Inning: 1 Oakland Tomofumi Akaike pitching. Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the right fielder. Ken Nagatomi singles to center field. Ginger Nordyke strikes out. Doc Reimer pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Yoshinori Takiguchi pitching. Harold Phillips grounds out to the second baseman. Chad Hunt singles to right field. Chad Hunt steals second. J.T. Stone hits an infield single to the shortstop. Patsy Gick strikes out. Jason Henriksen strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the shortstop. Jef Ceulemans singles to center field. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Tiala Mallia strikes out. Roy Wyse strikes out. Suds Sperring strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Yoshinori Takiguchi singles to left field. Hirokazu Kawa hits an infield single to the shortstop. Ken Nagatomi hits a home run. Yoshinori Takiguchi scores. Hirokazu Kawa scores. Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the shortstop. Doc Reimer grounds out to the shortstop. Daisuke Komatsubara walks. Nobuo Kawazoe flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Tomofumi Akaike grounds out to the third baseman. Harold Phillips lines out to the first baseman. Chad Hunt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Jef Ceulemans singles to right field. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Yoshinori Takiguchi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit J.T. Stone walks. Patsy Gick grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! J.T. Stone advances to second on the play. Jason Henriksen grounds out to the pitcher. Tiala Mallia hits a home run. J.T. Stone scores. Roy Wyse lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Ginger Nordyke pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Suds Sperring strikes out. Tomofumi Akaike strikes out. Harold Phillips triples. Mike Morris 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. Chad Hunt hits a home run. Harold Phillips scores. J.T. Stone strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Doc Reimer strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to right field. Nobuo Kawazoe walks. Jef Ceulemans doubles to left field. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Nobuo Kawazoe uses his aggressiveness and scores. Al Lindsey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Morris strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Patsy Gick doubles to left field. Jason Henriksen grounds out to the third baseman. Tiala Mallia pops out to the second baseman. Ron Houser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Roy Wyse strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa walks. Hirokazu Kawa steals second. Ken Nagatomi grounds out to the pitcher. Ginger Nordyke hits a home run. Hirokazu Kawa scores. Willie Sutton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Doc Reimer grounds out to the pitcher. Daisuke Komatsubara singles to right field. Daisuke Komatsubara steals second. Nobuo Kawazoe singles to right field. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Jef Ceulemans flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Suds Sperring grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walter Tiegen is pinch hitting for Willie Sutton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Walter Tiegen walks. Harold Phillips singles to left field. Walter Tiegen advances to third on the hit. Chad Hunt flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Walter Tiegen scores. Ryozo Wako comes in from the bullpen to pitch. J.T. Stone strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Carlos Bruce pitching. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the second baseman. Teruhiko Akimoto is pinch hitting for Ryozo Wako. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Teruhiko Akimoto flies out to the center fielder. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Bob Cisar pitching. Patsy Gick strikes out. Jason Henriksen strikes out. Tiala Mallia singles past the second baseman. Roy Wyse strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Ken Nagatomi grounds out to the second baseman. Ginger Nordyke pops out to the third baseman. Doc Reimer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Suds Sperring singles to center field. Paul Ray is pinch hitting for Carlos Bruce. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Paul Ray strikes out. Harold Phillips strikes out. Chad Hunt singles to left field. Suds Sperring advances to third on the hit. J.T. Stone singles to center field. Suds Sperring scores. Chad Hunt advances to third on the hit. Akira Matsumoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Patsy Gick singles to right field. Chad Hunt scores. J.T. Stone advances to third on the hit. Jason Henriksen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 5 Detroit total runners LOB: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jan Nackerts did not respond to coaching in control Jan Nackerts did not respond to coaching in control Jim Armbrister did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dutch Barrett did not respond to coaching in velocity B.J. Salveson did not respond to coaching in range Eikichi Maeda improves in arm