Inning: 1 Oakland Bert Blyleven pitching. Joel Heinkel flies out to the right fielder. Milt Roof doubles to right field. Alex Severson grounds out to the third baseman. Red Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Ray Machado pitching. Takeshi Kamiguchi singles to right field. Takeshi Kamiguchi steals second. Gene Clines grounds out to the third baseman. George Miller flies out to the center fielder. Juan Beniquez doubles to center field. Takeshi Kamiguchi scores. Jim Sundberg flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Cat Dancing singles to left field. Nick Johnston walks. Fusoya Hiramasu strikes out. P.J. Luque singles to left field. Cat Dancing scores. Nick Johnston advances to third on the hit. P.J. Luque steals second. Ray Machado grounds out to the second baseman. Nick Johnston scores. P.J. Luque advances to third on the play. Joel Heinkel lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Jeff Burroughs walks. Mike Hargrove singles to left field. Jeff Burroughs is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Roy Howell walks. Bert Blyleven lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 2-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Milt Roof pops out to the third baseman. Alex Severson flies out to the center fielder. Red Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Takeshi Kamiguchi is hit by a pitch. Gene Clines grounds out to the second baseman. Takeshi Kamiguchi advances to second on the play. George Miller walks. Juan Beniquez grounds out to the third baseman. Takeshi Kamiguchi advances to third on the play. George Miller advances to second on the play. Jim Sundberg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Cat Dancing singles to right field. Cat Dancing steals second. Nick Johnston walks. Fusoya Hiramasu flies out to the right fielder. P.J. Luque grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Jeff Burroughs flies out to the left fielder. Mike Hargrove flies out to the center fielder. Roy Howell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Ray Machado flies out to the right fielder. Joel Heinkel grounds out to the shortstop. Milt Roof strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Bert Blyleven doubles to left field. Takeshi Kamiguchi grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Clines walks. George Miller flies out to the left fielder. Juan Beniquez singles to left field. Jim Sundberg singles in front of the left fielder. Bert Blyleven scores. Gene Clines scores. Juan Beniquez advances to third on the hit. Jeff Burroughs flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Alex Severson flies out to the center fielder. Red Jones walks. Cat Dancing grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Red Jones is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Nick Johnston flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Mike Hargrove strikes out. Roy Howell grounds out to the second baseman. Bert Blyleven grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Fusoya Hiramasu grounds out to the pitcher. P.J. Luque grounds out to the shortstop. Happy Iott is pinch hitting for Ray Machado. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Happy Iott is hit by a pitch. Mike Bacsik 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 1st. Joel Heinkel grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Happy Iott is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Bill Schwind pitching. Takeshi Kamiguchi flies out to the right fielder. Gene Clines flies out to the right fielder. George Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Milt Roof singles to center field. Alex Severson pops out to the third baseman. Red Jones singles to center field. Jeff Terpko comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cat Dancing singles to left field. Milt Roof scores. Red Jones aggressively advances to third on the hit. Nick Johnston walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Nelson Briles comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fusoya Hiramasu grounds into a fielders choice to the second baseman. Red Jones is out at home. P.J. Luque walks. Cat Dancing scores. Damon Marquez is pinch hitting for Bill Schwind. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Damon Marquez singles to left field. Nick Johnston scores. Joe Hoerner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joel Heinkel singles to center field. Fusoya Hiramasu scores. P.J. Luque scores. Milt Roof strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Jim Keating pitching. Juan Beniquez pops out to the third baseman. Jim Sundberg hits a home run. Jeff Burroughs grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Hargrove strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Alex Severson flies out to the center fielder. Red Jones singles to right field. Steve Hargan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cat Dancing singles to center field. Red Jones advances to third on the hit. Nick Johnston walks. C.C. Sabathia comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Fusoya Hiramasu singles to center field. Red Jones scores. Cat Dancing scores. Nick Johnston advances to third on the hit. P.J. Luque triples. Nick Johnston scores. Fusoya Hiramasu scores. Ben Grieve is pinch hitting for Jim Keating. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ben Grieve hits a home run. P.J. Luque scores. Joel Heinkel flies out to the left fielder. Milt Roof flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Rogelio Inglett pitching. Roy Howell pops out to the second baseman. C.C. Sabathia grounds out to the third baseman. Toby Harrah is pinch hitting for Takeshi Kamiguchi. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Toby Harrah reached on a 2-base throwing error by Nick Johnston. Gene Clines strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 7 Texas total runners LOB: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Brian Coluccio did not respond to coaching in control Rube George improves in speed Ryan Metkovich improves in speed Hack Conroy did not respond to coaching in velocity
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Len H. Barker did not respond to coaching in control Steve C. Barr did not respond to coaching in control Pumpsie Perrine did not respond to coaching in endurance Norm Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Russell Branyan did not respond to coaching in C