Win: Rankin Rettger Loss: Herb Suhr
Save: Woody Vidro
Inning: 1 Cleveland Bill Laxton pitching. Frank Miller grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Gonzalez pops out to the second baseman. Jack Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jose Redman pitching. John Stahl grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Merritt hits a home run. Johnny Barkley doubles to left field. George Barnes flies out to the center fielder. Billy Grich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland John Fahey strikes out. Ben Dodd doubles to center field. Kevin Hubbell grounds out to the shortstop. John Forsch flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Dan Gettinger pops out to the third baseman. Dutch Dempsey singles to center field. Charlie Bravo pops out to the second baseman. Bill Laxton pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Milt Pocoroba doubles to center field. Jose Redman lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Miller flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Jack Gonzalez singles to center field. Milt Pocoroba scores. Jack Gonzalez steals second. Jack Thomas strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City John Stahl pops out to the shortstop. Ed Merritt flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Barkley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland John Fahey grounds out to the second baseman. Ben Dodd strikes out. Kevin Hubbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City George Barnes singles to right field. Billy Grich strikes out. Dan Gettinger singles to center field. Dutch Dempsey walks. Charlie Bravo flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, George Barnes scores. Bill Laxton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland John Forsch strikes out. Milt Pocoroba lines out to the shortstop. Jose Redman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City John Stahl flies out to the center fielder. Ed Merritt strikes out. Johnny Barkley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Frank Miller pops out to the third baseman. Jack Gonzalez flies out to the left fielder. Jack Thomas hits a home run. John Fahey singles to right field. Ben Dodd singles to left field. Kevin Hubbell grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ben Dodd is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City George Barnes singles to left field. Billy Grich grounds into a force play to the second baseman. George Barnes is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dan Gettinger flies out to the left fielder. Dutch Dempsey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland John Forsch walks. Milt Pocoroba singles to center field. John Forsch advances to third on the hit. Jose Redman pops out to the second baseman. Frank Miller flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, John Forsch scores. Jack Gonzalez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Charlie Bravo pops out to the shortstop. Slick Johnson is pinch hitting for Bill Laxton. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Slick Johnson pops out to the third baseman. John Stahl grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Rankin Rettger pitching. Jack Thomas singles to left field. Jack Thomas is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). John Fahey grounds out to the second baseman. Ben Dodd grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ed Merritt hits a home run. Herb Suhr comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Johnny Barkley singles past the second baseman. Johnny Barkley steals second. George Barnes flies out to the center fielder. Billy Grich singles past the second baseman. Johnny Barkley scores. Dan Gettinger flies out to the center fielder. Dutch Dempsey singles to left field. Mel LaRue comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Bravo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Woody Vidro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Kevin Hubbell flies out to the center fielder. John Forsch grounds out to the second baseman. Milt Pocoroba grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7