Win: Keitaro Ito Loss: Alan Shilling
Save: Frankie Stock
Inning: 1 Cleveland Keitaro Ito pitching. Keith Bradley grounds out to the second baseman. John Mirabella grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Fred Kelly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Alan Shilling pitching. Bryan Vito grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Richie Steele grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Anderson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland BamBam Huggins strikes out. Barry Champion grounds out to the shortstop. Buddy Butler pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Kurt Walter pops out to the catcher. Dick Slater grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Ludwick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Tom Murray grounds out to the second baseman. Craig Ebright pops out to the third baseman. Alan Shilling grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Smokey Busch singles to center field. Ron Merena flies out to the left fielder. Keitaro Ito lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Bryan Vito grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Keitaro Ito is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Keith Bradley reached on a fielding error by Ron Merena. John Mirabella strikes out. Fred Kelly doubles to right field. BamBam Huggins reached on a 2-base fielding error by Kurt Walter. Keith Bradley scores. Fred Kelly scores. Barry Champion flies out to the right fielder. Buddy Butler flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Richie Steele singles to right field. Roy Anderson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Kurt Walter lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Tom Murray grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Craig Ebright grounds out to the second baseman. Alan Shilling grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dick Slater grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Ludwick flies out to the left fielder. Smokey Busch grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Keith Bradley singles to right field. John Mirabella strikes out. Keith Bradley is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Fred Kelly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ron Merena flies out to the right fielder. Keitaro Ito grounds out to the second baseman. Bryan Vito strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland BamBam Huggins strikes out. Barry Champion walks. Barry Champion is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Buddy Butler hits a home run. Tom Murray pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Richie Steele singles to center field. Roy Anderson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Richie Steele advances to second on the play. Kurt Walter strikes out. Dick Slater singles to center field. Richie Steele scores. Charlie Ludwick doubles to left field. Smokey Busch singles to right field. Dick Slater scores. Charlie Ludwick scores. Ron Merena singles past the shortstop. Smokey Busch advances to third on the hit. Mike McGraner is pinch hitting for Keitaro Ito. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Mike McGraner reached on a fielding error by Alan Shilling. Smokey Busch scores. Bryan Vito flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ruben Holbert pitching. Craig Ebright grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Maranville is pinch hitting for Alan Shilling. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Mike Maranville flies out to the center fielder. Keith Bradley pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Chick Crosby pitching. Richie Steele hits a home run. Roy Anderson singles to center field. Kurt Walter lines out to the third baseman. Dick Slater strikes out. Charlie Ludwick reached on a fielding error by Barry Champion. Smokey Busch pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Frankie Stock comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. John Mirabella flies out to the center fielder. Fred Kelly strikes out. BamBam Huggins flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5