Win: King Sweeney (6-3) Loss: Al Krehmeyer (8-18)
Save: Steve Kirrene (18)
Inning: 1 Oakland Bruce Musgraves pitching. Jim Daringer grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Osborne grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Schultz singles to right field. Winston Merloni singles to center field. Willie Thomson grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Al Krehmeyer pitching. Brian Ganzel flies out to the left fielder. Spencer Johnson lines out to the third baseman. Cactus Bakenhaster singles to right field. Red Hughes grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Cactus Bakenhaster is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Dewey Higham flies out to the right fielder. Art Dunne lines out to the third baseman. Bill Saunders pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Mike Rosenfeld grounds out to the second baseman. Curt Houck strikes out. Mike Rollins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Al Krehmeyer singles to right field. Jim Daringer grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Joe Osborne grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Dick Rodriguez flies out to the left fielder. Bruce Musgraves grounds out to the third baseman. Brian Ganzel doubles to right field. Spencer Johnson lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Charlie Schultz singles to right field. Winston Merloni flies out to the center fielder. Willie Thomson singles past the first baseman. Charlie Schultz advances to third on the hit. Dewey Higham singles to right field. Charlie Schultz scores. Art Dunne strikes out. Bill Saunders strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Cactus Bakenhaster flies out to the right fielder. Red Hughes lines out to the first baseman. Mike Rosenfeld grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Al Krehmeyer grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Daringer singles to left field. Jim Daringer steals second. Bobby Konstanty comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Joe Osborne flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Schultz pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Curt Houck walks. Mike Rollins grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Curt Houck is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dick Rodriguez reached on a fielding error by Dewey Higham. Wayne Murray is pinch hitting for Bobby Konstanty. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Wayne Murray singles to left field. Mike Rollins scores. Dick Rodriguez is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Brian Ganzel walks. Spencer Johnson lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Ray Hall pitching. Winston Merloni singles to left field. Willie Thomson singles to center field. Winston Merloni advances to third on the hit. Dewey Higham walks. Art Dunne triples. Winston Merloni scores. Willie Thomson scores. Dewey Higham scores. King Sweeney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Saunders flies out to the left fielder. Al Krehmeyer flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Art Dunne is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Cactus Bakenhaster strikes out. Red Hughes pops out to the shortstop. Mike Rosenfeld flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Jim Daringer strikes out. Joe Osborne pops out to the second baseman. Charlie Schultz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Curt Houck hits a home run. Mike Rollins singles to center field. Dick Rodriguez walks. Gerry Mattingly is pinch hitting for King Sweeney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Gerry Mattingly doubles to right field. Mike Rollins scores. Brian Ganzel pops out to the second baseman. Spencer Johnson triples. Dick Rodriguez scores. Gerry Mattingly scores. Dorsey Prudhomme comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cactus Bakenhaster flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Spencer Johnson scores. Red Hughes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland John Bako pitching. Harry Greer enters the game as a defensive replacement for Curt Houck at 3B. Winston Merloni singles to center field. Willie Thomson strikes out. Dewey Higham flies out to the left fielder. Art Dunne grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Mike Rosenfeld strikes out. Harry Greer flies out to the right fielder. Mike Rollins flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Steve Kirrene comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Saunders grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Windle is pinch hitting for Dorsey Prudhomme. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Gary Windle grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Daringer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 4
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sandy Sloat did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Castillo improves in power_vs_lefty Eddie Griffin did not respond to coaching in speed Alex Brett did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lou Hoiles did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Lou Hoiles did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Pete Hess improves in arm Myron Urbani did not respond to coaching in speed