Inning: 1 Oakland Rick Topper pitching. Murphy Strange grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Norihiro Egawa grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Torres strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Charlie Speraw pitching. Sumpter Mesa flies out to the left fielder. Scott Guillen strikes out. Cal Longmire walks. Donavan McMaster hits a home run. Cal Longmire scores. Reggie Rubber hits a home run. Bob Bodie strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Harry Alcantara strikes out. William Spiezio flies out to the left fielder. Beiker Reimer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Dewey Sizzle walks. Denny Freeman walks. Rick Topper lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sumpter Mesa flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Dewey Sizzle scores. Scott Guillen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Johnny Groskloss grounds out to the third baseman. John Geronimo singles to center field. Charlie Speraw lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Murphy Strange grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Cal Longmire singles to left field. Donavan McMaster grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cal Longmire advances to second on the play. Reggie Rubber flies out to the right fielder. Bob Bodie singles to center field. Cal Longmire scores. Dewey Sizzle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Norihiro Egawa grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bill Torres grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Alcantara grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Denny Freeman flies out to the center fielder. Rick Topper strikes out. Sumpter Mesa walks. Scott Guillen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland William Spiezio singles to left field. Beiker Reimer grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Johnny Groskloss singles to right field. John Geronimo singles to left field. Johnny Groskloss advances to third on the hit. Sumner Jeltz is pinch hitting for Charlie Speraw. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Sumner Jeltz hits a home run. Johnny Groskloss scores. John Geronimo scores. Murphy Strange flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Jake Jones pitching. Cal Longmire singles to left field. Donavan McMaster grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Cal Longmire is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Reggie Rubber singles to center field. Donavan McMaster advances to third on the hit. Bob Bodie singles to center field. Donavan McMaster scores. Dewey Sizzle grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bob Bodie is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Denny Freeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Norihiro Egawa grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Torres singles to center field. Harry Alcantara walks. William Spiezio strikes out. Beiker Reimer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harry Alcantara is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Frank Bankhead comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rick Topper grounds out to the second baseman. Sumpter Mesa singles to right field. Scott Guillen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Johnny Groskloss strikes out. John Geronimo grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Elliott is pinch hitting for Frank Bankhead. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bob Elliott strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Ken Coquillette pitching. Cal Longmire flies out to the center fielder. Donavan McMaster strikes out. Reggie Rubber grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Murphy Strange walks. Norihiro Egawa strikes out. Bill Torres hits a home run. Murphy Strange scores. Kiko Horstmann comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Alcantara walks. William Spiezio pops out to the first baseman. Beiker Reimer lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Bob Bodie strikes out. Dewey Sizzle grounds out to the second baseman. Denny Freeman pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Jasper DuPont comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Johnny Groskloss hits a home run. John Geronimo grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Abbott is pinch hitting for Ken Coquillette. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Greg Abbott flies out to the right fielder. Murphy Strange walks. Norihiro Egawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Mudcat Greene pitching. Jim Pitlock is pinch hitting for Jasper DuPont. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Pitlock grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sumpter Mesa flies out to the left fielder. Scott Guillen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Oakland Josh Tidwell pitching. Bill Torres singles to left field. Harry Alcantara grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! William Spiezio grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Detroit Cal Longmire walks. Donavan McMaster strikes out. Reggie Rubber strikes out. Bob Bodie walks. Dewey Sizzle lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 11 Oakland Beiker Reimer singles to right field. Johnny Groskloss grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. John Geronimo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Detroit Denny Freeman grounds out to the shortstop. Josh Tidwell grounds out to the second baseman. Sumpter Mesa walks. Scott Guillen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Oakland Mudcat Greene strikes out. Murphy Strange strikes out. Norihiro Egawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Detroit Cal Longmire walks. Donavan McMaster strikes out. Reggie Rubber walks. Tommy Kutyna comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Bob Bodie flies out to the right fielder. Dewey Sizzle grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Cal Longmire is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 13 Oakland Bill Torres grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Alcantara flies out to the left fielder. William Spiezio grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 13 Detroit Denny Freeman grounds out to the shortstop. Josh Tidwell grounds out to the shortstop. Sumpter Mesa singles to center field. Scott Guillen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 14 Oakland Beiker Reimer strikes out. Johnny Groskloss strikes out. John Geronimo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 14 Detroit Cal Longmire singles past the shortstop. Donavan McMaster strikes out. Reggie Rubber walks. Bob Bodie walks. Dewey Sizzle pops out to the third baseman. Chris Kinney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Denny Freeman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 15 Oakland Chris Kinney strikes out. Murphy Strange strikes out. Norihiro Egawa pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 15 Detroit Josh Tidwell singles to center field. Sumpter Mesa singles past the shortstop. Josh Tidwell advances to third on the hit. Scott Guillen strikes out. Cal Longmire hits a ground ball to the third baseman. The third baseman throws home. Josh Tidwell scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Detroit total runners left on base: 14
Game Notes Tommy Kutyna is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Clay Derby did not respond to coaching in endurance Steve Warren did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Roy House improves in power_vs_righty Jim Pujols did not respond to coaching in endurance Roy McNamara did not respond to coaching in range Bob Hall did not respond to coaching in speed Babe Wilson did not respond to coaching in 3B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pedro Moreno did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty P.K. Lischenko did not respond to coaching in control Holiday Rhodes did not respond to coaching in control Holiday Rhodes did not respond to coaching in velocity Shane Kuzava did not respond to coaching in range Shane Kuzava improves in contact_vs_lefty Loyd Turner did not respond to coaching in 2B