Win: Charlie Griffith (4-1) Loss: Marty Brower (0-2)
Save: Con Conigliaro (1)
Inning: 1 Oakland Robin Riesgo pitching. Sugar Ray Reynolds flies out to the center fielder. Marino Baker grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Nap Bomback triples. Eddie Walsh strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Eddie McKee pitching. Rube Loiselle strikes out. Lefty Bancroft flies out to the center fielder. Pickles Savage lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Kazuaki Matsuyama grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Frank Lenhardt hits a home run. Tim Southworth grounds out to the shortstop. Joe McClain walks. Eddie McKee strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Craig Cipriani flies out to the left fielder. Steve Dettmer singles to center field. Mike Frisk singles past the third baseman. Steve Dettmer advances to third on the hit. Smoky Brown is hit by a pitch. Roy Kibble strikes out. Robin Riesgo strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Oakland Sugar Ray Reynolds pops out to the shortstop. Marino Baker grounds out to the pitcher. Nap Bomback flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Rube Loiselle pops out to the shortstop. Lefty Bancroft strikes out. Pickles Savage grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Eddie Walsh grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuaki Matsuyama singles to center field. Kazuaki Matsuyama steals second. Frank Lenhardt walks. Tim Southworth flies out to the right fielder. Joe McClain grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Craig Cipriani triples. Steve Dettmer strikes out. Mike Frisk singles to center field. Craig Cipriani scores. Mike Frisk steals second. Smoky Brown singles to center field. Roy Kibble grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Frisk scores. Smoky Brown advances to second on the play. Robin Riesgo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Eddie McKee flies out to the center fielder. Sugar Ray Reynolds grounds out to the second baseman. Marino Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Rube Loiselle flies out to the center fielder. Lefty Bancroft grounds out to the shortstop. Pickles Savage doubles to left field. Craig Cipriani singles to right field. Pickles Savage scores. Craig Cipriani steals second. Joe McClain throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Steve Dettmer walks. Mike Frisk pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Nap Bomback bunts for a base hit. Eddie Walsh strikes out. Kazuaki Matsuyama singles to center field. Frank Lenhardt flies out to the right fielder. Tim Southworth grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Nap Bomback is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Smoky Brown pops out to the third baseman. Roy Kibble reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Lenhardt. Robin Riesgo strikes out. Rube Loiselle flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Joe McClain singles to center field. Eddie McKee lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sugar Ray Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop. Marino Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Lefty Bancroft strikes out. Pickles Savage strikes out. Craig Cipriani strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Nap Bomback singles to center field. Jack Elsh 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. Nap Bomback is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Eddie Walsh strikes out. Kazuaki Matsuyama grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Charlie Griffith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Steve Dettmer grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Frisk grounds out to the pitcher. Smoky Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Marty Brower comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Frank Lenhardt singles in front of the center fielder. Tim Southworth strikes out. Joe McClain singles to center field. Clayton Parsons is pinch hitting for Charlie Griffith. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Clayton Parsons singles to center field. Frank Lenhardt scores. Joe McClain aggressively advances to third on the hit. Sugar Ray Reynolds singles to right field. Joe McClain scores. Dummy Anderson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Stallings is pinch running for Clayton Parsons on 2nd base. Marino Baker grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Charlie Stallings advances to third on the play. Sugar Ray Reynolds advances to second on the play. Nap Bomback singles to center field. Charlie Stallings scores. Sugar Ray Reynolds scores. Eddie Walsh grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Con Conigliaro pitching. Roy Kibble singles to center field. Dave McCall is pinch hitting for Dummy Anderson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dave McCall walks. Rube Loiselle walks. Lefty Bancroft pops out to the first baseman. Pickles Savage strikes out. Craig Cipriani grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Texas total runners LOB: 10
Batting:3B - Nap Bomback (1).HR - Frank Lenhardt (5). Baserunning: SB - Kazuaki Matsuyama (9).CS - Nap Bomback (6). Fielding: E - Frank Lenhardt, Joe McClain.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sam Fullerton improves in contact_vs_lefty Mike Stieb did not respond to coaching in velocity Sam Fullerton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty John Randa did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy White did not respond to coaching in 3B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ed Cotter did not respond to coaching in speed Wally Rutherford improves in range Joe Phillips did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Wally Swartzbaugh did not respond to coaching in range Jeff Neun did not respond to coaching in C