Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Jack Creger pitching. Reggie Morse walks. Art Battey hits a home run. Reggie Morse scores. Dale Carl singles to left field. Ronnie Belcher singles to right field. Dale Carl advances to third on the hit. Ben Beatty pops out to the shortstop. Tommy Brunsberg grounds out to the third baseman. Ronnie Belcher advances to second on the play. Craig Bradley hits an infield single to the third baseman. Dale Carl scores. Tom Crouch strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Eric Wilson pitching. Buck Ramirez flies out to the right fielder. Bob Dittmer flies out to the right fielder. Mike McDavid grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Eric Wilson strikes out. Reggie Morse grounds out to the third baseman. Art Battey singles past the third baseman. Dale Carl strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Curt Moreland singles to left field. Curt Moreland steals second. Tony Clarke flies out to the right fielder. Art Lamabe grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Niebergall flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Ronnie Belcher strikes out. Ben Beatty strikes out. Tommy Brunsberg walks. Craig Bradley singles to center field. Tommy Brunsberg advances to third on the hit. Tom Crouch grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Rube Spencer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Creger grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Buck Ramirez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Eric Wilson lines out to the shortstop. Reggie Morse grounds out to the shortstop. Art Battey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Bob Dittmer singles to center field. Mike McDavid strikes out. Curt Moreland singles to left field. Tony Clarke walks. Art Lamabe strikes out. Jim Niebergall flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Dale Carl flies out to the right fielder. Ronnie Belcher strikes out. Ben Beatty walks. Chuck Ramirez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Tommy Brunsberg walks. Craig Bradley grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tommy Brunsberg is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Rube Spencer flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Ramirez strikes out. Buck Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Tom Crouch grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Wilson pops out to the pitcher. Reggie Morse reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mike McDavid. Art Battey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Bob Dittmer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ben Beatty. Mike McDavid grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Curt Moreland flies out to the left fielder. Tony Clarke grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Dale Carl walks. Don Espinoza is pinch hitting for Ronnie Belcher. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Don Espinoza grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ben Beatty flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Art Lamabe flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Jim Niebergall strikes out. Rube Spencer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Dick Bennett is pinch hitting for Tommy Brunsberg. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dick Bennett pops out to the third baseman. Ramon Swisher is pinch hitting for Craig Bradley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ramon Swisher strikes out. Tom Crouch grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Luis Holton enters the game as a defensive replacement for Don Espinoza at 3B. Joe Tate is pinch hitting for Chuck Ramirez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Tate flies out to the right fielder. Buck Ramirez flies out to the right fielder. Bob Dittmer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Chico Fisher pitching. Charlie Peters is pinch hitting for Eric Wilson. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Charlie Peters grounds out to the pitcher. Reggie Morse strikes out. Art Battey walks. Dale Carl singles to center field. Art Battey advances to third on the hit. Luis Holton singles to center field. Art Battey scores. Dale Carl advances to third on the hit. Ben Beatty singles to right field. Dale Carl scores. Luis Holton advances to third on the hit. Dick Bennett walks. Ramon Swisher walks. Luis Holton scores. Tom Crouch singles to center field. Ben Beatty scores. Dick Bennett scores. Ramon Swisher advances to third on the hit. Carl Mattis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Relief pitcher has given up 5 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Charlie Peters singles to center field. Ramon Swisher scores. Tom Crouch advances to third on the hit. Reggie Morse strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Mike Currie pitching. Mike McDavid walks. Curt Moreland singles to right field. Mike McDavid advances to third on the hit. Curt Moreland steals second. Tony Clarke strikes out. Art Lamabe strikes out. Jim Niebergall flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 10 Oakland total runners LOB: 7
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Keith Zimmerman did not respond to coaching in speed Bo Benson improves in arm Frank Stephens did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Yoshimatsu Yamamoto did not respond to coaching in arm Harry Reese did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Frank Stephens did not respond to coaching in range Bo Benson did not respond to coaching in C
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lefty Lillard improves in speed Clem Cassady improves in arm Charlie Lucas improves in range Ernie Sanders did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Charlie Lucas improves in speed Horace Barron improves in velocity