Win: Joe Aven (2-1) Loss: Chet McClellan (1-2)
Save: Jay Miller (5)
Inning: 1 Texas Joe Aven pitching. Zeb Brody strikes out. Benton Johnson walks. Wyatt Rains strikes out. Mickey Maas singles to right field. Benton Johnson advances to third on the hit. Bob Cianfrocco singles to center field. Benton Johnson scores. Mickey Maas advances to third on the hit. Pete Nichols flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Chet McClellan pitching. Don Friday hits an infield single to the shortstop. Don Friday steals second. Pascual Elston doubles to right field. Don Friday scores. Steve Tovar singles to center field. Pascual Elston scores. Kevin Carroll doubles to right field. Steve Tovar is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Mickey Kahdot singles to center field. Kevin Carroll is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. John Haney singles to center field. Mickey Kahdot advances to third on the hit. Ron Regan singles to left field. Mickey Kahdot scores. John Haney advances to third on the hit. Todd Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Sad Nomo grounds out to the shortstop. Slater Blue grounds out to the third baseman. Chet McClellan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Joe Aven strikes out. Don Friday grounds out to the shortstop. Pascual Elston strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Zeb Brody singles past the second baseman. Benton Johnson strikes out. Wyatt Rains doubles to right field. Zeb Brody uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mickey Maas grounds out to the second baseman. Wyatt Rains advances to third on the play. Bob Cianfrocco grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Steve Tovar grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Carroll lines out to the first baseman. Mickey Kahdot strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Pete Nichols grounds out to the third baseman. Sad Nomo grounds out to the third baseman. Slater Blue strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland John Haney pops out to the first baseman. Ron Regan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Todd Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Chet McClellan strikes out. Zeb Brody grounds out to the second baseman. Benton Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Joe Aven grounds out to the shortstop. Don Friday grounds out to the shortstop. Pascual Elston pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Wyatt Rains flies out to the center fielder. Mickey Maas strikes out. Bob Cianfrocco singles to center field. Pete Nichols grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Cianfrocco is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Steve Tovar grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kevin Carroll singles to center field. Mickey Kahdot grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Sad Nomo pops out to the first baseman. Slater Blue strikes out. Tony Gibson is pinch hitting for Chet McClellan. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Tony Gibson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Humbo Bragg pitching. John Haney walks. John Haney steals second. Ron Regan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! John Haney advances to third on the play. Todd Murphy grounds out to the second baseman. John Haney scores. Joe Aven flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Zeb Brody grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Benton Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Wyatt Rains hits a home run. Mickey Maas doubles to right field. Jay Miller 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 2nd. Bob Cianfrocco singles to right field. Mickey Maas is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Don Friday singles to right field. Pascual Elston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Don Friday advances to second on the play. Steve Tovar grounds out to the second baseman. Don Friday advances to third on the play. Kevin Carroll strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Pete Nichols grounds out to the shortstop. Sad Nomo pops out to the shortstop. Slater Blue grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 5 Oakland total runners left on base: 3
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Flip Wilder did not respond to coaching in arm Jim Mirabelli improves in arm Earl Johns improves in power_vs_righty Norm Taylor did not respond to coaching in velocity Flip Wilder did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ossee Fischer improves in range Bobby Lloyd improves in contact_vs_righty Mel Kingman did not respond to coaching in control Jason Alomar did not respond to coaching in velocity