Win: Steve Santangelo (17-6) Loss: Tony Klawitter (9-18)
Save: Marty Brower (50)
Inning: 1 Texas Tony Klawitter pitching. Lefty Bancroft strikes out. Steve Dettmer singles to right field. Mike Frisk pops out to the shortstop. Pickles Savage flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Steve Santangelo pitching. Matt Schreiber strikes out. Charlie Stallings grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuaki Matsuyama grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Ed Parsons singles to right field. Rube Loiselle hits a home run. Ed Parsons scores. Craig Cipriani grounds out to the shortstop. Smoky Brown strikes out. Steve Santangelo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Eddie Walsh grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Lenhardt flies out to the left fielder. Joe McClain flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Lefty Bancroft strikes out. Steve Dettmer doubles to center field. Mike Frisk flies out to the right fielder. Pickles Savage flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Chris Ritter singles past the shortstop. Chris Ritter steals second. Clayton Parsons grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Ritter advances to third on the play. Tony Klawitter grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Ritter scores. Matt Schreiber grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Ed Parsons flies out to the right fielder. Rube Loiselle singles to right field. Rube Loiselle is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Craig Cipriani grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Charlie Stallings grounds out to the shortstop. Kazuaki Matsuyama grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Walsh singles to left field. Frank Lenhardt singles to right field. Joe McClain flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Smoky Brown lines out to the second baseman. Steve Santangelo grounds out to the second baseman. Lefty Bancroft strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Chris Ritter flies out to the center fielder. Clayton Parsons grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Klawitter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Steve Dettmer singles past the shortstop. Steve Dettmer steals second. Mike Frisk strikes out. Pickles Savage grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ed Parsons grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Matt Schreiber walks. Matt Schreiber steals second. Charlie Stallings pops out to the shortstop. Kazuaki Matsuyama flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Walsh lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Rube Loiselle walks. Rube Loiselle is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Craig Cipriani singles to center field. Smoky Brown singles to center field. Steve Santangelo 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: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Frank Lenhardt doubles to right field. Joe McClain flies out to the left fielder. Chris Ritter walks. Clayton Parsons walks. Al Richardson is pinch hitting for Tony Klawitter. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Al Richardson pops out to the second baseman. 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. Matt Schreiber strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Texas Charlie Griffith pitching. Steve Dettmer grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Frisk singles past the second baseman. Pickles Savage strikes out. Ed Parsons singles in front of the right fielder. Mike Frisk advances to third on the hit. Rube Loiselle strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Charlie Stallings singles to center field. Kazuaki Matsuyama grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Eddie Walsh grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Craig Cipriani pops out to the first baseman. Smoky Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Dave McCall is pinch hitting for Jack Elsh. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Dave McCall walks. Lefty Bancroft flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Marty Brower pitching. Frank Lenhardt strikes out. Joe McClain singles to right field. Tim Southworth is pinch running for Joe McClain on 1st base. Tim Southworth is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Chris Ritter lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 6
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Carney Kokos did not respond to coaching in velocity Carney Kokos did not respond to coaching in control Ralph Beech improves in range Frank Schepner improves in power_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: Guy Aldred did not respond to coaching in control Percy Donahue did not respond to coaching in range Randy Melton did not respond to coaching in control Jim Marentette improves in range Roy White did not respond to coaching in 3B