Win: Carl Henderson (2-0) Loss: Jackie Cabrera (3-5)
Inning: 1 Oakland Red Deidel pitching. Harry Beville grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bruce Heltzel walks. Jason Roberts strikes out. Sam Caceres grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Jackie Cabrera pitching. Bill Hankins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Will Blass grounds out to the pitcher. Che Wagner walks. Pinky Mahay singles past the second baseman. Ed Sakata grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Toshihide Aoki strikes out. Craig Corey strikes out. Mike Kindall grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Sugar Bieser singles to center field. Sugar Bieser steals second. Mark Stephenson walks. Odie Morton grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Sugar Bieser advances to third on the play. Red Deidel reached on a fielding error by Craig Corey. Sugar Bieser scores. Bill Hankins grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ron Woodson hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jackie Cabrera pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Harry Beville hits an infield single to the first baseman. Bruce Heltzel walks. Jason Roberts grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Will Blass strikes out. Che Wagner strikes out. Pinky Mahay triples. Ed Sakata singles to left field. Pinky Mahay scores. Sugar Bieser hits a home run. Ed Sakata scores. Mark Stephenson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Sam Caceres singles to center field. Passed ball. Sam Caceres advances to second. Toshihide Aoki grounds out to the shortstop. Craig Corey grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Kindall doubles to right field. Sam Caceres scores. Ron Woodson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Odie Morton. Mike Kindall scores. Jackie Cabrera reached on a fielding error by Odie Morton. Harry Beville singles to right field. Ron Woodson scores. Bruce Heltzel flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Odie Morton singles to right field. Tommy Simpson is pinch hitting for Red Deidel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tommy Simpson walks. Bill Hankins singles to center field. Odie Morton scores. Tommy Simpson advances to third on the hit. Will Blass pops out to the shortstop. Che Wagner grounds out to the second baseman. Tommy Simpson scores. Bill Hankins advances to second on the play. Billy Murnane comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pinky Mahay grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Carl Henderson pitching. Jason Roberts grounds out to the third baseman. Sam Caceres walks. Toshihide Aoki flies out to the center fielder. Craig Corey flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Ed Sakata singles to left field. Sugar Bieser flies out to the center fielder. Ed Sakata steals second. Mark Stephenson grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Sakata advances to third on the play. Odie Morton singles to right field. Ed Sakata scores. Carl Henderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Mike Kindall strikes out. Ron Woodson singles to center field. Billy Murnane 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 flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Bill Hankins walks. Will Blass pops out to the third baseman. Che Wagner walks. Pinky Mahay singles to center field. Bill Hankins scores. Che Wagner advances to third on the hit. Pinky Mahay steals second. Ed Sakata flies out to the left fielder. Sugar Bieser grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Bruce Heltzel grounds out to the second baseman. Jason Roberts grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Sam Caceres grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Mark Stephenson singles to left field. Odie Morton pops out to the second baseman. Joe Freehan is pinch hitting for Carl Henderson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Joe Freehan strikes out. Bill Hankins lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Henry Mumphrey pitching. Chuck Leon is pinch hitting for Toshihide Aoki. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chuck Leon grounds out to the second baseman. Al Eagan is pinch hitting for Craig Corey. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Al Eagan doubles to right field. Mike Kindall strikes out. Ron Woodson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Will Blass pops out to the catcher. Che Wagner singles to left field. Pinky Mahay singles to center field. Ed Sakata walks. Sugar Bieser grounds out to the shortstop. Che Wagner scores. Pinky Mahay advances to third on the play. Ed Sakata advances to second on the play. Mark Stephenson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Bill Buckels is pinch hitting for Billy Murnane. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Buckels singles to right field. Harry Beville grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bill Buckels is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bruce Heltzel walks. Amado Vail is pinch hitting for Jason Roberts. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Amado Vail grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Bruce Heltzel is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Sam Caceres strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 10 Boston total runners left on base: 10
Game Notes Mike Kindall is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Petrocelli improves in arm Art Heard did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty George Ledesma improves in range George Ledesma improves in speed
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Jim McVey did not respond to coaching in control Charlie McAuliffe improves in arm John Ainge did not respond to coaching in control Dave Sudhoff did not respond to coaching in velocity Oyster Galarraga did not respond to coaching in 1B