Win: Elmer Wagner (18-6) Loss: Dave Sheridan (7-17)
Save: Bill Shields (28)
Inning: 1 Boston Dave Sheridan pitching. Frank Loman strikes out. Al Stephenson strikes out. Hal Carter pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Elmer Wagner pitching. Vern Rasmussen singles to center field. Paul Dailey flies out to the center fielder. Bill Larkin flies out to the left fielder. George Womack singles to right field. Oddibe Castillo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Art Mumphrey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Billy Melton strikes out. Del Gleason grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Randy Johnson singles to center field. Keizo Kawahara flies out to the center fielder. Noriaki Tsutsui strikes out. Dave Sheridan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Randy Johnson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Elmer Greenberg flies out to the right fielder. Sam Wilhelm singles to center field. Elmer Wagner lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Loman reached on a 2-base fielding error by Noriaki Tsutsui. Sam Wilhelm scores. Al Stephenson singles to left field. Frank Loman scores. Hal Carter walks. Art Mumphrey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Chicago Vern Rasmussen singles past the second baseman. Vern Rasmussen steals second. Paul Dailey grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Larkin strikes out. George Womack strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Billy Melton pops out to the third baseman. Del Gleason flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Elmer Greenberg grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Oddibe Castillo grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Randy Johnson strikes out. Keizo Kawahara pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Sam Wilhelm grounds out to the third baseman. Elmer Wagner flies out to the left fielder. Frank Loman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Noriaki Tsutsui singles to center field. Dave Sheridan fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dave Sheridan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Noriaki Tsutsui advances to second on the play. Vern Rasmussen strikes out. Paul Dailey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Al Stephenson flies out to the right fielder. Hal Carter singles to right field. Art Mumphrey strikes out. Billy Melton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Bill Larkin flies out to the left fielder. George Womack walks. Oddibe Castillo flies out to the center fielder. Randy Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Del Gleason triples. Elmer Greenberg flies out to the left fielder. Sam Wilhelm grounds out to the shortstop. Del Gleason scores. Elmer Wagner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Keizo Kawahara grounds out to the pitcher. Ted Gross is pinch hitting for Noriaki Tsutsui. Ted Gross singles to right field. Dave Sheridan lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Ted Gross forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Vern Rasmussen grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Casey Cheadle enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ted Gross at RF. Frank Loman grounds out to the third baseman. Al Stephenson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Hal Carter hits an infield single to the pitcher. Art Mumphrey singles to left field. Billy Melton strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Chicago Paul Dailey grounds out to the second baseman. Kenichi Imaoka is pinch hitting for Bill Larkin. Kenichi Imaoka grounds out to the second baseman. George Womack hits a home run. Eddie Richardt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Oddibe Castillo singles to center field. Randy Johnson triples. Oddibe Castillo scores. Keizo Kawahara flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Al Boland enters the game as a defensive replacement for Kenichi Imaoka at 2B. Del Gleason pops out to the first baseman. Elmer Greenberg strikes out. Sam Wilhelm singles to center field. Bill McKean is pinch hitting for Eddie Richardt. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bill McKean strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Bill Shields pitching. Casey Cheadle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bert Hiljus is pinch hitting for Dave Sheridan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bert Hiljus strikes out. Vern Rasmussen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 6 Chicago total runners LOB: 8
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Jimmy Hammond did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed Iott did not respond to coaching in control Mark Ingram did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Frank Howell improves in endurance Cliff Hill improves in 3B
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Charlie Shriver did not respond to coaching in range Steve Wise did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Steve Wise improves in arm Dick Baker did not respond to coaching in velocity