Win: Fred LaRocca (7-5) Loss: Angel Hillman (7-10)
Inning: 1 Oakland Angel Hillman pitching. Andres Haworth grounds out to the shortstop. Yasuji Takada grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Billings flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Fred LaRocca pitching. Robinson Johnson strikes out. Walt Egan strikes out. Lep Pascual singles to left field. Herb Wortham hits an infield single to the shortstop. Gene Shirley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Roy Ostrowski walks. Roy Handley pops out to the catcher. Mule Smith pops out to the third baseman. Hank Moore flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Don Fallon flies out to the center fielder. Baby Green flies out to the left fielder. Tommy Anderson doubles to center field. Angel Hillman singles to center field. Tommy Anderson scores. Robinson Johnson doubles to left field. Walt Egan grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Phenomenal Taylor walks. Phenomenal Taylor steals second. Fred LaRocca lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. The defense is playing the infield in. Andres Haworth strikes out. Yasuji Takada singles to left field. Phenomenal Taylor scores. Ed Billings flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Lep Pascual flies out to the right fielder. Herb Wortham flies out to the left fielder. Gene Shirley doubles to left field. Don Fallon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Roy Ostrowski singles to center field. Roy Handley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roy Ostrowski advances to second on the play. Mule Smith hits a home run. Roy Ostrowski scores. Hank Moore strikes out. Phenomenal Taylor flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Baby Green singles to left field. Tommy Anderson strikes out. Angel Hillman lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Robinson Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Fred LaRocca grounds out to the shortstop. Andres Haworth strikes out. Yasuji Takada hits a home run. Ed Billings flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Walt Egan flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Lep Pascual flies out to the center fielder. Herb Wortham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Roy Ostrowski singles to right field. Roy Handley grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Mule Smith singles to right field. Hank Moore pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Gene Shirley strikes out. Don Fallon flies out to the center fielder. Baby Green grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Phenomenal Taylor pops out to the second baseman. Fred LaRocca strikes out. Andres Haworth singles to left field. Yasuji Takada flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Tommy Anderson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike McGillen is pinch hitting for Angel Hillman. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mike McGillen flies out to the right fielder. Robinson Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Rusty Richardson pitching. Ed Billings reached on a fielding error by Gene Shirley. Roy Ostrowski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Billings advances to second on the play. Roy Handley strikes out. Mule Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Walt Egan pops out to the third baseman. Lep Pascual singles to center field. Herb Wortham flies out to the right fielder. Gene Shirley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Hank Moore grounds out to the third baseman. Phenomenal Taylor walks. Harry Huenke 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. Babe Stephenson is pinch hitting for Fred LaRocca. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Babe Stephenson doubles to center field. Phenomenal Taylor uses his aggressiveness and scores. Andres Haworth doubles to right field. Babe Stephenson scores. Doc Linares comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yasuji Takada singles to left field. Andres Haworth scores. Ed Billings doubles to center field. Roy Ostrowski grounds out to the second baseman. Yasuji Takada scores. Ed Billings advances to third on the play. Roy Handley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit John Rettenmund pitching. Don Fallon grounds out to the shortstop. Baby Green strikes out. Tommy Anderson doubles to center field. Ed Ledbetter is pinch hitting for Doc Linares. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ed Ledbetter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Detroit total runners LOB: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Kurosaki did not respond to coaching in arm Dennis Schmidt did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bob Hudson improves in power_vs_righty Yank Miller improves in range
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Wiley Grove improves in arm Einar Valentin did not respond to coaching in endurance Wiley Grove did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Lou Payne did not respond to coaching in RF