strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Adrian Smith flies out to the left fielder. Frank Shaner flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Julian Martin walks. Frank Grubb strikes out. Julian Martin steals second. Eli Ferguson grounds out to the third baseman. Lennie Coble pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Byron Young strikes out. Swede Bivin walks. Frank Babb grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Swede Bivin advances to second on the play. Terry Abadie pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Mike Dessau pops out to the third baseman. Jim Woodson walks. Ruben Kirkpatrick lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shaun Walsh grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Jim Stephenson walks. John Howley walks. Adrian Smith strikes out. Frank Shaner flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Smith walks. Alex Voss comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 3rd. Byron Young pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Oakland Tom Woodling walks. Julian Martin grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Woodling advances to second on the play. Frank Grubb doubles to right field. Tom Woodling scores. Eli Ferguson strikes out. Lennie Coble singles to left field. Frank Grubb scores. Mike Dessau strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Swede Bivin strikes out. Frank Babb strikes out. Terry Abadie singles to left field. Jim Stephenson singles to left field. Terry Abadie advances to third on the hit. John Howley walks. Adrian Smith reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jim Woodson. Terry Abadie scores. Jim Stephenson scores. Frank Shaner hits a home run. John Howley scores. Adrian Smith scores. Johnny Smith walks. Johnny Smith is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Jim Woodson singles to right field. Gerry Foytack is pinch hitting for Alex Voss. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Gerry Foytack strikes out. Shaun Walsh grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Woodson advances to second on the play. Tom Woodling walks. Julian Martin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Lerrin Hansell pitching. Byron Young grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Swede Bivin flies out to the center fielder. Frank Babb hits a home run. Terry Abadie doubles to center field. Terry Abadie steals third. Jim Stephenson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Craig Timmons is pinch hitting for Frank Grubb. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Craig Timmons grounds out to the shortstop. Eli Ferguson strikes out. Lennie Coble grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay John Howley singles to center field. Adrian Smith strikes out. Frank Shaner pops out to the first baseman. Johnny Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Mike Dessau singles to center field. Jim Woodson strikes out. Dario Weaver is pinch hitting for Lerrin Hansell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dario Weaver hits a home run. Mike Dessau scores. Shaun Walsh hits a home run. Tom Woodling reached on a fielding error by Johnny Smith. Julian Martin walks. Craig Timmons singles to center field. Tom Woodling scores. Eli Ferguson singles to right field. Julian Martin scores. Lennie Coble flies out to the left fielder. Mike Dessau singles to center field. John Murphy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Woodson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Oakland total runners left on base: 10 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Terry Abadie (17).HR - Frank Babb (8), Terry Abadie (23), Frank Shaner (3).GIDP - John Howley. Baserunning: SB - Terry Abadie (22).CS - Frank Babb (9), Johnny Smith (4). Fielding: E - Johnny Smith.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lou Rossy improves in power_vs_lefty Greg Bayless improves in speed Tommy Diaz did not respond to coaching in control Hank Bauer improves in control Admiral Hinton did not respond to coaching in 1B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Earl Tremark did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Brick Houser did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Oscar Lomon improves in range Bill Bramhall improves in contact_vs_lefty