Win: Chet Wickersham (1-1) Loss: Charlie Banks (5-20)
Inning: 1 Texas Charlie Banks pitching. Clete Boyer doubles to left field. Ken Thome grounds out to the second baseman. Clete Boyer advances to third on the play. Rico Guerrero reached on a 2-base fielding error by Rick Simon. Clete Boyer scores. Ernie Carbo bunts for a base hit. Ron Stallworth grounds out to the shortstop. Rico Guerrero scores. Ernie Carbo advances to second on the play. Yats Chambers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Chet Wickersham pitching. Rick Bird flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Meche grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jimmy Albrecht flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Rick Pena pops out to the third baseman. Marvell Prim strikes out. Chet Wickersham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Orval McCahan grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Simon singles to center field. Bob Baumgartner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rick Simon advances to second on the play. Ribs Gott singles to left field. Rick Simon scores. Ribs Gott is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Clete Boyer flies out to the right fielder. Ken Thome lines out to the first baseman. Rico Guerrero pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Will Fulmer grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Charlie Banks walks. Rick Bird strikes out. Jerry Meche flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Ernie Carbo singles to right field. Ron Stallworth strikes out. Yats Chambers flies out to the right fielder. Rick Pena pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Jimmy Albrecht singles to center field. Orval McCahan walks. Rick Simon grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jimmy Albrecht advances to third on the play. Bob Baumgartner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Marvell Prim walks. Chet Wickersham fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Chet Wickersham grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marvell Prim advances to second on the play. Clete Boyer flies out to the center fielder. Ken Thome singles to right field. Marvell Prim scores. Rico Guerrero strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Ribs Gott hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ribs Gott is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Will Fulmer walks. Charlie Banks 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 flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Ernie Carbo singles to right field. Ron Stallworth grounds out to the pitcher. Ernie Carbo advances to second on the play. Yats Chambers pops out to the shortstop. Rick Pena grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Jerry Meche pops out to the second baseman. Jimmy Albrecht grounds out to the shortstop. Orval McCahan grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Marvell Prim reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bob Baumgartner. Chet Wickersham 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 left fielder. Ken Thome singles to center field. Marvell Prim scores. Rico Guerrero grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Rick Simon grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Baumgartner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ribs Gott singles to center field. Ribs Gott is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Ernie Carbo grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Stallworth doubles to left field. Yats Chambers flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Alberts is pinch hitting for Rick Pena. Bobby Alberts pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Will Fulmer strikes out. Charlie Banks strikes out. Rick Bird hits a home run. Jerry Meche reached on a fielding error by Ken Thome. Jimmy Albrecht singles to right field. Orval McCahan walks. Rick Simon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Texas Marvell Prim flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Malkmus is pinch hitting for Chet Wickersham. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bobby Malkmus singles to center field. Clete Boyer walks. Troy Cobb 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. Ken Thome singles to right field. Bobby Malkmus scores. Clete Boyer advances to third on the hit. Rico Guerrero singles to right field. Clete Boyer scores. Ken Thome advances to third on the hit. Ernie Carbo grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Thome scores. Rico Guerrero advances to second on the play. Ron Stallworth grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Ron Wakefield pitching. Bob Baumgartner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ribs Gott walks. Will Fulmer grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 7 Boston total runners LOB: 6
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Larry Karl improves in range Bill Kubski did not respond to coaching in velocity Larry Karl did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Wilson did not respond to coaching in speed Walt Daulton improves in LF
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Harris improves in control Barney Mills did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Frank Such improves in power_vs_righty Bill Harris did not respond to coaching in velocity