Win: Russ Randall (4-6) Loss: Bobby Dario (4-2)
Save: Sam Monday (7)
Inning: 1 Boston Vic Ramirez pitching. Ned Carnett walks. Rod Lemaster strikes out. Allen Maloney grounds out to the third baseman. Ned Carnett advances to second on the play. Al Bockman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Russ Randall pitching. Junior Diaz strikes out. Bill Bustamante grounds out to the second baseman. Sean Perez walks. Bobby Marvez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Soichiro Hattori strikes out. Butch Hoffman strikes out. Jimmy Fuentes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Tomas Riera hits a home run. Dave De Palma grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tom Quinces walks. Tom Quinces is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Evar Murello flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Dizzy Baxter strikes out. Russ Randall strikes out. Ned Carnett walks. Rod Lemaster doubles to center field. Ned Carnett uses his aggressiveness and scores. Allen Maloney singles to center field. Al Bockman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Vic Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Junior Diaz grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bill Bustamante strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Soichiro Hattori singles to center field. Butch Hoffman hits a home run. Soichiro Hattori scores. Bobby Dario comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Fuentes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dizzy Baxter strikes out. Russ Randall grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Sean Perez flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Marvez singles to left field. Tomas Riera hits a home run. Bobby Marvez scores. Dave De Palma reached on a fielding error by Dizzy Baxter. Tom Quinces doubles past the left fielder. Dave De Palma uses his aggressiveness and scores. Evar Murello reached on a fielding error by Soichiro Hattori. Bobby Dario strikes out. Junior Diaz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Ned Carnett grounds out to the third baseman. Rod Lemaster strikes out. Allen Maloney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Bill Bustamante pops out to the second baseman. Sean Perez pops out to the second baseman. Bobby Marvez grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Al Bockman flies out to the right fielder. Soichiro Hattori singles to center field. Butch Hoffman singles past the shortstop. Jimmy Fuentes grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Butch Hoffman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dizzy Baxter hits a home run. Soichiro Hattori scores. Jimmy Fuentes scores. Arturo Milanes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Russ Randall strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Tomas Riera grounds out to the shortstop. Dave De Palma grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Quinces grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Ned Carnett grounds out to the shortstop. Rod Lemaster singles to left field. Allen Maloney grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Evar Murello grounds out to the pitcher. Arturo Milanes strikes out. Junior Diaz singles to left field. Bill Bustamante pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Al Bockman flies out to the right fielder. Soichiro Hattori grounds out to the second baseman. Butch Hoffman is hit by a pitch. Jimmy Fuentes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Sean Perez triples. Cotton Griffin 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. Bobby Marvez grounds out to the pitcher. Tomas Riera strikes out. Dave De Palma strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Shinichiro Watanabe is pinch hitting for Dizzy Baxter. Shinichiro Watanabe walks. Harry Lewis is pinch hitting for Cotton Griffin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 9 inning. Harry Lewis grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ned Carnett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Sam Monday pitching. Tom Quinces doubles to center field. Mario Menendez is pinch hitting for Evar Murello. Mario Menendez flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Cangelosi is pinch hitting for Arturo Milanes. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Eddie Cangelosi strikes out. Junior Diaz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners LOB: 4 Oakland total runners LOB: 6
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Fischer did not respond to coaching in control Greg Jones improves in velocity Mike Fischer did not respond to coaching in control Skel Deal improves in power_vs_righty Jim Nicholls did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: A- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Wiltse improves in range Jose Montes improves in arm Rube Chris did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Lopez improves in contact_vs_righty