Inning: 1 Oakland Josh Lynn pitching. Junior Diaz grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Bustamante flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Marvez singles to left field. Mario Menendez singles to center field. Bobby Marvez advances to third on the hit. Tom Quinces grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Allan Barbaro pitching. Andy Wilkins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Walker strikes out. Dutch Dashner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Eddie Cangelosi strikes out. Evar Murello doubles to center field. JianCarlos Soto strikes out. Allan Barbaro grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Wade Marsh grounds out to the shortstop. Carroll Wetherby flies out to the center fielder. Dick Lucas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Junior Diaz reached on a fielding error by Josh Lynn. Bill Bustamante grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Bobby Marvez pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Blake Cummings strikes out. Juan Karmen walks. Josh Lynn fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Josh Lynn strikes out. Andy Wilkins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Mario Menendez strikes out. Tom Quinces lines out to the third baseman. Eddie Cangelosi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jose Walker flies out to the right fielder. Dutch Dashner grounds out to the second baseman. Wade Marsh flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Evar Murello pops out to the first baseman. JianCarlos Soto singles to left field. Allan Barbaro lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Junior Diaz walks. Bill Bustamante singles to right field. JianCarlos Soto scores. Bobby Marvez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Carroll Wetherby grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Lucas flies out to the center fielder. Blake Cummings triples. Juan Karmen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Mario Menendez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Juan Karmen. Tom Quinces strikes out. Eddie Cangelosi grounds out to the shortstop. Evar Murello lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Josh Lynn strikes out. Andy Wilkins grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Walker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland JianCarlos Soto grounds out to the third baseman. Allan Barbaro strikes out. Junior Diaz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Dutch Dashner flies out to the left fielder. Wade Marsh doubles to left field. Carroll Wetherby strikes out. Dick Lucas grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Bill Bustamante hits a home run. Bobby Marvez walks. Gus Gates comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bobby Marvez steals second. Mario Menendez flies out to the left fielder. Tom Quinces grounds out to the third baseman. Eddie Cangelosi lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Blake Cummings grounds out to the pitcher. Juan Karmen singles to right field. Mickey Retzer is pinch hitting for Gus Gates. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Mickey Retzer flies out to the right fielder. Andy Wilkins grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Swede Cheney pitching. Evar Murello walks. Sean Perez is pinch hitting for JianCarlos Soto. Sean Perez flies out to the center fielder. Dave De Palma is pinch hitting for Allan Barbaro. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dave De Palma walks. Junior Diaz doubles to right field. Evar Murello scores. Dave De Palma uses his aggressiveness and scores. Pat Heving comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Bustamante flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Marvez grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jeff Rodriguez pitching. Tomas Riera enters the game as a defensive replacement for Sean Perez at 1B. Jose Walker grounds out to the shortstop. Dutch Dashner pops out to the first baseman. Wade Marsh flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rube Chris did not respond to coaching in velocity Rankin Brown improves in contact_vs_righty Rube Chris did not respond to coaching in control Johnnie Neiger did not respond to coaching in control Jim Lopez did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Owens did not respond to coaching in control Mike Shawkey improves in contact_vs_righty Billy Stevens improves in power_vs_righty Mario Poorman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Al Bell did not respond to coaching in C