Win: Rich Napoleon (3-2) Loss: Chien-Ming Wang (3-10)
Save: Major Payne (21)
Inning: 1 Boston Harry Bold pitching. Jackie Adams strikes out. Bill Roche strikes out. Joe Mackinson singles to right field. Ken Hernandez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Mackinson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Chien-Ming Wang pitching. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Hinton grounds out to the second baseman. John Souza flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Gino Raich walks. Eduardo Nunez walks. Mike DiMaggio strikes out. Oscar Moriarity walks. Chien-Ming Wang strikes out. Jackie Adams strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Oakland Bob Stein singles to center field. Bob Stein is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Magglio Kida strikes out. Boom Boom Washington singles past the shortstop. Sudden Sam LaRoche grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Boom Boom Washington is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Bill Roche grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Mackinson singles past the first baseman. Ken Hernandez walks. Gino Raich grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Yoshio Yanagida walks. Harry Bold fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Harry Bold strikes out. Yoshio Yanagida steals second. Joe Hoffman hits a home run. Yoshio Yanagida scores. Bob Hinton flies out to the left fielder. John Souza flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Eduardo Nunez strikes out. Mike DiMaggio strikes out. Oscar Moriarity strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Bob Stein flies out to the left fielder. Magglio Kida grounds out to the shortstop. Boom Boom Washington strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Chien-Ming Wang flies out to the center fielder. Jackie Adams strikes out. Bill Roche grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Sudden Sam LaRoche walks. Yoshio Yanagida strikes out. Harry Bold lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Hoffman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Joe Mackinson singles to center field. Joe Mackinson steals second. Ken Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Gino Raich pops out to the shortstop. Eduardo Nunez walks. Mike DiMaggio singles to center field. Joe Mackinson scores. Eduardo Nunez advances to third on the hit. Ed Estalella 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. Oscar Moriarity pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Bob Hinton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! John Souza grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Stein strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Chien-Ming Wang singles to center field. Jackie Adams grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bill Roche reached on a fielding error by Yoshio Yanagida. Bill Roche steals second. Joe Mackinson doubles to left field. Bill Roche scores. Ken Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Magglio Kida walks. Boom Boom Washington flies out to the right fielder. Sudden Sam LaRoche flies out to the center fielder. Yoshio Yanagida reached on a fielding error by Mike DiMaggio. Hal Plank is pinch hitting for Ed Estalella. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hal Plank grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Rich Napoleon pitching. Gino Raich strikes out. Eduardo Nunez grounds out to the pitcher. Mike DiMaggio flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Joe Hoffman walks. Bob Hinton grounds out to the catcher. Joe Hoffman advances to second on the play. John Souza singles to center field. Joe Hoffman scores. Bob Stein grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Major Payne comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Oscar Moriarity flies out to the left fielder. Buddy Siebert is pinch hitting for Chien-Ming Wang. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Buddy Siebert walks. Jackie Adams doubles to left field. The defense is playing the infield in. Bill Roche grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Mackinson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Boston total runners left on base: 10 Oakland total runners left on base: 4
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Cy Jeter improves in control Lance Stovall improves in range Lance Stovall improves in arm Ed Meeker did not respond to coaching in control Alex Lehner did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Charlie Lombard did not respond to coaching in control Happy Riggs did not respond to coaching in velocity Kurt Zerbe improves in control Lenny Buehrle improves in arm Ducky Wagner did not respond to coaching in CF