Inning: 1 Oakland Milt Kafora pitching. Dee Robinson singles to right field. Ken Nagatomi walks. Hirokazu Kawa singles to center field. Dee Robinson scores. Ken Nagatomi advances to third on the hit. Doc Reimer strikes out. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to left field. Ken Nagatomi scores. Hirokazu Kawa advances to third on the hit. Ginger Nordyke singles to right field. Hirokazu Kawa scores. Daisuke Komatsubara is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Weldon Jones pitching. Gary Winkelman strikes out. Kane Candini grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Rooks singles to center field. Ed Brinkman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Jef Ceulemans reached on a fielding error by Ray Cedeno. Weldon Jones lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dee Robinson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ray Cedeno. Jef Ceulemans scores. Ken Nagatomi singles to center field. Dee Robinson scores. Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Doc Reimer singles to right field. Ken Nagatomi advances to third on the hit. Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Deacon Chance strikes out. Darrin Tiemeyer singles to center field. Jim Hernandez pops out to the catcher. Ray Cedeno grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Darrin Tiemeyer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the pitcher. Jef Ceulemans flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Milt Kafora strikes out. Gary Winkelman singles to left field. Kane Candini grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Winkelman advances to second on the play. Bill Rooks flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Weldon Jones strikes out. Dee Robinson singles to center field. Ken Nagatomi flies out to the right fielder. Dee Robinson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Ed Brinkman singles to left field. Deacon Chance flies out to the left fielder. Darrin Tiemeyer grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Ed Brinkman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Hernandez walks. Ray Cedeno walks. Milt Kafora grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the third baseman. Doc Reimer walks. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Gary Winkelman grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Kane Candini lines out to the third baseman. Bill Rooks singles to left field. Ed Brinkman singles to right field. Deacon Chance hits an infield single to the shortstop. Darrin Tiemeyer grounds into a fielders choice to the first baseman. Bill Rooks is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Oakland Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the second baseman. Jef Ceulemans singles to left field. Weldon Jones lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dee Robinson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Jim Hernandez walks. Ray Cedeno strikes out. Milt Kafora 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 strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Ken Nagatomi pops out to the third baseman. Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the right fielder. Doc Reimer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Kane Candini flies out to the left fielder. Bill Rooks strikes out. Ed Brinkman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata walks. Daisuke Komatsubara pops out to the shortstop. Ginger Nordyke is hit by a pitch. Jef Ceulemans singles to right field. Kunihisa Shibata scores. Ginger Nordyke advances to third on the hit. Jose Farmer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jef Ceulemans steals second. Weldon Jones strikes out. Dee Robinson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Deacon Chance strikes out. Darrin Tiemeyer bunts for a base hit. Jim Hernandez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Darrin Tiemeyer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ray Cedeno flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Teruhiko Akimoto is pinch hitting for Ken Nagatomi. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Teruhiko Akimoto grounds out to the shortstop. Hirokazu Kawa singles to right field. Doc Reimer strikes out. Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Tim Smith is pinch hitting for Jose Farmer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tim Smith walks. Gary Winkelman grounds out to the pitcher. Tim Smith advances to second on the play. Kane Candini reached on a fielding error by Dee Robinson. Bill Rooks flies out to the center fielder. Ed Brinkman singles to right field. Tim Smith scores. Deacon Chance walks. Akira Matsumoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Darrin Tiemeyer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 New York total runners LOB: 14
Game Notes Darrin Tiemeyer is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jazz Bilzen improves in power_vs_lefty Jan Nackerts improves in velocity Jan Nackerts improves in control Jan Nackerts did not respond to coaching in velocity
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chuck Marrero improves in range Ben Scalzi did not respond to coaching in range Jack Todt did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Figueroa did not respond to coaching in velocity