Inning: 1 Oakland Bash Brannigan pitching. Slim Twombly strikes out. Rickey Betts walks. Rickey Betts steals second. Osvaldo Barrabi grounds out to the shortstop. Cotton Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Alex Luby pitching. Jerry Golsteyn singles to center field. Luther Blue walks. Ken Fantetti singles to center field. Jerry Golsteyn scores. Luther Blue advances to third on the hit. Ken Fantetti steals second. Homer Elias singles to center field. Luther Blue scores. Ken Fantetti scores. Herman Weaver lines out to the shortstop. Spuds Mackenzie doubles to center field. Roscoe P.Coletrain grounds out to the second baseman. Homer Elias scores. Spuds Mackenzie advances to third on the play. Tom Skladany grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Marty Slocum pops out to the second baseman. Luis Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. John Weiss flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Bash Brannigan singles to left field. Jerry Golsteyn hits a home run. Bash Brannigan scores. Luther Blue flies out to the right fielder. Ken Fantetti walks. Homer Elias pops out to the third baseman. Herman Weaver flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Edgar Blake pops out to the shortstop. Alex Luby strikes out. Slim Twombly pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Spuds Mackenzie strikes out. Roscoe P.Coletrain singles past the third baseman. Tom Skladany singles to right field. Roscoe P.Coletrain advances to third on the hit. Bash Brannigan grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Rickey Betts grounds out to the second baseman. Osvaldo Barrabi pops out to the shortstop. Cotton Brown flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Jerry Golsteyn strikes out. Luther Blue grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken Fantetti grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Marty Slocum flies out to the center fielder. Luis Garcia walks. John Weiss flies out to the right fielder. Edgar Blake pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Homer Elias strikes out. Herman Weaver grounds out to the shortstop. Spuds Mackenzie flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Alex Luby grounds out to the shortstop. Slim Twombly walks. Rickey Betts singles to left field. Osvaldo Barrabi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Slim Twombly advances to third on the play. Rickey Betts advances to second on the play. Cotton Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Roscoe P.Coletrain singles to center field. Tom Skladany grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Roscoe P.Coletrain is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bash Brannigan fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bash Brannigan strikes out. Jerry Golsteyn doubles to right field. Tom Skladany uses his aggressiveness and scores. Luther Blue flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Marty Slocum singles to center field. Marty Slocum steals second. Luis Garcia strikes out. John Weiss grounds out to the second baseman. Marty Slocum advances to third on the play. Edgar Blake grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Ken Fantetti walks. Homer Elias singles to left field. Herman Weaver triples. Ken Fantetti scores. Homer Elias scores. Spuds Mackenzie flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Herman Weaver scores. Sidney Serena comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Pitcher has given up 10 or more earned runs). Roscoe P.Coletrain strikes out. Tom Skladany strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Carlos Martinez is pinch hitting for Sidney Serena. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Carlos Martinez grounds out to the shortstop. Slim Twombly singles to left field. Rickey Betts pops out to the third baseman. Osvaldo Barrabi reached on a fielding error by Spuds Mackenzie. Cotton Brown singles to left field. Slim Twombly scores. Osvaldo Barrabi advances to third on the hit. Marty Slocum grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Ricky Kealey pitching. Wedge Antilles is pinch hitting for Bash Brannigan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Wedge Antilles walks. Jerry Golsteyn flies out to the left fielder. Luther Blue grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Wedge Antilles is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ken Fantetti strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Rob Rubick pitching. Luis Garcia lines out to the second baseman. John Weiss strikes out. Edgar Blake walks. Ricky Kealey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 8 Detroit total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Cotton Brown is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bert Brown did not respond to coaching in control Jim Carden did not respond to coaching in control George Greisinger improves in range Doug Rijo did not respond to coaching in velocity
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Amos Fowler did not respond to coaching in control Jack Fox improves in power_vs_lefty Pete Mandley improves in power_vs_righty Pete Mandley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ken Callicutt did not respond to coaching in 3B