Win: Tom Meers (1-0) Loss: Spud Webb (0-1)
Save: Bob Reinholz (2)
Inning: 1 Boston Billy Douglas pitching. Randy Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Bubba Combs flies out to the left fielder. Frank Hare grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Brian Robinson pitching. Fritz Doyle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lou Thomas strikes out. Jeff Young walks. John Claussen hits a home run. Jeff Young scores. Danny Clemente strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Ben Blackburn reached on a 2-base throwing error by Danny Clemente. Tim McCormick grounds out to the second baseman. Ben Blackburn advances to third on the play. Bob Creel walks. Eric Arnold walks. Billy Angelini pops out to the shortstop. Brian Robinson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Cleveland Johnny Wotus doubles to center field. Rod Little strikes out. Art Dobson flies out to the center fielder. Billy Douglas strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Randy Jones grounds out to the pitcher. Bubba Combs singles to right field. Frank Hare flies out to the right fielder. Ben Blackburn reached on a fielding error by Lou Thomas. Tim McCormick grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Fritz Doyle grounds out to the shortstop. Lou Thomas strikes out. Jeff Young grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Bob Creel grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Arnold strikes out. Billy Angelini singles to right field. Brian Robinson singles to center field. Randy Jones walks. Bubba Combs singles to center field. Billy Angelini scores. Brian Robinson scores. Randy Jones aggressively advances to third on the hit. Frank Hare singles past the second baseman. Randy Jones scores. Ben Blackburn grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland John Claussen strikes out. Danny Clemente strikes out. Johnny Wotus flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Tim McCormick grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Creel hits a home run. Eric Arnold strikes out. Billy Angelini flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Rod Little strikes out. Art Dobson grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Douglas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Brian Robinson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy Jones singles past the third baseman. Bubba Combs strikes out. Frank Hare singles to center field. Ben Blackburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Fritz Doyle flies out to the left fielder. Lou Thomas strikes out. Jeff Young doubles to right field. John Claussen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Tim McCormick flies out to the center fielder. Bob Creel grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Arnold hits a home run. Billy Angelini singles to center field. Brian Robinson grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Billy Angelini is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Danny Clemente walks. Johnny Wotus strikes out. Rod Little flies out to the right fielder. Danny Clemente steals second. Art Dobson singles to center field. Danny Clemente scores. Billy Douglas singles to right field. Art Dobson advances to third on the hit. Roland Boskie 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. Fritz Doyle singles to center field. Art Dobson scores. Lou Thomas singles to right field. Billy Douglas scores. Fritz Doyle advances to third on the hit. Jeff Young walks. John Claussen grounds into a fielders choice to the third baseman. Fritz Doyle is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Boston Randy Jones pops out to the second baseman. Bubba Combs flies out to the center fielder. Frank Hare strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Danny Clemente singles past the second baseman. Johnny Wotus flies out to the center fielder. Rod Little strikes out. Art Dobson singles to right field. Danny Clemente advances to third on the hit. Tom Meers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Julio Raudman is pinch hitting for Billy Douglas. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Julio Raudman walks. Fritz Doyle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Boston Spud Webb pitching. Ben Blackburn singles past the third baseman. Tim McCormick strikes out. Bob Creel singles to right field. Eric Arnold flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Billy Angelini doubles to center field. Ben Blackburn scores. Bob Creel uses his aggressiveness and scores. Sean Nied is pinch hitting for Tom Meers. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sean Nied singles to center field. Billy Angelini scores. Neil Uch comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Randy Jones singles to left field. Sean Nied advances to third on the hit. Bubba Combs grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Bob Reinholz pitching. Lou Thomas grounds out to the pitcher. Jeff Young grounds out to the third baseman. John Claussen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 12 Cleveland total runners LOB: 8
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Johnny Osgood improves in range Rudy Moore improves in range Carlos Straker improves in arm Dick Blattner did not respond to coaching in control
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Fritz Wayne improves in speed Rick Burns did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed Stoneman improves in control Sly Lytton improves in power_vs_righty Connie Dwyer improves in RF