Inning: 1 Oakland Paul Hall pitching. Junior Diaz doubles to center field. Bill Bustamante walks. Bobby Marvez triples. Junior Diaz scores. Bill Bustamante scores. Tomas Riera strikes out. Mario Menendez singles to right field. Bobby Marvez scores. Hironori Matsushita strikes out. Sean Perez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mario Menendez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Arturo Milanes pitching. Mike Good flies out to the right fielder. Dave Estes strikes out. Jug Peete flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Tom Quinces strikes out. Arturo Milanes lines out to the shortstop. Junior Diaz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Wes Kirsch grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Acosta flies out to the right fielder. Jim Tomasic doubles to left field. Carl Baker pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Bill Bustamante walks. Bobby Marvez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Bustamante is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tomas Riera singles to center field. Bobby Marvez advances to third on the hit. Mario Menendez grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Marvez scores. Tomas Riera advances to second on the play. George Wera comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hironori Matsushita strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Alejandro Gavilan pops out to the catcher. George Wera walks. Mike Good flies out to the center fielder. Dave Estes grounds into a force play to the first baseman. George Wera is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Sean Perez singles past the first baseman. Tom Quinces strikes out. Arturo Milanes lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Junior Diaz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Jug Peete strikes out. Wes Kirsch hits a home run. Bob Acosta flies out to the center fielder. Jim Tomasic doubles to left field. Carl Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Bill Bustamante flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Marvez singles to center field. Bobby Marvez is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tomas Riera grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Alejandro Gavilan walks. George Wera lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Good strikes out. Dave Estes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Mario Menendez flies out to the center fielder. Hironori Matsushita walks. Sean Perez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Jug Peete strikes out. Wes Kirsch grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Bob Acosta hits a home run. Jim Tomasic singles to right field. Carl Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Tom Quinces strikes out. Arturo Milanes grounds out to the third baseman. Junior Diaz walks. Hank Cole comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Bustamante grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Alejandro Gavilan reached on a 2-base fielding error by Sean Perez. Hank Cole lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Good singles to right field. Alejandro Gavilan scores. Mike Good is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Dave Estes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Bobby Marvez strikes out. Tomas Riera grounds out to the second baseman. Mario Menendez walks. Mario Menendez is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Aramis Mack comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jug Peete flies out to the right fielder. Wes Kirsch doubles to center field. Bob Acosta strikes out. Jim Tomasic pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Hironori Matsushita pops out to the third baseman. Sean Perez hits a home run. Whitey Adams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alien Laurel is pinch hitting for Tom Quinces. Alien Laurel reached on a fielding error by Bob Acosta. Harper Herrera is pinch hitting for Aramis Mack. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Harper Herrera flies out to the center fielder. Alien Laurel steals second. Junior Diaz singles to left field. Alien Laurel scores. Bill Bustamante doubles past the first baseman. Junior Diaz uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bobby Marvez walks. Tomas Riera strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas Tyson Canales pitching. Gary Stroner enters the game as a defensive replacement for Alien Laurel at C. Carl Baker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Alejandro Gavilan strikes out. Eddie Jaramillo is pinch hitting for Whitey Adams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Eddie Jaramillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Texas total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Junior Diaz (2), Bill Bustamante (5).3B - Bobby Marvez (4).HR - Sean Perez (9).GIDP - Sean Perez. Baserunning: SB - Alien Laurel (3).CS - Bobby Marvez (3), Mario Menendez (3). Fielding: E - Sean Perez.
Game Notes Whitey Adams is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Erwin Moreno improves in speed Buck Schreiber did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Breining improves in range Jim Lopez improves in contact_vs_righty Evar Murello did not respond to coaching in 3B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Deacon Townsend did not respond to coaching in control Vince Hamilton did not respond to coaching in arm Don Segura improves in endurance Mark Armstrong did not respond to coaching in control Vince Hamilton did not respond to coaching in 3B