Win: Jess Madison (1-0) Loss: Bill Stowers (10-5)
Save: Scott Graff (40)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Jess Madison pitching. John Ritter grounds out to the second baseman. Newt Kucks doubles to right field. Lance Kerlin singles to left field. Newt Kucks scores. Boardwalk Casey strikes out. Pat Scheinblum strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bill Stowers pitching. Scott Kaiser grounds out to the shortstop. Don Puente singles to right field. Don Puente is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Motohiro Sumitani walks. Jerry Myatt pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Claude Sanicki strikes out. Rosy Mills singles to center field. Tom Miller hits an infield single to the first baseman. Bill Stowers lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 5-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Katsuhiko Tsugawa flies out to the center fielder. Tom Hunter hits an infield single to the pitcher. Tom Hunter steals second. Lance Beckmann walks. Jay LaPalme singles to left field. Tom Hunter scores. Jess Madison lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Lance Beckmann is thrown out at third. Jay LaPalme advances to second on the play. Jay LaPalme advances to second on the play. Scott Kaiser flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland John Ritter flies out to the left fielder. Newt Kucks singles to right field. Lance Kerlin grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Newt Kucks advances to second on the play. Boardwalk Casey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Don Puente grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Motohiro Sumitani grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Myatt singles to right field. Katsuhiko Tsugawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Pat Scheinblum grounds out to the third baseman. Claude Sanicki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Rosy Mills singles to right field. Tom Miller singles to left field. Rosy Mills advances to third on the hit. Bill Stowers grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tom Hunter singles to left field. Lance Beckmann singles to center field. Tom Hunter advances to third on the hit. Jay LaPalme walks. Jess Madison grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Tom Hunter scores. Lance Beckmann advances to third on the play. Scott Kaiser doubles to left field. Lance Beckmann scores. Don Puente flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland John Ritter grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Newt Kucks walks. Lance Kerlin grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Motohiro Sumitani flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Myatt singles to right field. Katsuhiko Tsugawa flies out to the right fielder. Tom Hunter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Boardwalk Casey singles to center field. Pat Scheinblum strikes out. Claude Sanicki flies out to the left fielder. Boardwalk Casey is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Lance Beckmann singles to center field. Jay LaPalme singles to right field. Ed Robertson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jess Madison fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jess Madison pops out to the first baseman. Scott Kaiser singles to left field. Lance Beckmann scores. Don Puente pops out to the first baseman. Motohiro Sumitani grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Scott Kaiser is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Rosy Mills strikes out. Tom Miller hits a home run. Doug Jones is pinch hitting for Ed Robertson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Doug Jones flies out to the right fielder. John Ritter strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Brian Hogue pitching. Jerry Myatt strikes out. Katsuhiko Tsugawa strikes out. Tom Hunter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Newt Kucks strikes out. Lance Kerlin walks. Boardwalk Casey doubles to center field. Lance Kerlin is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Pat Scheinblum singles to center field. Boardwalk Casey is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Lance Beckmann walks. Jay LaPalme singles to right field. Lance Beckmann advances to third on the hit. Minnie Hague is pinch hitting for Jess Madison. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Minnie Hague pops out to the second baseman. Scott Kaiser strikes out. Don Puente strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Scott Graff pitching. Claude Sanicki walks. Rosy Mills flies out to the center fielder. Tom Miller lines out to the first baseman. Yuichi Suzuki is pinch hitting for Brian Hogue. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Claude Sanicki is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 10
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Darrell Comer did not respond to coaching in arm Hack Rucker improves in contact_vs_righty Charlie Parker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hughie Caldwell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Prince Kuzava improves in power_vs_lefty Phil Koecher did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Doc Ross did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Fritz Marshall did not respond to coaching in control Billy Difani did not respond to coaching in RF