Inning: 1 Oakland Jesse Miller pitching. Aaron North grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Sibby Clarke grounds out to the second baseman. Roberto Barnes flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Dave Ramirez pitching. Sammy Becker strikes out. Paul Farrell flies out to the left fielder. Tom Bradford grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Tim Meyer grounds out to the second baseman. Aaron Mangus grounds out to the third baseman. Roger Holdsworth grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Jim Grimsley strikes out. Frank Ramsey flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Frank Parker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Ray Hardy pops out to the shortstop. Sheldon Harrington grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Leroy Stivetts flies out to the left fielder. Rob Meacham grounds out to the pitcher. Jesse Miller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Aaron North singles to right field. Sibby Clarke singles to right field. Aaron North advances to third on the hit. Roberto Barnes singles to left field. Aaron North scores. Sibby Clarke advances to third on the hit. Tim Meyer strikes out. Aaron Mangus grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Sammy Becker doubles to center field. Paul Farrell strikes out. Tom Bradford strikes out. Jim Grimsley walks. Frank Ramsey walks. Frank Parker is hit by a pitch. Sammy Becker scores. Leroy Stivetts grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Oakland Roger Holdsworth flies out to the right fielder. Ray Hardy grounds out to the shortstop. Sheldon Harrington doubles to left field. Dave Ramirez pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Rob Meacham strikes out. Jesse Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Sammy Becker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Aaron North singles to center field. Sibby Clarke lines out to the third baseman. Roberto Barnes grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Aaron North is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tim Meyer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Paul Farrell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Bradford pops out to the first baseman. Jim Grimsley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Aaron Mangus pops out to the first baseman. Roger Holdsworth grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Hardy singles past the second baseman. Sheldon Harrington grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Frank Ramsey singles to left field. Frank Parker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Leroy Stivetts flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Dave Ramirez flies out to the left fielder. Aaron North grounds out to the third baseman. Sibby Clarke strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Walt Calvert is pinch hitting for Rob Meacham. Walt Calvert grounds out to the third baseman. Spencer Zientara is pinch hitting for Jesse Miller. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Spencer Zientara singles to left field. Sammy Becker strikes out. Paul Farrell singles to right field. John Beamon 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. Tom Bradford strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Oskar Xander pitching. Jock Griggs enters the game as a defensive replacement for Walt Calvert at C. Roberto Barnes strikes out. Tim Meyer flies out to the right fielder. Aaron Mangus strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Jim Grimsley grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Ramsey singles to left field. Frank Parker pops out to the second baseman. Leroy Stivetts flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Oakland Roger Holdsworth grounds out to the shortstop. Troy Morrill is pinch hitting for Ray Hardy. Troy Morrill pops out to the catcher. Sheldon Harrington flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Boston Rick Fonville enters the game as a defensive replacement for Troy Morrill at 2B. Jock Griggs doubles to center field. Fritz Kaiserling is pinch hitting for Oskar Xander. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Fritz Kaiserling reached on a 2-base throwing error by Aaron Mangus. Jock Griggs scores. Oakland total runners left on base: 4 Boston total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Paul Farrell is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Doc Seelbach did not respond to coaching in arm Tim Hack improves in range T.R. Howe improves in contact_vs_righty Bert Jordan improves in velocity Ken Mura did not respond to coaching in 3B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Paul LeClaire did not respond to coaching in control Sid Goulait did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Musgraves improves in speed Herman Boggs did not respond to coaching in velocity Robby Peña did not respond to coaching in 1B