Win: Hal McGraw (10-8) Loss: Willie Higham (6-7)
Save: Ray Dougherty (19)
Inning: 1 New York Willie Higham pitching. Fabian Petoskey flies out to the left fielder. Joe Paige walks. John Danforth pops out to the first baseman. Jim Dandridge flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Hal McGraw pitching. Kazuyuki Nagakawa strikes out. B.T. Whitehouse grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Alex Gomez grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Stone triples. Frank Perry lines out to the third baseman. Billy Ballinger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Glenn Newell singles to right field. Paolo Espinosa flies out to the right fielder. Travis Leahy strikes out. Daniel St. Claire grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Hal McGraw strikes out. Fabian Petoskey flies out to the right fielder. Joe Paige doubles to center field. John Danforth strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Les Bell flies out to the center fielder. Willie Higham grounds out to the shortstop. Kazuyuki Nagakawa walks. B.T. Whitehouse grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kazuyuki Nagakawa is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Jim Dandridge singles to right field. Alex Gomez strikes out. Bill Stone strikes out. Jim Dandridge is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Tom Miller flies out to the center fielder. Glenn Newell strikes out. Paolo Espinosa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Frank Perry strikes out. Billy Ballinger singles to left field. Hal McGraw lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fabian Petoskey walks. Joe Paige doubles to center field. Billy Ballinger scores. Fabian Petoskey is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Travis Leahy grounds out to the second baseman. Daniel St. Claire grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Les Bell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York John Danforth flies out to the center fielder. Jim Dandridge grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Gomez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Willie Higham grounds out to the shortstop. Kazuyuki Nagakawa lines out to the pitcher. B.T. Whitehouse grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Bill Stone flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Frank Perry grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Ballinger singles to left field. Hal McGraw flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Tom Miller flies out to the left fielder. Glenn Newell strikes out. Paolo Espinosa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Fabian Petoskey singles past the second baseman. Joe Paige grounds out to the third baseman. Fabian Petoskey advances to second on the play. Edwin Parro 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. John Danforth flies out to the left fielder. Jim Dandridge flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Travis Leahy strikes out. Daniel St. Claire flies out to the right fielder. Les Bell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Alex Gomez grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Stone strikes out. Frank Perry grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Ray Dougherty comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Carl Crabtree is pinch hitting for Edwin Parro. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Carl Crabtree singles to left field. Nolan Hollins is pinch running for Carl Crabtree on 1st base. Kazuyuki Nagakawa grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! B.T. Whitehouse singles to right field. B.T. Whitehouse is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 New York total runners LOB: 6 Boston total runners LOB: 2
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Harry Roseboro did not respond to coaching in velocity Rafael Burda improves in control Tom Creger did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Kozar improves in control
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Olson did not respond to coaching in control Marty Cisar improves in range Red Webb did not respond to coaching in control Marty Cisar improves in range Marty Cisar did not respond to coaching in CF