Win: Cotton Griffin (10-6) Loss: Jeff Rodriguez (14-5)
Save: Sam Monday (28)
Inning: 1 Oakland Rip McIntosh pitching. Sean Perez walks. Bill Bustamante walks. Bobby Marvez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Sean Perez advances to third on the play. Dave De Palma strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Allan Barbaro pitching. Rod Lemaster strikes out. Allen Maloney grounds out to the shortstop. Soichiro Hattori singles to left field. Al Bockman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Mario Menendez strikes out. Tom Quinces singles to right field. Eddie Cangelosi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Butch Hoffman flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Fuentes strikes out. Harry Lewis singles to left field. Charlie Hanning reached on a fielding error by Evar Murello. Rip McIntosh strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Evar Murello walks. Allan Barbaro lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sean Perez grounds out to the pitcher. Evar Murello is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Rod Lemaster singles to center field. Allen Maloney flies out to the center fielder. Soichiro Hattori singles to right field. Al Bockman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Bill Bustamante singles to left field. Bobby Marvez flies out to the left fielder. Dave De Palma grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Butch Hoffman strikes out. Jimmy Fuentes strikes out. Harry Lewis grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Mario Menendez flies out to the center fielder. Tom Quinces grounds out to the third baseman. Eddie Cangelosi lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Charlie Hanning singles past the third baseman. Rip McIntosh lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Rod Lemaster flies out to the center fielder. Allen Maloney hits a home run. Charlie Hanning scores. Rip McIntosh scores. Arturo Milanes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Soichiro Hattori walks. Al Bockman grounds out to the second baseman. Soichiro Hattori advances to second on the play. Butch Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Evar Murello strikes out. Arturo Milanes grounds out to the shortstop. Sean Perez singles to center field. Bill Bustamante flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Jimmy Fuentes doubles to right field. Harry Lewis strikes out. Charlie Hanning hits a home run. Jimmy Fuentes scores. Fernando Osuel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rip McIntosh grounds out to the third baseman. Rod Lemaster walks. Allen Maloney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Bobby Marvez doubles to center field. Dave De Palma singles to center field. Bobby Marvez scores. Mario Menendez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Tom Quinces grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Soichiro Hattori strikes out. Al Bockman grounds out to the second baseman. Butch Hoffman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Eddie Cangelosi grounds out to the third baseman. Evar Murello reached on a 2-base throwing error by Soichiro Hattori. Russ Randall 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. Tomas Riera is pinch hitting for Fernando Osuel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Tomas Riera walks. Sean Perez doubles to left field. Evar Murello scores. Tomas Riera uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Bustamante hits a home run. Sean Perez scores. Cotton Griffin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Marvez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cotton Griffin. Dave De Palma grounds out to the shortstop. Mario Menendez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Jeff Rodriguez pitching. Jimmy Fuentes singles to right field. Harry Lewis singles to left field. Shinichiro Watanabe is pinch hitting for Charlie Hanning. Shinichiro Watanabe flies out to the left fielder. Cotton Griffin pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Rod Lemaster hits a home run. Jimmy Fuentes scores. Harry Lewis scores. Aramis Mack comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Allen Maloney walks. Soichiro Hattori flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Sam Monday comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tom Quinces doubles past the right fielder. Eddie Cangelosi walks. Evar Murello doubles to left field. Tom Quinces scores. Eddie Cangelosi uses his aggressiveness and scores. Junior Diaz is pinch hitting for Aramis Mack. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Junior Diaz strikes out. Sean Perez flies out to the right fielder. Bill Bustamante strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Oakland total runners left on base: 4 Boston total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Sean Perez (14), Bobby Marvez (25), Tom Quinces (25), Evar Murello (10).HR - Bill Bustamante (18).GIDP - Bobby Marvez, Dave De Palma, Mario Menendez, Eddie Cangelosi. Baserunning: CS - Evar Murello (6). Fielding: E - Evar Murello.
Batting:2B - Jimmy Fuentes (22).HR - Rod Lemaster (17), Allen Maloney (23), Charlie Hanning (13).GIDP - Al Bockman. Fielding: E - Soichiro Hattori, Cotton Griffin.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: A- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: JianCarlos Soto did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Lopez improves in contact_vs_righty Jose Montes did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Riccardo Alvarez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Rankin Brown did not respond to coaching in 3B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Osteen improves in velocity Skel Deal did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mitchell Daly did not respond to coaching in arm Marvin Veselic did not respond to coaching in endurance Jim Nicholls did not respond to coaching in 1B