Win: Ken North (1-3) Loss: Harry Diggs (2-1)
Save: Ron Wakefield (7)
Inning: 1 Boston Ken North pitching. Rick Bird walks. Jerry Meche reached on a fielding error by Ken North. Jimmy Albrecht strikes out. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Barry Splittorff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Orval McCahan walks. Rick Simon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Texas Harry Diggs pitching. Clete Boyer singles to center field. Yats Chambers singles to left field. Clete Boyer advances to third on the hit. Tedd Williams lines out to the first baseman. Ken Thome pops out to the second baseman. Rico Guerrero singles to center field. Clete Boyer scores. Yats Chambers advances to third on the hit. Rob Sullivan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Ed Bongiovanni doubles to right field. Will Fulmer singles to center field. Ed Bongiovanni is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Harry Diggs lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rick Bird grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Jack Harper flies out to the right fielder. Ron Stallworth grounds out to the shortstop. Ken North strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Jerry Meche grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Albrecht grounds out to the shortstop. Barry Splittorff grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Clete Boyer strikes out. Yats Chambers singles to center field. Tedd Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Yats Chambers advances to second on the play. Ken Thome flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Orval McCahan flies out to the center fielder. Rick Simon flies out to the left fielder. Ed Bongiovanni singles to right field. Will Fulmer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Rico Guerrero strikes out. Rob Sullivan flies out to the left fielder. Jack Harper singles to center field. Ron Stallworth flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Harry Diggs strikes out. Rick Bird grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry Meche flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Ken North grounds out to the third baseman. Clete Boyer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Barry Splittorff. Yats Chambers strikes out. Tedd Williams singles to left field. Clete Boyer scores. Tedd Williams steals second. Ken Thome strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Jimmy Albrecht doubles to right field. Barry Splittorff strikes out. Orval McCahan flies out to the center fielder. Rick Simon singles to right field. Jimmy Albrecht scores. Ed Bongiovanni walks. Will Fulmer lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Rico Guerrero pops out to the first baseman. Rob Sullivan strikes out. Jack Harper singles to center field. Ron Stallworth 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. Ken North strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Bob Baumgartner is pinch hitting for Jeff Standridge. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bob Baumgartner lines out to the second baseman. Rick Bird grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jerry Meche grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Ichiro Tamura pitching. Clete Boyer singles to right field. Clete Boyer steals second. Yats Chambers flies out to the right fielder. Tedd Williams strikes out. Ken Thome hits a home run. Clete Boyer scores. Bill Avery comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rico Guerrero grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Ernie Carbo enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rico Guerrero at RF. Rick Pena enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ron Stallworth at C. Jimmy Albrecht strikes out. Barry Splittorff strikes out. Orval McCahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Rob Sullivan strikes out. Jack Harper strikes out. Bobby Alberts is pinch hitting for Rick Pena. Bobby Alberts grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Ron Wakefield comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rick Simon singles to right field. Ed Bongiovanni singles to left field. Rick Simon advances to third on the hit. Tony Zosky is pinch hitting for Will Fulmer. Tony Zosky grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rick Simon scores. Frank Edmonston is pinch hitting for Bill Avery. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Frank Edmonston flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners left on base: 7 Texas total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Will Fulmer is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Thorpe improves in range Johnny Kearney improves in power_vs_righty Don Tyson did not respond to coaching in control Brian Bernard did not respond to coaching in velocity
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Harry Ford improves in control Harry Ford did not respond to coaching in control Dana Albrecht improves in contact_vs_righty Darrell Haddix did not respond to coaching in control John Averill did not respond to coaching in 2B