Win: Jack Waddey (1-1) Loss: Maikel Canto (2-2)
Save: Gil Ferrigno (2)
Inning: 1 Oakland Maikel Canto pitching. Rod Sutherland singles to center field. Raymond Kaden grounds out to the third baseman. Rod Sutherland advances to second on the play. Cliff Bogle walks. Steve Kamieniecki pops out to the first baseman. Al Lutzke walks. Buggy Pizzamiglio triples. Rod Sutherland scores. Cliff Bogle scores. Al Lutzke scores. Masato Ota grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Jack Waddey pitching. Merito Wooten singles to center field. Masao Fujimoto flies out to the right fielder. Beiker Jordan strikes out. Darrell Monbouquette lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Smokey Robinson flies out to the center fielder. Jack Waddey strikes out. Rod Sutherland grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Ken Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Dusty Bowens singles to center field. Howard Foote pops out to the third baseman. Cholly Faatz walks. Maikel Canto grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Raymond Kaden grounds out to the third baseman. Cliff Bogle reached on a fielding error by Maikel Canto. Steve Kamieniecki walks. Al Lutzke flies out to the right fielder. Buggy Pizzamiglio walks. Masato Ota strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Texas Merito Wooten hits a home run. Masao Fujimoto walks. Masao Fujimoto steals second. Beiker Jordan flies out to the left fielder. Darrell Monbouquette strikes out. Ken Miller singles to left field. Masao Fujimoto is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Smokey Robinson singles to center field. Jack Waddey lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Smokey Robinson forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Rod Sutherland strikes out. Raymond Kaden bunts for a base hit. Cliff Bogle grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jack Waddey is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Dusty Bowens grounds out to the third baseman. Howard Foote pops out to the shortstop. Cholly Faatz singles to right field. Maikel Canto flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Steve Kamieniecki strikes out. Al Lutzke strikes out. Buggy Pizzamiglio strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Merito Wooten grounds out to the pitcher. Masao Fujimoto grounds out to the catcher. Beiker Jordan pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Masato Ota grounds out to the shortstop. Smokey Robinson singles to center field. Jack Waddey lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Kelleher 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. Rod Sutherland singles in front of the right fielder. Smokey Robinson scores. Raymond Kaden grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rod Sutherland is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Darrell Monbouquette strikes out. Ken Miller strikes out. Dusty Bowens grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Cliff Bogle grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Kamieniecki grounds out to the third baseman. Al Lutzke doubles to right field. Buggy Pizzamiglio hits an infield single to the second baseman. Masato Ota grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Howard Foote reached on a fielding error by Cliff Bogle. Gene Couchee 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. Cholly Faatz reached on a 2-base throwing error by Raymond Kaden. Frank Kelleher strikes out. Merito Wooten strikes out. Masao Fujimoto grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Smokey Robinson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jose Reed is pinch hitting for Gene Couchee. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jose Reed grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Sutherland flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Darryl Todt pitching. Beiker Jordan grounds out to the shortstop. Darrell Monbouquette doubles to right field. Ken Miller flies out to the left fielder. Dusty Bowens grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Raymond Kaden grounds out to the second baseman. Cliff Bogle walks. Steve Kamieniecki walks. Al Lutzke reached on a fielding error by Merito Wooten. Buggy Pizzamiglio singles to right field. Cliff Bogle scores. Steve Kamieniecki is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Al Lutzke advances to third on the play. Masato Ota strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas Howard Foote grounds out to the second baseman. Cholly Faatz singles past the second baseman. Frank Kelleher lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Gil Ferrigno comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Merito Wooten strikes out. Masao Fujimoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 11 Texas total runners LOB: 10
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Fred Meeler improves in range Bruce Asadoor improves in arm Bruce Asadoor improves in arm Al Jelincich improves in contact_vs_righty Steve Carney did not respond to coaching in velocity George Coleman improves in power_vs_righty Steve Pechiney did not respond to coaching in SS
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dick Berger did not respond to coaching in control Harry Hibbs improves in contact_vs_righty Gary Connelly improves in contact_vs_righty Harry Hibbs improves in arm Pete Powell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mike Minor improves in velocity Steve Dejan did not respond to coaching in 1B