Inning: 1 Oakland Al Drew pitching. Buddy Lyden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pinky Javier pops out to the shortstop. Charley Lewis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Bill Hall pitching. Tom Frye grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Eibel grounds out to the pitcher. Ralph Strickland flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Buck Benedict strikes out. Jay Dalrymple pops out to the third baseman. Gene Ingersoll strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Lou Davison pops out to the shortstop. Bill Tuttle walks. Jim Borbon grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Earl Hosey walks. Damian Marak hits a home run. Earl Hosey scores. Bill Hall singles to right field. Buddy Lyden singles to center field. Bill Hall advances to third on the hit. Pinky Javier pops out to the second baseman. Buddy Lyden is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Charley Lewis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Johnny John singles to left field. Elmer Walton grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Al Drew grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Buck Benedict grounds out to the third baseman. Jay Dalrymple singles to center field. Gene Ingersoll singles to left field. Jay Dalrymple advances to third on the hit. Earl Hosey flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Jay Dalrymple scores. Damian Marak singles to center field. Gene Ingersoll advances to third on the hit. Bill Hall flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Tom Frye strikes out. Roy Eibel grounds out to the shortstop. Ralph Strickland grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Buddy Lyden singles to left field. Pinky Javier singles to center field. Buddy Lyden advances to third on the hit. Charley Lewis grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Buddy Lyden scores. Buck Benedict hits a home run. Andy Splittorff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jay Dalrymple singles to center field. Gene Ingersoll singles past the shortstop. Earl Hosey grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jay Dalrymple is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Lou Davison strikes out. Bill Tuttle flies out to the center fielder. Jim Borbon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Damian Marak strikes out. Bill Hall strikes out. Buddy Lyden walks. Pinky Javier singles to center field. Buddy Lyden advances to third on the hit. Charley Lewis singles to center field. Buddy Lyden scores. Pinky Javier advances to third on the hit. Tommy Lobert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buck Benedict strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Johnny John strikes out. Elmer Walton doubles to right field. Tommy Lobert grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Frye grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Jay Dalrymple walks. Gene Ingersoll doubles to left field. Jay Dalrymple uses his aggressiveness and scores. Earl Hosey strikes out. Damian Marak pops out to the first baseman. Lee Strange comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Hall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Roy Eibel lines out to the first baseman. Ralph Strickland strikes out. Lou Davison walks. Bill Tuttle walks. Jim Borbon singles to center field. Johnny John flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Oakland Buddy Lyden singles to left field. Steve Potts is pinch hitting for Pinky Javier. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Steve Potts reached on a fielding error by Ralph Strickland. Kazuhisa Hida is pinch hitting for Charley Lewis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kazuhisa Hida doubles to left field. Buddy Lyden scores. Steve Potts uses his aggressiveness and scores. Buck Benedict singles to center field. Kazuhisa Hida scores. Jay Dalrymple grounds out to the shortstop. Buck Benedict advances to second on the play. Gene Ingersoll grounds out to the second baseman. Buck Benedict advances to third on the play. Johnny Hearn is pinch hitting for Earl Hosey. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Johnny Hearn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Elmer Walton reached on a fielding error by Gene Ingersoll. Bill Roper is pinch hitting for Lee Strange. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Roper singles to center field. Tom Frye singles to right field. Elmer Walton uses his aggressiveness and scores. Roy Eibel singles to right field. Ralph Strickland grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Bill Roper scores. Tom Frye advances to third on the play. Lou Davison strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland John Beard pitching. Damian Marak strikes out. Blix Wolf is pinch hitting for Bill Hall. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Blix Wolf flies out to the right fielder. Buddy Lyden walks. Steve Potts flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Freddy Maier pitching. Bill Tuttle grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Borbon pops out to the first baseman. Johnny John grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 10 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Alex Bold did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Roy Gilbert improves in contact_vs_lefty John Christenson did not respond to coaching in range Ricardo Dickerson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Harry Graham improves in contact_vs_righty Tomas Vogelsong did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Scott Martin did not respond to coaching in SS
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pepe Davis did not respond to coaching in velocity Sid Aspromonte did not respond to coaching in velocity Sammy Smith did not respond to coaching in speed Verdo McDaniel did not respond to coaching in velocity Erik Samuels did not respond to coaching in arm Pepe Davis did not respond to coaching in velocity