Win: Andy Greene (1-0) Loss: Stone Johnson (0-1)
Save: Bill Mattingly (1)
Inning: 1 Toronto Stone Johnson pitching. Akinori Mori walks. Akinori Mori steals second. Roger Makowski singles to left field. Akinori Mori scores. Roger Makowski steals second. Brian Spinks walks. Bill Branch singles to left field. Roger Makowski is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Brian Spinks advances to third on the play. Jimmy Blankenship flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Brian Spinks scores. Ryuji Azuma singles to center field. Katsushi Yoshioka walks. Gene Skaff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Lawson strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Boston Andy Greene pitching. Dutch Thompson triples. Nomar Doerr walks. Neil Robinson grounds out to the second baseman. Dutch Thompson scores. Nomar Doerr advances to second on the play. MoMo Wanchuk grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Mitt Dermon walks. Leroy Bonacci grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Toronto Andy Greene pops out to the second baseman. Akinori Mori pops out to the third baseman. Roger Makowski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Jamie Conway grounds out to the third baseman. Yoshinori Chikazawa grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Skaff pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Toronto Brian Spinks flies out to the center fielder. Bill Branch grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Blankenship flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Dutch Thompson strikes out. Nomar Doerr singles to left field. Neil Robinson flies out to the right fielder. MoMo Wanchuk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Toronto Ryuji Azuma grounds out to the shortstop. Katsushi Yoshioka flies out to the right fielder. Bill Lawson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Mitt Dermon pops out to the first baseman. Leroy Bonacci strikes out. Jamie Conway grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Toronto Andy Greene singles to center field. Akinori Mori flies out to the left fielder. Thurmond Sinclair comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Roger Makowski bunts for a base hit. Brian Spinks flies out to the left fielder. Bill Branch singles to left field. Andy Greene scores. Roger Makowski advances to third on the hit. Jimmy Blankenship walks. Ryuji Azuma flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Boston Yoshinori Chikazawa walks. Thurmond Sinclair lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dutch Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Nomar Doerr flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Toronto Katsushi Yoshioka flies out to the right fielder. Gene Strittmatter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Lawson pops out to the first baseman. Andy Greene grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Neil Robinson grounds out to the second baseman. MoMo Wanchuk strikes out. Mitt Dermon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Toronto Akinori Mori grounds out to the pitcher. Roger Makowski strikes out. Brian Spinks grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Leroy Bonacci strikes out. Jamie Conway grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshinori Chikazawa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Toronto Bill Branch lines out to the shortstop. Jimmy Blankenship hits a home run. Bob Moore comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ryuji Azuma grounds out to the third baseman. Katsushi Yoshioka grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Jim Bressler enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ryuji Azuma at 1B. George Speake is pinch hitting for Bob Moore. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. George Speake strikes out. Dutch Thompson flies out to the right fielder. Nomar Doerr walks. Neil Robinson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Toronto Doug Moore pitching. Bill Lawson singles to center field. Dave Conde is pinch hitting for Andy Greene. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dave Conde hits an infield single to the shortstop. Akinori Mori walks. Roger Makowski strikes out. Brian Spinks grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Bill Mattingly pitching. MoMo Wanchuk singles to left field. Mitt Dermon walks. Leroy Bonacci grounds into a 1-6-3 double play - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! MoMo Wanchuk advances to third on the play. Jamie Conway strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Toronto total runners LOB: 8 Boston total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Bill Lawson is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Yulier Lopez did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Hamilton did not respond to coaching in range Paddy Farr did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Fletcher did not respond to coaching in control Rick Gleason did not respond to coaching in speed Paddy Farr did not respond to coaching in velocity
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Major Burns did not respond to coaching in velocity Taylor Olin did not respond to coaching in control Masayoshi Sunga did not respond to coaching in velocity Kandence Tutwiler improves in range Kandence Tutwiler did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Max Von Marburg did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Harland Fishburn did not respond to coaching in C