Win: Frank Nelson (16-3) Loss: Dave Pfund (8-10)
Save: Ed Wright (36)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Frank Nelson pitching. Kazuo Matsui grounds out to the second baseman. Webster Brink flies out to the right fielder. Domingo El Duque walks. Buck Weaver singles to right field. Domingo El Duque advances to third on the hit. Dick Woods singles to left field. Domingo El Duque scores. Buck Weaver advances to third on the hit. Kevin Miksis lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cleveland Dave Pfund pitching. Bob Nuxhall grounds out to the third baseman. Red Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Sprague grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Dick Easterwood strikes out. Jake Ellis strikes out. Dave Pfund is hit by a pitch. Kazuo Matsui singles to left field. Webster Brink flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Carl Parrish singles to center field. Eddy Bonilla singles to right field. Carl Parrish advances to third on the hit. Dan Bowers strikes out. Ralph Medvin pops out to the third baseman. Eddy Bonilla steals second. Randy Nieves grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Domingo El Duque strikes out. Buck Weaver grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Woods grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Frank Nelson strikes out. Bob Nuxhall flies out to the right fielder. Red Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Kevin Miksis strikes out. Dick Easterwood walks. Dick Easterwood is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jake Ellis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Jack Sprague grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Parrish walks. Eddy Bonilla strikes out. Dan Bowers grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dave Pfund grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuo Matsui strikes out. Webster Brink singles to center field. Domingo El Duque walks. Buck Weaver grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ralph Medvin singles to center field. Randy Nieves flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Frank Nelson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Frank Nelson pops out to the first baseman. Bob Nuxhall grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Dick Woods pops out to the first baseman. Kevin Miksis pops out to the shortstop. Dick Easterwood singles to right field. Jake Ellis grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Dick Easterwood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Red Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Sprague walks. Jack Sprague is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Carl Parrish walks. Eddy Bonilla singles to right field. Carl Parrish advances to third on the hit. Dan Bowers reached on a fielding error by Kazuo Matsui. Carl Parrish scores. Ralph Medvin doubles past the third baseman. Eddy Bonilla scores. Dan Bowers uses his aggressiveness and scores. Randy Nieves hits a home run. Ralph Medvin scores. Mark Channell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Nelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City George Clarke is pinch hitting for Mark Channell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. George Clarke hits a home run. Von Massey is pinch hitting for Kazuo Matsui. Von Massey strikes out. Webster Brink grounds out to the shortstop. Domingo El Duque flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Chucho Cabrera pitching. Bob Nuxhall pops out to the first baseman. Red Williams singles to center field. Red Williams is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jack Sprague grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Buck Weaver walks. Dick Woods walks. Jose Benitez 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. Kevin Miksis strikes out. Dick Easterwood strikes out. Jake Ellis grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dick Woods is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Carl Parrish strikes out. Eddy Bonilla strikes out. Dan Bowers flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ed Wright comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Chuck Luque is pinch hitting for Chucho Cabrera. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Chuck Luque grounds out to the shortstop. Von Massey singles to center field. Von Massey is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Webster Brink grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 9 Cleveland total runners left on base: 4
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Scott Jennings improves in arm Tommy Middleton did not respond to coaching in control Carl Matthias did not respond to coaching in velocity Greg Glavenich improves in power_vs_righty Jerry Ostdiek did not respond to coaching in 3B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jose Mateo improves in arm Frank Bennett did not respond to coaching in arm Jeff Miller improves in contact_vs_righty Bert Mullin did not respond to coaching in control Bill Addy did not respond to coaching in 3B