Win: Charlie Fitzgerald (11-5) Loss: Joe Rommel (8-9)
Inning: 1 Oakland Charlie Fitzgerald pitching. Trevor Easterday flies out to the center fielder. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Joe Rommel pitching. Gary Winkelman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Art Baker flies out to the right fielder. Kiyoitsu Aiba strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Doc Reimer singles past the second baseman. Kunihisa Shibata grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Doc Reimer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Ginger Nordyke grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kunihisa Shibata is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Curtis Romano strikes out. Bill Rooks walks. Ed Brinkman strikes out. Deacon Chance strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Jef Ceulemans strikes out. Joe Rommel grounds out to the third baseman. Trevor Easterday flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Tony Otero singles to left field. Charlie Fitzgerald lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Gary Winkelman singles to center field. Tony Otero scores. Art Baker walks. Kiyoitsu Aiba grounds out to the third baseman. Gary Winkelman advances to third on the play. Art Baker advances to second on the play. Curtis Romano singles to center field. Gary Winkelman scores. Art Baker scores. Bill Rooks strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Ken Nagatomi singles in front of the left fielder. Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Ken Nagatomi steals second. Doc Reimer grounds out to the shortstop. Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Ed Brinkman flies out to the left fielder. Deacon Chance singles to center field. Tony Otero walks. Charlie Fitzgerald lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Tony Otero advances to second on the play. Tony Otero advances to second on the play. Gary Winkelman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Charlie Fitzgerald is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Ginger Nordyke pops out to the second baseman. Jef Ceulemans doubles to center field. Joe Rommel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Art Baker walks. Kiyoitsu Aiba grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Art Baker advances to second on the play. Curtis Romano hits a home run. Art Baker scores. Mike Morris comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Rooks strikes out. Ed Brinkman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Trevor Easterday grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Nagatomi grounds out to the shortstop. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Deacon Chance walks. Tony Otero flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Fitzgerald lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Gary Winkelman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Doc Reimer singles to left field. Doc Reimer steals second. Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the second baseman. Doc Reimer advances to third on the play. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Art Baker singles to right field. Kiyoitsu Aiba grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Curtis Romano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Jef Ceulemans grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! 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 hits an infield single to the second baseman. Trevor Easterday grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Ryozo Wako pitching. Bill Rooks singles to right field. Ed Brinkman singles to center field. Bill Rooks advances to third on the hit. Deacon Chance singles to right field. Bill Rooks scores. Tony Otero walks. Charlie Fitzgerald walks. Ed Brinkman scores. Ron Houser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Darrin Tiemeyer is pinch hitting for Gary Winkelman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Darrin Tiemeyer strikes out. Art Baker strikes out. Kiyoitsu Aiba grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Oakland Ken Nagatomi pops out to the first baseman. Hirokazu Kawa walks. Doc Reimer flies out to the center fielder. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 5 New York total runners left on base: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Hiroaki Hoshi did not respond to coaching in speed Don Rodriquez improves in range Bill Ostermueller did not respond to coaching in control
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jared McCarren improves in range Todd Hurst improves in velocity Ron Figueroa did not respond to coaching in velocity