Win: Charlie Griffith (1-1) Loss: Neal Prall (0-1)
Save: Alexander Gomez (2)
Inning: 1 Oakland Jesse Crawford pitching. Kazuaki Matsuyama grounds out to the shortstop. Marino Baker grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Stallings grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Takao Yamazaki pitching. Lefty Bancroft singles to left field. Steve Dettmer flies out to the left fielder. Lefty Bancroft is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Mike Frisk strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland John Clark grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Lenhardt doubles to right field. Nap Bomback flies out to the center fielder. Gerry Templeton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Pickles Savage walks. Ed Parsons strikes out. Rube Loiselle grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Roman Osik hits an infield single to the pitcher. Takao Yamazaki fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Takao Yamazaki grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Kazuaki Matsuyama grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Craig Cipriani grounds out to the shortstop. Smoky Brown triples. Jesse Crawford strikes out. Lefty Bancroft grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Marino Baker grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Stallings singles to center field. John Clark singles to center field. Frank Lenhardt flies out to the right fielder. Nap Bomback pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Steve Dettmer strikes out. Mike Frisk flies out to the center fielder. Pickles Savage singles to left field. Ed Parsons strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Gerry Templeton grounds out to the third baseman. Roman Osik grounds out to the third baseman. Takao Yamazaki grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Rube Loiselle strikes out. Craig Cipriani doubles past the third baseman. Smoky Brown singles past the shortstop. Craig Cipriani scores. Jesse Crawford lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lefty Bancroft grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Kazuaki Matsuyama grounds out to the pitcher. Marino Baker grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Stallings flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Steve Dettmer walks. Mike Frisk flies out to the center fielder. Pickles Savage grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland John Clark singles to left field. Augie Wotus 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 1st. Frank Lenhardt pops out to the shortstop. John Clark steals second. Nap Bomback singles to center field. Nap Bomback steals second. Gerry Templeton grounds out to the shortstop. John Clark scores. Nap Bomback advances to third on the play. Roman Osik walks. Sugar Ray Reynolds is pinch hitting for Takao Yamazaki. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Roman Osik steals second. There goes the runner on third! Nap Bomback is out trying to steal home. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Hal Reece pitching. Ed Parsons strikes out. Rube Loiselle grounds out to the third baseman. Craig Cipriani grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Roy White is pinch hitting for Hal Reece. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Roy White grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuaki Matsuyama grounds out to the third baseman. Marino Baker lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Charlie Griffith pitching. Smoky Brown doubles to right field. Dave McCall is pinch hitting for Augie Wotus. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Dave McCall grounds out to the shortstop. Lefty Bancroft strikes out. Steve Dettmer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Neal Prall pitching. Charlie Stallings strikes out. John Clark flies out to the right fielder. Frank Lenhardt walks. Frank Lenhardt steals second. Nap Bomback singles to right field. Frank Lenhardt scores. Nap Bomback is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Alexander Gomez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Frisk strikes out. Pickles Savage flies out to the left fielder. Ed Parsons flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 4 Texas total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Frank Lenhardt (1).GIDP - Takao Yamazaki. Baserunning: SB - John Clark (2), Frank Lenhardt (2), Nap Bomback (1), Roman Osik (1).CS - Nap Bomback 2 (2).
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sam Fullerton improves in speed John Randa did not respond to coaching in control Jim Marentette improves in contact_vs_lefty Harvey Hambright did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Cotter did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Billy Eilers improves in contact_vs_righty Ralph Beech did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Wally Rutherford did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Neun did not respond to coaching in C