Inning: 1 Oakland Bill Fisher pitching. Deacon Shipley flies out to the right fielder. Biff Ownbey strikes out. Tom Shelley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Henry Cox pitching. Dave Gabler strikes out. Hilly Heath strikes out. Art Stallings walks. Hal Dowse lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland John Hamilton bunts for a base hit. Woodie Steinfeldt doubles past the left fielder. John Hamilton uses his aggressiveness and scores. Denny Bankhead doubles to left field. Woodie Steinfeldt scores. Takeo Hayashi strikes out. Eddie Crane flies out to the center fielder. Henry Cox singles to right field. Denny Bankhead scores. Von Pfiester comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Deacon Shipley doubles to right field. Biff Ownbey walks. Tom Shelley singles to left field. Henry Cox scores. Deacon Shipley scores. Ken Burkhart comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Hamilton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Lloyd Nielsen walks. Nick Meyers grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Lloyd Nielsen is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Bigelow strikes out. Otto Wise grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Nick Meyers is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Woodie Steinfeldt singles to right field. Denny Bankhead strikes out. Takeo Hayashi flies out to the right fielder. Eddie Crane hits a home run. Woodie Steinfeldt scores. Henry Cox reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Bigelow. Deacon Shipley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Ken Burkhart grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Gabler flies out to the center fielder. Hilly Heath walks. Art Stallings grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Hilly Heath is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Biff Ownbey grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Shelley strikes out. John Hamilton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Hal Dowse singles to center field. Lloyd Nielsen grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Nick Meyers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Woodie Steinfeldt flies out to the center fielder. Denny Bankhead singles to center field. Denny Bankhead is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Takeo Hayashi singles to center field. Takeo Hayashi steals second. Eddie Crane singles to center field. Takeo Hayashi scores. Henry Cox singles to center field. Eddie Crane advances to third on the hit. Deacon Shipley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston John Bigelow strikes out. Otto Wise singles to center field. Ken Burkhart lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dave Gabler flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Biff Ownbey singles to right field. Tom Shelley singles to left field. Biff Ownbey advances to third on the hit. John Hamilton walks. Woodie Steinfeldt walks. Biff Ownbey scores. Denny Bankhead walks. Tom Shelley scores. Dave Gentry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Relief pitcher has given up 5 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Takeo Hayashi flies out to the right fielder. Eddie Crane flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, John Hamilton scores. Henry Cox strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Hilly Heath strikes out. Art Stallings hits a home run. Hal Dowse flies out to the left fielder. Lloyd Nielsen walks. Nick Meyers walks. John Bigelow singles to right field. Lloyd Nielsen uses his aggressiveness and scores. Otto Wise grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Deacon Shipley strikes out. Biff Ownbey flies out to the center fielder. Tom Shelley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Mike Clarke is pinch hitting for Dave Gentry. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mike Clarke doubles to center field. Dave Gabler grounds out to the shortstop. Hilly Heath strikes out. Art Stallings lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Edgar Suche pitching. John Hamilton grounds out to the third baseman. Woodie Steinfeldt strikes out. Denny Bankhead strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Hal Dowse doubles to right field. Lloyd Nielsen hits a home run. Hal Dowse scores. Jeff Cardenas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nick Meyers strikes out. John Bigelow strikes out. Otto Wise singles past the second baseman. Edgar Suche flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Takeo Hayashi pops out to the catcher. Eddie Crane singles to center field. Jeff Cardenas pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Jack Cook is pinch hitting for Deacon Shipley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Eddie Crane is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Dave Gabler strikes out. Hilly Heath singles to right field. Art Stallings grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hilly Heath is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Hal Dowse strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 7 Boston total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Dave Gentry is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jake Mahaffey improves in arm Jack Dodson improves in velocity Peter Pittsley did not respond to coaching in velocity Robin Milosevich did not respond to coaching in control
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Norm Peters did not respond to coaching in velocity Larry Buckeye improves in contact_vs_righty Reggie Lepcio did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Firpo Arias did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty