Win: Joe Aven (5-3) Loss: Chet McClellan (5-4)
Save: Jay Miller (17)
Inning: 1 Texas Joe Aven pitching. Tiger Mizeu strikes out. Benton Johnson walks. Pop Eusebio flies out to the center fielder. Benton Johnson steals second. Wyatt Rains walks. Rocky Heat pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Chet McClellan pitching. Don Friday lines out to the shortstop. Pascual Elston singles to left field. Steve Tovar grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Mickey Maas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jake Bradford grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Cianfrocco walks. Chet McClellan grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Kevin Carroll pops out to the first baseman. Mickey Kahdot walks. Lew Crosetti singles to left field. Mickey Kahdot advances to third on the hit. Lew Crosetti steals second. John Haney grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Mickey Kahdot scores. Lew Crosetti advances to third on the play. Todd Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Tiger Mizeu singles to right field. Benton Johnson walks. Pop Eusebio flies out to the center fielder. Wyatt Rains strikes out. Rocky Heat strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Joe Aven doubles to right field. Don Friday flies out to the right fielder. Pascual Elston pops out to the first baseman. Steve Tovar flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Mickey Maas grounds out to the second baseman. Jake Bradford strikes out. Bob Cianfrocco grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Kevin Carroll singles to right field. Mickey Kahdot pops out to the third baseman. Kevin Carroll is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Lew Crosetti doubles to center field. John Haney singles to left field. Lew Crosetti is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Chet McClellan grounds out to the third baseman. Tiger Mizeu strikes out. Benton Johnson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Kevin Carroll. Pop Eusebio strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Todd Murphy pops out to the first baseman. Joe Aven strikes out. Don Friday hits a home run. Pascual Elston hits an infield single to the second baseman. Pascual Elston steals second. Steve Tovar doubles to left field. Pascual Elston scores. Kevin Carroll grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Wyatt Rains grounds out to the third baseman. Rocky Heat grounds out to the shortstop. Mickey Maas singles to center field. Mickey Maas is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Mickey Kahdot flies out to the center fielder. Lew Crosetti grounds out to the second baseman. John Haney walks. Todd Murphy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Jake Bradford grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Cianfrocco flies out to the center fielder. Chet McClellan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Joe Aven flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Don Friday flies out to the left fielder. Pascual Elston hits a home run. Humbo Bragg comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Tovar singles to center field. Kevin Carroll flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Tiger Mizeu flies out to the center fielder. Benton Johnson singles to right field. Benton Johnson is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Pop Eusebio lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Mickey Kahdot grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lew Crosetti doubles to left field. John Haney pops out to the first baseman. Shintaro Hasegawa is pinch hitting for Todd Murphy. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Shintaro Hasegawa singles to right field. Lew Crosetti scores. Pat Jones is pinch hitting for Joe Aven. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Pat Jones singles to left field. Hugh Lombardi is pinch hitting for Don Friday. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hugh Lombardi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas Henry Bragg pitching. Wyatt Rains walks. Rocky Heat walks. Mickey Maas grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rocky Heat is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Pete Nichols is pinch hitting for Jake Bradford. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pete Nichols singles to left field. Wyatt Rains scores. Mickey Maas advances to third on the hit. Jay Miller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Cianfrocco grounds out to the third baseman. Mickey Maas scores. Pete Nichols advances to second on the play. Slater Blue is pinch hitting for Humbo Bragg. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Slater Blue grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners left on base: 7 Oakland total runners left on base: 8
Batting:2B - Steve Tovar (16), Lew Crosetti 2 (13), Joe Aven (1).HR - Don Friday (10), Pascual Elston (7).GIDP - Steve Tovar. Baserunning: SB - Pascual Elston (8), Lew Crosetti (10).CS - Kevin Carroll (5). Fielding: E - Kevin Carroll.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tim Collins did not respond to coaching in velocity Jake Sheehan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Mirabelli improves in arm Lil Walk did not respond to coaching in velocity Flip Wilder did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tom Cohen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ron LeFlore did not respond to coaching in speed Tom Scheeren improves in arm Pat Corbin did not respond to coaching in arm