Inning: 1 Oakland Dick Colborn pitching. George Ransom flies out to the right fielder. Cub Finch flies out to the center fielder. Isao Fujii grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Pop McCarty pitching. Bob Jones strikes out. Lindsay Bird flies out to the center fielder. Tim McCormick grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Andy Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Sam Nicholson strikes out. Elmer Campbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Cecil Wallis strikes out. Fritz Doyle grounds out to the second baseman. Mo Bruner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Tony Hrbek flies out to the center fielder. Jose Phillips singles to center field. Pop McCarty pops up a bunt to the pitcher. George Ransom flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Johnny Osgood strikes out. Biff Darling strikes out. Dick Colborn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Cub Finch flies out to the left fielder. Isao Fujii lines out to the shortstop. Andy Miller flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Bob Jones singles to center field. Lindsay Bird lines out to the third baseman. Tim McCormick singles to right field. Bob Jones advances to third on the hit. Cecil Wallis grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Sam Nicholson singles to left field. Elmer Campbell strikes out. Tony Hrbek flies out to the left fielder. Jose Phillips flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Fritz Doyle grounds out to the pitcher. Mo Bruner grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Osgood walks. Biff Darling flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Pop McCarty grounds out to the second baseman. George Ransom strikes out. Cub Finch flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Dick Colborn strikes out. Bob Jones flies out to the center fielder. Lindsay Bird walks. Tim McCormick grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lindsay Bird is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Isao Fujii strikes out. Andy Miller hits a home run. Sam Nicholson strikes out. Elmer Campbell walks. Tony Hrbek singles to right field. Hidekazu Kashiwagi 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. Jose Phillips triples. Elmer Campbell scores. Tony Hrbek scores. Pop McCarty grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Cecil Wallis triples. Fritz Doyle flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Cecil Wallis is thrown out at the plate. Mo Bruner singles to right field. Mo Bruner steals second. Johnny Osgood grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland George Ransom strikes out. Cub Finch strikes out. Isao Fujii singles to right field. Andy Miller hits a home run. Isao Fujii scores. Roland Boskie comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sam Nicholson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Biff Darling walks. Billy Angelini is pinch hitting for Roland Boskie. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Billy Angelini reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jose Phillips. Bob Jones flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Biff Darling is thrown out at the plate. Lindsay Bird flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Henry Locke pitching. Elmer Campbell flies out to the center fielder. Allie Melendez is pinch hitting for Tony Hrbek. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Allie Melendez strikes out. Jose Phillips strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Tom Smith is pinch hitting for Tim McCormick. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tom Smith flies out to the center fielder. Jim Meehan is pinch hitting for Cecil Wallis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Meehan grounds out to the third baseman. Hayes Rutherford is pinch hitting for Fritz Doyle. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hayes Rutherford flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 3 Boston total runners LOB: 5
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Charlie Blanks did not respond to coaching in velocity Larry Murray did not respond to coaching in speed Jack Carlstrom did not respond to coaching in endurance Scott Perez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Billy Pruett did not respond to coaching in 1B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Connie Kiley improves in power_vs_righty Tommy Butcher did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Raul Clemens did not respond to coaching in speed Carlos Straker improves in speed