Inning: 1 Detroit Ethan Neelix pitching. Marcus Pinn grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Wortham grounds out to the third baseman. Walt Calvert flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Gary Clark pitching. Ray Hardy strikes out. Rick Patterson walks. Tim Meyer doubles to right field. Rick Patterson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Roger Holdsworth singles past the shortstop. Tim Meyer scores. Roger Holdsworth steals second. Sheldon Harrington singles to center field. Roger Holdsworth scores. Sheldon Harrington steals second. John Snyder hits an infield single to the catcher. Kewpie Twitty singles to left field. Sheldon Harrington scores. John Snyder advances to third on the hit. Bruce Hemmer walks. Ethan Neelix grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Eric Ortegas singles to left field. Ed Jackson strikes out. Don Zimmerman strikes out. Bill Wathan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Ray Hardy bunts for a base hit. Rick Patterson grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Hardy advances to second on the play. Tim Meyer flies out to the left fielder. Roger Holdsworth singles past the shortstop. Ray Hardy scores. Sheldon Harrington strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Bill Higbee strikes out. Gary Clark flies out to the center fielder. Marcus Pinn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland John Snyder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kewpie Twitty walks. Kewpie Twitty steals second. Bruce Hemmer singles to center field. Kewpie Twitty scores. Ethan Neelix lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ray Hardy hits a home run. Bruce Hemmer scores. Rick Patterson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Ray Wortham walks. Walt Calvert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ray Wortham advances to second on the play. Eric Ortegas strikes out. Ed Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Tim Meyer flies out to the center fielder. Roger Holdsworth grounds out to the shortstop. Sheldon Harrington grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Don Zimmerman strikes out. Bill Wathan doubles to left field. Bill Higbee pops out to the shortstop. Gary Clark grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland John Snyder doubles to left field. Kewpie Twitty strikes out. Bruce Hemmer flies out to the right fielder. Ethan Neelix walks. Ray Hardy doubles to center field. John Snyder scores. Rick Patterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Marcus Pinn flies out to the left fielder. Ray Wortham flies out to the right fielder. Walt Calvert walks. Eric Ortegas grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Walt Calvert is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Tim Meyer walks. Roger Holdsworth strikes out. Tim Meyer steals second. Sheldon Harrington lines out to the shortstop. John Snyder strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Glen Wohlers is pinch hitting for Ed Jackson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Glen Wohlers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Don Zimmerman grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Wathan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Roy Wallace comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Kewpie Twitty grounds out to the third baseman. Bruce Hemmer flies out to the center fielder. Ethan Neelix strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Fernando Torres is pinch hitting for Bill Higbee. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fernando Torres singles to left field. Nobuhiro Koike is pinch hitting for Roy Wallace. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Nobuhiro Koike grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Marcus Pinn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Tom Veil pitching. Ray Hardy grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Mura is pinch hitting for Rick Patterson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ken Mura strikes out. Tim Meyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Ray Wortham reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ethan Neelix. Walt Calvert bunts for a base hit. Eric Ortegas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ray Wortham scores. Walt Calvert advances to second on the play. Glen Wohlers flies out to the left fielder. Don Zimmerman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 5 Oakland total runners left on base: 6
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Kelvim Banks did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Murfee improves in contact_vs_lefty Joe Lavender did not respond to coaching in velocity Kelvim Banks did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Dillman did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Billy Murphy improves in power_vs_righty Billy Murphy did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Gordon Garcia did not respond to coaching in control Ernie Smaza did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Ferrell improves in 2B