Win: John Clark (2-0) Loss: Bob Nippert (0-2)
Save: Eddie Boles (1)
Inning: 1 Cleveland John Clark pitching. Mickey Leitner strikes out. Rube Wise flies out to the center fielder. Fred Howell doubles to right field. Yoshihiro Hirashita grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Bob Nippert pitching. Mickey Christopher grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Skalski strikes out. Gabriel Sojo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Joe Kirby walks. Dave Downs flies out to the right fielder. Forrest Pittinger flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Ritterson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Ad LaCock walks. George Spencer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ad LaCock advances to second on the play. Gary Morton strikes out. Roy Dobbek strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Bob Nippert grounds out to the second baseman. Mickey Leitner hits a home run. Rube Wise flies out to the right fielder. Fred Howell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Bill Heath walks. John Clark lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Bill Heath forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Mickey Christopher strikes out. Mike Skalski hits a home run. John Clark scores. Gabriel Sojo walks. Ad LaCock reached on a 2-base throwing error by Fred Howell. George Spencer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Yoshihiro Hirashita flies out to the left fielder. Joe Kirby singles to center field. Dave Downs strikes out. Forrest Pittinger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Gary Morton hits an infield single to the pitcher. Roy Dobbek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Gary Morton advances to second on the play. Bill Heath reached on a fielding error by Forrest Pittinger. John Clark strikes out. Mickey Christopher strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Bobby Ritterson strikes out. Bob Nippert singles to right field. Mickey Leitner doubles to center field. Rube Wise grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Nippert scores. Mickey Leitner advances to third on the play. Fred Howell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Mike Skalski singles to center field. Gabriel Sojo strikes out. Ad LaCock walks. George Spencer singles to left field. Mike Skalski scores. Gary Morton doubles to right field. Ad LaCock scores. George Spencer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Howard Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Roy Dobbek singles to center field. Bill Heath strikes out. John Clark reached on a fielding error by Bobby Ritterson. Gary Morton scores. Mickey Christopher singles to center field. Mike Skalski strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Cleveland Yoshihiro Hirashita strikes out. Joe Kirby flies out to the right fielder. Dave Downs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Gabriel Sojo flies out to the center fielder. Ad LaCock walks. George Spencer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ad LaCock advances to second on the play. Gary Morton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Forrest Pittinger pops out to the shortstop. Bobby Ritterson doubles to left field. Stan Dupp is pinch hitting for Howard Davis. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Stan Dupp flies out to the left fielder. Mickey Leitner triples. Bobby Ritterson scores. Rube Wise strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Miguel Pence pitching. Roy Dobbek singles to center field. Bill Heath strikes out. John Clark fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John Clark strikes out. Mickey Christopher grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Fred Howell singles to center field. Eddie Boles 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 1st. Yoshihiro Hirashita grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Joe Kirby pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Mike Skalski doubles to right field. Gabriel Sojo grounds out to the pitcher. Ad LaCock grounds out to the pitcher. George Spencer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Carl Roarke enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Heath at SS. Dave Downs singles to center field. Forrest Pittinger strikes out. Bobby Ritterson flies out to the left fielder. Cloyd Magrann is pinch hitting for Miguel Pence. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Cloyd Magrann strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners left on base: 6 Boston total runners left on base: 11
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Chet Strahs did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Mason improves in range Mike Stroughter did not respond to coaching in control Vaughn Stillman improves in speed
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bob McMath did not respond to coaching in control Jack Gilbert did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mike Henley did not respond to coaching in endurance Mike Henley did not respond to coaching in velocity Rusty Wiesler did not respond to coaching in LF