Win: Garry Aparicio (6-14) Loss: Frank Gorman (7-10)
Save: Wayne Sanders (22)
Inning: 1 Texas Garry Aparicio pitching. Chris White strikes out. Archie Werth singles to right field. Buddy Danerdo reached on a fielding error by Orville Lind. Jax Popplewell singles to left field. Archie Werth scores. Buddy Danerdo advances to third on the hit. Bob Slade flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Buddy Danerdo scores. Billy Withrow flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Frank Gorman pitching. Andres Haworth grounds out to the second baseman. Babe Stephenson singles to right field. Roy Ostrowski walks. Paul Reardon singles to center field. Babe Stephenson scores. Roy Ostrowski advances to third on the hit. Joe Murch triples. Roy Ostrowski scores. Paul Reardon scores. Rocky Brooks singles to center field. Joe Murch scores. Orville Lind flies out to the left fielder. Birdie Hill hits a home run. Rocky Brooks scores. Bob Wilborn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Garry Aparicio strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Ed Barthold grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Drysdale reached on a 2-base fielding error by Roy Ostrowski. Bob Wilborn grounds out to the shortstop. Chris White singles to center field. Jack Drysdale scores. Chris White steals second. Archie Werth flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Andres Haworth walks. Babe Stephenson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jack Drysdale. Roy Ostrowski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Andres Haworth scores. Babe Stephenson advances to third on the play. Paul Reardon strikes out. Grover Collins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Murch strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Buddy Danerdo pops out to the first baseman. Jax Popplewell strikes out. Bob Slade flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Rocky Brooks grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Orville Lind singles to left field. Birdie Hill strikes out. Garry Aparicio flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Billy Withrow grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Barthold singles to left field. Jack Drysdale grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Andres Haworth grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Babe Stephenson flies out to the left fielder. Roy Ostrowski hits a home run. Jim Bassett comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paul Reardon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Jim Bassett flies out to the center fielder. Chris White hits a home run. Archie Werth singles to right field. Buddy Danerdo flies out to the left fielder. Jax Popplewell singles to center field. Archie Werth advances to third on the hit. Bob Slade grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Joe Murch strikes out. Rocky Brooks strikes out. Orville Lind pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Billy Withrow pops out to the first baseman. Ed Barthold flies out to the center fielder. Jack Drysdale grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Birdie Hill walks. Garry Aparicio lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Andres Haworth singles to center field. Birdie Hill scores. Ray Gardner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Babe Stephenson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Ray Gardner walks. Chris White singles to center field. Ray Gardner advances to third on the hit. Archie Werth singles to center field. Ray Gardner scores. Chris White advances to third on the hit. Red York 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. Buddy Danerdo flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Chris White scores. Jax Popplewell grounds out to the pitcher. Archie Werth advances to second on the play. Bob Slade grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Roy Ostrowski grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Reardon grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Murch grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Will Silber enters the game as a defensive replacement for Birdie Hill at 3B. Billy Withrow grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Barthold grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Drysdale grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Rocky Brooks grounds out to the pitcher. Orville Lind walks. Will Silber grounds out to the third baseman. Orville Lind advances to second on the play. Tim Bogar is pinch hitting for Red York. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tim Bogar flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Wayne Sanders pitching. Chico Irabu is pinch hitting for Ray Gardner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Chico Irabu grounds out to the second baseman. Chris White strikes out. Archie Werth singles past the shortstop. Buddy Danerdo hits an infield single to the third baseman. Jax Popplewell singles to center field. Archie Werth scores. Buddy Danerdo advances to third on the hit. Jax Popplewell is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners left on base: 6 Oakland total runners left on base: 3
Batting:HR - Chris White (15).SF - Buddy Danerdo, Bob Slade.GIDP - Jack Drysdale. Baserunning: SB - Chris White (15).CS - Jax Popplewell (2). Fielding: E - Jack Drysdale.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Lowdermilk did not respond to coaching in arm Randy Duran did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Webb improves in power_vs_righty Ryan Nilsson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jesse Shelby did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jack Beebe did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Beebe did not respond to coaching in velocity Phenomenal Taylor improves in range Rimp Kiser did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty