Win: Johnny Wise (2-1) Loss: Vern Gulley (2-1)
Save: Carl Henderson (1)
Inning: 1 Oakland Johnny Wise pitching. Harry Beville flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Bruce Heltzel strikes out. Jason Roberts strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Vern Gulley pitching. Will Blass grounds out to the shortstop. Pinky Mahay pops out to the third baseman. Ed Sakata grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Bob Parker singles to left field. Chuck Leon grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bob Parker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Freddie Conway strikes out. Mike Kindall strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Matt Dudley flies out to the center fielder. Sugar Bieser walks. Bill Andrews strikes out. Joe Freehan singles to center field. Herman Viola grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Ron Woodson singles to left field. Vern Gulley lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Beville walks. Bruce Heltzel singles to right field. Ron Woodson scores. Harry Beville advances to third on the hit. Bruce Heltzel is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jason Roberts grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Johnny Wise singles to right field. Will Blass walks. Pinky Mahay flies out to the center fielder. Ed Sakata flies out to the left fielder. Matt Dudley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Bob Parker strikes out. Chuck Leon singles to center field. Freddie Conway flies out to the right fielder. Mike Kindall walks. Ron Woodson walks. Vern Gulley strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Boston Sugar Bieser grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Andrews grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Freehan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Harry Beville grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bruce Heltzel flies out to the right fielder. Jason Roberts strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Herman Viola grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Wise strikes out. Will Blass flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Bob Parker flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Leon lines out to the pitcher. Freddie Conway strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Pinky Mahay walks. Ed Sakata flies out to the left fielder. Matt Dudley grounds out to the third baseman. Pinky Mahay advances to second on the play. Sugar Bieser reached on a 2-base throwing error by Chuck Leon. Pinky Mahay scores. Lindsay Smith 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. Bill Andrews doubles to center field. Sugar Bieser scores. Joe Freehan pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Mike Kindall reached on a fielding error by Will Blass. Ron Woodson strikes out. Bill Buckels is pinch hitting for Lindsay Smith. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Buckels lines out to the pitcher. Harry Beville grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Mike Kindall is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Billy Murnane pitching. Herman Viola pops out to the first baseman. Tommy Simpson is pinch hitting for Johnny Wise. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tommy Simpson singles past the third baseman. Passed ball. Tommy Simpson advances to second. Will Blass singles to left field. Tommy Simpson scores. Ron Decatur comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pinky Mahay singles to center field. Will Blass advances to third on the hit. Ed Sakata singles past the first baseman. Will Blass scores. Pinky Mahay advances to third on the hit. Matt Dudley flies out to the right fielder. Sugar Bieser grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Henry Mumphrey pitching. Bruce Heltzel walks. Jason Roberts singles past the shortstop. Bruce Heltzel advances to third on the hit. Jason Roberts is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bob Parker flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Bruce Heltzel scores. Chuck Leon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Bill Andrews reached on a fielding error by Ron Decatur. Joe Freehan strikes out. Herman Viola grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Freddie Conway walks. Mike Kindall singles to left field. Freddie Conway advances to third on the hit. Carl Henderson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ron Woodson grounds out to the third baseman. Freddie Conway scores. Mike Kindall advances to second on the play. Al Eagan is pinch hitting for Ron Decatur. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Al Eagan flies out to the left fielder. Harry Beville strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Boston total runners left on base: 7
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jackie Anson did not respond to coaching in velocity Stan Frazier did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Art Heard did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rafael Brodie improves in range
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Ainge did not respond to coaching in control Marty Imlay improves in range Joe Kuhn did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Marty Imlay improves in contact_vs_lefty Oyster Galarraga did not respond to coaching in 1B