Win: Jose Aberson (5-3) Loss: Gene K Pettini (7-2)
Save: Major Payne (15)
Inning: 1 Oakland Gene K Pettini pitching. Joe Hoffman pops out to the second baseman. Bob Hinton flies out to the left fielder. John Souza doubles to right field. Bob Stein strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Jose Aberson pitching. Mike Smith strikes out. Billy Devarez flies out to the left fielder. Dutch K Young grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Magglio Kida doubles to right field. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Magglio Kida advances to third on the play. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to center field. Magglio Kida scores. Yoshio Yanagida walks. Jose Aberson lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 5-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Rudy K Roenicke walks. Rudy K Roenicke is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Claude TK Estalella strikes out. Tomokazu T Kuzava walks. Tomokazu T Kuzava steals second. John Trammell singles to center field. Tomokazu T Kuzava scores. John Trammell is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Joe Hoffman singles to center field. Bob Hinton strikes out. John Souza strikes out. Bob Stein strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ox TK Cubillan pops out to the catcher. Gene K Pettini grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Magglio Kida pops out to the first baseman. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the pitcher. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Billy Devarez strikes out. Dutch K Young strikes out. Rudy K Roenicke singles past the shortstop. Claude TK Estalella strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Yoshio Yanagida flies out to the right fielder. Jose Aberson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Hoffman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Tomokazu T Kuzava singles to center field. John Trammell singles to right field. Tomokazu T Kuzava advances to third on the hit. Ox TK Cubillan flies out to the center fielder. Gene K Pettini flies out to the left fielder. Mike Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Bob Hinton singles to left field. Bob Hinton is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). John Souza grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Stein grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Billy Devarez strikes out. Dutch K Young flies out to the center fielder. Rudy K Roenicke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Magglio Kida grounds out to the third baseman. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Claude TK Estalella strikes out. Tomokazu T Kuzava singles to center field. John Trammell strikes out. Ox TK Cubillan singles to center field. Tomokazu T Kuzava advances to third on the hit. Gene K Pettini strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Yoshio Yanagida singles to center field. Jose Aberson lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Yoshio Yanagida forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Carl Lewis is pinch running for Jose Aberson on 1st base. Carl Lewis steals second. Pinky K Womack 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. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Lewis advances to third on the play. Bob Hinton singles to left field. Carl Lewis scores. John Souza reached on a fielding error by Tomokazu T Kuzava. Bob Stein doubles to left field. Bob Hinton scores. Magglio Kida grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bill Hutchinson pitching. Mike Smith lines out to the second baseman. Billy Devarez singles to center field. Billy Devarez steals second. Dutch K Young strikes out. Rudy K Roenicke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Boom Boom Washington flies out to the right fielder. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to right field. Yoshio Yanagida singles to center field. Paul K Garland comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hal Plank is pinch hitting for Bill Hutchinson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hal Plank grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Major Payne pitching. Claude TK Estalella flies out to the center fielder. Wilmer Chavez is pinch hitting for Tomokazu T Kuzava. Wilmer Chavez lines out to the second baseman. John Trammell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Doc Pinkney did not respond to coaching in speed Paul Schoeneweis did not respond to coaching in control Lee Fletcher improves in control Jack Oliveras improves in contact_vs_lefty Ducky Wagner did not respond to coaching in CF
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ben Barry did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack K Tischinski did not respond to coaching in speed Ben Barry did not respond to coaching in velocity Matt Campbell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty