Win: Gary Blank (5-5) Loss: Johnny Gullic (5-13)
Save: Jorge Cole (5)
Inning: 1 Oakland Johnny Gullic pitching. Steve Diggs strikes out. Dick Eddy flies out to the left fielder. Steve Kamieniecki grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Chuck Platt pitching. Jerry Kosman hits a home run. John Jones flies out to the center fielder. Pete Powell flies out to the center fielder. Masao Fujimoto flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Sid Macias grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Raymond Kaden walks. Buggy Pizzamiglio strikes out. Vic Daubach flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Hod Malay grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Krausse flies out to the center fielder. Dusty Bowens flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Masato Ota walks. Chuck Platt fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Chuck Platt grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Steve Diggs flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Cholly Faatz pops out to the first baseman. Johnny Gullic flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Kosman lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Dick Eddy flies out to the center fielder. Steve Kamieniecki strikes out. Sid Macias strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas John Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Powell singles to left field. Pete Powell is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Masao Fujimoto lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Raymond Kaden hits a home run. Buggy Pizzamiglio singles to right field. Vic Daubach strikes out. Buggy Pizzamiglio steals second. Masato Ota lines out to the shortstop. Chuck Platt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Hod Malay grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Krausse grounds out to the third baseman. Dusty Bowens flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Steve Diggs flies out to the center fielder. Dick Eddy strikes out. Steve Kamieniecki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Cholly Faatz grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Gullic strikes out. Jerry Kosman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Sid Macias strikes out. Raymond Kaden strikes out. Buggy Pizzamiglio hits a home run. Vic Daubach pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas John Jones flies out to the center fielder. Pete Powell flies out to the center fielder. Masao Fujimoto pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Randy Munoz is pinch hitting for Masato Ota. Randy Munoz grounds out to the second baseman. Tod Olerud is pinch hitting for Chuck Platt. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tod Olerud reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dusty Bowens. Steve Diggs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tod Olerud advances to third on the play. Dick Eddy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Gil Ferrigno pitching. Jose Reed enters the game as a defensive replacement for Randy Munoz at C. Hod Malay doubles to right field. Joe Krausse doubles to right field. Hod Malay scores. Gary Blank comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dusty Bowens grounds out to the third baseman. Cholly Faatz walks. Johnny Gullic lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jerry Kosman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Steve Kamieniecki grounds out to the third baseman. Sid Macias walks. Raymond Kaden flies out to the right fielder. Buggy Pizzamiglio grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas John Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Pete Powell strikes out. Masao Fujimoto flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Oakland Vic Daubach grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Reed singles to right field. Rod Sutherland is pinch hitting for Gary Blank. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Rod Sutherland grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Reed advances to second on the play. Teruo Nagashima 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. Steve Diggs singles to center field. Jose Reed scores. Dick Eddy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Texas Jorge Cole pitching. Hod Malay strikes out. Joe Krausse grounds out to the shortstop. Dusty Bowens grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 5 Texas total runners LOB: 2
Game Notes Hod Malay is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: John Howarth did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Steve Carney did not respond to coaching in velocity Armando Knauss did not respond to coaching in speed Rick Cooney improves in arm Bruce Asadoor did not respond to coaching in speed John Couchee did not respond to coaching in control
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Cimino improves in power_vs_lefty Jerry Kroll did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Clark did not respond to coaching in endurance John Betzel did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Kroll improves in power_vs_righty