Inning: 1 Texas Jack Baines pitching. Bill Mercer flies out to the left fielder. Alex Kahle grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Klumpp grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Lou Klimchock pitching. John Lyons grounds out to the second baseman. Ted Davis strikes out. Chris Seilheimer hits an infield single to the pitcher. Danny Gregg grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Johnny Meyer strikes out. Peter Forsch flies out to the right fielder. Shinya Abe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Tom Bader singles to center field. Mike Williams strikes out. Koichi Hasegawa singles to center field. Tom Bader advances to third on the hit. Takeshi Kitamoto walks. Jack Baines strikes out. John Lyons grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Tom Bader is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Texas Kenji Moriya walks. Dale Castleman doubles to left field. Lou Klimchock strikes out. Bill Mercer grounds out to the shortstop. Kenji Moriya scores. Dale Castleman advances to third on the play. Alex Kahle grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ted Davis flies out to the left fielder. Chris Seilheimer walks. Danny Gregg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chris Seilheimer advances to second on the play. Tom Bader hits a home run. Chris Seilheimer scores. Mike Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Joe Klumpp walks. Johnny Meyer singles to right field. Joe Klumpp advances to third on the hit. Peter Forsch walks. Shinya Abe singles past the first baseman. Joe Klumpp scores. Johnny Meyer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Peter Forsch advances to third on the hit. Kenji Moriya strikes out. Dale Castleman walks. Lou Klimchock grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Koichi Hasegawa singles to left field. Koichi Hasegawa is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Takeshi Kitamoto singles to left field. Jack Baines fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jack Baines grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Bill Mercer walks. Alex Kahle bunts for a base hit. Joe Klumpp flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Meyer walks. Peter Forsch singles to left field. Bill Mercer scores. Alex Kahle scores. Jacque Segui comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shinya Abe grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Peter Forsch is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Kenji Moriya grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland John Lyons flies out to the left fielder. Ted Davis flies out to the center fielder. Chris Seilheimer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Dale Castleman singles to right field. Dale Castleman steals second. Lou Klimchock fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Lou Klimchock grounds out to the second baseman. Dale Castleman advances to third on the play. Bill Mercer grounds out to the third baseman. Dale Castleman scores. Alex Kahle grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Danny Gregg strikes out. Tom Bader flies out to the left fielder. Mike Williams flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Joe Klumpp pops out to the second baseman. Johnny Meyer grounds out to the pitcher. Peter Forsch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Koichi Hasegawa walks. Takeshi Kitamoto strikes out. Jim Johnson is pinch hitting for Jacque Segui. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Johnson flies out to the right fielder. John Lyons flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Will Kramer pitching. Tom Miller is pinch hitting for Shinya Abe. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tom Miller pops out to the second baseman. Ding-Dong Bell is pinch hitting for Kenji Moriya. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ding-Dong Bell grounds out to the third baseman. Dale Castleman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland David Watlington comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ted Davis pops out to the third baseman. Chris Seilheimer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Danny Gregg grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Dave Rico is pinch hitting for David Watlington. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Dave Rico doubles to left field. Bill Mercer grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Kahle singles to left field. Dave Rico uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe Klumpp grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Alex Kahle is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Johnny Meyer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland M.K. Flood pitching. Tom Bader strikes out. Mike Williams doubles to left field. Koichi Hasegawa walks. Takeshi Kitamoto grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 6 Oakland total runners LOB: 6
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Brett Monteleone did not respond to coaching in control William Paterson did not respond to coaching in control Brett Monteleone did not respond to coaching in control Jinx Falkenburg did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Lewis did not respond to coaching in velocity Jeff Schupp did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Rick Rigney did not respond to coaching in control Ed Riviere improves in contact_vs_righty Luis Ryan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Luis Young improves in contact_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Ed Riviere did not respond to coaching in SS