Win: Lefty Grove (6-9) Loss: Larry Clement (0-4)
Save: Jeff Robbins (34)
Inning: 1 Boston Larry Clement pitching. Jeans Duque walks. Ken Murray hits a home run. Jeans Duque scores. Takeshi Fukuda grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ron Jahn flies out to the right fielder. Joe Vosmik grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Lefty Grove pitching. Earl Duckworth strikes out. Orlando Cruz flies out to the right fielder. Allan Schorr grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Fabian Gaffke flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Roche strikes out. Gene Enzenroth strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Orator Young strikes out. Paul Kennedy pops out to the shortstop. Red Kline strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Lefty Grove pops out to the first baseman. Jeans Duque grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Murray grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Alan Haeffner singles to left field. John Paciorek walks. Larry Clement fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Larry Clement flies out to the right fielder. Earl Duckworth grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Takeshi Fukuda hits a home run. Ron Jahn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Vosmik grounds out to the third baseman. Fabian Gaffke walks. Jeff Roche doubles to right field. Fabian Gaffke uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gene Enzenroth walks. Lefty Grove strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Orlando Cruz grounds out to the shortstop. Allan Schorr flies out to the right fielder. Orator Young flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Jeans Duque strikes out. Ken Murray singles to right field. Takeshi Fukuda strikes out. Ron Jahn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Paul Kennedy flies out to the center fielder. Red Kline strikes out. Alan Haeffner reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ron Jahn. John Paciorek flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Joe Vosmik grounds out to the third baseman. Fabian Gaffke flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Roche grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland John Riedling is pinch hitting for Larry Clement. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Riedling strikes out. Earl Duckworth grounds out to the second baseman. Orlando Cruz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Bill Stephenson pitching. Gene Enzenroth strikes out. Lefty Grove flies out to the right fielder. Jeans Duque singles past the shortstop. Jeans Duque steals second. Ken Murray grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Allan Schorr grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Orator Young grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Kennedy grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Takeshi Fukuda flies out to the right fielder. Ron Jahn grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Vosmik grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Bobby Doerr enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jeans Duque at 2B. Moe Berg enters the game as a defensive replacement for Fabian Gaffke at C. Boze Berger enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jeff Roche at 3B. Joe Cronin enters the game as a defensive replacement for Gene Enzenroth at SS. Red Kline doubles to center field. Alan Haeffner flies out to the left fielder. John Paciorek singles to center field. Red Kline scores. Hank Johnson is pinch hitting for Bill Stephenson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Hank Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Earl Duckworth strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Charlie Merena pitching. Moe Berg grounds out to the shortstop. Boze Berger pops out to the shortstop. Joe Cronin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Jeff Robbins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Orlando Cruz strikes out. Allan Schorr grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Orator Young strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 4 Oakland total runners LOB: 3
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Rick Hiljus did not respond to coaching in control Joe Heving did not respond to coaching in velocity Jamie Sheets did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Wilson did not respond to coaching in control Tom Carey did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Gilmore did not respond to coaching in control Mike Parsons improves in range Phil Whitt did not respond to coaching in velocity Bert Speraw did not respond to coaching in velocity