Win: Jesus Hill (13-1) Loss: Rennie Billings (5-5)
Inning: 1 Oakland Rennie Billings pitching. Jonah Shinault strikes out. Dick Rand grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Sheridan hits a home run. Scott Fitzgerald singles to left field. Lefty Dixon singles to left field. Bobby Helton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Boston Jesus Hill pitching. Frank Scalzi flies out to the left fielder. Slicker Turner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dennis Cihocki singles to left field. Masakazu Hirose flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Phil Swander singles to right field. Spike Malone singles to left field. Phil Swander advances to third on the hit. Jesus Hill grounds out to the pitcher. Spike Malone advances to second on the play. Jonah Shinault singles to center field. Phil Swander scores. Spike Malone scores. Red Taveras comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Rand walks. Mike Sheridan strikes out. Scott Fitzgerald singles to right field. Jonah Shinault scores. Dick Rand advances to third on the hit. Lefty Dixon singles to center field. Dick Rand scores. Scott Fitzgerald advances to third on the hit. Lefty Dixon is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Jeff Meadows singles to left field. Carlos Gomez singles to right field. Jeff Meadows advances to third on the hit. Mitsuhito Kouchi strikes out. Tod Bell flies out to the center fielder. Red Taveras flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Bobby Helton strikes out. Phil Swander singles to center field. Spike Malone grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Frank Scalzi singles to right field. Slicker Turner singles past the shortstop. Dennis Cihocki strikes out. Masakazu Hirose grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Jesus Hill strikes out. Jonah Shinault flies out to the left fielder. Dick Rand flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Jeff Meadows flies out to the center fielder. Carlos Gomez strikes out. Mitsuhito Kouchi singles to right field. Tod Bell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Mike Sheridan grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Scott Fitzgerald is hit by a pitch. Lefty Dixon grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Red Taveras strikes out. Frank Scalzi grounds out to the shortstop. Slicker Turner doubles to right field. Dennis Cihocki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Bobby Helton singles to right field. Phil Swander strikes out. Spike Malone singles to center field. Bobby Helton advances to third on the hit. Jesus Hill singles to center field. Bobby Helton scores. Spike Malone advances to third on the hit. Jonah Shinault grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jesus Hill advances to second on the play. Dick Rand flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Masakazu Hirose grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Meadows strikes out. Carlos Gomez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Jim Burns comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Mike Sheridan strikes out. Scott Fitzgerald singles to center field. Lefty Dixon flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Helton walks. Phil Swander singles to right field. Scott Fitzgerald scores. Bobby Helton advances to third on the hit. Phil Swander steals second. Spike Malone grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Mitsuhito Kouchi singles to right field. Tod Bell flies out to the right fielder. Yasiel Perez is pinch hitting for Jim Burns. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Yasiel Perez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Carl Caldwell pitching. Jesus Hill walks. Jonah Shinault strikes out. Dick Rand singles to center field. Mike Sheridan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dick Rand is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Sheridan steals second. Scott Fitzgerald pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Frank Scalzi singles to right field. Frank Scalzi steals second. Slicker Turner pops out to the pitcher. Dennis Cihocki flies out to the center fielder. Masakazu Hirose singles to right field. Frank Scalzi scores. Alex Bailey is pinch hitting for Jeff Meadows. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alex Bailey singles to left field. Bobby Richert is pinch hitting for Carlos Gomez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bobby Richert flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Lefty Dixon walks. Bobby Helton flies out to the center fielder. Lefty Dixon steals second. Phil Swander walks. Spike Malone doubles past the third baseman. Lefty Dixon scores. Jim Causey is pinch hitting for Jesus Hill. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jim Causey reached on a fielding error by Slicker Turner. Phil Swander scores. Jim Causey is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jonah Shinault flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston John Ricci pitching. Mitsuhito Kouchi hits a home run. Tod Bell singles to right field. Hector Adkins is pinch hitting for Carl Caldwell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hector Adkins singles to right field. Tod Bell advances to third on the hit. Mike Maas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Scalzi singles to center field. Tod Bell scores. Slicker Turner grounds out to the second baseman. Hector Adkins advances to third on the play. Frank Scalzi advances to second on the play. Dennis Cihocki pops out to the shortstop. Masakazu Hirose flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners LOB: 10 Boston total runners LOB: 10
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Gallagher did not respond to coaching in endurance Harry Sutter did not respond to coaching in velocity Michael Vail did not respond to coaching in control Jim Aloma did not respond to coaching in range
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Martel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jack Roebuck did not respond to coaching in velocity Bobby Cortazzo did not respond to coaching in control Augie Behrman did not respond to coaching in control