Win: Bill McDonald (12-10) Loss: Eddie Mientkiewicz (11-6)
Save: Craig Moyer (29)
Inning: 1 Oakland Bill McDonald pitching. Bill Donovan flies out to the left fielder. Al McEnaney strikes out. Jose Canseco Jr. grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Baltimore Eddie Mientkiewicz pitching. Karl Jenson singles to left field. Karl Jenson steals second. Ernie DeMerit flies out to the right fielder. Jim Barthold singles to right field. Karl Jenson scores. Ray Curtis walks. Jock Toole strikes out. Clayton Gornicki singles to right field. Jim Barthold scores. Ray Curtis advances to third on the hit. Mike Shaw flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Dale Phelps doubles to right field. Luis Cey strikes out. Sam McKnight walks. Jamie Herring flies out to the right fielder. March Barrett strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Baltimore Jim Gallego grounds out to the third baseman. Bill McDonald strikes out. Karl Jenson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Eddie Mientkiewicz grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Donovan doubles to center field. Al McEnaney doubles to right field. Bill Donovan scores. Jose Canseco Jr. grounds out to the second baseman. Al McEnaney advances to third on the play. Dale Phelps hits a home run. Al McEnaney scores. Luis Cey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Ernie DeMerit strikes out. Jim Barthold singles to left field. Ray Curtis grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Sam McKnight strikes out. Jamie Herring grounds out to the shortstop. March Barrett grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Jock Toole pops out to the third baseman. Clayton Gornicki triples. Mike Shaw grounds out to the third baseman. Clayton Gornicki scores. Jim Gallego pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Eddie Mientkiewicz grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Donovan singles to center field. Al McEnaney grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Donovan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jose Canseco Jr. singles to center field. Al McEnaney advances to third on the hit. Dale Phelps lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Baltimore Bill McDonald pops out to the shortstop. Karl Jenson flies out to the center fielder. Ernie DeMerit walks. Jim Barthold singles to center field. Ernie DeMerit advances to third on the hit. Ray Curtis walks. Jock Toole singles to left field. Ernie DeMerit scores. Jim Barthold is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Luis Cey flies out to the center fielder. Sam McKnight pops out to the third baseman. Jamie Herring flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Dan Dipoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Clayton Gornicki strikes out. Mike Shaw flies out to the left fielder. Jim Gallego singles to center field. Bill McDonald singles to right field. Jim Gallego advances to third on the hit. Karl Jenson doubles to right field. Jim Gallego scores. Bill McDonald uses his aggressiveness and scores. Paul Putman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ernie DeMerit strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Rocky Berryhill is pinch hitting for March Barrett. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rocky Berryhill grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mel Rafter is pinch hitting for Paul Putman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mel Rafter strikes out. Bill Donovan walks. Bob Palmisano is pinch hitting for Al McEnaney. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Palmisano singles to right field. Bill Walling comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Jose Canseco Jr. strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Baltimore Tanyon Petagine pitching. Jim Barthold grounds out to the pitcher. Ray Curtis flies out to the left fielder. Jock Toole flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Dale Phelps hits an infield single to the shortstop. Luis Cey singles to left field. Dale Phelps advances to third on the hit. Sam McKnight singles to left field. Dale Phelps scores. Luis Cey advances to third on the hit. Jamie Herring pops out to the shortstop. Rocky Berryhill grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Baltimore Clayton Gornicki walks. Mike Shaw hits a home run. Clayton Gornicki scores. Fred Gilbert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Gallego pops out to the second baseman. Ryan Hanley is pinch hitting for Bill Walling. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ryan Hanley hits a home run. Karl Jenson strikes out. Ernie DeMerit doubles to center field. Jim Barthold strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Neil Moser pitching. Ben Zapustas is pinch hitting for Fred Gilbert. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ben Zapustas walks. Bill Donovan walks. Bob Palmisano singles past the second baseman. Ben Zapustas scores. Craig Moyer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jose Canseco Jr. strikes out. Dale Phelps walks. Luis Cey grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Donovan scores. Bob Palmisano advances to third on the play. Dale Phelps advances to second on the play. Sam McKnight walks. Jamie Herring grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Bob Palmisano is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Oakland total runners left on base: 10 Baltimore total runners left on base: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Bruce Cho improves in velocity Pickles Stallard improves in arm Bob Jones improves in contact_vs_lefty Jim Roe did not respond to coaching in velocity Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Beauty Vaughn did not respond to coaching in 2B
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Bernhardt improves in range Shayne Chelini did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Craig Lankston improves in range Dell Crawford did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Trey Boyd did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Shayne Chelini improves in contact_vs_righty