Win: John Ricci (4-2) Loss: Rennie Billings (10-8)
Inning: 1 Boston Cory Sheely pitching. Alex Bailey flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Richert flies out to the right fielder. Tod Bell singles to right field. Yasiel Perez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Rennie Billings pitching. Jonah Shinault strikes out. Dick Rand strikes out. Mike Sheridan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Slicker Turner hits a home run. Jeff Meadows flies out to the right fielder. Mitsuhito Kouchi grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Scalzi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Scott Fitzgerald grounds out to the shortstop. Lefty Dixon pops out to the second baseman. Bobby Helton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Rennie Billings grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alex Bailey lines out to the second baseman. Bobby Richert flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Phil Swander flies out to the right fielder. Spike Malone strikes out. Cory Sheely strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Tod Bell strikes out. Yasiel Perez singles to center field. Yasiel Perez steals second. Slicker Turner flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Meadows walks. Mitsuhito Kouchi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Jonah Shinault grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Rand flies out to the center fielder. Mike Sheridan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Frank Scalzi singles to center field. Rennie Billings lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Alex Bailey pops out to the first baseman. Bobby Richert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Scott Fitzgerald grounds out to the second baseman. Lefty Dixon strikes out. Bobby Helton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Tod Bell walks. Yasiel Perez flies out to the left fielder. Slicker Turner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tod Bell advances to second on the play. Jeff Meadows grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Phil Swander strikes out. Spike Malone strikes out. Cory Sheely flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Mitsuhito Kouchi reached on a fielding error by Mike Sheridan. Frank Scalzi grounds out to the second baseman. Mitsuhito Kouchi advances to second on the play. Rennie Billings grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Bailey grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Jonah Shinault strikes out. Dick Rand walks. Dick Rand steals second. Mike Sheridan strikes out. Scott Fitzgerald flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Bobby Richert flies out to the right fielder. Tod Bell grounds out to the second baseman. Yasiel Perez singles to center field. Slicker Turner walks. Mike Maas 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. Jeff Meadows strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Lefty Dixon strikes out. Bobby Helton walks. Bobby Helton steals second. Phil Swander walks. Spike Malone strikes out. Daisuke Yamanaka is pinch hitting for Mike Maas. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Daisuke Yamanaka grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston John Ricci pitching. Mitsuhito Kouchi strikes out. Masakazu Hirose is pinch hitting for Frank Scalzi. Masakazu Hirose singles in front of the center fielder. Rennie Billings lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Alex Bailey flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Jonah Shinault singles to center field. Dick Rand doubles to right field. Jonah Shinault uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Burns 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. Mike Sheridan singles past the shortstop. Dick Rand scores. Boston total runners left on base: 9 Oakland total runners left on base: 3
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dutch Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Dutch Smith did not respond to coaching in control Ernie Maldonado did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Martel did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Williams improves in velocity Ed Fine did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty John Distefano did not respond to coaching in control Bob Gallagher did not respond to coaching in velocity