Inning: 1 Boston Joe Sawatski pitching. Bruce James singles to center field. Sergio Thornton grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Takeshi Fukuda flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Lefty Grove pitching. Tomas Keegan pops out to the first baseman. Bill White grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Garland Quinn grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Bobby Doerr grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Cronin walks. Joe Cronin steals second. Jeff Roche strikes out. Boze Berger hits a home run. Joe Cronin scores. Moe Berg grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ramon Jones singles to right field. Allan Schorr grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Ramon Jones is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Paul Kennedy strikes out. Ray Buehrle grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Lefty Grove strikes out. Bruce James grounds out to the shortstop. Sergio Thornton pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Desi Coumbe strikes out. Joe Sawatski grounds out to the shortstop. Tomas Keegan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Takeshi Fukuda singles to right field. Bobby Doerr strikes out. Joe Cronin flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Roche singles past the third baseman. Boze Berger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Bill White walks. Bill White steals second. Garland Quinn hits a home run. Bill White scores. Ramon Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Allan Schorr grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Kennedy singles to center field. Ray Buehrle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Moe Berg lines out to the first baseman. Lefty Grove grounds out to the shortstop. Bruce James flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Desi Coumbe grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Sawatski grounds out to the pitcher. Tomas Keegan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Sergio Thornton grounds out to the shortstop. Takeshi Fukuda strikes out. Bobby Doerr flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Bill White reached on a fielding error by Joe Cronin. Garland Quinn grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ramon Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Joe Cronin strikes out. Jeff Roche singles to left field. Boze Berger grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Roche advances to second on the play. Tom Carey is pinch hitting for Moe Berg. Tom Carey pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Fabian Gaffke enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tom Carey at C. Allan Schorr grounds out to the pitcher. Paul Kennedy singles to center field. Ray Buehrle grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Paul Kennedy is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Red Kline is pinch hitting for Desi Coumbe. Red Kline strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Charlie Merena comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Lefty Grove grounds out to the shortstop. Bruce James singles past the shortstop. Sergio Thornton strikes out. Bruce James steals second. Takeshi Fukuda lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Alan Haeffner is pinch hitting for Charlie Merena. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Alan Haeffner strikes out. Tomas Keegan grounds out to the second baseman. Bill White strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Bert Speraw pitching. Bobby Doerr doubles to right field. Joe Cronin grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Doerr advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Jeff Roche strikes out. Boze Berger singles to left field. Bobby Doerr scores. Fabian Gaffke pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Woody Rich comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Garland Quinn strikes out. Ramon Jones singles to left field. Allan Schorr grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 5 Oakland total runners LOB: 3
Batting:2B - Bobby Doerr (21).HR - Boze Berger (6).GIDP - Sergio Thornton. Baserunning: SB - Bruce James (11), Joe Cronin (13). Fielding: E - Joe Cronin.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Joe Heving did not respond to coaching in control Milt Cleveland did not respond to coaching in velocity Jamie Sheets did not respond to coaching in control Jamie Sheets improves in velocity Maurice Roesler did not respond to coaching in 1B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Parsons did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Andy McLain improves in power_vs_lefty Darrell Bielecki did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Barber did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty