Win: Red Taveras (6-5) Loss: Cory Sheely (19-6)
Save: Jim Burns (3)
Inning: 1 Oakland Jack Roebuck pitching. Jonah Shinault flies out to the center fielder. Dick Rand strikes out. Mike Sheridan lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Cory Sheely pitching. Alex Bailey singles to right field. Carlos Gomez grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Bailey advances to second on the play. Alex Bailey steals third. Masakazu Hirose flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Alex Bailey scores. Dennis Cihocki grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Scott Fitzgerald strikes out. Lefty Dixon walks. Bobby Helton grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Phil Clemons strikes out. Mitsuhito Kouchi singles to left field. Frank Scalzi singles to right field. Mitsuhito Kouchi aggressively advances to third on the hit. Hector Adkins walks. Jack Roebuck flies out to the center fielder. Alex Bailey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Oakland Jim Causey walks. Spike Malone grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Causey advances to second on the play. Cory Sheely strikes out. Jonah Shinault singles to center field. Jim Causey is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Carlos Gomez grounds out to the shortstop. Masakazu Hirose grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Dennis Cihocki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Dick Rand strikes out. Mike Sheridan walks. Scott Fitzgerald singles to center field. Mike Sheridan advances to third on the hit. Lefty Dixon strikes out. Bobby Helton strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Phil Clemons flies out to the left fielder. Mitsuhito Kouchi grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Scalzi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Jim Causey singles to right field. Spike Malone grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Causey advances to second on the play. Cory Sheely hits a home run. Jim Causey scores. Jonah Shinault singles to right field. Dick Rand singles to center field. Jonah Shinault advances to third on the hit. Red Taveras comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Rand is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Mike Sheridan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Hector Adkins grounds out to the catcher. Red Taveras strikes out. Alex Bailey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Scott Fitzgerald grounds out to the third baseman. Lefty Dixon singles to right field. Bobby Helton strikes out. Jim Causey grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Lefty Dixon is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Carlos Gomez flies out to the center fielder. Masakazu Hirose singles to left field. Dennis Cihocki singles to center field. Phil Clemons hits a home run. Masakazu Hirose scores. Dennis Cihocki scores. Mitsuhito Kouchi grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Scalzi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Spike Malone walks. Daisuke Yamanaka is pinch hitting for Cory Sheely. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Daisuke Yamanaka walks. Carl Clemensen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jonah Shinault grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Daisuke Yamanaka is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dick Rand grounds out to the third baseman. Spike Malone scores. Jonah Shinault advances to second on the play. Mike Sheridan lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Frank Williams pitching. Hector Adkins grounds out to the second baseman. Yasiel Perez is pinch hitting for Carl Clemensen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Yasiel Perez singles to center field. Alex Bailey flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Carlos Gomez singles to left field. Masakazu Hirose grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Carlos Gomez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Jim Burns pitching. Scott Fitzgerald grounds out to the shortstop. Lefty Dixon pops out to the first baseman. Bobby Helton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Dennis Cihocki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Phil Clemons singles to center field. Mitsuhito Kouchi flies out to the center fielder. Frank Scalzi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Jim Causey hits an infield single to the pitcher. Spike Malone grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Herm Karp is pinch hitting for Frank Williams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Herm Karp flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 6 Boston total runners left on base: 6
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jimmy Acevedo did not respond to coaching in control Harry Sutter did not respond to coaching in control Bob Gallagher did not respond to coaching in control Art Campbell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dan Knoll did not respond to coaching in velocity Dan Knoll did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Cortazzo did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Leskanic did not respond to coaching in control