Win: Graeme Wills (14-9) Loss: Mark Donovan (7-22)
Save: Nick Lawrence (39)
Inning: 1 Oakland Graeme Wills pitching. Denney Perdue grounds out to the third baseman. Juan Lopez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Matt Cook strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Mark Donovan pitching. Erik Newel walks. Walter Downing grounds out to the third baseman. Erik Newel advances to second on the play. Ace Darien pops out to the shortstop. Chuck Ardoin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Woody Kirby strikes out. Frank Stewart strikes out. Bumpus Gehring singles past the second baseman. Bob Henke walks. Bob Minshall doubles to center field. Bumpus Gehring scores. Bob Henke uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mark Donovan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Waite Hendrickson lines out to the third baseman. Walt Jones strikes out. Jim Marquez singles past the third baseman. Donnie Jelic grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Marquez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Denney Perdue grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Lopez singles to right field. Juan Lopez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Matt Cook grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Graeme Wills hits an infield single to the third baseman. Erik Newel singles to center field. Graeme Wills advances to third on the hit. Walter Downing flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Graeme Wills scores. Ace Darien walks. Chuck Ardoin flies out to the left fielder. Waite Hendrickson singles to center field. Erik Newel scores. Ace Darien advances to third on the hit. Walt Jones walks. Jim Marquez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Oakland Woody Kirby grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Stewart reached on a fielding error by Walter Downing. Bumpus Gehring strikes out. Frank Stewart steals second. Bob Henke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Donnie Jelic grounds out to the third baseman. Graeme Wills doubles to right field. Erik Newel singles to center field. Graeme Wills scores. Erik Newel steals second. Walter Downing doubles to right field. Erik Newel scores. Ace Darien grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walter Downing advances to third on the play. Chuck Ardoin singles to center field. Walter Downing scores. Waite Hendrickson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Bob Minshall pops out to the second baseman. Harry Wendell is pinch hitting for Mark Donovan. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Harry Wendell flies out to the right fielder. Denney Perdue grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Stew Just pitching. Walt Jones flies out to the right fielder. Jim Marquez singles to center field. Donnie Jelic flies out to the right fielder. Graeme Wills flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Juan Lopez singles to center field. Matt Cook flies out to the right fielder. Woody Kirby doubles to left field. Frank Stewart singles to left field. Juan Lopez scores. Woody Kirby scores. Kayson Ellington comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bumpus Gehring grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Erik Newel grounds out to the second baseman. Walter Downing singles to right field. Ace Darien flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Ardoin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Bob Henke flies out to the right fielder. Bob Minshall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Autry is pinch hitting for Stew Just. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Autry flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Scott Nichols pitching. Waite Hendrickson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walt Jones walks. Jim Marquez grounds out to the third baseman. Walt Jones advances to second on the play. Donnie Jelic flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Denney Perdue grounds out to the shortstop. Juan Lopez flies out to the center fielder. Matt Cook strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Jerry Tolan is pinch hitting for Kayson Ellington. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jerry Tolan strikes out. Erik Newel grounds out to the second baseman. Walter Downing flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Nick Lawrence pitching. Woody Kirby pops out to the catcher. Frank Stewart grounds out to the shortstop. Bumpus Gehring flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 2 Texas total runners left on base: 9
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill McConnell did not respond to coaching in control Bill McConnell improves in velocity Bill McConnell did not respond to coaching in velocity Homer Ussat did not respond to coaching in range Manuel Rockenfield improves in contact_vs_righty Alex Alexander did not respond to coaching in speed Dan Sears did not respond to coaching in C
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Price did not respond to coaching in control John Kruk III did not respond to coaching in speed Lucas Damon improves in contact_vs_righty Terrence Minor did not respond to coaching in control Eric Herrnstein did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Paulo VanExel improves in contact_vs_righty Lucas Damon did not respond to coaching in 3B