Win: Nolen Turk Loss: Bruce Wachtel
Save: George Rojas
Inning: 1 Oakland Bruce Wachtel pitching. Lance Zahniser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Luiji Vilain grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Neal pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Nolen Turk pitching. Walter May walks. Brian Smith hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bill Wilmot grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Walter May advances to third on the play. Stanislaw Pierzynski strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Travis Kubiak doubles to right field. Tony Marshall hits an infield single to the first baseman. Travis Kubiak gets picked off third. Hirohide Yamamoto flies out to the right fielder. Tony Marshall steals second. Billy Hoover flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston John Zaske singles to left field. Dave Grasso flies out to the right fielder. Diomedes Perritt walks. Jake Clemons singles to left field. John Zaske scores. Bruce Wachtel lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Walter May flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Wid Galatzer strikes out. Nolen Turk grounds out to the third baseman. Lance Zahniser pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Brian Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Wilmot flies out to the center fielder. Stanislaw Pierzynski singles to center field. John Zaske flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Luiji Vilain grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Neal singles to left field. Travis Kubiak singles past the shortstop. Steve Neal advances to third on the hit. Tony Marshall grounds out to the pitcher. Travis Kubiak advances to second on the play. Hirohide Yamamoto singles to right field. Steve Neal scores. Travis Kubiak scores. Billy Hoover flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Dave Grasso strikes out. Diomedes Perritt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jake Clemons flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Wid Galatzer triples. Nolen Turk grounds out to the third baseman. Wid Galatzer scores. Lance Zahniser walks. Lance Zahniser steals second. Luiji Vilain flies out to the center fielder. Steve Neal flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Bruce Wachtel strikes out. Walter May grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brian Smith pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Travis Kubiak strikes out. Tony Marshall singles to right field. Tony Marshall is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Hirohide Yamamoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Bill Wilmot walks. Stanislaw Pierzynski flies out to the left fielder. John Zaske strikes out. Dave Grasso singles to right field. Diomedes Perritt grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dave Grasso is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Billy Hoover singles to center field. Wid Galatzer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Billy Hoover advances to second on the play. Nolen Turk flies out to the right fielder. Lance Zahniser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Jake Clemons strikes out. Bruce Wachtel grounds out to the shortstop. Walter May grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Luiji Vilain singles to left field. Steve Neal strikes out. Travis Kubiak lines out to the second baseman. Tony Marshall singles to center field. Luiji Vilain advances to third on the hit. Norm Winn 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 2nd. Terry Beeler is pinch hitting for Hirohide Yamamoto. Terry Beeler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Brian Smith flies out to the right fielder. Bill Wilmot singles to center field. Stanislaw Pierzynski singles past the first baseman. John Zaske grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Wilmot advances to third on the play. Stanislaw Pierzynski advances to second on the play. George Rojas 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 3rd. Dave Grasso grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Billy Hoover grounds out to the shortstop. Wid Galatzer strikes out. George Rojas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Diomedes Perritt flies out to the left fielder. Jake Clemons flies out to the left fielder. Duke Howard is pinch hitting for Norm Winn. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Duke Howard grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 6 Boston total runners LOB: 8