Win: Fritz Castino (19-5) Loss: Speed Irvine (5-13)
Inning: 1 Oakland Speed Irvine pitching. Rick O Shea singles to left field. Lefty Miksis walks. Chet Thornton hits a home run. Rick O Shea scores. Lefty Miksis scores. Zeke Wright hits a home run. Al Valdes singles to right field. Jimmy Baker strikes out. Al Valdes steals second. Woody Hilton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Valdes advances to third on the play. Max Runschorer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Fritz Castino pitching. Rob Allen singles to center field. John Steinbach grounds out to the catcher. Rob Allen advances to second on the play. Fizz Feldman grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Connor pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Fritz Castino strikes out. Rick O Shea is hit by a pitch. Lefty Miksis grounds out to the second baseman. Rick O Shea advances to second on the play. Chet Thornton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Frank Strauss grounds out to the second baseman. Oswaldo Cloude strikes out. Pete Coffman grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Zeke Wright strikes out. Al Valdes hits a home run. Phil Metkovich comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Baker flies out to the center fielder. Woody Hilton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Dan Wagner pops out to the second baseman. Phil Metkovich lines out to the third baseman. Rob Allen singles to left field. John Steinbach singles to left field. Rob Allen advances to third on the hit. Fizz Feldman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Max Runschorer grounds out to the pitcher. Fritz Castino singles to left field. Rick O Shea hits a home run. Fritz Castino scores. Lefty Miksis singles to right field. Chet Thornton doubles to center field. Lefty Miksis uses his aggressiveness and scores. Icehouse Wilkie comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Zeke Wright flies out to the center fielder. Al Valdes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Doug Connor strikes out. Frank Strauss grounds out to the pitcher. Oswaldo Cloude flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Jimmy Baker grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Woody Hilton flies out to the right fielder. Max Runschorer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Pete Coffman reached on a 2-base fielding error by Max Runschorer. Dan Wagner flies out to the left fielder. Icehouse Wilkie strikes out. Rob Allen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Fritz Castino grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rick O Shea flies out to the left fielder. Lefty Miksis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas John Steinbach pops out to the first baseman. Fizz Feldman lines out to the shortstop. Doug Connor grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Chet Thornton strikes out. Zeke Wright walks. Al Valdes strikes out. Mike Tolan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Zeke Wright is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Frank Strauss grounds out to the second baseman. Oswaldo Cloude singles to center field. Pete Coffman hits a home run. Oswaldo Cloude scores. Dan Wagner doubles to left field. Jim Baxter is pinch hitting for Mike Tolan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Baxter singles to left field. Dan Wagner scores. Rob Allen strikes out. John Steinbach pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Masahiro Hino pitching. Jimmy Baker flies out to the center fielder. Woody Hilton hits a home run. Max Runschorer triples. Ernie Singleton is pinch hitting for Fritz Castino. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Ernie Singleton strikes out. Rick O Shea strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Joe Graham pitching. Fizz Feldman singles to left field. Doug Connor singles to right field. Fizz Feldman advances to third on the hit. Frank Strauss strikes out. Oswaldo Cloude flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Fizz Feldman scores. Pete Coffman pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Lefty Miksis reached on a 2-base fielding error by Doug Connor. Chet Thornton flies out to the center fielder. Zeke Wright flies out to the left fielder. Al Valdes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Dan Wagner grounds out to the third baseman. Masahiro Hino strikes out. Rob Allen singles to center field. John Steinbach grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 5 Texas total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Chet Thornton (24).3B - Max Runschorer (1).HR - Rick O Shea (14), Chet Thornton (11), Zeke Wright (26), Al Valdes (19), Woody Hilton (22).HBP - Rick O Shea (1). Baserunning: SB - Al Valdes (29).CS - Zeke Wright (15). Fielding: E - Max Runschorer.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rod Ray did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Page improves in endurance Kerby McAndrew did not respond to coaching in velocity Wes Williams did not respond to coaching in velocity David Gomez improves in contact_vs_righty Kerby McAndrew did not respond to coaching in velocity Cidi Schlei did not respond to coaching in SS
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Fred Weingartner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Carl Dernier did not respond to coaching in arm Greg Wieghaus did not respond to coaching in range Larry Brown did not respond to coaching in speed Ray Glavenich improves in power_vs_righty Larry Brown improves in arm