Inning: 1 Oakland Willie Higham pitching. Gene Woodard flies out to the right fielder. Joe Osborne triples. Charlie Schultz pops out to the shortstop. Winston Merloni flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Geronimo Middleton pitching. Huck Crockett strikes out. Kazuyuki Nagakawa flies out to the center fielder. Glenn Newell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Gary Windle strikes out. Willie Thomson grounds out to the catcher. Bill Saunders strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Tom Miller grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Paolo Espinosa walks. Cory Stallion grounds out to the shortstop. Paolo Espinosa advances to second on the play. Charlie Lowe pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Eddie Griffin flies out to the left fielder. Geronimo Middleton strikes out. Gene Woodard walks. Joe Osborne grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gene Woodard is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Kid McRae grounds out to the pitcher. Willie Higham strikes out. Huck Crockett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Charlie Schultz singles to left field. Winston Merloni strikes out. Gary Windle flies out to the center fielder. Willie Thomson walks. Bill Saunders pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Kazuyuki Nagakawa walks. Glenn Newell walks. Tom Miller strikes out. Paolo Espinosa lines out to the second baseman. Cory Stallion singles to center field. Kazuyuki Nagakawa scores. Charlie Lowe grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Eddie Griffin grounds out to the shortstop. Geronimo Middleton flies out to the center fielder. Gene Woodard grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Kid McRae strikes out. Willie Higham flies out to the center fielder. Huck Crockett flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Joe Osborne walks. Charlie Schultz strikes out. Winston Merloni grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Joe Osborne is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gary Windle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Kazuyuki Nagakawa singles to left field. Glenn Newell pops out to the shortstop. Tom Miller flies out to the right fielder. Paolo Espinosa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Willie Thomson grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Saunders grounds out to the pitcher. Eddie Griffin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Cory Stallion hits a home run. Charlie Lowe strikes out. Kid McRae grounds out to the third baseman. Willie Higham is hit by a pitch. Huck Crockett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Geronimo Middleton singles to right field. Gene Woodard grounds out to the shortstop. Geronimo Middleton advances to second on the play. George Niemiec 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. Joe Osborne strikes out. Charlie Schultz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Kazuyuki Nagakawa hits a home run. Glenn Newell singles to center field. Tom Miller grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Paolo Espinosa singles to center field. Cory Stallion grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Paolo Espinosa is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Ren DeJean enters the game as a defensive replacement for Huck Crockett at RF. Jerry Wilson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Kid McRae at 1B. Edwin Parro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Winston Merloni walks. Gary Windle grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Winston Merloni is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Willie Thomson singles to center field. Gary Windle advances to third on the hit. Bill Saunders flies out to the right fielder. Leo Roenicke is pinch hitting for Eddie Griffin. Leo Roenicke singles to center field. Gary Windle scores. Jim Daringer is pinch hitting for Geronimo Middleton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Daringer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 8 Boston total runners left on base: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Sandy Sloat did not respond to coaching in velocity Hank Lukon did not respond to coaching in control Ed McGillen improves in arm Dewey Higham improves in range Dewey Higham did not respond to coaching in SS
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Garrett Sims improves in power_vs_righty Russ Hook did not respond to coaching in range Russ Hook did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Eddie Sturgis improves in speed Carson Pastrano did not respond to coaching in CF