Win: Buster Brown (3-3) Loss: Jim Nelson (3-4)
Save: George Gonzales (7)
Inning: 1 Oakland Buster Brown pitching. Koji Kubo strikes out. Turkey McCrea grounds out to the second baseman. Cecil Aitchison grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Jim Nelson pitching. Whitey Lansing grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Humphrey strikes out. Jesus Harris walks. Danny Alcantara singles to left field. Jesus Harris advances to third on the hit. Rod Dyer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Charlie Downey flies out to the left fielder. Jim Irwin flies out to the right fielder. Tom Rijo grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Fred Unglaub grounds out to the second baseman. Peter Pena singles to center field. Peter Pena steals second. Frank Bogart singles to right field. Peter Pena scores. Buster Brown lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Whitey Lansing flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Charlie Grimes walks. Jim Critz lines out to the first baseman. Jim Nelson lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Charlie Grimes forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Koji Kubo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Ed Humphrey strikes out. Jesus Harris singles to center field. Jesus Harris steals second. Danny Alcantara walks. Rod Dyer strikes out. Fred Unglaub strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Turkey McCrea doubles to left field. Cecil Aitchison grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Downey flies out to the center fielder. Jim Irwin grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Peter Pena grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Bogart walks. Buster Brown lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Whitey Lansing reached on a fielding error by Cecil Aitchison. Ed Humphrey singles to center field. Frank Bogart scores. Whitey Lansing advances to third on the hit. Jesus Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Tom Rijo singles to left field. Charlie Grimes grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tom Rijo is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Critz strikes out. Jim Nelson singles to left field. Charlie Grimes advances to third on the hit. Koji Kubo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Danny Alcantara strikes out. Rod Dyer pops out to the first baseman. Fred Unglaub grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Turkey McCrea strikes out. Cecil Aitchison flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Downey reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jesus Harris. Jim Irwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Peter Pena strikes out. Frank Bogart hits a home run. Buster Brown flies out to the center fielder. Whitey Lansing grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Tom Rijo grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Grimes flies out to the center fielder. Jim Critz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Ed Humphrey strikes out. Jesus Harris flies out to the left fielder. Danny Alcantara grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Matt Kirkpatrick enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ed Humphrey at C. Jim Johnson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jesus Harris at 3B. Jim Nelson grounds out to the third baseman. Koji Kubo grounds out to the pitcher. Turkey McCrea grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Rod Dyer hits a home run. Fred Unglaub grounds out to the third baseman. Peter Pena singles to center field. Shawn Stahl comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Bogart grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Peter Pena is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Buster Brown lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Cecil Aitchison flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Downey singles to left field. Jim Irwin doubles to left field. Charlie Downey uses his aggressiveness and scores. George Gonzales comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tom Rijo strikes out. Charlie Grimes grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Texas total runners left on base: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sheriff Dowd did not respond to coaching in velocity Jake Miles did not respond to coaching in control Todd Horton did not respond to coaching in range Al Ashby did not respond to coaching in velocity Todd Horton improves in LF
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lee McIntosh improves in control Sam Capel improves in range Kevin Champion improves in power_vs_lefty Steve Miller did not respond to coaching in velocity Dutch Thomasson did not respond to coaching in SS