Inning: 1 Boston Joe Rommel pitching. Rico Rice reached on a fielding error by Doc Reimer. Gus Lavelle grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Rico Rice is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Les Thielman strikes out. Russ Sykes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Brent Sixsmith pitching. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the pitcher. So Yamashita flies out to the right fielder. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Al Gorsica grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Rueter flies out to the left fielder. Tink Cardenas grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the third baseman. Kunihisa Shibata singles past the shortstop. Herb Roselli flies out to the center fielder. Doc Reimer grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kunihisa Shibata is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Ike Bell singles to right field. Brent Sixsmith fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Brent Sixsmith grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rico Rice walks. Gus Lavelle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Carlos Galvez singles to right field. Joe Rommel lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the second baseman. Carlos Galvez advances to third on the play. So Yamashita flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Les Thielman flies out to the center fielder. Russ Sykes flies out to the center fielder. Al Gorsica strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara doubles to left field. Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the center fielder. Herb Roselli singles to left field. Daisuke Komatsubara scores. Doc Reimer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Ed Rueter singles to right field. Tink Cardenas strikes out. Ike Bell reached on a fielding error by Hirokazu Kawa. Brent Sixsmith lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rico Rice flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Carlos Galvez strikes out. Joe Rommel walks. Trevor Easterday grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Gus Lavelle singles to left field. Les Thielman grounds out to the second baseman. Gus Lavelle advances to second on the play. Russ Sykes strikes out. Al Gorsica flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland So Yamashita strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa hits an infield single to the pitcher. Hirokazu Kawa steals second. Daisuke Komatsubara walks. Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the center fielder. Herb Roselli grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Ed Rueter strikes out. Tink Cardenas flies out to the left fielder. Ike Bell walks. Ricky Vaughn is pinch hitting for Brent Sixsmith. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ike Bell steals second. Mike Zackert 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. Ricky Vaughn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Mark Hendrix pitching. Doc Reimer singles to center field. Carlos Galvez hits a home run. Doc Reimer scores. Fred Kolseth comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nobuo Kawazoe is pinch hitting for Mike Zackert. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the shortstop. Trevor Easterday strikes out. So Yamashita walks. So Yamashita is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Ryozo Wako pitching. Rico Rice flies out to the right fielder. Gus Lavelle walks. Les Thielman doubles to center field. Gus Lavelle uses his aggressiveness and scores. Russ Sykes grounds out to the second baseman. Les Thielman advances to third on the play. Al Gorsica walks. Al Gorsica is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the shortstop. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the right fielder. Kunihisa Shibata walks. Herb Roselli singles to left field. Kunihisa Shibata advances to third on the hit. Doc Reimer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Hugh Thobe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Rueter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Gonzalez is pinch hitting for Tink Cardenas. Frank Gonzalez flies out to the right fielder. Ike Bell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners left on base: 7 Oakland total runners left on base: 7
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Gary Biasatti improves in range Luis Gentry did not respond to coaching in control Yoshimi Arai did not respond to coaching in range Tony Moolic did not respond to coaching in C
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ken Gagnon did not respond to coaching in range Bill Ostermueller did not respond to coaching in control Jack Brummer did not respond to coaching in velocity