Win: Ron Kane (12-8) Loss: Ivy Johnson (2-1)
Save: Earle Munoz (45)
Inning: 1 Texas Ron Kane pitching. Hal Fuller grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Hisashi Sakamoto doubles to left field. Tommy Williams walks. Joel Rogge walks. Alex Malinosky grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hisashi Sakamoto scores. Tommy Williams advances to third on the play. Joel Rogge advances to second on the play. Archie Werth grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Ivy Johnson pitching. Luis Coughlin strikes out. Yasuji Takada grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Billings pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Motoo Wakisaka singles to center field. Ralph Brown singles past the shortstop. Ivy Johnson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hal Fuller walks. Hisashi Sakamoto strikes out. Tommy Williams flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Oakland Roy Ostrowski grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Handley singles to left field. Mule Smith strikes out. Roy Handley steals second. Hank Moore singles to left field. Roy Handley scores. Hank Moore is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Joel Rogge singles to right field. Alex Malinosky pops out to the second baseman. Archie Werth flies out to the left fielder. Motoo Wakisaka strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Phenomenal Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Ron Kane walks. Luis Coughlin pops out to the second baseman. Yasuji Takada lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Ralph Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Ivy Johnson pops out to the shortstop. Hal Fuller grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Ed Billings grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Roy Ostrowski grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Handley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Hisashi Sakamoto walks. Tommy Williams strikes out. Joel Rogge strikes out. Alex Malinosky grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Mule Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Hank Moore strikes out. Phenomenal Taylor hits a home run. Ron Kane grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Archie Werth strikes out. Motoo Wakisaka grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ralph Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Luis Coughlin doubles to left field. Yasuji Takada flies out to the right fielder. Ed Billings walks. Roy Ostrowski singles past the second baseman. Luis Coughlin scores. Ed Billings advances to third on the hit. Roy Handley strikes out. Mule Smith singles to left field. Ed Billings scores. Roy Ostrowski advances to third on the hit. Hank Moore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Ivy Johnson pops out to the first baseman. Hal Fuller walks. Hisashi Sakamoto grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hal Fuller is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tommy Williams grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hisashi Sakamoto is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Phenomenal Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Veres comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ron Kane flies out to the left fielder. Luis Coughlin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Dave Webb enters the game as a defensive replacement for Phenomenal Taylor at CF. Joel Rogge singles to right field. Alex Malinosky strikes out. Archie Werth grounds out to the third baseman. Joel Rogge advances to second on the play. Tom Musgraves 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. Motoo Wakisaka grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Yasuji Takada grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Billings singles past the shortstop. Roy Ostrowski strikes out. Roy Handley walks. Mule Smith walks. Hank Moore strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Texas Earle Munoz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Lowdermilk is pinch hitting for Ralph Brown. Joe Lowdermilk walks. Tom Kisinger is pinch hitting for Ken Veres. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Kisinger grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Lowdermilk advances to second on the play. Hal Fuller strikes out. Hisashi Sakamoto grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners left on base: 10 Oakland total runners left on base: 6
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: David Collins did not respond to coaching in arm David Collins did not respond to coaching in arm Jebus Coltrain did not respond to coaching in control Jake Pate did not respond to coaching in velocity
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dennis Schmidt improves in contact_vs_righty Ed Ford did not respond to coaching in arm Tony Jennings did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Piatt did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty