Win: Tadayoshi Kawai (11-5) Loss: Fred Benitez (9-9)
Inning: 1 Oakland Fred Benitez pitching. Minoru Matsui walks. Pat Ewing singles to center field. Dave Triplett singles to center field. Minoru Matsui scores. Horace Jones hits a home run. Pat Ewing scores. Dave Triplett scores. Rafael Harris walks. Clarence Dillard singles to center field. Glen Mathews singles to center field. Rafael Harris scores. Clarence Dillard aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bucky Escobar comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Kowitz singles to center field. Clarence Dillard scores. Glen Mathews advances to third on the hit. Tadayoshi Kawai walks. Minoru Matsui strikes out. Pat Ewing singles to right field. Glen Mathews scores. Jim Kowitz scores. Irv Kolseth comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dave Triplett doubles to left field. Tadayoshi Kawai scores. Horace Jones reached on a fielding error by Andy Smith. Pat Ewing scores. Rafael Harris pops out to the shortstop. Clarence Dillard walks. Glen Mathews strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Chicago Tadayoshi Kawai pitching. Bob MacCormack walks. Andy Smith doubles to right field. Hippo Moss strikes out. Davey Spoljaric strikes out. Harry Toporcer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Jim Kowitz doubles to right field. Tadayoshi Kawai lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Minoru Matsui singles to center field. Jim Kowitz scores. Pat Ewing grounds out to the third baseman. Minoru Matsui advances to second on the play. Dave Triplett singles to right field. Minoru Matsui scores. Horace Jones pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Harry Briggs flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Weber singles to center field. Buddy Ferris grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Rafael Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Clarence Dillard strikes out. Glen Mathews grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Irv Kolseth singles to right field. Bob MacCormack flies out to the center fielder. Irv Kolseth is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Andy Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Jim Kowitz singles to center field. Tadayoshi Kawai lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Minoru Matsui strikes out. Pat Ewing grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Hippo Moss singles to left field. Davey Spoljaric singles to left field. Harry Toporcer strikes out. Harry Briggs grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Davey Spoljaric is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jeff Weber flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Dave Triplett strikes out. Horace Jones flies out to the right fielder. Rafael Harris singles in front of the right fielder. Clarence Dillard pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Buddy Ferris grounds out to the second baseman. Irv Kolseth grounds out to the second baseman. Bob MacCormack pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Glen Mathews grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Kowitz strikes out. Tadayoshi Kawai grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Andy Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Hippo Moss singles to center field. Davey Spoljaric flies out to the right fielder. Harry Toporcer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Freddie Grahe 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. Minoru Matsui singles to right field. Minoru Matsui is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Pat Ewing flies out to the right fielder. Dave Triplett doubles to left field. Horace Jones singles to right field. Dave Triplett scores. Rafael Harris strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Harry Briggs flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Weber reached on a 2-base throwing error by Glen Mathews. Buddy Ferris lines out to the second baseman. Freddie Grahe flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Clarence Dillard strikes out. Glen Mathews strikes out. Jim Kowitz singles past the third baseman. Tadayoshi Kawai flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Bob Kellner is pinch hitting for Bob MacCormack. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Kellner strikes out. Andy Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Hippo Moss grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Minoru Matsui walks. Pat Ewing walks. Dave Triplett pops out to the first baseman. Horace Jones strikes out. Rafael Harris walks. Clarence Dillard singles to center field. Minoru Matsui scores. Glen Mathews singles to center field. Pat Ewing scores. Ed Kocher 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. Jim Kowitz singles to center field. Rafael Harris scores. Tadayoshi Kawai flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Chicago Davey Spoljaric flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Harry Toporcer grounds out to the pitcher. Harry Briggs singles to center field. Jeff Weber grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 11 Chicago total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Hippo Moss is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Willie Brusstar did not respond to coaching in speed Wes Haney did not respond to coaching in control Wes Haney did not respond to coaching in velocity Scoops Marion did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Babe Kelly did not respond to coaching in arm Hank Andujar improves in velocity Al Greason did not respond to coaching in arm Bob McChesney did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Powell did not respond to coaching in C