Win: Cotton Griffin (7-1) Loss: Fernando Osuel (6-9)
Inning: 1 Boston Dhamel Lily pitching. Jimmy Fuentes grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Lemaster grounds out to the second baseman. Butch Hoffman singles to right field. Soichiro Hattori strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Bobby Elliott pitching. Bill Bustamante grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Junior Diaz walks. Tom Quinces flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Marvez singles to right field. Junior Diaz advances to third on the hit. Eddie Cangelosi strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Shinichiro Watanabe walks. Charlie Hanning grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Shinichiro Watanabe is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Allen Maloney pops out to the second baseman. Ned Carnett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Dave De Palma flies out to the left fielder. Sean Perez pops out to the second baseman. JianCarlos Soto grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Bobby Elliott flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Fuentes walks. Jimmy Fuentes is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Rod Lemaster flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Dhamel Lily singles to center field. Bill Bustamante flies out to the center fielder. Junior Diaz grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dhamel Lily is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tom Quinces strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Butch Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Soichiro Hattori flies out to the center fielder. Shinichiro Watanabe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Bobby Marvez strikes out. Eddie Cangelosi singles to right field. Dave De Palma walks. Sean Perez grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Dave De Palma is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Sean Perez steals second. JianCarlos Soto strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Charlie Hanning strikes out. Allen Maloney singles to left field. Ned Carnett hits a home run. Allen Maloney scores. Bobby Elliott grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Fuentes flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Dhamel Lily grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Bustamante grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Junior Diaz lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Rod Lemaster strikes out. Butch Hoffman flies out to the center fielder. Soichiro Hattori flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Tom Quinces strikes out. Bobby Marvez lines out to the shortstop. Eddie Cangelosi grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Shinichiro Watanabe strikes out. Charlie Hanning strikes out. Allen Maloney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Dave De Palma flies out to the right fielder. Sean Perez grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! JianCarlos Soto singles to left field. Evar Murello is pinch hitting for Dhamel Lily. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Evar Murello grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Fernando Osuel pitching. Ned Carnett strikes out. Bobby Elliott grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Fuentes triples. Rod Lemaster grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Bill Bustamante grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Junior Diaz grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Quinces hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bobby Marvez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jimmy Fuentes. Cotton Griffin 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. Eddie Cangelosi singles to left field. Tom Quinces scores. Bobby Marvez scores. Dave De Palma flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Butch Hoffman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Soichiro Hattori singles to right field. Shinichiro Watanabe walks. Charlie Hanning walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Allen Maloney singles to right field. Soichiro Hattori scores. Shinichiro Watanabe scores. Charlie Hanning advances to third on the hit. Allan Barbaro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ned Carnett walks. Cotton Griffin strikes out. Jimmy Fuentes singles past the first baseman. Charlie Hanning scores. Allen Maloney scores. Ned Carnett advances to third on the hit. Rod Lemaster reached on a fielding error by Junior Diaz. Ned Carnett scores. Butch Hoffman walks. Pedro Barcelan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Soichiro Hattori flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Oakland Sean Perez lines out to the second baseman. JianCarlos Soto grounds out to the pitcher. Jimmy Bucha is pinch hitting for Pedro Barcelan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jimmy Bucha bunts for a base hit. Bill Bustamante grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jimmy Bucha is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners LOB: 6 Oakland total runners LOB: 8
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Nicholls did not respond to coaching in speed Monty Levrault improves in arm Tommy Callaway improves in power_vs_lefty Greg Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Giebell improves in power_vs_lefty Jose Montes did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Chuck Boland improves in arm Chuck Boland improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Lopez did not respond to coaching in 2B