Win: Alex Pitts (4-2) Loss: Ron Kane (7-4)
Save: David Trice (9)
Inning: 1 Oakland Dan Weaver pitching. Andres Haworth strikes out. Yasuji Takada walks. Ed Billings singles to center field. Roy Ostrowski strikes out. Roy Handley grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ed Billings is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Ron Kane pitching. Tom Foulke singles to right field. Marty Morrison doubles to left field. Merlin Kline singles to center field. Tom Foulke scores. Marty Morrison scores. Monte Karger walks. Buddy Danerdo flies out to the center fielder. Dennis Yan lines out to the second baseman. Joe Miranda strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Mule Smith hits a home run. Hank Moore strikes out. Phenomenal Taylor strikes out. Ron Kane singles to right field. Andres Haworth strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Sam Downs strikes out. Dan Weaver flies out to the center fielder. Tom Foulke grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Yasuji Takada strikes out. Ed Billings grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roy Ostrowski grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Marty Morrison walks. Merlin Kline walks. Monte Karger grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Marty Morrison advances to third on the play. Buddy Danerdo singles to center field. Marty Morrison scores. Dennis Yan singles to right field. Joe Miranda pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Roy Handley grounds out to the second baseman. Mule Smith strikes out. Hank Moore strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Sam Downs grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Weaver strikes out. Tom Foulke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Phenomenal Taylor walks. Ron Kane fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ron Kane grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Phenomenal Taylor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Andres Haworth singles to right field. Ron Kane advances to third on the hit. Yasuji Takada grounds out to the pitcher. Andres Haworth advances to second on the play. Ed Billings flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Marty Morrison flies out to the center fielder. Merlin Kline strikes out. Monte Karger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Roy Ostrowski hits an infield single to the pitcher. Roy Handley singles to left field. Roy Ostrowski advances to third on the hit. Mule Smith hits a home run. Roy Ostrowski scores. Roy Handley scores. Alex Pitts comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hank Moore grounds out to the pitcher. Phenomenal Taylor grounds out to the pitcher. Ron Kane strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Buddy Danerdo flies out to the center fielder. Dennis Yan singles to left field. Joe Miranda flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Sam Downs pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Andres Haworth singles to left field. Yasuji Takada strikes out. Ed Billings flies out to the center fielder. Roy Ostrowski singles to left field. Andres Haworth is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Frank Cooper is pinch hitting for Alex Pitts. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Cooper singles to left field. Tom Foulke walks. Marty Morrison strikes out. Merlin Kline grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tom Foulke is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Monte Karger reached on a fielding error by Ron Kane. Frank Cooper scores. Buddy Danerdo singles to center field. Dennis Yan walks. Merlin Kline scores. John Rettenmund comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Miranda flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Oakland Doc Goodwin pitching. Roy Handley strikes out. Mule Smith strikes out. Hank Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Sam Downs singles to right field. Marcus Smith is pinch hitting for Doc Goodwin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Marcus Smith hits a home run. Sam Downs scores. Tom Bailey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Foulke singles to left field. Tom Foulke steals second. Marty Morrison strikes out. Merlin Kline flies out to the center fielder. Monte Karger grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland David Trice pitching. Phenomenal Taylor triples. Babe Stephenson is pinch hitting for Tom Bailey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Babe Stephenson grounds out to the third baseman. Phenomenal Taylor scores. Andres Haworth singles to right field. Yasuji Takada singles to right field. Andres Haworth advances to third on the hit. Ed Billings pops out to the shortstop. Roy Ostrowski reached on a 2-base throwing error by Joe Miranda. Andres Haworth scores. Roy Handley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 8 Minnesota total runners left on base: 9
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Travis Gordon did not respond to coaching in range Bill McMakin did not respond to coaching in control Bob Hudson did not respond to coaching in speed Yank Miller did not respond to coaching in range
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Ossie Ross did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Herm Mack did not respond to coaching in range Erik Russell did not respond to coaching in speed Brent Koski did not respond to coaching in velocity