Inning: 1 Boston Bob Bailey pitching. Cookie White walks. Toshinori Tahara strikes out. Wes Gleich singles to right field. Cesar Cress pops out to the second baseman. Bob Signer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Johnny Taylor pitching. Nelson Pickett hits a home run. Garland Quinn strikes out. Jack Hicks singles past the second baseman. Herb Hume strikes out. Leo Ens singles to left field. Jack Hicks advances to third on the hit. Rob Harris hits a home run. Jack Hicks scores. Leo Ens scores. Jim Easler singles to right field. Wayne Candini strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Ed Fanwell grounds out to the shortstop. Craig Molina grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Tolar singles to center field. Johnny Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Bob Bailey singles to center field. Nelson Pickett flies out to the center fielder. Garland Quinn strikes out. Jack Hicks flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Cookie White walks. Toshinori Tahara grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Wes Gleich strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Herb Hume pops out to the shortstop. Leo Ens singles to center field. Rob Harris walks. Jim Easler strikes out. Wayne Candini singles to left field. Leo Ens scores. Rob Harris advances to third on the hit. Bob Bailey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Cesar Cress flies out to the right fielder. Bob Signer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Fanwell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Nelson Pickett singles past the shortstop. Garland Quinn walks. Jack Hicks doubles past the first baseman. Nelson Pickett scores. Herb Hume grounds out to the second baseman. Garland Quinn scores. Jack Hicks advances to third on the play. Passed ball. Jack Hicks scores. Leo Ens doubles to right field. Rob Harris strikes out. Jim Easler grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Craig Molina walks. Bill Tolar strikes out. Johnny Taylor lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Cookie White singles to center field. Toshinori Tahara flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Wayne Candini walks. Bob Bailey fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bob Bailey flies out to the center fielder. Nelson Pickett grounds out to the shortstop. Wayne Candini advances to second on the play. Garland Quinn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Wes Gleich singles to left field. Cesar Cress grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bob Signer hits a home run. Ed Fanwell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Jack Hicks singles past the first baseman. Jack Hicks is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Herb Hume grounds out to the third baseman. Leo Ens strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Craig Molina singles to center field. Bill Tolar grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Johnny Taylor flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Rob Harris walks. Jim Easler pops out to the shortstop. Wayne Candini strikes out. Babe Mitchell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Steve Franklin is pinch hitting for Bob Bailey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Steve Franklin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Harry Furillo pitching. Cookie White singles to center field. Toshinori Tahara strikes out. Wes Gleich strikes out. Dave Paumier is pinch hitting for Cesar Cress. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Paumier singles to right field. Cookie White advances to third on the hit. Bob Signer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Nelson Pickett flies out to the center fielder. Garland Quinn singles to right field. Jack Hicks grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Garland Quinn is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jack Hicks steals second. Herb Hume grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Al Ott is pinch hitting for Ed Fanwell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Al Ott grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Merena 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. Craig Molina strikes out. Bill Tolar grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners left on base: 7 Oakland total runners left on base: 8
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jim Zettlein did not respond to coaching in arm John Haad improves in arm Mike Witasick did not respond to coaching in velocity Ramon Brown improves in arm Jim Zettlein did not respond to coaching in 2B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Red Kline did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Al Bohnet improves in contact_vs_righty Al Bohnet did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Steve Blanding improves in power_vs_lefty