Inning: 1 Oakland Tory Brooks pitching. Denney Perdue hits a home run. Juan Lopez grounds out to the pitcher. Matt Cook pops out to the shortstop. Woody Kirby pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Abner Tidrow pitching. Erik Newel strikes out. Walter Downing strikes out. Ace Darien triples. Chuck Ardoin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Frank Stewart grounds out to the third baseman. Bumpus Gehring walks. Bob Henke strikes out. Bob Minshall flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Waite Hendrickson walks. Walt Jones flies out to the left fielder. Jim Marquez walks. Donnie Jelic grounds out to the pitcher. Waite Hendrickson advances to third on the play. Jim Marquez advances to second on the play. Tory Brooks grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Abner Tidrow strikes out. Denney Perdue strikes out. Juan Lopez walks. Juan Lopez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Erik Newel hits a home run. Walter Downing flies out to the right fielder. Ace Darien grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Ardoin reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bob Minshall. Waite Hendrickson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Matt Cook hits a home run. Woody Kirby singles to center field. Frank Stewart strikes out. Bumpus Gehring flies out to the right fielder. Bob Henke singles to right field. Bob Minshall walks. Abner Tidrow singles to right field. Woody Kirby scores. Bob Henke uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bob Minshall advances to third on the hit. Denney Perdue flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Walt Jones singles to right field. Jim Marquez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Walt Jones is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Marquez steals second. Donnie Jelic grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Marquez advances to third on the play. Tory Brooks pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Juan Lopez singles past the shortstop. Matt Cook hits a home run. Juan Lopez scores. Tim Foster comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Woody Kirby grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Stewart singles to center field. Frank Stewart steals second. Bumpus Gehring singles to center field. Frank Stewart scores. Bob Henke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bumpus Gehring advances to second on the play. Bob Minshall flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Erik Newel hits a home run. Walter Downing strikes out. Ace Darien grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Ardoin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Abner Tidrow strikes out. Denney Perdue strikes out. Juan Lopez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Waite Hendrickson hits a home run. Walt Jones grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Marquez strikes out. Donnie Jelic singles to center field. Tim Foster strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Matt Cook flies out to the center fielder. Woody Kirby singles to right field. Frank Stewart strikes out. Bumpus Gehring strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Erik Newel triples. Steve Smith 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. Cory Coffin is pinch hitting for Walter Downing. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Cory Coffin flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Erik Newel scores. Ace Darien grounds out to the second baseman. Chuck Ardoin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Bob Henke flies out to the right fielder. Bob Minshall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Wendell is pinch hitting for Steve Smith. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Wendell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Stew Just pitching. Bill Autry enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Henke at CF. Franklin Redmon enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Minshall at 3B. Waite Hendrickson pops out to the second baseman. Walt Jones flies out to the right fielder. Jim Marquez singles to left field. Donnie Jelic grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jim Marquez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Denney Perdue walks. Juan Lopez hits a home run. Denney Perdue scores. Matt Cook flies out to the left fielder. Woody Kirby strikes out. Frank Stewart strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Jerry Tolan is pinch hitting for Tim Foster. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jerry Tolan singles to left field. Jerry Tolan steals second. Erik Newel hits a home run. Jerry Tolan scores. Scott Nichols comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Cory Coffin doubles to center field. Ace Darien grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Ardoin hits a home run. Cory Coffin scores. Waite Hendrickson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walt Jones pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 5 Texas total runners LOB: 7
Batting:HR - Denney Perdue (13), Juan Lopez (12), Matt Cook 2 (26). Baserunning: SB - Frank Stewart (20).CS - Juan Lopez (8). Fielding: E - Bob Minshall.
Game Notes Bob Minshall is injured and is expected to be out 31 days. Stew Just is injured and is expected to be out 3 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Parris improves in contact_vs_lefty Roy Lerchen did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Lerchen did not respond to coaching in velocity Tommy Bowlin did not respond to coaching in velocity Alex Alexander did not respond to coaching in speed Roy Torres improves in contact_vs_righty Dan Sears did not respond to coaching in C
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Clarence Walsh improves in contact_vs_lefty John Kruk III improves in arm Bill Smith improves in power_vs_righty Jim Andujar improves in arm Henry Dagres did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rick Pasley did not respond to coaching in control Bill Smith did not respond to coaching in 3B