Inning: 1 Boston Dhamel Lily pitching. Jimmy Fuentes strikes out. Rod Lemaster flies out to the left fielder. Butch Hoffman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Neil Burkett pitching. Bill Bustamante grounds out to the second baseman. Junior Diaz grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Cangelosi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Al Bockman flies out to the center fielder. Soichiro Hattori strikes out. Shinichiro Watanabe reached on a fielding error by Tom Quinces. Mitchell Daly grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Shinichiro Watanabe is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Tom Quinces hits a home run. Dave De Palma grounds out to the second baseman. JianCarlos Soto bunts for a base hit. Mario Menendez flies out to the right fielder. Tomas Riera singles past the shortstop. JianCarlos Soto advances to third on the hit. Dhamel Lily grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Ned Carnett singles to center field. Neil Burkett fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Neil Burkett strikes out. Jimmy Fuentes singles to center field. Ned Carnett advances to third on the hit. Rod Lemaster grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Bill Bustamante grounds out to the second baseman. Junior Diaz walks. Eddie Cangelosi singles to left field. Junior Diaz advances to third on the hit. Tom Quinces grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Butch Hoffman grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Al Bockman grounds out to the third baseman. Soichiro Hattori walks. Shinichiro Watanabe flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Dave De Palma walks. JianCarlos Soto grounds out to the third baseman. Dave De Palma advances to second on the play. Mario Menendez walks. Tomas Riera strikes out. Dhamel Lily lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Mitchell Daly grounds out to the second baseman. Ned Carnett doubles to left field. Neil Burkett grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Fuentes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Bill Bustamante flies out to the right fielder. Junior Diaz singles to center field. Eddie Cangelosi grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Junior Diaz advances to second on the play. Tom Quinces flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Rod Lemaster strikes out. Butch Hoffman strikes out. Al Bockman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Dave De Palma strikes out. JianCarlos Soto grounds out to the shortstop. Mario Menendez hits a home run. Tomas Riera walks. Dhamel Lily grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tomas Riera is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Soichiro Hattori strikes out. Shinichiro Watanabe doubles to center field. Mitchell Daly grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shinichiro Watanabe advances to third on the play. Ned Carnett grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Bill Bustamante strikes out. Junior Diaz strikes out. Eddie Cangelosi singles to right field. Eddie Cangelosi steals second. 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. Tom Quinces flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Mike Fischer grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Fuentes pops out to the shortstop. Rod Lemaster doubles past the first baseman. Butch Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Dave De Palma flies out to the left fielder. JianCarlos Soto strikes out. Mario Menendez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Al Bockman grounds out to the shortstop. Soichiro Hattori hits a home run. Tyson Canales comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Shinichiro Watanabe strikes out. Mitchell Daly flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners left on base: 6 Oakland total runners left on base: 8
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Greg Jones did not respond to coaching in endurance Greg Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Griffin improves in control Barry Graff did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Toni Waleska improves in control Rube Chris did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Giebell improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Lopez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Lopez did not respond to coaching in 2B