Inning: 1 Oakland Milt Bradford pitching. Kazuaki Matsuyama strikes out. Tim Southworth grounds out to the third baseman. Sugar Ray Reynolds strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Jordan Montgomery pitching. Emilio Wyatt flies out to the right fielder. Wes Purdin grounds out to the third baseman. Curt Andrews strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Nap Bomback singles to left field. Bobby Ford strikes out. Nap Bomback steals second. Al Richardson grounds out to the third baseman. Chris Ritter grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Taylor Mahay strikes out. Barney Martinez strikes out. Marcus Hunt doubles to center field. Otto Burgo pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Joe McClain grounds out to the shortstop. Jordan Montgomery grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuaki Matsuyama grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Pembroke Ferguson hits a home run. Milt Bradford flies out to the right fielder. Emilio Wyatt flies out to the left fielder. Wes Purdin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Tim Southworth strikes out. Sugar Ray Reynolds grounds out to the second baseman. Nap Bomback strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Curt Andrews pops out to the first baseman. Taylor Mahay flies out to the center fielder. Barney Martinez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Bobby Ford grounds out to the second baseman. Al Richardson singles to left field. Al Richardson steals second. Chris Ritter strikes out. Joe McClain lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Marcus Hunt strikes out. Otto Burgo doubles to center field. Pembroke Ferguson singles to left field. Otto Burgo scores. Milt Bradford lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Emilio Wyatt reached on a fielding error by Al Richardson. Wes Purdin walks. Curt Andrews grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Oakland Jordan Montgomery strikes out. Kazuaki Matsuyama strikes out. Tim Southworth singles to left field. Tim Southworth steals second. Sugar Ray Reynolds doubles to center field. Tim Southworth scores. Nap Bomback strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Taylor Mahay strikes out. Barney Martinez pops out to the third baseman. Marcus Hunt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Bobby Ford singles to right field. Bobby Ford steals second. Marcus Hunt throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. The defense is playing the infield in. Al Richardson pops out to the second baseman. Chris Ritter flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bobby Ford scores. Joe McClain flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Otto Burgo singles to left field. Pembroke Ferguson walks. Milt Bradford fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Milt Bradford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Otto Burgo advances to third on the play. Pembroke Ferguson advances to second on the play. Emilio Wyatt grounds out to the second baseman. Wes Purdin singles to right field. Otto Burgo scores. Curt Andrews walks. Taylor Mahay singles to center field. Pembroke Ferguson scores. Wes Purdin scores. Charlie Navarro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Barney Martinez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Pryor Addis enters the game as a defensive replacement for Emilio Wyatt at RF. Rudy Hansen enters the game as a defensive replacement for Pembroke Ferguson at 2B. Eddie Walsh is pinch hitting for Charlie Navarro. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Eddie Walsh pops out to the shortstop. Kazuaki Matsuyama flies out to the center fielder. Tim Southworth strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Chris Ruffin pitching. Marcus Hunt strikes out. Otto Burgo grounds out to the shortstop. Rudy Hansen singles to right field. Sam Strohmayer is pinch hitting for Milt Bradford. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Sam Strohmayer walks. Pryor Addis strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Milt Kaline pitching. Sugar Ray Reynolds flies out to the left fielder. Nap Bomback grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Ford walks. Al Richardson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 4 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Sugar Ray Reynolds (21).SF - Chris Ritter. Baserunning: SB - Tim Southworth (20), Nap Bomback (35), Bobby Ford (19), Al Richardson (6). Fielding: E - Al Richardson.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Roy White did not respond to coaching in arm Jim Marentette did not respond to coaching in range Jeff Smith improves in range Roy White did not respond to coaching in speed Roy White did not respond to coaching in 3B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Spillner improves in arm Hector Thomas improves in range Ed Ramos did not respond to coaching in velocity Elio Spencer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty