Win: Ike Rau (4-3) Loss: Carl Grabowski (4-4)
Save: Tadao Fukumori (10)
Inning: 1 Oakland Carl Grabowski pitching. Joel Heinkel walks. Fusoya Hiramasu walks. Red Jones strikes out. Paul Distaso singles to center field. Joel Heinkel scores. Alex Severson strikes out. Nick Johnston strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Ike Rau pitching. Goat McCloskey grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Dauterive singles to right field. Ken Handibone strikes out. James Pezold singles to right field. Bill Dauterive advances to third on the hit. Glenn Villafuerte strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Cat Dancing flies out to the center fielder. Ben Harris singles to center field. Ike Rau lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joel Heinkel singles to center field. Ben Harris scores. Joel Heinkel steals second. Fusoya Hiramasu flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hiroji Miyaji walks. Hiroji Miyaji is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Grant Levrault grounds out to the shortstop. Hal Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Red Jones walks. Red Jones is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Paul Distaso walks. Alex Severson grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Carl Grabowski strikes out. Goat McCloskey grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Dauterive pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Nick Johnston doubles to right field. Cat Dancing grounds out to the second baseman. Nick Johnston advances to third on the play. Ben Harris singles to center field. Nick Johnston scores. Ben Harris steals second. Ike Rau flies out to the center fielder. Joel Heinkel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ken Handibone flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! James Pezold strikes out. Glenn Villafuerte singles to right field. Hiroji Miyaji pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Fusoya Hiramasu strikes out. Red Jones pops out to the second baseman. Paul Distaso singles to left field. Paul Distaso is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Grant Levrault pops out to the second baseman. Hal Smith flies out to the center fielder. Carl Grabowski strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Alex Severson grounds out to the pitcher. Nick Johnston grounds out to the second baseman. Cat Dancing flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Goat McCloskey strikes out. Bill Dauterive walks. Ken Handibone hits an infield single to the pitcher. James Pezold singles past the shortstop. Glenn Villafuerte walks. Bill Dauterive scores. Hiroji Miyaji strikes out. Grant Levrault flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Oakland Ben Harris walks. Ben Harris steals second. Bryce Burtschy 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. Ike Rau fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ike Rau strikes out. Joel Heinkel flies out to the left fielder. Fusoya Hiramasu singles to left field. Ben Harris scores. Red Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Hal Smith walks. Frank Bragan is pinch hitting for Bryce Burtschy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hal Smith steals second. Frank Bragan walks. Goat McCloskey strikes out. Bill Dauterive is hit by a pitch. Ken Handibone grounds out to the shortstop. Hal Smith scores. Frank Bragan advances to third on the play. Bill Dauterive advances to second on the play. James Pezold walks. Glenn Villafuerte strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Oakland Shoji Yanagida pitching. Paul Distaso grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alex Severson flies out to the left fielder. Nick Johnston singles to left field. Nick Johnston is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Hiroji Miyaji grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Grant Levrault strikes out. Hal Smith hits a home run. Rudy Castro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Witherup is pinch hitting for Shoji Yanagida. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Witherup pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ron Chambliss pitching. Cat Dancing walks. Cat Dancing steals second. Ben Harris doubles to right field. Cat Dancing scores. Tom Ward is pinch hitting for Rudy Castro. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Ward grounds out to the second baseman. Ben Harris advances to third on the play. Joel Heinkel grounds out to the third baseman. Fusoya Hiramasu singles to center field. Ben Harris scores. Joe Dirt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Red Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Tadao Fukumori pitching. Ernie Beazley enters the game as a defensive replacement for Alex Severson at SS. Goat McCloskey flies out to the left fielder. Bill Dauterive flies out to the right fielder. Ken Handibone singles to left field. James Pezold strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 10
Batting:2B - Nick Johnston (5), Ben Harris (4).GIDP - Alex Severson. Baserunning: SB - Joel Heinkel (18), Cat Dancing (3), Ben Harris 2 (11).CS - Red Jones (4), Paul Distaso (6), Nick Johnston (5).
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Mulvey improves in velocity Bill Mulvey did not respond to coaching in velocity Rube George improves in arm Bud Bevil improves in contact_vs_lefty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Herb Parsons improves in range Bob Reeder did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Hodge improves in contact_vs_lefty Andy McCracken did not respond to coaching in control Raul Lehr improves in 3B