Inning: 1 Oakland Tory Brooks pitching. Mike Parris flies out to the right fielder. Juan Lopez flies out to the right fielder. Alex Alexander grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Guy Reach pitching. Erik Newel grounds out to the pitcher. John Appier strikes out. Ace Darien flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Matt Cook pops out to the second baseman. Frank Stewart pops out to the third baseman. Trevor Harman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Walter Downing strikes out. Walt Jones singles to left field. Donnie Jelic grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Walt Jones is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Marquez singles to left field. Donnie Jelic advances to third on the hit. Matt Graham singles to center field. Donnie Jelic scores. Tory Brooks grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Scott Upchurch grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Dexter singles to center field. Guy Reach pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Mike Parris grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Erik Newel strikes out. John Appier singles to left field. Ace Darien singles to right field. Walter Downing singles to center field. John Appier is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Ace Darien advances to third on the play. Walt Jones walks. Donnie Jelic singles past the third baseman. Ace Darien scores. Walter Downing scores. Walt Jones advances to third on the hit. Jim Marquez singles to right field. Walt Jones scores. Donnie Jelic advances to third on the hit. Matt Graham strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Juan Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Alexander walks. Matt Cook doubles past the left fielder. Frank Stewart strikes out. Trevor Harman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Tory Brooks strikes out. Erik Newel grounds out to the second baseman. John Appier grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Scott Upchurch flies out to the center fielder. Dave Dexter strikes out. Guy Reach grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Ace Darien singles to left field. Walter Downing hits a home run. Ace Darien scores. Billy Arntzen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Walt Jones doubles past the right fielder. Donnie Jelic grounds out to the second baseman. Walt Jones advances to third on the play. Jim Marquez flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Walt Jones scores. Matt Graham flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Mike Parris grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Juan Lopez singles to left field. Alex Alexander strikes out. Matt Cook flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Steve Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tory Brooks flies out to the left fielder. Erik Newel singles to center field. Erik Newel is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). John Appier grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Frank Stewart singles to center field. Trevor Harman grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Frank Stewart is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Scott Upchurch singles to center field. Dave Dexter flies out to the left fielder. Bill Autry is pinch hitting for Steve Smith. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Autry pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Joe Harper pitching. Ace Darien singles to center field. Walter Downing flies out to the center fielder. Walt Jones flies out to the right fielder. Donnie Jelic flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Mike Parris strikes out. Juan Lopez singles to center field. Juan Lopez steals second. Alex Alexander flies out to the right fielder. Matt Cook walks. Frank Stewart grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Matt Cook is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Jim Marquez flies out to the center fielder. Matt Graham lines out to the shortstop. Tory Brooks grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Trevor Harman flies out to the left fielder. Scott Upchurch singles to center field. Harry Wendell is pinch hitting for Dave Dexter. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Harry Wendell pops out to the second baseman. Bob Henke is pinch hitting for Joe Harper. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Scott Upchurch steals second. Bob Henke singles to left field. Scott Upchurch scores. Mike Parris triples. Bob Henke scores. Juan Lopez triples. Mike Parris scores. George Priddy 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. Alex Alexander strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 9 Texas total runners left on base: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Al Ash improves in speed Casey Hanford did not respond to coaching in control Al Ash did not respond to coaching in speed Manuel Rockenfield improves in contact_vs_righty Roy Torres improves in range Steve Giannelli improves in power_vs_lefty Al Ash did not respond to coaching in C
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Allo Picard improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Smith improves in arm John Kruk III did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Allo Picard improves in contact_vs_righty Jose Ortiz did not respond to coaching in control Lou Veryzer improves in speed John Kruk III did not respond to coaching in RF