Win: Jose Aberson (9-7) Loss: John Smith (5-7)
Save: Major Payne (24)
Inning: 1 Oakland John Smith pitching. Sudden Sam LaRoche is hit by a pitch. Boom Boom Washington singles to center field. Joe Hoffman singles to right field. Sudden Sam LaRoche scores. John Souza flies out to the left fielder. Terry Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Dan Cunningham walks. Hal Plank grounds into a fielders choice to the first baseman. Boom Boom Washington is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Seattle Jose Aberson pitching. Mario Cripe grounds out to the shortstop. Richie Dauss strikes out. Frank Rivera grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Joe Shannon grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Aberson singles to left field. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to center field. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Joe Hoffman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Seattle Mark Weber pops out to the shortstop. Greg Pierotti lines out to the shortstop. Barney Downey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland John Souza singles to right field. Terry Johnson singles past the shortstop. John Souza aggressively advances to third on the hit. Dan Cunningham grounds out to the second baseman. John Souza scores. Terry Johnson advances to second on the play. Hal Plank grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Joe Shannon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Seattle Al Bell lines out to the first baseman. Adrian Abbott strikes out. John Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Jose Aberson strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to center field. Boom Boom Washington walks. Joe Hoffman strikes out. John Souza grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Seattle Mario Cripe strikes out. Richie Dauss strikes out. Frank Rivera singles to center field. Mark Weber flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Terry Johnson pops out to the shortstop. Dan Cunningham flies out to the center fielder. Hal Plank strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Seattle Greg Pierotti strikes out. Barney Downey doubles to center field. Al Bell strikes out. Adrian Abbott singles to right field. Barney Downey scores. John Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Joe Shannon walks. Jose Aberson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the right fielder. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Seattle Mario Cripe singles to left field. Richie Dauss strikes out. Frank Rivera strikes out. Mark Weber flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Joe Hoffman strikes out. John Souza walks. Terry Johnson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. John Souza is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Hinton is pinch hitting for Dan Cunningham. Terry Johnson steals second. Bob Hinton bunts for a base hit. Don McConnell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hal Plank lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Seattle Greg Pierotti strikes out. Barney Downey singles to right field. Russ Henderson is pinch hitting for Al Bell. Russ Henderson grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Barney Downey is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Fenton Phillips is pinch hitting for Adrian Abbott. Fenton Phillips walks. Don McConnell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Larry Busch enters the game as a defensive replacement for Fenton Phillips at SS. Joe Shannon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Jose Aberson strikes out. Sudden Sam LaRoche strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Seattle Mario Cripe grounds out to the third baseman. Richie Dauss singles to right field. Frank Rivera flies out to the right fielder. Mark Weber grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Boom Boom Washington flies out to the center fielder. Joe Hoffman hits a home run. John Souza flies out to the center fielder. Terry Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Seattle Yoshio Yanagida enters the game as a defensive replacement for Terry Johnson at 1B. Magglio Kida enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Shannon at LF. Major Payne comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Greg Pierotti strikes out. Barney Downey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Russ Henderson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 11 Seattle 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 Lee Fletcher did not respond to coaching in control Happy Riggs did not respond to coaching in velocity Ducky Wagner improves in contact_vs_righty Ducky Wagner did not respond to coaching in CF
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Calvin Brown improves in control Walt Martz improves in power_vs_righty Jim Remsen did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Rosenfeld did not respond to coaching in velocity