Win: Nate Ralston (7-5) Loss: Max Green (3-4)
Save: Art Gehrig (12)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Max Green pitching. Tom Figueroa grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Rice singles to right field. Eric Lawry flies out to the center fielder. Luis Pena grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Nate Ralston pitching. Jay Dalrymple strikes out. Buck Benedict strikes out. Charley Lewis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Bobby Webster reached on a fielding error by Steve Potts. Wayne Griner grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Chris Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Steve Potts strikes out. Erv Morgan singles to right field. Damian Marak grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore T.J. Towns grounds out to the pitcher. Nate Ralston grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Figueroa singles to center field. Steve Rice strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Billy Ardoin flies out to the right fielder. Earl Hosey reached on a fielding error by Eric Lawry. Max Green pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Jay Dalrymple grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Eric Lawry singles past the first baseman. Eric Lawry steals second. Luis Pena grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Webster triples. Eric Lawry scores. Wayne Griner doubles to left field. Bobby Webster scores. Chris Davis grounds out to the shortstop. T.J. Towns grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Buck Benedict strikes out. Charley Lewis walks. Steve Potts walks. Erv Morgan flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Damian Marak singles to center field. Charley Lewis scores. Steve Potts advances to third on the hit. Billy Ardoin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Baltimore Nate Ralston walks. Tom Figueroa grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Nate Ralston is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Steve Rice singles to center field. Tom Figueroa advances to third on the hit. Eric Lawry flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Tom Figueroa scores. Luis Pena walks. Bobby Webster is hit by a pitch. Wayne Griner strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Oakland Earl Hosey flies out to the right fielder. Max Green singles to right field. Jay Dalrymple strikes out. Buck Benedict grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Max Green is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Chris Davis singles to left field. T.J. Towns grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Chris Davis is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Nate Ralston pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Tom Figueroa walks. Steve Rice singles to right field. Eric Lawry hits a home run. T.J. Towns scores. Tom Figueroa scores. Steve Rice scores. Pete Carden comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Luis Pena singles to center field. Bobby Webster walks. Wayne Griner triples. Luis Pena scores. Bobby Webster scores. Chris Davis doubles to left field. Wayne Griner scores. T.J. Towns grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Charley Lewis singles to right field. Charley Lewis steals second. Steve Potts flies out to the left fielder. Erv Morgan doubles to left field. Charley Lewis scores. Damian Marak singles to center field. Erv Morgan scores. Billy Ardoin flies out to the left fielder. Earl Hosey pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Baltimore Freddy Maier comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nate Ralston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Figueroa strikes out. Steve Rice flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Fred Poffenberger is pinch hitting for Freddy Maier. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Fred Poffenberger strikes out. Jay Dalrymple triples. Buck Benedict flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jay Dalrymple scores. Charley Lewis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Don Shokes pitching. Eric Lawry flies out to the center fielder. Luis Pena singles to center field. Bobby Webster strikes out. Wayne Griner pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Todd Oakly enters the game as a defensive replacement for Luis Pena at 1B. Tomas Soucek enters the game as a defensive replacement for T.J. Towns at RF. Steve Potts singles to center field. Erv Morgan walks. Damian Marak flies out to the left fielder. Billy Ardoin walks. Johnny Hearn is pinch hitting for Earl Hosey. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Johnny Hearn singles to right field. Steve Potts scores. Erv Morgan scores. Billy Ardoin advances to third on the hit. Art Gehrig comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pinky Javier is pinch hitting for Don Shokes. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pinky Javier flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Billy Ardoin scores. Jay Dalrymple singles past the shortstop. Johnny Hearn advances to third on the hit. Buck Benedict strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Baltimore Herschel Scott pitching. Chris Davis singles to center field. Tomas Soucek singles to right field. Art Gehrig lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tom Figueroa singles to center field. Chris Davis scores. Tomas Soucek scores. Steve Rice grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Tom Figueroa is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Eric Lawry singles to center field. Steve Rice advances to third on the hit. Todd Oakly grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Blix Wolf is pinch hitting for Charley Lewis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Blix Wolf flies out to the center fielder. Steve Potts flies out to the right fielder. Erv Morgan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Baltimore total runners LOB: 10 Oakland total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Wayne Griner (14), Chris Davis (8).3B - Bobby Webster (2), Wayne Griner (4).HR - Eric Lawry (11).SF - Eric Lawry.GIDP - Wayne Griner.HBP - Bobby Webster (3). Baserunning: SB - Eric Lawry (10). Fielding: E - Eric Lawry.
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Geoff Stewart improves in arm 'Lil' George Bowers did not respond to coaching in endurance Mark Arnovich improves in contact_vs_righty Don Reese improves in range Del Chappas improves in arm John Mathes improves in speed Paul Stewart did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Alex Bold improves in speed Ricardo Dickerson did not respond to coaching in arm Roy Gilbert did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Kuenn did not respond to coaching in endurance Albert Sanchez improves in contact_vs_lefty Horace Drew did not respond to coaching in velocity Scott Martin did not respond to coaching in SS