Win: Dutch Verban (2-1) Loss: Ed King (0-2)
Save: Yam Martz (12)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Rod Lieber pitching. Harry Gastright flies out to the right fielder. Ron Felton singles in front of the left fielder. Vince Padden grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Henry Crawford pitching. Ed Powell is hit by a pitch. Art Murray singles to center field. Bill Hall strikes out. Motohiro Ichida grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bobby Bradford strikes out. Gene Ramos flies out to the center fielder. Irv McFadden singles to right field. Kimiyasu Kadota pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Yuki Kawakami flies out to the center fielder. Steve Griffin singles to center field. Reggie Givens strikes out. Jim Bullard grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Steve Griffin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bruce Perrin grounds out to the third baseman. Henry Crawford singles to right field. Harry Gastright flies out to the center fielder. Ron Felton pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Rod Lieber pops out to the shortstop. Ed Powell walks. Art Murray strikes out. Bill Hall lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Vince Padden strikes out. Bobby Bradford strikes out. Gene Ramos grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Motohiro Ichida grounds out to the second baseman. Yuki Kawakami singles to left field. Steve Griffin flies out to the left fielder. Reggie Givens grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Yuki Kawakami is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Irv McFadden flies out to the center fielder. Kimiyasu Kadota flies out to the left fielder. Bruce Perrin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Jim Bullard reached on a fielding error by Gene Ramos. Rod Lieber lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Jim Bullard forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Ed Powell flies out to the left fielder. Art Murray walks. Bill Hall pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Henry Crawford strikes out. Harry Gastright grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Felton singles to right field. Vince Padden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Motohiro Ichida strikes out. Yuki Kawakami strikes out. Steve Griffin singles to left field. Reggie Givens walks. Jim Bullard pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bobby Bradford grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Ramos pops out to the first baseman. Irv McFadden grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Ed Prendergast is pinch hitting for Rod Lieber. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Ed Prendergast strikes out. Jesus Black comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ed Powell flies out to the left fielder. Art Murray strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Alex Nitcholas pitching. Kimiyasu Kadota grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bruce Perrin singles to center field. Ecky McMillan is pinch hitting for Jesus Black. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ecky McMillan flies out to the center fielder. Harry Gastright flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Dutch Verban pitching. Bill Hall reached on a fielding error by Irv McFadden. Motohiro Ichida grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Hall is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Yuki Kawakami grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ron Felton flies out to the left fielder. Vince Padden flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Bradford grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Steve Griffin singles to center field. Reggie Givens grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Griffin advances to second on the play. Jim Bullard flies out to the right fielder. Roy Swacina is pinch hitting for Alex Nitcholas. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Steve Griffin steals third. Roy Swacina walks. Ed Powell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Kansas City Ed King pitching. Gene Ramos doubles to left field. Irv McFadden grounds out to the shortstop. Kimiyasu Kadota doubles to left field. Gene Ramos scores. Bruce Perrin grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Moolic is pinch hitting for Dutch Verban. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Moolic flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Cleveland Yam Martz pitching. Art Murray singles to center field. Bill Hall flies out to the left fielder. Motohiro Ichida strikes out. Yuki Kawakami flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Cleveland total runners LOB: 11
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gibby Williams improves in velocity Jay Smith improves in power_vs_righty Joe McGaffigan did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Pettee did not respond to coaching in velocity
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Frank Morris improves in speed Jeff Fitzgerald did not respond to coaching in velocity Jeff Fitzgerald improves in velocity Blaine Embree improves in contact_vs_lefty