Inning: 1 Boston Ed Wallace pitching. Jerry Meche strikes out. Rick Bird flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Albrecht flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Harry Diggs pitching. Clete Boyer walks. Tedd Williams singles in front of the left fielder. Clete Boyer advances to third on the hit. Ken Thome strikes out. Rico Guerrero strikes out. Rob Sullivan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Barry Splittorff grounds out to the shortstop. Orval McCahan flies out to the center fielder. Ed Dodd flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Bobby Alberts flies out to the center fielder. Ron Stallworth walks. Ernie Carbo walks. Ed Wallace 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: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Ed Bongiovanni strikes out. Bob Baumgartner grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Diggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Tedd Williams singles to left field. Ken Thome singles to right field. Tedd Williams advances to third on the hit. Rico Guerrero strikes out. Rob Sullivan grounds out to the second baseman. Tedd Williams scores. Ken Thome advances to second on the play. Bobby Alberts strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Jerry Meche reached on a fielding error by Ken Thome. Jerry Meche gets picked off first. Rick Bird strikes out. Jimmy Albrecht flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Ron Stallworth walks. Ernie Carbo flies out to the center fielder. Ed Wallace 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 grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Barry Splittorff grounds out to the third baseman. Orval McCahan walks. Ed Dodd walks. Ed Bongiovanni strikes out. Bob Baumgartner singles to left field. Orval McCahan scores. Harry Diggs flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Tedd Williams lines out to the second baseman. Ken Thome strikes out. Rico Guerrero pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Jerry Meche walks. Jerry Meche is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Rick Bird grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jimmy Albrecht strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Rob Sullivan singles to center field. Bobby Alberts strikes out. Ron Stallworth walks. Ernie Carbo strikes out. Jeff Standridge 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. Ed Wallace grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Boston Barry Splittorff flies out to the right fielder. Orval McCahan grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ed Dodd walks. Ed Bongiovanni strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Clete Boyer grounds out to the shortstop. Tedd Williams flies out to the left fielder. Ken Thome doubles to right field. Rico Guerrero strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Bob Baumgartner strikes out. Tony Zosky is pinch hitting for Jeff Standridge. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Tony Zosky pops out to the shortstop. Jerry Meche hits a home run. Rick Bird strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Ichiro Tamura pitching. Rob Sullivan hits a home run. Bobby Alberts singles past the shortstop. Ron Stallworth doubles to right field. Bobby Alberts is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Ernie Carbo strikes out. Yats Chambers is pinch hitting for Ed Wallace. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Yats Chambers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Ron Wakefield pitching. Jimmy Albrecht strikes out. Barry Splittorff doubles to center field. Orval McCahan strikes out. Ed Dodd grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Troy Cobb comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Clete Boyer pops out to the catcher. Tedd Williams strikes out. Ken Thome flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Boston Ed Bongiovanni grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Baumgartner flies out to the center fielder. Troy Cobb grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Texas Rico Guerrero flies out to the right fielder. Rob Sullivan flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Alberts grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Boston Jerry Meche bunts for a base hit. Jerry Meche steals second. Rick Bird bunts for a base hit. Rick Bird is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jimmy Albrecht strikes out. Barry Splittorff grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Texas Ron Stallworth grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Carbo singles to center field. Walt Morris is pinch hitting for Ron Wakefield. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ernie Carbo steals second. Walt Morris flies out to the left fielder. Clete Boyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Boston Harry Ostrowski pitching. Orval McCahan singles to right field. Ed Dodd doubles to center field. Orval McCahan uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ed Bongiovanni strikes out. Bob Baumgartner flies out to the right fielder. Troy Cobb strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 12 Texas Tedd Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Thome hits a home run. Rico Guerrero hits a home run. Boston total runners left on base: 6 Texas total runners left on base: 11
Batting:2B - Ken Thome (26), Ron Stallworth (14).HR - Ken Thome (20), Rico Guerrero (16), Rob Sullivan (17). Baserunning: SB - Ernie Carbo (2). Fielding: E - Ken Thome.
Game Notes Harry Ostrowski is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Thorpe improves in arm Johnny Kearney improves in arm Bill Harris did not respond to coaching in control Barney Mills improves in arm
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Averill improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Wilson improves in power_vs_righty George Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in control George Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in control Larry Karl did not respond to coaching in SS