Win: Darrell Haddix (1-1) Loss: Eric Richard (1-7)
Save: Ron Wakefield (8)
Inning: 1 Texas Eric Richard pitching. Clete Boyer strikes out. Yats Chambers flies out to the left fielder. Tedd Williams walks. Tedd Williams steals second. Rob Sullivan hits a home run. Tedd Williams scores. Ken Thome doubles to left field. Rico Guerrero singles to center field. Ken Thome scores. Rick Pena doubles past the third baseman. Rico Guerrero uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jack Harper grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Ken North pitching. Rick Bird walks. Jimmy Albrecht triples. Rick Bird scores. Barry Splittorff singles to left field. Jimmy Albrecht scores. Ed Dodd flies out to the center fielder. Ed Bongiovanni strikes out. Frank Edmonston walks. Bob Baumgartner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Ken North flies out to the right fielder. Clete Boyer grounds out to the shortstop. Yats Chambers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Will Fulmer grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Richard grounds out to the pitcher. Rick Bird is hit by a pitch. Jimmy Albrecht grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Tedd Williams doubles to center field. Rob Sullivan singles to left field. Tedd Williams scores. Jeff Standridge comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ken Thome strikes out. Rico Guerrero strikes out. Rick Pena grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rob Sullivan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Barry Splittorff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Dodd strikes out. Ed Bongiovanni grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Jack Harper strikes out. Ken North pops out to the first baseman. Clete Boyer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Frank Edmonston strikes out. Bob Baumgartner doubles to left field. Will Fulmer walks. Jeff Standridge 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 bunts for a base hit. Bob Baumgartner scores. Jimmy Albrecht strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Yats Chambers doubles to center field. Tedd Williams flies out to the center fielder. Rob Sullivan singles to center field. Yats Chambers scores. Ken Thome strikes out. Rob Sullivan steals second. Rico Guerrero flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Barry Splittorff singles to left field. Ed Dodd singles to center field. Barry Splittorff advances to third on the hit. Ed Bongiovanni grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Barry Splittorff scores. Darrell Haddix comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Edmonston pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Rick Pena strikes out. Jack Harper flies out to the center fielder. Darrell Haddix grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Bob Baumgartner grounds out to the second baseman. Will Fulmer strikes out. Jeff Standridge grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Clete Boyer doubles to center field. Ichiro Tamura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yats Chambers walks. Tedd Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clete Boyer advances to third on the play. Yats Chambers advances to second on the play. Rob Sullivan strikes out. Ken Thome flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Rick Bird grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Jimmy Albrecht strikes out. Barry Splittorff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Ernie Carbo is pinch hitting for Rico Guerrero. Ernie Carbo flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Alberts is pinch hitting for Rick Pena. Bobby Alberts reached on a fielding error by Ed Bongiovanni. Jack Harper flies out to the left fielder. Ed Ordonez is pinch hitting for Darrell Haddix. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ed Ordonez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Harry Ostrowski pitching. Lefty Stynes enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bobby Alberts at C. Ed Dodd grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Bongiovanni pops out to the third baseman. Frank Edmonston lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Clete Boyer strikes out. Yats Chambers pops out to the pitcher. Tedd Williams walks. Rob Sullivan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Ron Wakefield comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Baumgartner grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Zosky is pinch hitting for Will Fulmer. Tony Zosky singles to right field. Bobby Rodriguez is pinch hitting for Ichiro Tamura. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bobby Rodriguez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 7 Boston total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Clete Boyer (8), Yats Chambers (10), Tedd Williams (6), Ken Thome (10), Rick Pena (8).HR - Rob Sullivan (3). Baserunning: SB - Tedd Williams (7), Rob Sullivan (5).
Game Notes Rico Guerrero is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in control Harry Ford did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Mihalic did not respond to coaching in arm Harry Ford did not respond to coaching in velocity Sam Sample did not respond to coaching in 3B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Thorpe improves in arm Barney Mills did not respond to coaching in speed Paul Bradley improves in arm Ribs Gott improves in power_vs_lefty