Win: Maury Turner (5-0) Loss: Weldon Jones (1-6)
Save: Fred Kolseth (4)
Inning: 1 Boston Weldon Jones pitching. Bob Henninger singles to center field. Gus Lavelle singles to left field. Les Thielman strikes out. Russ Sykes walks. Al Gorsica strikes out. Frank Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Oakland Maury Turner pitching. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Nagatomi grounds out to the shortstop. Trevor Easterday lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Tink Cardenas grounds out to the third baseman. Fred Dunlop reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mitsuo Yaginuma. Maury Turner strikes out. Bob Henninger pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Doc Reimer grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Kunihisa Shibata singles to left field. Daisuke Komatsubara walks. Ginger Nordyke grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Daisuke Komatsubara is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jef Ceulemans grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Gus Lavelle grounds out to the second baseman. Les Thielman strikes out. Russ Sykes flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Weldon Jones strikes out. Mitsuo Yaginuma grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Nagatomi singles to left field. Trevor Easterday strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Al Gorsica grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Gonzalez doubles to center field. Tink Cardenas singles to right field. Frank Gonzalez scores. Fred Dunlop flies out to the left fielder. Maury Turner walks. Bob Henninger pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Doc Reimer strikes out. Kunihisa Shibata strikes out. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Gus Lavelle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Les Thielman lines out to the second baseman. Russ Sykes hits a home run. Al Gorsica flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Ginger Nordyke strikes out. Jef Ceulemans pops out to the shortstop. Weldon Jones flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Frank Gonzalez flies out to the right fielder. Tink Cardenas strikes out. Fred Dunlop singles to right field. Maury Turner flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Mitsuo Yaginuma flies out to the right fielder. Ken Nagatomi flies out to the center fielder. Trevor Easterday grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Bob Henninger doubles to right field. Ron Houser 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. Gus Lavelle grounds out to the third baseman. Les Thielman strikes out. Russ Sykes hits a home run. Bob Henninger scores. Al Gorsica grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Doc Reimer singles to right field. Doc Reimer is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Kunihisa Shibata walks. Daisuke Komatsubara flies out to the left fielder. Ginger Nordyke grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Ryozo Wako comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Tink Cardenas strikes out. Fred Dunlop strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Jef Ceulemans singles to center field. Teruhiko Akimoto is pinch hitting for Ryozo Wako. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Teruhiko Akimoto reached on a 2-base fielding error by Les Thielman. Calvin Unser is pinch hitting for Mitsuo Yaginuma. Calvin Unser grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jef Ceulemans scores. Teruhiko Akimoto advances to third on the play. Ken Nagatomi singles to right field. Teruhiko Akimoto scores. Fred Kolseth comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ken Nagatomi is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Trevor Easterday strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Bob Cisar pitching. Dee Robinson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Calvin Unser at 2B. Fred Kolseth strikes out. Bob Henninger grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Gus Lavelle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Doc Reimer singles to left field. Kunihisa Shibata grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Doc Reimer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Daisuke Komatsubara strikes out. Ginger Nordyke grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kunihisa Shibata is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Johnny Hillis improves in power_vs_righty Joe Bisland did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Willie Bruckmiller did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tom Malmberg did not respond to coaching in endurance Tony Moolic did not respond to coaching in C
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gil Bohne did not respond to coaching in range Kevin Piechota did not respond to coaching in velocity Hiroaki Hoshi did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Don Rodriquez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty