Win: Seizaburo Nakamura (8-4) Loss: Otto Hernandez (4-5)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Seizaburo Nakamura pitching. Danny Tipple walks. Pat Coble grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Grover Carney singles to right field. Charlie Lockwood pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Otto Hernandez pitching. Don Friday singles to right field. Lew Crosetti grounds out to the pitcher. Don Friday advances to second on the play. Pascual Elston hits an infield single to the first baseman. The defense is playing the corners in. Kevin Carroll walks. The defense is playing the corners in. Mickey Kahdot flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Don Friday scores. John Haney singles to right field. Pascual Elston scores. Hugh Lombardi singles to center field. Shintaro Hasegawa lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Dewayne DD Dorgan grounds out to the pitcher. Jeff Gonzalez strikes out. Tommy Balls Eunick strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Seizaburo Nakamura singles to center field. Don Friday hits a home run. Seizaburo Nakamura scores. Yoshinori Uchiyama comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lew Crosetti singles to center field. Lew Crosetti steals second. Pascual Elston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lew Crosetti advances to third on the play. Kevin Carroll strikes out. Mickey Kahdot pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Del Walsh flies out to the left fielder. Yoshinori Uchiyama grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Tipple grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland John Haney singles to center field. John Haney steals second. Hugh Lombardi grounds out to the shortstop. Shintaro Hasegawa strikes out. Seizaburo Nakamura reached on a fielding error by Danny Tipple. Don Friday flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Pat Coble flies out to the left fielder. Grover Carney hits a home run. Charlie Lockwood grounds out to the shortstop. Dewayne DD Dorgan singles to right field. Jeff Gonzalez grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dewayne DD Dorgan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Kevin Masterson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Lew Crosetti singles to center field. Pascual Elston flies out to the center fielder. Lew Crosetti is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Kevin Carroll walks. Mickey Kahdot pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tommy Balls Eunick grounds out to the third baseman. Del Walsh strikes out. Hot Heinie Haid is pinch hitting for Kevin Masterson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Hot Heinie Haid doubles to right field. Danny Tipple singles to left field. Hot Heinie Haid scores. Pat Coble grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Danny Tipple is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Len Hale pitching. John Haney grounds out to the shortstop. Hugh Lombardi strikes out. Shintaro Hasegawa hits a home run. Jeff Harry Harrison comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Seizaburo Nakamura strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Grover Carney pops out to the second baseman. Charlie Lockwood singles to right field. Dewayne DD Dorgan walks. Jeff Gonzalez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Don Friday singles to left field. Lew Crosetti singles to right field. Pascual Elston walks. Kevin Carroll strikes out. Mickey Kahdot strikes out. John Haney singles to center field. Don Friday scores. Lew Crosetti scores. Pascual Elston advances to third on the hit. Hugh Lombardi doubles to right field. Pascual Elston scores. Shintaro Hasegawa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Cliff Dunbar is pinch hitting for Tommy Balls Eunick. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Cliff Dunbar singles to right field. Del Walsh grounds out to the second baseman. Cliff Dunbar advances to second on the play. Jeff Harry Harrison singles to left field. Cliff Dunbar scores. Danny Tipple flies out to the center fielder. Pat Coble flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Ron Regan is pinch hitting for Seizaburo Nakamura. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ron Regan singles to left field. Don Friday grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ron Regan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lew Crosetti singles to center field. Pascual Elston walks. Kevin Carroll grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Don Friday is out at home. Mickey Kahdot lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Henry Bragg pitching. Grover Carney doubles to left field. Charlie Lockwood grounds out to the shortstop. Dewayne DD Dorgan walks. Jeff Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Grover Carney advances to third on the play. Dewayne DD Dorgan advances to second on the play. Cliff Dunbar lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland John Haney grounds out to the shortstop. Todd Murphy is pinch hitting for Hugh Lombardi. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Todd Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Shintaro Hasegawa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Del Walsh flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Harry Harrison grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Tipple pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 7 Oakland total runners left on base: 12
Game Notes Mickey Kahdot is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike 'Science Guy' Nye did not respond to coaching in control Billy Haas did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mike 'Science Guy' Nye did not respond to coaching in control Haddie Davison did not respond to coaching in velocity Fred Ley did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bobby Lloyd did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dan Foreman improves in arm Ron LeFlore improves in contact_vs_righty Pat Sunday did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty