Inning: 1 Oakland Alvaro Soler pitching. Gene Woodard strikes out. Joe Osborne grounds out to the pitcher. Winston Merloni grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Geronimo Middleton pitching. Huck Crockett flies out to the left fielder. Kazuyuki Nagakawa flies out to the left fielder. Red Bell singles to left field. Travis Leahy flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Charlie Schultz grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Chakales singles to center field. Dewey Higham strikes out. Raul Doyle grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ken Chakales is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Cory Stallion pops out to the catcher. Kid McRae grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jerry Wilson pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Bill Saunders lines out to the pitcher. Geronimo Middleton singles past the second baseman. Gene Woodard flies out to the center fielder. Joe Osborne grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Tyler Durham singles to center field. Alvaro Soler lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Huck Crockett flies out to the center fielder. Kazuyuki Nagakawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Winston Merloni singles to right field. Charlie Schultz pops out to the shortstop. Ken Chakales hits an infield single to the shortstop. Dewey Higham flies out to the right fielder. Raul Doyle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Red Bell lines out to the shortstop. Travis Leahy walks. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Cory Stallion walks. Kid McRae strikes out. Jerry Wilson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland Bill Saunders flies out to the left fielder. Geronimo Middleton walks. Gene Woodard singles to center field. Geronimo Middleton advances to third on the hit. Joe Osborne pops out to the third baseman. Winston Merloni strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Tyler Durham flies out to the center fielder. Alvaro Soler strikes out. Huck Crockett flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Charlie Schultz grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Chakales grounds out to the catcher. Dewey Higham flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Kazuyuki Nagakawa strikes out. Red Bell grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Travis Leahy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Raul Doyle singles to right field. Bill Saunders walks. Edwin Parro 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. Geronimo Middleton lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Raul Doyle is thrown out at third. Bill Saunders advances to second on the play. Bill Saunders advances to second on the play. Gene Woodard walks. Joe Osborne walks. Bill Saunders scores. Winston Merloni walks. Geronimo Middleton scores. Charlie Schultz grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Woodard scores. Joe Osborne advances to third on the play. Winston Merloni advances to second on the play. Chico Chapman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Chakales singles to right field. Joe Osborne scores. Winston Merloni scores. Dewey Higham walks. Raul Doyle strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Cory Stallion grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Kid McRae walks. Kid McRae steals second. Jerry Wilson strikes out. Tyler Durham is hit by a pitch. Charlie Lowe is pinch hitting for Chico Chapman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Charlie Lowe grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland John Johnson pitching. Bill Saunders strikes out. Geronimo Middleton grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Gene Woodard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Huck Crockett strikes out. Kazuyuki Nagakawa grounds out to the shortstop. Paolo Espinosa is pinch hitting for Red Bell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Paolo Espinosa pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Joe Osborne singles past the shortstop. Winston Merloni grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Joe Osborne is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Charlie Schultz singles to right field. Ken Chakales singles to center field. Winston Merloni scores. Charlie Schultz advances to third on the hit. Monte Herrin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dewey Higham grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Schultz scores. Ken Chakales advances to second on the play. Raul Doyle flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Travis Leahy pops out to the second baseman. Cory Stallion grounds out to the shortstop. Kid McRae grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 9 Boston total runners LOB: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Alex Brett improves in power_vs_lefty Rey Kennedy improves in contact_vs_righty Mike Wolfe improves in power_vs_righty Jim Cronin improves in range
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ed Brown did not respond to coaching in control John Andujar improves in arm Jim Johnson improves in contact_vs_lefty Gil Kowalik improves in power_vs_lefty Garrett Sims did not respond to coaching in 2B