Win: Frank Taylor (1-0) Loss: Arturo Milanes (1-3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Bobby Elliott pitching. Bill Bustamante grounds out to the shortstop. Sean Perez flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Marvez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Jay Halama pitching. Ned Carnett strikes out. Jimmy Fuentes pops out to the second baseman. Rod Lemaster walks. Shinichiro Watanabe flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Dave De Palma strikes out. Eddie Cangelosi grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Quinces strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Dizzy Heilmann grounds out to the shortstop. Butch Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Hanning grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Evar Murello doubles to left field. Riccardo Alvarez grounds out to the second baseman. Evar Murello advances to third on the play. Jay Halama strikes out. Bill Bustamante grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Soichiro Hattori flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Elliott strikes out. Ned Carnett singles to center field. Jimmy Fuentes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Sean Perez grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Marvez flies out to the left fielder. Dave De Palma doubles to center field. Eddie Cangelosi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Rod Lemaster strikes out. Shinichiro Watanabe grounds out to the shortstop. Dizzy Heilmann lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Tom Quinces walks. Evar Murello singles to left field. Riccardo Alvarez grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Tom Quinces advances to third on the play. Evar Murello advances to second on the play. Jay Halama strikes out. Bill Bustamante strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Butch Hoffman walks. Charlie Hanning grounds out to the shortstop. Butch Hoffman advances to second on the play. Soichiro Hattori singles to center field. Butch Hoffman scores. Bobby Elliott lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ned Carnett grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Sean Perez flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Marvez reached on a fielding error by Jimmy Fuentes. Dave De Palma grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Jimmy Fuentes doubles to left field. Rod Lemaster walks. Shinichiro Watanabe flies out to the right fielder. Dizzy Heilmann pops out to the third baseman. Butch Hoffman hits an infield single to the second baseman. Charlie Hanning strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Oakland Eddie Cangelosi strikes out. Tom Quinces grounds out to the second baseman. Evar Murello singles to left field. Riccardo Alvarez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Evar Murello is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Soichiro Hattori walks. Bobby Elliott lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ned Carnett doubles to right field. Soichiro Hattori scores. Fernando Osuel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jimmy Fuentes walks. Rod Lemaster doubles to center field. Ned Carnett scores. Shinichiro Watanabe reached on a fielding error by Bill Bustamante. Jimmy Fuentes scores. Dizzy Heilmann strikes out. Butch Hoffman walks. Tyson Canales comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Hanning flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Oakland Mario Menendez is pinch hitting for Tyson Canales. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Mario Menendez walks. Bill Bustamante doubles to left field. Mario Menendez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Fischer 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. Sean Perez flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Marvez singles to right field. Bill Bustamante scores. Dave De Palma strikes out. Eddie Cangelosi hits a home run. Bobby Marvez scores. Frank Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Quinces strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Arturo Milanes pitching. Soichiro Hattori strikes out. Frank Taylor strikes out. Ned Carnett walks. Jimmy Fuentes singles to left field. Ned Carnett steals third. Rod Lemaster singles to left field. Ned Carnett scores. Jeff Rodriguez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shinichiro Watanabe strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Evar Murello singles to left field. Junior Diaz is pinch hitting for Riccardo Alvarez. Junior Diaz flies out to the center fielder. Bobo Barreto is pinch hitting for Jeff Rodriguez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bobo Barreto singles to left field. Bill Bustamante flies out to the center fielder. Sean Perez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 7 Boston total runners left on base: 11
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Marcos Hermano did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Marcos Hermano improves in arm Radamel Beto improves in arm Buck Schreiber improves in power_vs_righty Radamel Beto did not respond to coaching in 3B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Gary Jones improves in contact_vs_righty Greg Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Greg Jones did not respond to coaching in control Greg Jones improves in velocity Jim Nicholls did not respond to coaching in 1B