Win: Ed Williams (4-5) Loss: Denney Patterson (1-7)
Save: Troy Cobb (10)
Inning: 1 Boston Denney Patterson pitching. Rick Bird flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Meche pops out to the shortstop. Jimmy Albrecht singles to right field. Barry Splittorff grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jimmy Albrecht is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Ed Williams pitching. Clete Boyer singles to center field. Tedd Williams singles to center field. Clete Boyer advances to third on the hit. Jack Harper flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Clete Boyer scores. Rob Sullivan singles to right field. Tedd Williams advances to third on the hit. Dana Albrecht reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jerry Meche. Tedd Williams scores. Yats Chambers triples. Rob Sullivan scores. Dana Albrecht scores. Bobby Alberts pops out to the second baseman. Marvell Prim strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Orval McCahan singles to right field. Ed Dodd walks. Rick Simon pops out to the second baseman. Ed Bongiovanni walks. Ed Williams strikes out. Rick Bird singles to center field. Orval McCahan scores. Jerry Meche grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Texas Denney Patterson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clete Boyer doubles to right field. Tedd Williams flies out to the center fielder. Jack Harper pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Jimmy Albrecht grounds out to the second baseman. Barry Splittorff grounds out to the shortstop. Orval McCahan walks. Ed Dodd grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Orval McCahan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Rob Sullivan strikes out. Dana Albrecht strikes out. Yats Chambers flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Rick Simon singles to left field. Ed Bongiovanni flies out to the left fielder. Ed Williams 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 singles to right field. Rick Simon scores. Rick Bird steals second. Jerry Meche reached on a fielding error by Denney Patterson. Jimmy Albrecht singles past the shortstop. Rick Bird scores. Jerry Meche advances to third on the hit. Barry Splittorff strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Bobby Alberts singles to center field. Marvell Prim flies out to the left fielder. Denney Patterson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Clete Boyer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Orval McCahan strikes out. Ed Dodd flies out to the left fielder. Rick Simon grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Tedd Williams bunts for a base hit. Jack Harper flies out to the left fielder. Rob Sullivan grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Ed Bongiovanni strikes out. Ed Williams singles to center field. Rick Bird flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Meche hits a home run. Ed Williams scores. Darrell Haddix comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Albrecht doubles to right field. Barry Splittorff grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Dana Albrecht singles past the third baseman. Yats Chambers flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Alberts grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Orval McCahan singles to center field. Ed Dodd strikes out. Rick Simon doubles to center field. Ed Bongiovanni walks. Harry Ostrowski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Williams grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Orval McCahan is out at home. Rick Bird flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Texas Marvell Prim strikes out. Ernie Carbo is pinch hitting for Harry Ostrowski. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ernie Carbo strikes out. Clete Boyer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Ron Wakefield pitching. Jerry Meche strikes out. Jimmy Albrecht singles to center field. Barry Splittorff doubles to right field. Jimmy Albrecht uses his aggressiveness and scores. Orval McCahan flies out to the right fielder. Ed Dodd singles to right field. Barry Splittorff is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Tedd Williams strikes out. Jack Harper grounds out to the third baseman. Rob Sullivan singles to right field. Rob Sullivan steals second. Ichiro Tamura 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. Dana Albrecht grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Rick Simon flies out to the left fielder. Ed Bongiovanni grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Zosky is pinch hitting for Ichiro Tamura. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Tony Zosky pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Troy Cobb pitching. Yats Chambers singles to left field. Bobby Alberts strikes out. Yats Chambers steals second. Ed Bongiovanni throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Marvell Prim singles to left field. Yats Chambers scores. Bobby Malkmus is pinch hitting for Ron Wakefield. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bobby Malkmus pops out to the second baseman. Clete Boyer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners LOB: 12 Texas total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Jimmy Albrecht (16), Barry Splittorff (13), Rick Simon (9).HR - Jerry Meche (8). Baserunning: SB - Rick Bird (20). Fielding: E - Jerry Meche, Ed Bongiovanni.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ribs Gott did not respond to coaching in range Paul Bradley improves in arm Greg Smiley did not respond to coaching in velocity Rusty Hague improves in power_vs_lefty
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Larry Karl did not respond to coaching in speed John Averill did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Frank Hurt did not respond to coaching in control John Averill improves in power_vs_lefty Larry Karl did not respond to coaching in SS