Win: Fernando Osuel (6-8) Loss: John Scott (6-5)
Save: Tyson Canales (11)
Inning: 1 Oakland Les Flick pitching. Bill Bustamante strikes out. Junior Diaz pops out to the pitcher. Tom Quinces walks. Bobby Marvez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Jeff Rodriguez pitching. Luke Cias grounds out to the third baseman. Larry Laskey strikes out. Brian Hermansen grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Eddie Cangelosi flies out to the center fielder. Dave De Palma grounds out to the second baseman. Sean Perez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Ted Kerfeld grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Murtaugh hits a home run. Steve Speer strikes out. George Dalcanton walks. George Dalcanton steals second. Rick Shields strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Mario Menendez singles to left field. Jeff Rodriguez fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jeff Rodriguez strikes out. Bill Bustamante reached on a fielding error by Ted Kerfeld. Junior Diaz singles past the first baseman. Mario Menendez scores. Tom Quinces flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Marvez singles to left field. Bill Bustamante scores. Junior Diaz advances to third on the hit. Eddie Cangelosi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Les Flick grounds out to the third baseman. Luke Cias grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Laskey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Dave De Palma strikes out. Sean Perez strikes out. Mario Menendez singles to center field. Jeff Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Brian Hermansen grounds out to the shortstop. Ted Kerfeld singles to center field. Ted Kerfeld steals second. Matt Murtaugh walks. Steve Speer singles to right field. George Dalcanton strikes out. Rick Shields pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Oakland Bill Bustamante singles to right field. Junior Diaz grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Bustamante advances to second on the play. Tom Quinces flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Marvez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Les Flick singles to center field. Luke Cias grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Les Flick is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Larry Laskey singles to right field. Luke Cias advances to third on the hit. Larry Laskey steals second. Brian Hermansen flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Luke Cias scores. Ted Kerfeld singles to right field. Ted Kerfeld steals second. Matt Murtaugh strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Eddie Cangelosi strikes out. Dave De Palma flies out to the left fielder. Sean Perez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Steve Speer singles past the shortstop. Allan Barbaro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Steve Speer steals second. George Dalcanton singles to left field. Steve Speer scores. Rick Shields grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Dalcanton advances to second on the play. Les Flick pops out to the shortstop. Luke Cias flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Mario Menendez walks. Tomas Riera is pinch hitting for Allan Barbaro. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Tomas Riera singles to center field. Mario Menendez advances to third on the hit. Bill Bustamante singles past the first baseman. Mario Menendez scores. Tomas Riera aggressively advances to third on the hit. Junior Diaz flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Tomas Riera scores. German Sanders comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Quinces flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Marvez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Fernando Osuel pitching. Larry Laskey strikes out. Brian Hermansen grounds out to the third baseman. Ted Kerfeld singles to center field. Matt Murtaugh grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ted Kerfeld is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Eddie Cangelosi strikes out. Dave De Palma strikes out. Sean Perez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Steve Speer strikes out. George Dalcanton grounds out to the third baseman. Rick Shields singles to left field. Bob Vaughn is pinch hitting for German Sanders. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Vaughn doubles to center field. Rick Shields uses his aggressiveness and scores. Luke Cias lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland John Scott pitching. Mario Menendez singles to center field. Jimmy Bucha is pinch hitting for Fernando Osuel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Jimmy Bucha flies out to the center fielder. Bill Bustamante hits a home run. Mario Menendez scores. Ken Woods comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Junior Diaz flies out to the center fielder. Tom Quinces grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Tyson Canales pitching. Larry Laskey strikes out. Brian Hermansen flies out to the center fielder. Ted Kerfeld grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Detroit total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Bob Vaughn (9).HR - Matt Murtaugh (15).SF - Brian Hermansen. Baserunning: SB - Larry Laskey (34), Ted Kerfeld 2 (12), Steve Speer (42), George Dalcanton (18). Fielding: E - Ted Kerfeld.
Game Notes Ken Woods is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rube Chris did not respond to coaching in velocity Radamel Beto improves in arm Steve Giebell improves in contact_vs_righty Chuck Boland improves in contact_vs_lefty Radamel Beto did not respond to coaching in 3B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Mahaffey did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dick Vasquez improves in power_vs_righty Paul Hassler did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Mahaffey did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Charlie Alvarez did not respond to coaching in SS