Win: Don Lowery (1-0) Loss: Rocky Lawrence (0-1)
Save: Butch Tessmer (3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Rocky Lawrence pitching. Ed Szekely strikes out. Ron Purtell grounds out to the second baseman. Spike Warren strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Don Lowery pitching. Bronson Tyler strikes out. Toyokazu Kameyama strikes out. Herb Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ralph Heimach pops out to the catcher. Happy Conzelman strikes out. Tetsuro Sekine strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Jarrod Mitchell strikes out. John Vizquel grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Fritz Shannabrook grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Bill Vidro walks. Rip Mahoney strikes out. Don Lowery fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Don Lowery lines out to the second baseman. Ed Szekely flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Scott Gould doubles to right field. Steve Smith flies out to the right fielder. Rocky Lawrence strikes out. Bronson Tyler walks. Toyokazu Kameyama pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Ron Purtell flies out to the left fielder. Spike Warren strikes out. Ralph Heimach strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Herb Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Jarrod Mitchell strikes out. John Vizquel lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Happy Conzelman pops out to the second baseman. Tetsuro Sekine grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Vidro grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Fritz Shannabrook flies out to the right fielder. Scott Gould grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Rip Mahoney triples. Don Lowery walks. Ed Szekely strikes out. Ron Purtell grounds out to the shortstop. Rip Mahoney scores. Don Lowery advances to second on the play. Spike Warren reached on a fielding error by Steve Smith. Ralph Heimach flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Rocky Lawrence strikes out. Bronson Tyler grounds out to the shortstop. Toyokazu Kameyama grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Happy Conzelman grounds out to the third baseman. Tetsuro Sekine singles to right field. Bill Vidro singles to right field. Rip Mahoney flies out to the center fielder. Jim Lynn 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. Don Lowery grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Herb Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Jarrod Mitchell walks. John Vizquel grounds out to the pitcher. Jarrod Mitchell advances to second on the play. Passed ball. Jarrod Mitchell advances to third. Fritz Shannabrook flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Ed Szekely flies out to the center fielder. Ron Purtell strikes out. Spike Warren flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Scott Gould pops out to the third baseman. Steve Smith strikes out. Ted Starnagle is pinch hitting for Jim Lynn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ted Starnagle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland John Smith pitching. Ralph Heimach strikes out. Happy Conzelman singles to left field. Tetsuro Sekine doubles to center field. Happy Conzelman uses his aggressiveness and scores. Pedro Wyse comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Vidro singles to left field. Rip Mahoney flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Tetsuro Sekine scores. Roger Broglio is pinch hitting for Don Lowery. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Roger Broglio singles to right field. Ed Szekely strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Butch Tessmer pitching. Bronson Tyler doubles to left field. Toyokazu Kameyama flies out to the right fielder. Herb Smith singles to center field. Bronson Tyler scores. Jarrod Mitchell walks. John Vizquel grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 7 Boston total runners LOB: 4
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Harlin Muncrief improves in arm Brian Reis improves in velocity Shawn Haney improves in velocity Lee Durham improves in power_vs_lefty Ed Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in velocity Rube Shinners improves in velocity
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tim Inks did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Bella did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Julian Hernandez did not respond to coaching in control Mark Kinney did not respond to coaching in range Tim Inks did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Chris Riggs improves in range