Inning: 1 Texas Eric Richard pitching. Clete Boyer grounds out to the shortstop. Yats Chambers walks. Tedd Williams hits a home run. Yats Chambers scores. Ken Thome strikes out. Rico Guerrero walks. Rob Sullivan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Pedro Carrasco pitching. Rick Bird singles to left field. Jerry Meche grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jimmy Albrecht singles in front of the right fielder. Barry Splittorff is hit by a pitch. Orval McCahan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Jack Harper singles to right field. Rick Pena strikes out. Pedro Carrasco lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Clete Boyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Ed Dodd strikes out. Rick Simon triples. Ed Bongiovanni singles to left field. Rick Simon scores. Eric Richard fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Eric Richard singles to right field. Ed Bongiovanni advances to third on the hit. Rick Bird flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Bongiovanni scores. Jerry Meche grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Eric Richard is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Yats Chambers walks. Yats Chambers steals second. Tedd Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Yats Chambers advances to third on the play. Ken Thome is hit by a pitch. Rico Guerrero strikes out. Rob Sullivan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Jimmy Albrecht grounds out to the third baseman. Barry Splittorff singles past the third baseman. Orval McCahan singles to left field. Barry Splittorff advances to third on the hit. Ed Dodd walks. Dave Beck comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rick Simon doubles to center field. Barry Splittorff scores. Orval McCahan scores. Ed Bongiovanni pops out to the first baseman. Eric Richard pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Jack Harper singles to left field. Rick Pena strikes out. Dave Beck fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dave Beck walks. Jeff Standridge 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. Clete Boyer pops out to the first baseman. Yats Chambers singles to left field. Jack Harper scores. Dave Beck is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Rick Bird strikes out. Jerry Meche bunts for a base hit. Jerry Meche is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jimmy Albrecht lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Tedd Williams pops out to the second baseman. Ken Thome doubles to center field. Rico Guerrero doubles to left field. Ken Thome scores. Ichiro Tamura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rob Sullivan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rico Guerrero advances to third on the play. Jack Harper grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Barry Splittorff grounds out to the second baseman. Orval McCahan walks. Orval McCahan steals second. Ed Dodd singles to center field. Orval McCahan uses his aggressiveness and scores. Doc Vandagrift comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ed Dodd is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rick Simon grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Rick Pena reached on a 2-base fielding error by Jimmy Albrecht. Doc Vandagrift lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Clete Boyer pops out to the catcher. Yats Chambers singles past the second baseman. Rick Pena scores. Tedd Williams pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Ed Bongiovanni pops out to the second baseman. Ichiro Tamura grounds out to the third baseman. Rick Bird pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Ken Thome walks. Rico Guerrero strikes out. Rob Sullivan walks. Jack Harper grounds out to the pitcher. Ken Thome advances to third on the play. Rob Sullivan advances to second on the play. Rick Pena hits a home run. Ken Thome scores. Rob Sullivan scores. Bill Avery comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ernie Carbo is pinch hitting for Doc Vandagrift. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ernie Carbo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Ron Wakefield pitching. Jerry Meche singles to center field. Jimmy Albrecht strikes out. Barry Splittorff pops out to the third baseman. Jerry Meche steals second. Orval McCahan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Clete Boyer strikes out. Yats Chambers grounds out to the second baseman. Tedd Williams singles to center field. Ken Thome walks. Rico Guerrero strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Ed Ordonez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rob Sullivan at LF. Ed Dodd singles to right field. Ed Dodd is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rick Simon grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Bongiovanni grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Ed Ordonez flies out to the left fielder. Jack Harper walks. Bobby Alberts is pinch hitting for Rick Pena. Bobby Alberts singles to center field. Jack Harper advances to third on the hit. Troy Cobb comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ron Wakefield strikes out. Clete Boyer reached on a 2-base fielding error by Rick Bird. Jack Harper scores. Yats Chambers strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Tony Zosky is pinch hitting for Troy Cobb. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tony Zosky singles to right field. Rick Bird grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Jerry Meche hits a home run. Jimmy Albrecht doubles to right field. Barry Splittorff strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 11 Boston total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Jimmy Albrecht (1), Rick Simon (1).3B - Rick Simon (1).HR - Jerry Meche (2).SF - Rick Bird.GIDP - Rick Bird, Jerry Meche.HBP - Barry Splittorff (1). Baserunning: SB - Jerry Meche (2), Orval McCahan (2).CS - Jerry Meche (1), Ed Dodd 2 (2). Fielding: E - Rick Bird, Jimmy Albrecht.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Frank Hurd improves in control Larry Karl did not respond to coaching in speed Frank Hurd did not respond to coaching in control Larry Karl improves in speed Larry Karl did not respond to coaching in SS
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Thorpe improves in range Bill Stanton improves in range Greg Smiley improves in control Johnny Kearney improves in arm