Inning: 1 Texas D Stroyer pitching. Ted Amelung grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Joe Moore strikes out. Gene Baker walks. Lee Scharein grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gene Baker is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Tom Sheerin pitching. Jim Rath walks. J Baked triples. Jim Rath scores. Benny Tate strikes out. Alfonso Hidalgo singles past the second baseman. J Baked scores. Bill Cooper singles to center field. Alfonso Hidalgo advances to third on the hit. B Hizzie hits a home run. Alfonso Hidalgo scores. Bill Cooper scores. B Fredo strikes out. GG SiSi pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Billy Linares flies out to the center fielder. Walt Morman flies out to the left fielder. Larry Garcia grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland D Stroyer walks. Jim Rath walks. J Baked walks. Benny Tate grounds out to the shortstop. D Stroyer scores. Jim Rath advances to third on the play. J Baked advances to second on the play. Alfonso Hidalgo pops out to the pitcher. Bill Cooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Rick Lelivelt singles to center field. Tom Sheerin lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Rick Lelivelt forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Ted Amelung walks. Joe Moore strikes out. Gene Baker pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland B Hizzie flies out to the center fielder. B Fredo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! GG SiSi is hit by a pitch. D Stroyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Lee Scharein strikes out. Billy Linares grounds out to the shortstop. Walt Morman singles in front of the center fielder. Larry Garcia flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Jim Rath hits a home run. J Baked flies out to the right fielder. Benny Tate singles to right field. Jon Barranca 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. Benny Tate steals second. Alfonso Hidalgo grounds out to the second baseman. Benny Tate advances to third on the play. Bill Cooper grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Rick Lelivelt hits an infield single to the pitcher. Jon Barranca fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jon Barranca walks. Ted Amelung pops out to the third baseman. Joe Moore doubles to center field. Rick Lelivelt scores. Jon Barranca uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gene Baker singles to left field. Joe Moore scores. Lee Scharein strikes out. Billy Linares flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland B Hizzie flies out to the center fielder. B Fredo flies out to the center fielder. GG SiSi grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Walt Morman walks. Larry Garcia grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rick Lelivelt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland D Stroyer strikes out. Jim Rath singles to center field. J Baked flies out to the right fielder. Benny Tate flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Solly Fischer is pinch hitting for Jon Barranca. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Solly Fischer singles to left field. Ted Amelung flies out to the right fielder. Joe Moore singles to left field. Bill High comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gene Baker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Aramis Jurak pitching. Frank Simon is pinch hitting for Alfonso Hidalgo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Frank Simon strikes out. George Klassen is pinch hitting for Bill Cooper. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. George Klassen pops out to the second baseman. B Hizzie flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Lee Scharein singles to left field. Billy Linares grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Walt Morman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland B Fredo singles to right field. GG SiSi grounds into a force play to the second baseman. B Fredo is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Young Lew is pinch hitting for Bill High. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Young Lew flies out to the right fielder. Jim Rath triples. GG SiSi scores. J Baked doubles to center field. Jim Rath scores. Benny Tate strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Mike Busch pitching. Dwain Smith is pinch hitting for Larry Garcia. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dwain Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rick Lelivelt grounds out to the second baseman. Luther Burtt is pinch hitting for Aramis Jurak. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Luther Burtt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 6 Oakland total runners left on base: 6
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Julian Lisenbee did not respond to coaching in range Al Grodzicki improves in power_vs_lefty Mike Westrum improves in arm Al Grodzicki did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Al Grodzicki did not respond to coaching in 2B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike McBride improves in contact_vs_righty Lou Templeton improves in arm Lou Alou improves in control Mike McBride did not respond to coaching in arm