Win: Tim Foster (1-0) Loss: Bill Sisler (1-4)
Save: Nick Lawrence (19)
Inning: 1 Texas Mark Donovan pitching. Erik Newel lines out to the shortstop. Cory Coffin grounds out to the pitcher. Ace Darien hits a home run. Chuck Ardoin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Terrence Minor pitching. Denney Perdue pops out to the third baseman. Juan Lopez strikes out. Dave Dexter flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Matt Graham flies out to the center fielder. Donnie Jelic strikes out. Tony Scott grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Jim Beatty strikes out. Franklin Redmon singles past the second baseman. Bumpus Gehring triples. Franklin Redmon scores. Bob Henke triples. Bumpus Gehring scores. Dave Patterson singles to left field. Bob Henke scores. Mark Donovan lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Denney Perdue walks. Juan Lopez doubles to center field. Dave Patterson scores. Denney Perdue is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Jim Marquez singles to right field. Terrence Minor lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Erik Newel flies out to the left fielder. Cory Coffin pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Dave Dexter triples. Jim Beatty singles to left field. Dave Dexter scores. Tim Foster comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Beatty is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Franklin Redmon flies out to the right fielder. Bumpus Gehring grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Ace Darien flies out to the right fielder. Chuck Ardoin lines out to the shortstop. Matt Graham hits a home run. Donnie Jelic grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Bob Henke strikes out. Dave Patterson flies out to the right fielder. Mark Donovan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Tony Scott flies out to the left fielder. Jim Marquez flies out to the right fielder. Tim Foster walks. Erik Newel singles to center field. Cory Coffin hits a home run. Tim Foster scores. Erik Newel scores. Pete Hawke comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ace Darien doubles to right field. Chuck Ardoin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Denney Perdue walks. Juan Lopez walks. Dave Dexter grounds out to the second baseman. Denney Perdue advances to third on the play. Juan Lopez advances to second on the play. Jim Beatty grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Denney Perdue scores. Juan Lopez advances to third on the play. Franklin Redmon walks. Bumpus Gehring pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Matt Graham walks. Matt Graham steals second. Donnie Jelic grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Graham advances to third on the play. Tony Scott is hit by a pitch. Jim Marquez strikes out. Tim Foster flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Bob Henke flies out to the right fielder. Dave Patterson grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Hawke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Erik Newel walks. Cory Coffin grounds out to the third baseman. Erik Newel advances to second on the play. Ace Darien flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Ardoin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Denney Perdue singles to left field. Denney Perdue is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Juan Lopez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Dexter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Matt Graham hits a home run. Bill Sisler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Donnie Jelic strikes out. Tony Scott flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Jim Marquez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Jim Beatty grounds out to the second baseman. Franklin Redmon flies out to the left fielder. Bumpus Gehring grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Jokichi Moriguchi is pinch hitting for Tim Foster. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jokichi Moriguchi grounds out to the second baseman. Erik Newel singles to center field. Cory Coffin singles to center field. Erik Newel advances to third on the hit. Ace Darien flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Erik Newel scores. Stew Just comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chuck Ardoin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Nick Lawrence pitching. Bob Henke strikes out. Dave Patterson pops out to the shortstop. Bill Autry is pinch hitting for Stew Just. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Autry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 6 Oakland total runners LOB: 3
Batting:2B - Ace Darien (7).HR - Cory Coffin (5), Ace Darien (4), Matt Graham 2 (14).SF - Ace Darien.HBP - Tony Scott (2). Baserunning: SB - Matt Graham (11).
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Andujar did not respond to coaching in arm Jose Ortiz did not respond to coaching in endurance Dave May did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rick Pasley did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Smith improves in arm Dave May improves in power_vs_lefty Lucas Damon did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Lewis did not respond to coaching in control Tommy Bowlin did not respond to coaching in control Casey Hanford did not respond to coaching in control Dan Sears improves in range Dan Sears did not respond to coaching in arm Roy Lerchen did not respond to coaching in velocity Dan Sears did not respond to coaching in C