Win: Howard Yaryan (12-11) Loss: John Espino (7-12)
Save: Kennie Davis (10)
Inning: 1 Oakland John Espino pitching. Masato Tani doubles to center field. Patrick Dubois strikes out. Dan Barthelson walks. Yasushi Makino hits a home run. Masato Tani scores. Dan Barthelson scores. So Yamashita flies out to the center fielder. Dian Gonzalez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Donn Duvall. Dunier Ibanez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Howard Yaryan pitching. Gene Gomez singles to left field. Gene Gomez is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Rico Rice grounds out to the shortstop. Mitchell Fisk flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Pete Delgado grounds out to the shortstop. Howard Yaryan flies out to the right fielder. Masato Tani grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Pat Meyer grounds out to the third baseman. Les Thielman grounds out to the shortstop. Russ Sykes walks. Donn Duvall grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Patrick Dubois strikes out. Dan Barthelson singles to left field. Yasushi Makino grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Fred Dunlop walks. John Espino fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John Espino strikes out. Gene Gomez strikes out. Rico Rice bunts for a base hit. Mitchell Fisk singles to left field. Fred Dunlop is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland So Yamashita grounds out to the second baseman. Dian Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder. Dunier Ibanez lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Pat Meyer singles to right field. Les Thielman grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pat Meyer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Russ Sykes flies out to the left fielder. Les Thielman steals second. Donn Duvall strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Pete Delgado singles to right field. Howard Yaryan lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Masato Tani singles to left field. Masato Tani steals second. Patrick Dubois singles to left field. Pete Delgado scores. Masato Tani scores. Luis Harris comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dan Barthelson pops out to the catcher. Patrick Dubois steals second. Yasushi Makino grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Fred Dunlop walks. Luis Harris lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Gene Gomez singles to center field. Rico Rice doubles to center field. Fred Dunlop scores. Gene Gomez scores. Mitchell Fisk strikes out. Pat Meyer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland So Yamashita walks. Dian Gonzalez walks. Dunier Ibanez pops out to the second baseman. Pete Delgado grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dian Gonzalez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Howard Yaryan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Les Thielman flies out to the left fielder. Russ Sykes strikes out. Donn Duvall flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Jim Hartsock 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. Masato Tani pops out to the shortstop. Patrick Dubois grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Barthelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Fred Dunlop strikes out. Jim Hartsock strikes out. Gene Gomez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Yasushi Makino grounds out to the third baseman. So Yamashita singles to center field. Dian Gonzalez grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Rico Rice pops out to the shortstop. Mitchell Fisk reached on a fielding error by Dunier Ibanez. Pat Meyer hits a home run. Mitchell Fisk scores. Les Thielman doubles to right field. Jiro Watanabe 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. Russ Sykes walks. Donn Duvall strikes out. Fred Dunlop pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Dunier Ibanez strikes out. Pete Delgado grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Morrison is pinch hitting for Jiro Watanabe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Pat Morrison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Kennie Davis pitching. Bob Beasley is pinch hitting for Jim Hartsock. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bob Beasley flies out to the right fielder. Gene Gomez strikes out. Rico Rice flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 4 Boston total runners LOB: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Segui did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Morris did not respond to coaching in velocity Sam Pless did not respond to coaching in velocity Kenji Kurataka improves in velocity
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dewey Evans did not respond to coaching in range Ed Rueter improves in range Al Gorsica did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Luis Gentry did not respond to coaching in velocity Gus Lavelle did not respond to coaching in 2B