Win: Robin Riesgo (14-4) Loss: Eddie McKee (4-11)
Save: Marty Brower (34)
Inning: 1 Texas Eddie McKee pitching. Rube Loiselle walks. Lefty Bancroft singles to center field. Ed Parsons strikes out. Pickles Savage grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Robin Riesgo pitching. Sugar Ray Reynolds grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Stallings grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuaki Matsuyama grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Craig Cipriani grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Steve Dettmer strikes out. Mike Frisk strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Nap Bomback singles past the second baseman. Bobby Ford strikes out. Frank Lenhardt strikes out. Marino Baker walks. Roman Osik grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Smoky Brown singles to left field. Robin Riesgo lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rube Loiselle singles to center field. Lefty Bancroft flies out to the center fielder. Ed Parsons hits a home run. Smoky Brown scores. Rube Loiselle scores. Pickles Savage flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Eddie McKee walks. Sugar Ray Reynolds pops out to the third baseman. Charlie Stallings pops out to the catcher. Kazuaki Matsuyama grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Eddie McKee is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Craig Cipriani singles to center field. Craig Cipriani steals second. Steve Dettmer strikes out. Mike Frisk flies out to the left fielder. Smoky Brown singles to left field. Craig Cipriani scores. Robin Riesgo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Nap Bomback bunts for a base hit. Bobby Ford grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Frank Lenhardt singles to left field. Marino Baker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Rube Loiselle flies out to the left fielder. Lefty Bancroft singles past the shortstop. Ed Parsons flies out to the right fielder. Pickles Savage strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Roman Osik strikes out. Eddie McKee strikes out. Sugar Ray Reynolds strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Craig Cipriani grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Dettmer pops out to the first baseman. Mike Frisk is hit by a pitch. Smoky Brown singles to center field. Robin Riesgo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Charlie Stallings pops out to the first baseman. Kazuaki Matsuyama singles to right field. Nap Bomback singles to left field. Bobby Ford singles to right field. Frank Lenhardt flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Kazuaki Matsuyama is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Con Conigliaro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rube Loiselle grounds out to the second baseman. Lefty Bancroft walks. Ed Parsons reached on a 2-base fielding error by Kazuaki Matsuyama. Pickles Savage flies out to the right fielder. Craig Cipriani singles to left field. Lefty Bancroft scores. Ed Parsons is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Marino Baker walks. Marino Baker is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Roman Osik grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Con Conigliaro grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Steve Dettmer strikes out. Mike Frisk flies out to the center fielder. Smoky Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Matt Schreiber is pinch hitting for Sugar Ray Reynolds. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Matt Schreiber grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Stallings flies out to the right fielder. Kazuaki Matsuyama grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Robin Riesgo strikes out. Rube Loiselle strikes out. Lefty Bancroft singles to center field. Ed Parsons pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Nap Bomback grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Bobby Ford flies out to the left fielder. Gerry Templeton is pinch hitting for Frank Lenhardt. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Gerry Templeton walks. Marino Baker doubles past the third baseman. Joe McClain is pinch hitting for Roman Osik. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe McClain singles to right field. Gerry Templeton scores. Marino Baker scores. Marty Brower comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Clayton Parsons is pinch hitting for Con Conigliaro. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Clayton Parsons grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 7
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Billy Eilers did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Harry Hinsley did not respond to coaching in control Jim Alvarez did not respond to coaching in velocity Ralph Beech improves in range Jeff Neun did not respond to coaching in C
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jeff Smith improves in arm Sam Fullerton did not respond to coaching in arm Roy White did not respond to coaching in range Sal Howard did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Roy White did not respond to coaching in 3B