Win: Doc Vandagrift (4-7) Loss: Toichiro Tani (5-8)
Inning: 1 Boston Pedro Carrasco pitching. Rick Bird hits a home run. Ribs Gott lines out to the first baseman. Orval McCahan grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ed Dodd walks. Rick Simon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Harry Diggs pitching. Yats Chambers lines out to the third baseman. Tedd Williams strikes out. Ernie Carbo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Ed Bongiovanni walks. Frank Edmonston strikes out. Bob Baumgartner hits an infield single to the third baseman. Harry Diggs pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Rick Bird grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Ken Thome grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Stallworth grounds out to the shortstop. Clete Boyer singles to center field. Clete Boyer steals second. Ed Ordonez singles to right field. Clete Boyer scores. Walt Morris strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Ribs Gott walks. Orval McCahan grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Ed Dodd grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Pedro Carrasco grounds out to the shortstop. Yats Chambers strikes out. Tedd Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Rick Simon doubles to left field. Ed Bongiovanni walks. Frank Edmonston grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ed Bongiovanni is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Baumgartner walks. Harry Diggs strikes out. Rick Bird grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Texas Ernie Carbo flies out to the right fielder. Ken Thome grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Stallworth strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Ribs Gott singles to center field. Orval McCahan strikes out. Ed Dodd doubles to center field. Rick Simon grounds out to the shortstop. Ribs Gott scores. Ed Dodd advances to third on the play. Ed Bongiovanni singles to right field. Ed Dodd scores. Ed Bongiovanni is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Clete Boyer singles to center field. Ed Ordonez pops out to the first baseman. Walt Morris walks. Pedro Carrasco lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Yats Chambers grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Frank Edmonston strikes out. Bob Baumgartner strikes out. Harry Diggs grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Tedd Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Carbo grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ken Thome grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Rick Bird reached on a fielding error by Ken Thome. Ribs Gott strikes out. Orval McCahan walks. Chris Cardoni comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Dodd singles to right field. Rick Simon walks. Rick Bird scores. Ed Bongiovanni strikes out. Frank Edmonston flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Texas Ron Stallworth hits an infield single to the shortstop. Clete Boyer doubles to right field. Ron Stallworth uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Avery 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. Ed Ordonez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clete Boyer advances to third on the play. Walt Morris singles to left field. Clete Boyer scores. Bobby Alberts is pinch hitting for Chris Cardoni. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bobby Alberts grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walt Morris advances to second on the play. Yats Chambers singles to center field. Walt Morris scores. Tedd Williams walks. Ernie Carbo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Levar Scranton pitching. Bob Baumgartner flies out to the center fielder. Tony Zosky is pinch hitting for Bill Avery. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Tony Zosky flies out to the center fielder. Rick Bird grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Ichiro Tamura pitching. Ken Thome walks. Ron Stallworth singles to right field. Clete Boyer strikes out. Ed Ordonez flies out to the left fielder. Walt Morris flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Ribs Gott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Orval McCahan lines out to the shortstop. Ed Dodd grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Paul Collins is pinch hitting for Levar Scranton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Paul Collins grounds out to the second baseman. Yats Chambers grounds out to the second baseman. Tedd Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Boston Ron Wakefield pitching. Rick Simon singles to center field. Ed Bongiovanni grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Frank Edmonston grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Texas Ernie Carbo grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Thome strikes out. Ron Stallworth singles to right field. Clete Boyer walks. Toichiro Tani comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Ordonez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 11 Boston Bob Baumgartner singles past the first baseman. Toichiro Tani lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rick Bird flies out to the right fielder. Ribs Gott walks. Orval McCahan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 11 Texas Walt Morris singles to center field. Lefty Serna is pinch hitting for Ron Wakefield. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Lefty Serna strikes out. Yats Chambers grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Boston Doc Vandagrift pitching. Ed Dodd hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ed Dodd steals second. Rick Simon strikes out. Ed Bongiovanni flies out to the left fielder. Frank Edmonston flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Texas Tedd Williams singles to center field. Ernie Carbo singles to right field. Tedd Williams advances to third on the hit. Ken Thome pops out to the third baseman. Ron Stallworth singles to left field. Tedd Williams scores. Boston total runners left on base: 12 Texas total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Ed Dodd (20), Rick Simon (17).HR - Rick Bird (20).GIDP - Orval McCahan, Ed Bongiovanni. Baserunning: SB - Ed Dodd (8).CS - Ed Bongiovanni (5).
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rusty Hague improves in power_vs_righty Barney Mills improves in contact_vs_lefty Will Fulmer improves in power_vs_lefty Barry Splittorff did not respond to coaching in range Bill Thorpe did not respond to coaching in 1B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: U.L. Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Mihalic improves in arm Bob Mihalic did not respond to coaching in speed Nick Kennedy improves in power_vs_righty Sam Sample did not respond to coaching in 3B