Win: Kurt Natal (4-3) Loss: Ray Culp (3-7)
Save: Jim Torres (19)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Ray Culp pitching. Frank Crider flies out to the center fielder. Bill Darensbourg grounds out to the shortstop. Luis Reichardt singles to right field. Dana Fernandez grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Kurt Natal pitching. Carl Reginald Smith singles to center field. Phil Gagliano flies out to the right fielder. Carl Yastrzemski lines out to the second baseman. Joe Lahoud pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Rick Archer grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Harris strikes out. Seiichi Okiyama walks. Seiichi Okiyama steals second. Jack Freeman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston George Thomas walks. Duane Josephson singles to center field. George Thomas advances to third on the hit. Duane Josephson steals second. Luis E. Aparicio doubles to center field. George Thomas scores. Duane Josephson scores. Cecil Cooper pops out to the first baseman. Ray Culp strikes out. Carl Reginald Smith pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Kurt Natal grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Crider pops out to the first baseman. Bill Darensbourg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Phil Gagliano pops out to the shortstop. Carl Yastrzemski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Lahoud walks. George Thomas grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Luis Reichardt grounds out to the shortstop. Dana Fernandez reached on a 2-base throwing error by George Thomas. Rick Archer doubles to left field. Dana Fernandez scores. Rick Archer steals third. The defense is playing the infield in. Bill Harris singles to right field. Rick Archer scores. Seiichi Okiyama flies out to the left fielder. Jack Freeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Duane Josephson strikes out. Luis E. Aparicio grounds out to the shortstop. Cecil Cooper grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Kurt Natal grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Crider singles to center field. Bill Darensbourg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Crider advances to second on the play. Luis Reichardt singles to right field. Frank Crider scores. Dana Fernandez singles to right field. Rick Archer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dana Fernandez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Ray Culp walks. Carl Reginald Smith grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Phil Gagliano grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bill Harris grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Seiichi Okiyama grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Freeman walks. Kurt Natal singles to right field. Jack Freeman aggressively advances to third on the hit. Frank Crider singles to right field. Jack Freeman scores. Bill Darensbourg strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Carl Yastrzemski flies out to the center fielder. Joe Lahoud walks. George Thomas pops out to the shortstop. Duane Josephson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Luis Reichardt walks. Dana Fernandez flies out to the right fielder. Rick Archer singles to center field. Ed McConnell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Harris strikes out. Seiichi Okiyama strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Billy Conigliaro is pinch hitting for Luis E. Aparicio. Billy Conigliaro grounds out to the second baseman. Ben Oglivie is pinch hitting for Cecil Cooper. Ben Oglivie grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Miller is pinch hitting for Ed McConnell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rick Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ken Brett pitching. Juan Beniquez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Billy Conigliaro at SS. George Scott enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ben Oglivie at 1B. Jack Freeman reached on a fielding error by George Thomas. John Peck is pinch running for Jack Freeman on 1st base. Kurt Natal lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Crider singles to left field. John Peck scores. Bill Darensbourg pops out to the third baseman. Luis Reichardt singles to right field. Frank Crider is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Carl Reginald Smith singles to center field. Phil Gagliano grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Carl Yastrzemski strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Dana Fernandez singles to right field. Rick Archer flies out to the left fielder. Bill Harris strikes out. Seiichi Okiyama grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dana Fernandez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Jim Torres comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Lahoud hits a home run. George Thomas reached on a fielding error by John Peck. Duane Josephson lines out to the second baseman. Don Pavletich is pinch hitting for Juan Beniquez. Don Pavletich walks. George Scott strikes out. Ken Brett strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Cleveland total runners LOB: 11 Boston total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Luis E. Aparicio (16).HR - Joe Lahoud (6).GIDP - Carl Reginald Smith, Phil Gagliano. Baserunning: SB - Duane Josephson (10). Fielding: E - George Thomas 2.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: D+ Improvements: Danny Cater did not respond to coaching in arm Fred Cassady did not respond to coaching in control Andy Kosco improves in speed David Javier improves in power_vs_righty Jim Shears did not respond to coaching in C