Win: Maury Turner (17-4) Loss: Howard Yaryan (13-11)
Inning: 1 Oakland Maury Turner pitching. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the shortstop. So Yamashita flies out to the left fielder. Hirokazu Kawa pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Howard Yaryan pitching. Rico Rice strikes out. Gus Lavelle doubles to center field. Les Thielman grounds out to the pitcher. Russ Sykes pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Herb Roselli strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Al Gorsica singles to right field. Ed Rueter flies out to the right fielder. Tink Cardenas grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Doc Reimer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carlos Galvez singles to left field. Howard Yaryan lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Trevor Easterday singles to right field. So Yamashita strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Fred Dunlop grounds out to the pitcher. Maury Turner strikes out. Rico Rice flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Hirokazu Kawa flies out to the right fielder. Daisuke Komatsubara hits a home run. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Herb Roselli strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Gus Lavelle doubles to center field. Les Thielman flies out to the left fielder. Russ Sykes grounds out to the second baseman. Gus Lavelle advances to third on the play. Al Gorsica flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Doc Reimer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carlos Galvez strikes out. Howard Yaryan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Ed Rueter doubles to center field. Tink Cardenas singles to center field. Ed Rueter uses his aggressiveness and scores. Fred Dunlop doubles to center field. Tink Cardenas uses his aggressiveness and scores. Maury Turner lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rico Rice strikes out. Gus Lavelle singles to right field. Fred Dunlop scores. Les Thielman walks. Russ Sykes singles to left field. Gus Lavelle scores. Les Thielman advances to third on the hit. Mike Morris 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. Al Gorsica singles past the second baseman. Les Thielman scores. Russ Sykes advances to third on the hit. Ed Rueter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Trevor Easterday grounds out to the third baseman. So Yamashita singles to center field. Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. So Yamashita steals second. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Tink Cardenas doubles past the right fielder. Fred Dunlop strikes out. Maury Turner walks. Rico Rice strikes out. Gus Lavelle strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata flies out to the left fielder. Herb Roselli grounds out to the shortstop. Doc Reimer singles to center field. Carlos Galvez walks. Nobuo Kawazoe is pinch hitting for Mike Morris. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Ron Houser pitching. Les Thielman flies out to the left fielder. Russ Sykes singles to right field. Al Gorsica grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Russ Sykes is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed Rueter hits a home run. Al Gorsica scores. Ryozo Wako comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tink Cardenas grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Ray Brandon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Trevor Easterday flies out to the center fielder. So Yamashita walks. Hirokazu Kawa pops out to the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara grounds into a force play to the shortstop. So Yamashita is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Ike Bell is pinch hitting for Fred Dunlop. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ike Bell walks. Ray Brandon lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Rico Rice flies out to the center fielder. Gus Lavelle singles to left field. Ike Bell scores. Ray Brandon is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Yoshinori Takiguchi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Les Thielman singles to left field. Frank Gonzalez is pinch hitting for Russ Sykes. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Frank Gonzalez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Herb Roselli grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Doc Reimer pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Boston total runners left on base: 8
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Eddie Zimmerman improves in control Jack Brummer did not respond to coaching in control Drungo Ables improves in control
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Yoshimi Arai did not respond to coaching in arm Tony Krukow improves in power_vs_righty Ed Allensworth improves in endurance Tony Moolic did not respond to coaching in C