Win: Spencer James (11-3) Loss: Larry Pierce (13-11)
Inning: 1 Texas Johnson Fryman pitching. Lefty Miksis walks. Al Holshouser singles to right field. George Jefferies triples. Lefty Miksis scores. Al Holshouser scores. Mike Lown flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, George Jefferies scores. Dan Wagner grounds out to the third baseman. Boyd Chapman walks. Rich Textor walks. Larry Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Larry Pierce pitching. Rick O Shea grounds out to the second baseman. Davon Workman flies out to the right fielder. Rickey Cohen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Larry Pierce strikes out. Lefty Miksis flies out to the right fielder. Al Holshouser grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Logan Adderly singles to left field. Felix Griggs grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Logan Adderly is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Robert Heving flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Al Valdes grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Felix Griggs is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas George Jefferies strikes out. Mike Lown singles to right field. Dan Wagner singles to center field. Mike Lown advances to third on the hit. Boyd Chapman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Tim Dejan singles to left field. Johnson Fryman lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rick O Shea singles to left field. Tim Dejan scores. Davon Workman triples. Rick O Shea scores. Rickey Cohen strikes out. Logan Adderly grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Rich Textor flies out to the center fielder. Larry Johnson singles to right field. Larry Johnson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Larry Pierce grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Felix Griggs grounds out to the third baseman. Robert Heving grounds out to the shortstop. Al Valdes singles to center field. Tim Dejan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Lefty Miksis grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Al Holshouser pops out to the second baseman. George Jefferies grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Johnson Fryman reached on a fielding error by Boyd Chapman. Rick O Shea singles to center field. Johnson Fryman advances to third on the hit. Davon Workman grounds out to the pitcher. Rick O Shea advances to second on the play. Rickey Cohen strikes out. Logan Adderly strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Mike Lown flies out to the left fielder. Dan Wagner doubles to center field. Dan Wagner steals third. Boyd Chapman strikes out. Rich Textor walks. Spencer James 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. Larry Johnson singles to right field. Dan Wagner scores. Rich Textor advances to third on the hit. Larry Pierce grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Felix Griggs walks. Robert Heving singles to left field. Al Valdes flies out to the center fielder. Tim Dejan reached on a fielding error by Mike Lown. Spencer James grounds out to the third baseman. Felix Griggs scores. Robert Heving advances to third on the play. Tim Dejan advances to second on the play. Rick O Shea bunts for a base hit. Robert Heving scores. Davon Workman doubles to right field. Tim Dejan scores. Rick O Shea uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rickey Cohen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Lefty Miksis grounds out to the shortstop. Al Holshouser grounds out to the pitcher. George Jefferies singles to left field. George Jefferies steals second. Mike Lown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Logan Adderly walks. Logan Adderly steals second. Felix Griggs strikes out. Robert Heving flies out to the left fielder. Al Valdes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Dan Wagner strikes out. Boyd Chapman strikes out. Rich Textor flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Tim Dejan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Tolan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Roy Leary is pinch hitting for Spencer James. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Roy Leary doubles to left field. Rick O Shea doubles to right field. Roy Leary scores. Davon Workman strikes out. Rickey Cohen singles to center field. Rick O Shea scores. Jerry Sparks comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Logan Adderly walks. Felix Griggs walks. Robert Heving walks. Rickey Cohen scores. Al Valdes strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Texas Paul Willard pitching. Larry Johnson singles to right field. Ray Glaze is pinch hitting for Jerry Sparks. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ray Glaze flies out to the left fielder. Larry Johnson steals second. Lefty Miksis strikes out. Al Holshouser singles to right field. Larry Johnson scores. George Jefferies flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners left on base: 7 Oakland total runners left on base: 10
Batting:2B - Dan Wagner (13).3B - George Jefferies (3).SF - Mike Lown.GIDP - Boyd Chapman. Baserunning: SB - George Jefferies (14), Dan Wagner (12), Larry Johnson (6).CS - Larry Johnson (2). Fielding: E - Mike Lown, Boyd Chapman.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Doug Connor did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bobby Jordan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bob Rooker improves in velocity Kazuya Makino did not respond to coaching in speed Phil Metkovich improves in control Marsh Howell improves in velocity Johnny Gerner did not respond to coaching in RF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chet Thornton improves in power_vs_righty Mike Lowenstein did not respond to coaching in speed Vicente Roy did not respond to coaching in velocity Dean Elliott did not respond to coaching in velocity Chet Thornton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mike Lowenstein improves in arm Frank Harrell did not respond to coaching in 2B