Win: Ray Brandon (2-3) Loss: Yoshinori Takiguchi (0-4)
Inning: 1 Oakland Ray Brandon pitching. Brooks Hegan strikes out. Hirokazu Kawa walks. Ken Nagatomi flies out to the left fielder. Ginger Nordyke singles to left field. Hirokazu Kawa advances to third on the hit. Doc Reimer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Boston Yoshinori Takiguchi pitching. Randy Drissel grounds out to the shortstop. Gus Lavelle singles past the second baseman. Roy Valle strikes out. Russ Sykes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Bruce Cotter grounds out to the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the center fielder. Nobuo Kawazoe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Al Gorsica singles to left field. Frank Gonzalez walks. Jerry Fondy strikes out. Fred Dunlop singles past the second baseman. Al Gorsica scores. Frank Gonzalez advances to third on the hit. Ray Brandon grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Gonzalez scores. Fred Dunlop advances to second on the play. Randy Drissel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Yoshinori Takiguchi flies out to the left fielder. Brooks Hegan flies out to the center fielder. Hirokazu Kawa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Gus Lavelle grounds out to the pitcher. Roy Valle reached on a 2-base fielding error by Hirokazu Kawa. Russ Sykes flies out to the center fielder. Passed ball. Roy Valle advances to third. Al Gorsica singles to center field. Roy Valle scores. Frank Gonzalez lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Ken Nagatomi strikes out. Ginger Nordyke flies out to the left fielder. Doc Reimer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Jerry Fondy doubles to center field. Fred Dunlop strikes out. Ray Brandon walks. Randy Drissel grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Fondy advances to third on the play. Ray Brandon advances to second on the play. 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. Gus Lavelle walks. Roy Valle strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Oakland Bruce Cotter grounds out to the third baseman. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Nobuo Kawazoe grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Russ Sykes strikes out. Al Gorsica walks. Frank Gonzalez hits a home run. Al Gorsica scores. Ron Houser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Fondy flies out to the left fielder. Fred Dunlop strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Ron Houser singles to left field. Brooks Hegan grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Houser advances to second on the play. Hirokazu Kawa strikes out. Ken Nagatomi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Ricky Vaughn is pinch hitting for Ray Brandon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ricky Vaughn singles to left field. Ricky Vaughn steals second. Bruce Cotter throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Randy Drissel singles past the second baseman. Ricky Vaughn scores. Randy Drissel steals second. Gus Lavelle grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Cisar comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Roy Valle flies out to the left fielder. Russ Sykes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Jim Arlin pitching. Ginger Nordyke lines out to the shortstop. Doc Reimer grounds out to the shortstop. Bruce Cotter pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Al Gorsica hits a home run. Frank Gonzalez lines out to the third baseman. Ryozo Wako comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Fondy strikes out. Fred Dunlop pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Dee Robinson is pinch hitting for Daisuke Komatsubara. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dee Robinson reached on a 2-base fielding error by Randy Drissel. Nobuo Kawazoe pops out to the second baseman. Mitsuo Yaginuma is pinch hitting for Ryozo Wako. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mitsuo Yaginuma flies out to the right fielder. Brooks Hegan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Akira Matsumoto pitching. Ed Rueter is pinch hitting for Jim Arlin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Rueter grounds out to the shortstop. Randy Drissel singles to center field. Randy Drissel is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Gus Lavelle lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Mark Hendrix pitching. Calvin Unser is pinch hitting for Hirokazu Kawa. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Calvin Unser lines out to the second baseman. Ken Nagatomi walks. Ken Nagatomi steals second. Ginger Nordyke walks. Doc Reimer singles past the second baseman. Ken Nagatomi scores. Ginger Nordyke advances to third on the hit. Fred Kolseth comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bruce Cotter strikes out. Dee Robinson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Boston total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Jerry Fondy (5).HR - Al Gorsica (2), Frank Gonzalez (8). Baserunning: SB - Randy Drissel (5), Ricky Vaughn (4).CS - Randy Drissel (1). Fielding: E - Randy Drissel.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Eddie Zimmerman did not respond to coaching in velocity Jazz Bilzen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Bisland did not respond to coaching in arm Hugh Schalk improves in contact_vs_lefty Ed Allensworth did not respond to coaching in velocity Tony Moolic did not respond to coaching in C