Win: Duff Wessinger (11-10) Loss: Bill Smith (5-23)
Inning: 1 Oakland Bill Smith pitching. Andres Haworth strikes out. Yasuji Takada flies out to the left fielder. Babe Stephenson walks. Babe Stephenson is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Duff Wessinger pitching. Joe Lowdermilk singles to left field. Jesse Shelby flies out to the center fielder. Tom Kisinger flies out to the center fielder. Hal Fuller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Roy Handley strikes out. Roy Ostrowski flies out to the center fielder. Ed Billings strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Rube Baldwin flies out to the center fielder. Harry Malone grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Drysdale doubles to center field. Rich Munninghoff hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bill Smith pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Paul Reardon singles to center field. Bob McKee singles past the second baseman. Paul Reardon advances to third on the hit. Duff Wessinger lines out to the third baseman. Andres Haworth strikes out. Yasuji Takada singles to left field. Paul Reardon scores. Bob McKee advances to third on the hit. Babe Stephenson singles past the first baseman. Bob McKee scores. Yasuji Takada advances to third on the hit. Roy Handley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Joe Lowdermilk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jesse Shelby grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Kisinger flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Roy Ostrowski grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Billings strikes out. Paul Reardon reached on a 2-base fielding error by Rich Munninghoff. Bob McKee singles past the second baseman. Paul Reardon scores. Duff Wessinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Hal Fuller flies out to the left fielder. Rube Baldwin walks. Harry Malone flies out to the left fielder. Jack Drysdale grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Andres Haworth grounds out to the second baseman. Yasuji Takada strikes out. Babe Stephenson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Rich Munninghoff pops out to the shortstop. Bill Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Lowdermilk pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Roy Handley singles to center field. Roy Ostrowski pops out to the catcher. Passed ball. Roy Handley advances to second. Ed Billings strikes out. Mike Stein 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. Paul Reardon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Jesse Shelby strikes out. Tom Kisinger grounds out to the third baseman. Hal Fuller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Bob McKee hits a home run. Duff Wessinger singles to center field. Andres Haworth singles to right field. Duff Wessinger advances to third on the hit. Steve Clausen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Andres Haworth is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Yasuji Takada flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Duff Wessinger is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Rube Baldwin grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Malone singles to left field. Jack Drysdale flies out to the left fielder. Rich Munninghoff flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Babe Stephenson triples. Roy Handley strikes out. Roy Ostrowski flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Babe Stephenson scores. Ken Veres comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Billings triples. Paul Reardon pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Ken Veres flies out to the left fielder. Izzy Lowrey is pinch hitting for Joe Lowdermilk. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Izzy Lowrey flies out to the center fielder. Jesse Shelby lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Bob McKee singles to center field. Duff Wessinger 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 left field. Bob McKee scores. Yasuji Takada hits a home run. Andres Haworth scores. Babe Stephenson singles to center field. Luis Coughlin is pinch hitting for Roy Handley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Luis Coughlin flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Roy Ostrowski flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Tom Kisinger reached on a fielding error by Babe Stephenson. Hisashi Sakamoto is pinch hitting for Hal Fuller. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hisashi Sakamoto walks. Rube Baldwin strikes out. Harry Malone singles to right field. Tom Kisinger is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Hisashi Sakamoto advances to third on the play. Alex Malinosky is pinch hitting for Jack Drysdale. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alex Malinosky grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Texas total runners LOB: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ken Whitney did not respond to coaching in control Phenomenal Taylor improves in arm Bill McMakin did not respond to coaching in control Ben Biancalana did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Phenomenal Taylor did not respond to coaching in 3B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Walter Ward improves in speed Bob Marshall improves in velocity Ivy Johnson did not respond to coaching in endurance Pat Donahue did not respond to coaching in control Hal Turk did not respond to coaching in 2B