Win: Tony Klawitter (1-4) Loss: Robin Riesgo (4-1)
Save: Alexander Gomez (6)
Inning: 1 Texas Tony Klawitter pitching. Lefty Bancroft flies out to the right fielder. Steve Dettmer pops out to the shortstop. Mike Frisk flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Robin Riesgo pitching. John Clark singles to center field. Marino Baker doubles to left field. John Clark is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Kazuaki Matsuyama flies out to the center fielder. Nap Bomback grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Pickles Savage flies out to the center fielder. Ed Parsons singles to center field. Rube Loiselle grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Bobby Ford strikes out. Frank Lenhardt flies out to the center fielder. Al Richardson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Craig Cipriani grounds out to the shortstop. Smoky Brown doubles to left field. Robin Riesgo pops out to the second baseman. Lefty Bancroft singles to left field. Smoky Brown is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Clayton Parsons doubles to right field. Tony Klawitter fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tony Klawitter flies out to the left fielder. John Clark strikes out. Marino Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Steve Dettmer lines out to the shortstop. Mike Frisk grounds out to the second baseman. Pickles Savage flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Kazuaki Matsuyama strikes out. Nap Bomback grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bobby Ford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Ed Parsons flies out to the right fielder. Rube Loiselle reached on a fielding error by Tony Klawitter. Craig Cipriani flies out to the left fielder. Smoky Brown singles to right field. Robin Riesgo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Frank Lenhardt grounds out to the second baseman. Al Richardson walks. Al Richardson steals second. Clayton Parsons walks. Tony Klawitter fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tony Klawitter flies out to the center fielder. John Clark grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Lefty Bancroft hits a home run. Steve Dettmer flies out to the center fielder. Mike Frisk doubles to left field. Pickles Savage grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Parsons pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Marino Baker doubles to right field. Kazuaki Matsuyama doubles to center field. Marino Baker scores. Nap Bomback grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kazuaki Matsuyama advances to third on the play. Bobby Ford flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Kazuaki Matsuyama scores. Frank Lenhardt lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Rube Loiselle grounds out to the third baseman. Craig Cipriani strikes out. Smoky Brown hits a home run. Robin Riesgo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Al Richardson singles to right field. Clayton Parsons singles to right field. Al Richardson advances to third on the hit. Sugar Ray Reynolds is pinch hitting for Tony Klawitter. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Sugar Ray Reynolds singles to right field. Al Richardson scores. John Clark grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Sugar Ray Reynolds is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Marino Baker strikes out. John Clark steals second. Kazuaki Matsuyama lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Con Conigliaro pitching. Lefty Bancroft walks. Steve Dettmer strikes out. Mike Frisk flies out to the center fielder. Pickles Savage lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Augie Wotus comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Nap Bomback singles to left field. Nap Bomback is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bobby Ford pops out to the first baseman. Frank Lenhardt hits an infield single to the pitcher. Frank Lenhardt steals second. Al Richardson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Alexander Gomez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ed Parsons flies out to the left fielder. Rube Loiselle lines out to the third baseman. Craig Cipriani flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 5 Oakland total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Marino Baker 2 (7), Kazuaki Matsuyama (2), Clayton Parsons (2).SF - Bobby Ford. Baserunning: SB - John Clark (7), Frank Lenhardt (9), Al Richardson (5).CS - Nap Bomback (5). Fielding: E - Tony Klawitter.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Billy Eilers did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Billy Eilers improves in contact_vs_lefty Dummy Anderson improves in velocity Billy Eilers did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Neun did not respond to coaching in C
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Randa did not respond to coaching in velocity Ray Howard did not respond to coaching in range Harvey Hambright improves in arm Frank Allen did not respond to coaching in speed