Win: Victor Munns (1-0) Loss: Jake Cruz (0-1)
Save: Steve Malone (1)
Inning: 1 Chicago Jim Beckendorf pitching. Bill Higgins flies out to the left fielder. Zeke Diaz grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Ford walks. Anthony Cleary strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Victor Munns pitching. Bernardo Pfeffer strikes out. Harlin Muncrief grounds out to the third baseman. Ray Ford pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Jim Wilborn pops out to the catcher. Harry Ratliff strikes out. Phil Kmak flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Doc Mele grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Sallee singles to center field. Ken Sallee steals second. Red Shirey strikes out. Darrell Kuenn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Craig Kostal strikes out. Victor Munns strikes out. Bill Higgins pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Elam Mingori doubles to center field. Jim Beckendorf lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bernardo Pfeffer grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Elam Mingori scores. Harlin Muncrief pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Zeke Diaz walks. Zeke Diaz steals second. Billy Ford strikes out. Anthony Cleary walks. Jim Wilborn flies out to the left fielder. Harry Ratliff strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Ray Ford pops out to the shortstop. Doc Mele singles past the shortstop. Ken Sallee singles to left field. Doc Mele aggressively advances to third on the hit. Red Shirey grounds out to the second baseman. Doc Mele scores. Ken Sallee advances to second on the play. Darrell Kuenn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Chicago Phil Kmak singles in front of the right fielder. Craig Kostal strikes out. Victor Munns fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Victor Munns strikes out. Bill Higgins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Elam Mingori grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Beckendorf singles to left field. Bernardo Pfeffer walks. Harlin Muncrief grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Zeke Diaz strikes out. Billy Ford walks. Anthony Cleary strikes out. Jim Wilborn walks. Harry Ratliff strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Ray Ford grounds out to the shortstop. Doc Mele walks. Ken Sallee hits a home run. Doc Mele scores. Red Shirey singles to right field. Darrell Kuenn flies out to the right fielder. Red Shirey steals second. Elam Mingori singles to center field. Jim Beckendorf grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Chicago Phil Kmak doubles to left field. Craig Kostal strikes out. Victor Munns strikes out. Bill Higgins singles to left field. Jake Cruz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Zeke Diaz singles to right field. Phil Kmak scores. Bill Higgins advances to third on the hit. Billy Ford strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Bernardo Pfeffer walks. Harlin Muncrief flies out to the left fielder. Ray Ford pops out to the second baseman. Doc Mele singles to left field. Ken Sallee flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Chicago Ham Corey enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ken Sallee at SS. Anthony Cleary walks. Anthony Cleary steals second. Jim Wilborn walks. Harry Ratliff singles to left field. Anthony Cleary scores. Jim Wilborn advances to third on the hit. Phil Kmak singles to right field. Jim Wilborn scores. Harry Ratliff advances to third on the hit. Hal Whelan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Craig Kostal singles to right field. Harry Ratliff scores. Lee Grover is pinch hitting for Victor Munns. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Lee Grover hits an infield single to the third baseman. Bill Higgins singles to left field. Phil Kmak scores. Zeke Diaz reached on a fielding error by Harlin Muncrief. Craig Kostal scores. Billy Ford grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Lee Grover scores. Bill Higgins advances to third on the play. Anthony Cleary grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Pete Allen pitching. Red Shirey singles to left field. Darrell Kuenn singles to left field. Elam Mingori grounds out to the shortstop. Red Shirey advances to third on the play. Darrell Kuenn advances to second on the play. Vicente Wehrmeister is pinch hitting for Hal Whelan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Vicente Wehrmeister doubles to center field. Red Shirey scores. Darrell Kuenn scores. Steve Malone comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bernardo Pfeffer grounds out to the third baseman. Harlin Muncrief flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Dan Braun pitching. Jim Wilborn flies out to the center fielder. Harry Ratliff strikes out. Phil Kmak reached on a fielding error by Dan Braun. Craig Kostal flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Ray Ford walks. Doc Mele strikes out. Ham Corey strikes out. Red Shirey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners LOB: 10 Oakland total runners LOB: 9
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Craig Lopez did not respond to coaching in control Ed Bradford did not respond to coaching in velocity Craig Lopez did not respond to coaching in control Heinie Mason improves in range Bob Monroe did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Monroe improves in control
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Orlando Billings improves in control George Early did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mike Murphy did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Gorsica improves in speed Hugh Clyburn did not respond to coaching in arm Frank Hearn did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty