Win: Bill Hutchinson (1-1) Loss: George Paredes (0-1)
Inning: 1 Oakland Earl Padden pitching. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Hinton strikes out. Boom Boom Washington grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Marty Pena pitching. Joe Mackinson grounds out to the shortstop. Oscar Moriarity strikes out. Gino Raich lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Magglio Kida walks. John Souza flies out to the right fielder. Yoshio Yanagida singles past the second baseman. Hal Plank singles to center field. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Eduardo Nunez grounds out to the third baseman. Jackie Adams flies out to the right fielder. Ken Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Marty Pena flies out to the center fielder. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Hinton singles to center field. Boom Boom Washington lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Jerry Roof strikes out. Bill Roche singles to center field. Earl Padden lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Mackinson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Magglio Kida walks. John Souza flies out to the left fielder. Yoshio Yanagida flies out to the left fielder. Hal Plank singles to right field. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Oscar Moriarity flies out to the left fielder. Gino Raich strikes out. Eduardo Nunez walks. Jackie Adams walks. Ken Hernandez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jackie Adams is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Marty Pena pops out to the first baseman. Joe Hoffman bunts for a base hit. Bob Hinton grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Hoffman advances to second on the play. Boom Boom Washington singles to right field. Joe Hoffman scores. Magglio Kida doubles to center field. Boom Boom Washington uses his aggressiveness and scores. John Souza singles to left field. Magglio Kida scores. Yoshio Yanagida singles to left field. John Souza advances to third on the hit. Hal Plank flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Jerry Roof grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Roche flies out to the center fielder. Earl Padden strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the center fielder. Marty Pena reached on a fielding error by Earl Padden. Joe Hoffman grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Marty Pena is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Hinton grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Joe Mackinson walks. Joe Mackinson is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Oscar Moriarity grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gino Raich pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Boom Boom Washington reached on a fielding error by Jerry Roof. Magglio Kida grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Boom Boom Washington is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Souza walks. Ed Meeker 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. Yoshio Yanagida grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Eduardo Nunez flies out to the right fielder. Jackie Adams strikes out. Ken Hernandez grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Hal Plank grounds out to the third baseman. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to center field. Marty Pena pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Joe Hoffman walks. Bob Hinton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Jerry Roof singles to right field. Bill Roche walks. Yosbany Castillo is pinch hitting for Ed Meeker. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Yosbany Castillo strikes out. Joe Mackinson reached on a fielding error by Boom Boom Washington. Oscar Moriarity doubles to center field. Jerry Roof scores. Bill Roche scores. Joe Mackinson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Hutchinson 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. Gino Raich grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Eduardo Nunez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland George Paredes pitching. Boom Boom Washington singles to left field. Magglio Kida grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. John Souza singles to right field. Yoshio Yanagida singles to right field. Hal Plank lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Jackie Adams flies out to the left fielder. Ken Hernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Roof walks. Bill Roche strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Hutchinson strikes out. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Boston George Paredes grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Mackinson strikes out. Oscar Moriarity grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Oakland Bob Hinton doubles past the left fielder. Boom Boom Washington singles to center field. Bob Hinton scores. Kent Cumberland comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Magglio Kida doubles to right field. John Souza grounds out to the second baseman. Boom Boom Washington scores. Magglio Kida advances to third on the play. Yoshio Yanagida walks. Hal Plank grounds out to the second baseman. Magglio Kida scores. Yoshio Yanagida advances to second on the play. Sudden Sam LaRoche singles to left field. Yoshio Yanagida scores. Jay Patel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rocky Jonnard is pinch hitting for Bill Hutchinson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Sudden Sam LaRoche is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Boston Rich Napoleon pitching. Gino Raich singles to left field. Eduardo Nunez flies out to the center fielder. Jackie Adams pops out to the shortstop. Ken Hernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners LOB: 13 Boston total runners LOB: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Paul Schoeneweis did not respond to coaching in control Lenny Buehrle did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Sam Feller did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Oliveras did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Daley improves in 2B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Neal Lowdermilk did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Larry Green did not respond to coaching in arm Cy Jeter improves in control Harry Bibby did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Lance Stovall did not respond to coaching in 2B