Win: Joe Rommel (11-9) Loss: Eric Walker (2-4)
Save: Akira Matsumoto (11)
Inning: 1 Oakland Eric Walker pitching. Dee Robinson walks. Ken Nagatomi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Joe Rommel pitching. Harold Phillips strikes out. Chad Hunt grounds out to the second baseman. J.T. Stone grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Doc Reimer singles past the second baseman. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Doc Reimer steals second. Doc Reimer steals third. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Doc Reimer scores. Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit John Magrini flies out to the right fielder. Patsy Gick singles to center field. Jason Henriksen grounds out to the shortstop. Patsy Gick advances to second on the play. Tiala Mallia pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Jef Ceulemans strikes out. Joe Rommel singles to left field. Dee Robinson singles to center field. Joe Rommel advances to third on the hit. Ken Nagatomi doubles to center field. Joe Rommel scores. Dee Robinson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hirokazu Kawa walks. Doc Reimer flies out to the right fielder. Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Jeff Charton grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Harold Phillips singles to right field. Chad Hunt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the second baseman. Jef Ceulemans flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit J.T. Stone strikes out. John Magrini grounds out to the second baseman. Patsy Gick flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Joe Rommel singles to right field. Dee Robinson grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Joe Rommel is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dee Robinson steals second. Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa walks. Dee Robinson steals third. Doc Reimer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Jason Henriksen strikes out. Tiala Mallia walks. Jeff Charton strikes out. Eric Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Ginger Nordyke flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Harold Phillips flies out to the right fielder. Chad Hunt grounds out to the second baseman. J.T. Stone walks. John Magrini strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Jef Ceulemans singles to left field. Joe Rommel 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 walks. Ken Nagatomi singles to right field. Hirokazu Kawa singles to right field. Jef Ceulemans scores. Dee Robinson scores. Willie Sutton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Doc Reimer strikes out. Kunihisa Shibata grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hirokazu Kawa is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Patsy Gick singles to left field. Jason Henriksen flies out to the left fielder. Patsy Gick is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tiala Mallia strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Ginger Nordyke doubles to center field. Jef Ceulemans grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Rommel pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Jeff Charton pops out to the second baseman. Paul Ray is pinch hitting for Willie Sutton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Paul Ray singles to left field. Paul Ray is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Harold Phillips singles to center field. Chad Hunt doubles to left field. Harold Phillips uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ryozo Wako 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. J.T. Stone triples. Chad Hunt scores. John Magrini doubles to left field. J.T. Stone scores. Patsy Gick singles to center field. John Magrini scores. Ron Houser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jason Henriksen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Dick Lewis pitching. Dee Robinson grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Nagatomi singles to left field. Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Doc Reimer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Akira Matsumoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tiala Mallia flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Charton grounds out to the third baseman. Suds Sperring is pinch hitting for Dick Lewis. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Suds Sperring strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Detroit total runners LOB: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Kevin Piechota did not respond to coaching in control Kevin Piechota did not respond to coaching in velocity Jazz Bilzen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jan Nackerts did not respond to coaching in velocity
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chick Pride did not respond to coaching in range Chick Pride improves in power_vs_righty Steve Weimer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Patrick Griffin improves in contact_vs_lefty