Win: Jody Newman (3-7) Loss: Rod Marte (3-5)
Save: Tim Candiotti (17)
Inning: 1 Oakland Jody Newman pitching. Lefty Lowry flies out to the center fielder. Pat Morrison pops out to the second baseman. Dunier Ibanez pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Rod Marte pitching. Fred Lynn flies out to the left fielder. Mitchell Fisk singles past the shortstop. Pat Meyer strikes out. Desi Sprague doubles to center field. Mitchell Fisk uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gene Gomez hits a home run. Desi Sprague scores. Bob Beasley hits a home run. Dewey Evans grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Yasushi Makino walks. Shuichi Taguchi strikes out. Yorelvis Barroso flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Dian Gonzalez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Yasushi Makino is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Earl Burk grounds out to the third baseman. Jody Newman strikes out. Fred Lynn singles to left field. Mitchell Fisk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Coot Higgins grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Marte strikes out. Lefty Lowry grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Pat Meyer strikes out. Desi Sprague doubles to center field. Gene Gomez grounds out to the second baseman. Desi Sprague advances to third on the play. Bob Beasley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Pat Morrison strikes out. Dunier Ibanez flies out to the right fielder. Yasushi Makino walks. Shuichi Taguchi doubles to right field. Yasushi Makino uses his aggressiveness and scores. Yorelvis Barroso pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Dewey Evans grounds out to the second baseman. Earl Burk grounds out to the shortstop. Jody Newman grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Dian Gonzalez doubles to right field. Coot Higgins strikes out. Rod Marte grounds out to the third baseman. Lefty Lowry grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Fred Lynn singles to right field. Mitchell Fisk flies out to the left fielder. Pat Meyer pops out to the shortstop. Kennie Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Desi Sprague grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Fred Lynn is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Pat Morrison flies out to the right fielder. Dunier Ibanez singles to left field. Yasushi Makino singles past the shortstop. Shuichi Taguchi strikes out. Yorelvis Barroso walks. Dian Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Boston Gene Gomez singles to right field. Bob Beasley hits an infield single to the shortstop. Dewey Evans grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Gomez advances to third on the play. Bob Beasley advances to second on the play. Earl Burk strikes out. Jody Newman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Bob Bierbauer enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Beasley at 3B. Coot Higgins singles to center field. Patrick Dubois is pinch hitting for Kennie Davis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Patrick Dubois flies out to the center fielder. Lefty Lowry grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Rangel Martinez pitching. Fred Lynn singles to right field. Oscar Wilshere is pinch hitting for Mitchell Fisk. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fred Lynn gets picked off first. Oscar Wilshere strikes out. Pat Meyer pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Pat Morrison singles to right field. Dunier Ibanez hits a home run. Pat Morrison scores. Chet Jaeger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Yasushi Makino grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Shuichi Taguchi grounds out to the second baseman. Yorelvis Barroso pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Desi Sprague singles to center field. Gene Gomez singles to center field. Bob Bierbauer grounds out to the shortstop. Desi Sprague advances to third on the play. Gene Gomez advances to second on the play. Dewey Evans flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Desi Sprague scores. Fred Orndorff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Earl Burk grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Tim Candiotti comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dian Gonzalez singles to left field. Dian Gonzalez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Coot Higgins walks. Shoji Kasai is pinch hitting for Fred Orndorff. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Shoji Kasai grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Boston total runners left on base: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Zackert did not respond to coaching in control Hal Young did not respond to coaching in speed Weldon Jones did not respond to coaching in control
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ricky Vaughn did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Gus Lavelle improves in power_vs_righty Bob Henninger improves in arm Gus Lavelle did not respond to coaching in 3B