Win: Rafer Nicholas (12-4) Loss: Cy Kirkpatrick (12-11)
Save: Javier Marques (7)
Inning: 1 Oakland Rafer Nicholas pitching. Ralph Miller flies out to the center fielder. Tom Canale grounds out to the second baseman. Buck Fisher triples. Doc Boone grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Cy Kirkpatrick pitching. Scott Bridges strikes out. Luis Coan singles to right field. Luis Coan steals second. Walton Wayde strikes out. Eiichi Okamoto grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Clem Lobert strikes out. Steve Secory walks. Marty Vollmer hits a home run. Steve Secory scores. Cade Johnston singles to center field. Cy Kirkpatrick lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ralph Miller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Dennis Doyle hits a home run. Terry Ball walks. Ken Fuhrman walks. Kyson Suh grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Terry Ball advances to third on the play. Rafer Nicholas lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Tom Canale grounds out to the third baseman. Buck Fisher strikes out. Doc Boone singles to center field. Doc Boone is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Scott Bridges grounds out to the third baseman. Luis Coan walks. Walton Wayde flies out to the right fielder. Eiichi Okamoto grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Clem Lobert grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Secory grounds out to the pitcher. Marty Vollmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Dennis Doyle grounds out to the shortstop. Terry Ball pops out to the first baseman. Ken Fuhrman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Cade Johnston grounds out to the pitcher. Cy Kirkpatrick grounds out to the shortstop. Ralph Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Kyson Suh strikes out. Rafer Nicholas flies out to the right fielder. Scott Bridges flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Tom Canale strikes out. Buck Fisher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Doc Boone grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Luis Coan singles to center field. Walton Wayde singles to center field. Luis Coan advances to third on the hit. Eiichi Okamoto singles to left field. Luis Coan scores. Walton Wayde advances to third on the hit. Dennis Doyle strikes out. Terry Ball grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walton Wayde scores. Eiichi Okamoto advances to second on the play. Ken Fuhrman grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Clem Lobert grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Secory reached on a fielding error by Terry Ball. Marty Vollmer singles to left field. Cade Johnston strikes out. Dan Davis is pinch hitting for Cy Kirkpatrick. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Dan Davis walks. Ralph Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Texas Johnny Guillen pitching. Jayson Miller is pinch hitting for Kyson Suh. Jayson Miller singles to right field. Rafer Nicholas lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Scott Bridges doubles to right field. Jayson Miller scores. Luis Coan pops out to the shortstop. Walton Wayde grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Jake Lonnett enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jayson Miller at C. Tom Canale walks. Javier Marques 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 1st. Buck Fisher grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tom Canale is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Doc Boone walks. Clem Lobert grounds out to the second baseman. Buck Fisher advances to third on the play. Doc Boone advances to second on the play. Steve Secory flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Harvey Janzen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eiichi Okamoto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dennis Doyle singles to left field. Terry Ball grounds out to the third baseman. Dennis Doyle advances to second on the play. Ken Fuhrman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Marty Vollmer hits a home run. Cade Johnston grounds out to the third baseman. George Barnes is pinch hitting for Harvey Janzen. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George Barnes grounds out to the third baseman. Ralph Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Texas total runners left on base: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lynn Pennyfeather did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Greg Crowe improves in power_vs_righty Chico Gedman did not respond to coaching in velocity Hank Allen did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Conroy improves in velocity Greg Crowe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mickey Short did not respond to coaching in CF
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: D- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Brent Rogers did not respond to coaching in control Jeff Rineer did not respond to coaching in speed Jak Europe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Herb Masters improves in contact_vs_righty Deron Stockwell did not respond to coaching in speed Billy McGraw improves in velocity Chuck Ardoin did not respond to coaching in RF