Inning: 1 Oakland Mark Durnbaugh pitching. Jimmy Bucha walks. Junior Diaz hits a home run. Jimmy Bucha scores. Bill Bustamante doubles to left field. Bobby Marvez grounds out to the third baseman. Mario Menendez pops out to the first baseman. Eddie Cangelosi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Vic Ramirez pitching. Andy Wilkins singles to left field. Joe Barojas flies out to the left fielder. Andy Wilkins steals second. Dutch Dashner strikes out. Wade Marsh grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Evar Murello singles to center field. Tomas Riera singles in front of the center fielder. Vic Ramirez fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Vic Ramirez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Evar Murello advances to third on the play. Jimmy Bucha walks. Junior Diaz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Carroll Wetherby flies out to the right fielder. Dick Lucas flies out to the left fielder. Blake Cummings grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Bill Bustamante singles to center field. Bobby Marvez strikes out. Bill Bustamante steals second. Mario Menendez grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Bustamante advances to third on the play. Eddie Cangelosi singles past the second baseman. Bill Bustamante scores. Ed Shields comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Evar Murello grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Juan Karmen flies out to the center fielder. Ed Shields flies out to the center fielder. Andy Wilkins grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Tomas Riera grounds out to the second baseman. Vic Ramirez singles to right field. Jimmy Bucha flies out to the left fielder. Junior Diaz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Joe Barojas walks. Dutch Dashner flies out to the right fielder. Joe Barojas steals second. Wade Marsh flies out to the left fielder. Carroll Wetherby strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Bill Bustamante singles to left field. Bobby Marvez walks. Mario Menendez flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Cangelosi strikes out. Evar Murello strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Dick Lucas flies out to the left fielder. Blake Cummings pops out to the shortstop. Juan Karmen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Tomas Riera grounds out to the shortstop. Vic Ramirez singles to center field. Jimmy Bucha strikes out. Junior Diaz walks. Bill Bustamante doubles to right field. Vic Ramirez scores. Junior Diaz uses his aggressiveness and scores. Pat Heving comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Marvez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Pat Heving strikes out. Andy Wilkins walks. Joe Barojas grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Mario Menendez grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Cangelosi walks. Evar Murello singles to left field. Tomas Riera singles to left field. Eddie Cangelosi scores. Evar Murello advances to third on the hit. Vic Ramirez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Dutch Dashner triples. Wade Marsh strikes out. Carroll Wetherby doubles to left field. Dutch Dashner scores. Carroll Wetherby steals third. Dick Lucas grounds out to the shortstop. Carroll Wetherby scores. Blake Cummings grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Jimmy Bucha strikes out. Junior Diaz strikes out. Bill Bustamante walks. Passed ball. Bill Bustamante advances to second. Bobby Marvez walks. Ed Quinn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mario Menendez lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Juan Karmen singles to center field. Jose Walker is pinch hitting for Ed Quinn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Jose Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Karmen advances to second on the play. Andy Wilkins hits a home run. Juan Karmen scores. Arturo Milanes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Barojas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dutch Dashner lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Gus Gates pitching. Eddie Cangelosi hits a home run. Evar Murello reached on a fielding error by Joe Barojas. Tomas Riera pops out to the second baseman. Sean Perez is pinch hitting for Arturo Milanes. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Sean Perez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Tyson Canales pitching. Dave De Palma enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jimmy Bucha at LF. Wade Marsh singles to right field. Carroll Wetherby grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dick Lucas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 11 Minnesota total runners LOB: 2
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: A Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Radamel Beto did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Nerio Byrnes did not respond to coaching in control Riccardo Alvarez improves in speed Cesar Baez improves in range Jim Lopez did not respond to coaching in 2B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: F RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Kevin Bostick did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Frank Jenkins improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Owens did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Meinke did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Al Bell did not respond to coaching in C