Inning: 1 Oakland Red Taylor pitching. Mike Parris walks. Juan Lopez strikes out. Bob Henke grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Mike Parris is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Matt Cook grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bob Henke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Guy Reach pitching. Erik Newel grounds out to the shortstop. Alvin Breazeale grounds out to the third baseman. Ace Darien grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Frank Stewart singles to center field. Trevor Harman strikes out. Scott Upchurch grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Walter Downing lines out to the shortstop. Walt Jones walks. Donnie Jelic doubles to center field. Walt Jones uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Marquez singles to right field. Donnie Jelic scores. Matt Graham grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jim Marquez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Red Taylor grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Matt Graham is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Dave Dexter strikes out. Guy Reach pops out to the second baseman. Mike Parris flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Erik Newel grounds out to the second baseman. Alvin Breazeale is hit by a pitch. Ace Darien grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Juan Lopez hits a home run. Bob Henke grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Matt Cook singles to center field. Frank Stewart flies out to the right fielder. Trevor Harman pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Walter Downing singles to center field. Walt Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Walter Downing advances to second on the play. Donnie Jelic grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Marquez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Scott Upchurch strikes out. Dave Dexter strikes out. Guy Reach strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Matt Graham grounds out to the third baseman. Red Taylor grounds out to the third baseman. Erik Newel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Mike Parris strikes out. Juan Lopez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Henke walks. Matt Cook grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Henke is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Alvin Breazeale reached on a fielding error by Mike Parris. Ace Darien strikes out. Walter Downing lines out to the second baseman. Walt Jones grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Frank Stewart grounds out to the second baseman. Trevor Harman singles to center field. Scott Upchurch triples. Trevor Harman scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Dave Dexter pops out to the second baseman. Guy Reach flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Donnie Jelic strikes out. Jim Marquez strikes out. Matt Graham grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Mike Parris flies out to the right fielder. Juan Lopez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Henke walks. Bob Henke steals second. Matt Cook flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Tarrik Quinn is pinch hitting for Red Taylor. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Tarrik Quinn singles to center field. Erik Newel singles to center field. Tarrik Quinn advances to third on the hit. Stew Just 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. Alvin Breazeale strikes out. Erik Newel steals second. Ace Darien singles past the third baseman. Tarrik Quinn scores. Erik Newel scores. Ace Darien steals second. Walter Downing singles to right field. Ace Darien scores. Walt Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Walter Downing advances to second on the play. Donnie Jelic hits a home run. Walter Downing scores. Pete Hawke comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Baker is pinch hitting for Jim Marquez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Baker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Terrence Minor pitching. Frank Stewart flies out to the center fielder. Trevor Harman singles to right field. Scott Upchurch flies out to the left fielder. Harry Wendell is pinch hitting for Dave Dexter. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Harry Wendell doubles past the third baseman. Trevor Harman is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Texas total runners left on base: 3
Batting:2B - Harry Wendell (1).3B - Scott Upchurch (2).HR - Juan Lopez (3).GIDP - Scott Upchurch. Baserunning: SB - Bob Henke (1). Fielding: E - Mike Parris.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill McConnell did not respond to coaching in velocity Tommy Bowlin did not respond to coaching in control Roy Torres improves in range Steve Giannelli improves in contact_vs_righty Bob Jordan improves in speed Bill McConnell did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Ash did not respond to coaching in C
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lucas Damon improves in power_vs_righty Allo Picard improves in range Allo Picard improves in range Joe Wolfe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jose Ortiz improves in velocity Otto Heath improves in contact_vs_righty Eric Herrnstein improves in RF