Win: Shichinosuke Nakajima (5-15) Loss: Paul Niehaus (0-4)
Save: Ed Oliver (17)
Inning: 1 Texas Paul Niehaus pitching. Dusty Bowens singles to left field. Masao Fujimoto singles to center field. Dusty Bowens advances to third on the hit. Arnold Keating flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Dusty Bowens scores. Steve Hocking strikes out. Joe Krausse singles to left field. Masao Fujimoto advances to third on the hit. Joe Krausse steals second. Chi-Chi Gardner singles to left field. Masao Fujimoto scores. Merito Wooten pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Shichinosuke Nakajima pitching. Yovanny Olivares grounds out to the shortstop. Ted Lisenbee lines out to the third baseman. Henry Marshall strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Elbert Hamm strikes out. Shichinosuke Nakajima flies out to the left fielder. Dusty Bowens singles to right field. Masao Fujimoto flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Cliff Bogle strikes out. Al Lutzke strikes out. Buggy Pizzamiglio flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Arnold Keating singles to left field. Steve Hocking doubles to right field. Arnold Keating uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe Krausse strikes out. Chi-Chi Gardner grounds out to the shortstop. Merito Wooten grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Smokey Robinson hits a home run. Jose Reed singles to right field. Vic Daubach is pinch hitting for Paul Niehaus. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Vic Daubach walks. Yovanny Olivares strikes out. Ted Lisenbee flies out to the center fielder. Henry Marshall pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Sizzle Tomko pitching. Elbert Hamm pops out to the shortstop. Shichinosuke Nakajima grounds out to the third baseman. Dusty Bowens flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Cliff Bogle doubles to center field. Al Lutzke walks. Buggy Pizzamiglio flies out to the left fielder. Smokey Robinson strikes out. Jose Reed flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Masao Fujimoto hits an infield single to the second baseman. Arnold Keating pops out to the shortstop. Steve Hocking strikes out. Joe Krausse strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Sizzle Tomko grounds out to the third baseman. Yovanny Olivares singles to right field. Ted Lisenbee flies out to the center fielder. Henry Marshall triples. Yovanny Olivares scores. Cliff Bogle grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Chi-Chi Gardner flies out to the right fielder. Merito Wooten triples. Elbert Hamm walks. Shichinosuke Nakajima flies out to the right fielder. Dusty Bowens doubles to center field. Merito Wooten scores. Elbert Hamm uses his aggressiveness and scores. Brent Brennan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Masao Fujimoto walks. Arnold Keating grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dusty Bowens is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Al Lutzke singles to center field. Al Lutzke steals second. Buggy Pizzamiglio strikes out. Smokey Robinson walks. Al Lutzke is out trying to steal third. Smokey Robinson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Steve Hocking strikes out. Joe Krausse singles to center field. Chi-Chi Gardner strikes out. Merito Wooten strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Jose Reed flies out to the right fielder. Doc Kimble is pinch hitting for Brent Brennan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Doc Kimble grounds out to the shortstop. Yovanny Olivares strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas A.J. Dell pitching. Elbert Hamm grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Shichinosuke Nakajima singles to center field. Dusty Bowens grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Shichinosuke Nakajima is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Masao Fujimoto walks. Arnold Keating strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Ted Lisenbee flies out to the center fielder. Henry Marshall reached on a fielding error by Merito Wooten. Henry Marshall is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Cliff Bogle walks. Cliff Bogle steals second. Al Lutzke doubles to left field. Cliff Bogle scores. Ed Oliver 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. Buggy Pizzamiglio grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Steve Hocking is hit by a pitch. Joe Krausse strikes out. Chi-Chi Gardner strikes out. Merito Wooten doubles to center field. Steve Hocking is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Smokey Robinson flies out to the center fielder. Jose Reed strikes out. Raymond Kaden is pinch hitting for A.J. Dell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Raymond Kaden doubles to left field. Yovanny Olivares flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 11 Oakland total runners LOB: 7
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dan Sprague did not respond to coaching in control Lance Hinrichs improves in arm Urmanis Melian improves in speed Harry Earl did not respond to coaching in control Urmanis Melian did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Danny Corbett improves in power_vs_righty Lance Hinrichs did not respond to coaching in LF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Howarth improves in range Harry Zachary did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joe Sykes improves in power_vs_righty Steve Pechiney did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ryan Partenheimer did not respond to coaching in speed Bruce Asadoor did not respond to coaching in range Steve Diggs did not respond to coaching in LF