Win: Bob McMath (12-3) Loss: Otis Witherup (3-6)
Save: Bill McLeod (2)
Inning: 1 Boston Craig Weber pitching. Carl Roarke flies out to the right fielder. Mike Skalski hits a home run. Gabriel Sojo flies out to the right fielder. Yoshio Komai grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Mike Locker pitching. Jamal Greenberg flies out to the left fielder. Footer Allen grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Hoak grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Roy Dobbek strikes out. Calvin Sanders walks. Bill Heath singles to right field. Freddie Camp grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Ricardo Orlando doubles to center field. Al McAleer strikes out. Jim Jacoby triples. Ricardo Orlando scores. Eddie Frisella grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Jacoby scores. Fred Pieh doubles to right field. Craig Weber strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Mike Locker strikes out. Carl Roarke walks. Mike Skalski grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Carl Roarke is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Gabriel Sojo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Jamal Greenberg singles to left field. Jamal Greenberg gets picked off first. Footer Allen flies out to the right fielder. Bob Hoak strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Yoshio Komai walks. Roy Dobbek strikes out. Calvin Sanders grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshio Komai advances to second on the play. Bill Heath doubles to right field. Yoshio Komai scores. Freddie Camp strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Ricardo Orlando singles to right field. Ricardo Orlando is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Al McAleer grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Jacoby strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Mike Locker reached on a fielding error by Jim Jacoby. Carl Roarke grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mike Locker is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Skalski singles to left field. Carl Roarke advances to third on the hit. Gabriel Sojo singles to center field. Carl Roarke scores. Mike Skalski advances to third on the hit. Yoshio Komai flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Mike Skalski scores. Roy Dobbek singles to left field. Calvin Sanders strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Eddie Frisella strikes out. Fred Pieh walks. Craig Weber fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Craig Weber pops out to the shortstop. Jamal Greenberg walks. Footer Allen walks. Bob Hoak hits a home run. Fred Pieh scores. Jamal Greenberg scores. Footer Allen scores. Bob McMath comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ricardo Orlando flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Bill Heath walks. Freddie Camp singles to left field. Bill Heath advances to third on the hit. Carney Mills 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. Bob McMath flies out to the right fielder. Carl Roarke flies out to the center fielder. Mike Skalski grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Al McAleer grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Jacoby grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Frisella grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Gabriel Sojo hits a home run. Don Washburn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yoshio Komai grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Dobbek grounds out to the third baseman. Calvin Sanders grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Fred Pieh strikes out. Tomas Cooley is pinch hitting for Don Washburn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tomas Cooley singles to center field. Tomas Cooley steals second. Jamal Greenberg lines out to the third baseman. Footer Allen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Otis Witherup pitching. Bill Heath strikes out. Freddie Camp singles to center field. George Spencer is pinch hitting for Bob McMath. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. George Spencer doubles to left field. Carl Roarke hits a home run. Freddie Camp scores. George Spencer scores. Mark Moseby comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Skalski grounds out to the catcher. Gabriel Sojo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Bill McLeod pitching. Bob Hoak doubles to center field. Ricardo Orlando walks. Al McAleer lines out to the second baseman. Jim Jacoby grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Yoshio Komai strikes out. Roy Dobbek grounds out to the second baseman. Calvin Sanders grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Ad LaCock enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Heath at 2B. Eddie Frisella grounds out to the pitcher. Fred Pieh grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! King Collins is pinch hitting for Mark Moseby. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. King Collins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 3
Batting:2B - Bob Hoak (19), Ricardo Orlando (21), Fred Pieh (23).3B - Jim Jacoby (10).HR - Bob Hoak (16).GIDP - Jim Jacoby. Baserunning: SB - Tomas Cooley (5).CS - Ricardo Orlando (9). Fielding: E - Jim Jacoby.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Clancy Wilhelm improves in contact_vs_lefty Mark Reipschlager did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dominik Sepkowski did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Sherm Tomasic did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Nagy did not respond to coaching in CF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Matias Pacella did not respond to coaching in speed Neal Brubaker did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jack Zito did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Roger Andrews did not respond to coaching in velocity