Win: Erisbel Castaneda (1-0) Loss: Lew Martin (0-1)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Lew Martin pitching. Irv Parker strikes out. Rob Branca grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Cox strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Erisbel Castaneda pitching. John Miles walks. Paul Jones grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bill Giggie strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Baltimore Daijiro Brando pops out to the third baseman. Joey Hernandez hits a home run. Toshiya Ueda strikes out. Hub Sain grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Ray Murphy flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Danny Cochran pops out to the shortstop. Gary Easterday grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Baltimore Sammy Berardino strikes out. Erisbel Castaneda grounds out to the pitcher. Irv Parker walks. Rob Branca doubles to right field. Irv Parker uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Cox is hit by a pitch. Daijiro Brando strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Mark Cerutti strikes out. Augie Slaughter singles to right field. Lew Martin lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Miles flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Joey Hernandez pops out to the shortstop. Toshiya Ueda flies out to the center fielder. Hub Sain flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Paul Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Giggie pops out to the catcher. Ray Murphy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Sammy Berardino grounds out to the third baseman. Erisbel Castaneda singles to left field. Irv Parker flies out to the center fielder. Rob Branca hits an infield single to the third baseman. Bill Cox walks. Daijiro Brando grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Boston Danny Cochran grounds out to the third baseman. Gary Easterday strikes out. Mark Cerutti singles to center field. Augie Slaughter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Baltimore Joey Hernandez doubles to center field. Bernardo Cooke 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. Toshiya Ueda flies out to the left fielder. Hub Sain lines out to the shortstop. Sammy Berardino doubles to left field. Joey Hernandez scores. Erisbel Castaneda strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Bernardo Cooke strikes out. John Miles singles to center field. Paul Jones singles to left field. John Miles advances to third on the hit. Bill Giggie singles to right field. John Miles scores. Ray Murphy lines out to the first baseman. Danny Cochran flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Baltimore Irv Parker singles to center field. Rob Branca singles to right field. Irv Parker advances to third on the hit. Bill Cox grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Irv Parker scores. Daijiro Brando singles to left field. Joey Hernandez hits a home run. Daijiro Brando scores. Danel Mestre comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Toshiya Ueda pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Gary Easterday flies out to the center fielder. Mark Cerutti grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pete Owen is pinch hitting for Augie Slaughter. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pete Owen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Rudy Walsh is pinch hitting for Hub Sain. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rudy Walsh singles to center field. Rudy Walsh is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Sammy Berardino grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Erisbel Castaneda grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Steve Walker is pinch hitting for Danel Mestre. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Steve Walker grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! John Miles grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore John Smith pitching. Irv Parker singles to right field. Rob Branca grounds out to the third baseman. Irv Parker advances to second on the play. Bill Cox strikes out. George Perkins is pinch hitting for Daijiro Brando. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. George Perkins grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Bill Giggie singles to left field. Chris Bayless is pinch hitting for Ray Murphy. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chris Bayless grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bill Giggie is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Danny Cochran walks. Gary Easterday strikes out. Mark Cerutti flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Baltimore total runners LOB: 7 Boston total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Lew Martin is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Fields did not respond to coaching in velocity Bart Splittorff did not respond to coaching in control Tim Connelly did not respond to coaching in velocity Pop-Boy Grube did not respond to coaching in control Ernie Bishop did not respond to coaching in control Ed Masters improves in speed Ed Masters did not respond to coaching in 2B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Carlos Leon did not respond to coaching in control Jarrod Sutherland did not respond to coaching in range Jeff Fansler improves in range Doug Romonosky did not respond to coaching in control Jarrod Sutherland did not respond to coaching in range Sam Briggs did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Al Hansen did not respond to coaching in C