Win: Hank Freehan (1-1) Loss: Kerry Wood (2-1)
Save: Scott Brown (4)
Inning: 1 Oakland March Neidlinger pitching. Darren Lee singles to center field. Laurie Hamilton grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Zoilo Ellison grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Kerry Wood pitching. Fred Rucker flies out to the right fielder. Danny Walker pops out to the first baseman. Gene Baker lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland BobMo Vaughan singles in front of the center fielder. Felix Fletcher pops out to the second baseman. Mike Iburg walks. Benny Tate grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Billy Linares pops out to the shortstop. Al Grodzicki singles to center field. Frank Bridges strikes out. Art Dowell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Dusty Allen grounds out to the second baseman. Kerry Wood grounds out to the shortstop. Darren Lee grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Brandy Verble grounds out to the second baseman. March Neidlinger strikes out. Fred Rucker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Laurie Hamilton grounds out to the second baseman. Zoilo Ellison grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). BobMo Vaughan hits a home run. Felix Fletcher flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Danny Walker walks. Gene Baker flies out to the center fielder. Billy Linares walks. Al Grodzicki flies out to the center fielder. Frank Bridges pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Mike Iburg strikes out. Benny Tate flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Dusty Allen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Art Dowell strikes out. Brandy Verble grounds out to the second baseman. March Neidlinger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Kerry Wood grounds out to the second baseman. Darren Lee doubles to left field. Laurie Hamilton walks. Zoilo Ellison grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Fred Rucker grounds out to the second baseman. Danny Walker strikes out. Gene Baker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland BobMo Vaughan walks. Felix Fletcher singles to center field. BobMo Vaughan advances to third on the hit. Mike Iburg pops out to the third baseman. Jim Kinnunen is pinch hitting for Benny Tate. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Kinnunen flies out to the left fielder. Mutt Fuller is pinch hitting for Dusty Allen. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mutt Fuller strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Billy Linares strikes out. Al Grodzicki flies out to the left fielder. Frank Bridges singles to center field. Art Dowell grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Frank Bridges is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Hank Freehan 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. Kerry Wood grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Silly Ponce is pinch hitting for Darren Lee. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Silly Ponce flies out to the center fielder. Ducky Quinn is pinch hitting for Laurie Hamilton. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ducky Quinn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Brandy Verble reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ducky Quinn. Walt Morman is pinch hitting for Hank Freehan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Walt Morman strikes out. Fred Rucker singles to center field. Brandy Verble scores. Danny Walker doubles past the third baseman. Fred Rucker uses his aggressiveness and scores. Lay T comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gene Baker walks. Billy Linares strikes out. Al Grodzicki grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Scott Brown pitching. Zoilo Ellison strikes out. BobMo Vaughan flies out to the right fielder. Felix Fletcher grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 4 Texas total runners left on base: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ted Perisho did not respond to coaching in velocity Rube Christopher improves in power_vs_lefty Chris Basgall improves in speed Chris Basgall improves in power_vs_lefty
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Devine did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Pascual Schmidt did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dan Salve improves in range Barry Palys did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty