Win: Yuniesky Cuesta (5-1) Loss: Larry Vail (12-4)
Save: Eric McCleskey (5)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Larry Vail pitching. Jim Wagner bunts for a base hit. Len Smith flies out to the left fielder. Jim Wagner steals second. Gabe Shirley strikes out. Randy Lopez singles past the shortstop. Jim Wagner scores. Lew Durbin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Ruben Weaver pitching. Eric Pascual grounds out to the shortstop. Frenchy Zernial grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ossie Powell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Rondell Johnson pops out to the third baseman. Emil Hamrick doubles to left field. Sam Hollingsworth strikes out. Ruben Weaver lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Jake Birtsas flies out to the right fielder. Seizo Hironaga pops out to the catcher. Bill Brown singles to center field. Rusty Woodruff grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill Brown is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Jim Wagner triples. Len Smith strikes out. Gabe Shirley grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Wagner scores. Randy Lopez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Ed McCardell walks. Larry Vail lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Eric Pascual singles to left field. Ed McCardell scores. Heinie Youmans comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eric Pascual steals second. Frenchy Zernial walks. Ossie Powell flies out to the center fielder. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Jake Birtsas doubles to right field. Eric Pascual scores. Frenchy Zernial scores. Tim Tutwiler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Seizo Hironaga reached on a fielding error by Len Smith. Bill Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Lew Durbin strikes out. Rondell Johnson strikes out. Emil Hamrick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Rusty Woodruff singles to left field. George Kavanagh comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed McCardell grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Rusty Woodruff is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Larry Vail lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Eric Pascual walks. Frenchy Zernial walks. Ossie Powell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Cleveland Sam Hollingsworth flies out to the right fielder. Kazumi Miwa is pinch hitting for George Kavanagh. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Kazumi Miwa grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Wagner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Byrd Clark pitching. Jake Birtsas strikes out. Seizo Hironaga singles to right field. Bill Brown flies out to the right fielder. Rusty Woodruff grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Seizo Hironaga is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Len Smith strikes out. Gabe Shirley grounds out to the shortstop. Randy Lopez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Jake Eaddy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed McCardell flies out to the left fielder. Larry Vail flies out to the left fielder. Eric Pascual grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Lew Durbin hits a home run. Rondell Johnson pops out to the third baseman. Emil Hamrick grounds out to the third baseman. Sam Hollingsworth doubles to left field. Harvey Varga is pinch hitting for Jake Eaddy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harvey Varga grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Yuniesky Cuesta pitching. Frenchy Zernial singles to right field. Ossie Powell singles to left field. Frenchy Zernial advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Jake Birtsas lines out to the first baseman. The defense is playing the corners in. Seizo Hironaga grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ossie Powell advances to second on the play. Bill Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Jim Wagner strikes out. Len Smith pops out to the third baseman. Gabe Shirley singles to left field. Randy Lopez walks. Lew Durbin doubles to center field. Gabe Shirley scores. Randy Lopez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ollie Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Rondell Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Eric McCleskey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rusty Woodruff grounds out to the second baseman. Ed McCardell lines out to the third baseman. Yeniet Lopez is pinch hitting for Ollie Brown. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Yeniet Lopez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Lee Denehy pitching. Emil Hamrick doubles to right field. Sam Hollingsworth grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Emil Hamrick advances to third on the play. Eric McCleskey strikes out. Jim Wagner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Eric Pascual singles to left field. Frenchy Zernial flies out to the right fielder. Eric Pascual steals second. Ossie Powell strikes out. Eric Pascual steals third. Jake Birtsas pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners LOB: 5 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 10
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: George Waddell did not respond to coaching in velocity John McEwing did not respond to coaching in speed John McEwing improves in speed Leo Flood did not respond to coaching in SS
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tadayoshi Ogawa improves in range Dick Murphy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Fay Zuber improves in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Pierson did not respond to coaching in SS