Inning: 1 Cleveland Norm Gill pitching. Pinch Palmero singles to center field. Doc Mullins grounds out to the third baseman. Pinch Palmero advances to second on the play. Norbert Belliard doubles to right field. Pinch Palmero scores. Leon Bordley singles to center field. Norbert Belliard scores. Charlie Parisse singles to left field. Leon Bordley advances to third on the hit. Charlie Parisse is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Jose Cicada grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Blunderbuss Billingsly pitching. Johnny Parrott singles to left field. Dave Metz grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Parrott advances to second on the play. Leo Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Gordon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Mac Rochford singles to center field. Mac Rochford steals second. Butch Wynegar walks. Blunderbuss Billingsly lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pinch Palmero flies out to the center fielder. Doc Mullins flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Oakland Roger Lyons grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Crisp hits a home run. Efrain Hart pops out to the second baseman. John Mercado walks. Norm Gill strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Norbert Belliard strikes out. Leon Bordley hits a home run. Charlie Parisse flies out to the center fielder. Jose Cicada strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Johnny Parrott singles to right field. Dave Metz grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Leo Johnson flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Mac Rochford singles to right field. Butch Wynegar strikes out. Blunderbuss Billingsly fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Blunderbuss Billingsly flies out to the center fielder. Pinch Palmero flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Joe Gordon singles to center field. Roger Lyons grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Gordon advances to second on the play. Kevin Crisp flies out to the left fielder. Efrain Hart doubles to right field. Joe Gordon scores. John Mercado singles to right field. Efrain Hart scores. Norm Gill flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Doc Mullins walks. Norbert Belliard walks. Leon Bordley walks. Slim Hillis 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. Charlie Parisse reached on a fielding error by John Mercado. Doc Mullins scores. Jose Cicada hits a home run. Norbert Belliard scores. Leon Bordley scores. Charlie Parisse scores. Garth Jacobs comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mac Rochford flies out to the center fielder. Butch Wynegar singles to center field. Blunderbuss Billingsly lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pinch Palmero grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Johnny Parrott flies out to the left fielder. Dave Metz doubles to center field. Leo Johnson strikes out. Joe Gordon singles to left field. Dave Metz is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Doc Mullins walks. Norbert Belliard grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Leon Bordley singles to right field. Charlie Parisse singles to center field. Leon Bordley advances to third on the hit. Jose Cicada flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Roger Lyons flies out to the right fielder. Kevin Crisp pops out to the second baseman. Efrain Hart singles to right field. John Mercado flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Mac Rochford singles to center field. Butch Wynegar strikes out. Blunderbuss Billingsly pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Pinch Palmero singles to center field. Mac Rochford advances to third on the hit. Doc Mullins triples. Mac Rochford scores. Pinch Palmero scores. Norbert Belliard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Lynn Leard is pinch hitting for Garth Jacobs. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Lynn Leard grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Parrott strikes out. Tony Scharein is pinch hitting for Dave Metz. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tony Scharein grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Bill Ballard pitching. Leon Bordley singles to left field. Charlie Parisse reached on a fielding error by Bill Ballard. Jose Cicada grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Charlie Parisse is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mac Rochford walks. Butch Wynegar strikes out. Blunderbuss Billingsly pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Oakland Fred Hoover is pinch hitting for Leo Johnson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fred Hoover strikes out. Joe Gordon strikes out. Roger Lyons flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Pinch Palmero walks. Doc Mullins doubles to center field. Pinch Palmero uses his aggressiveness and scores. Norbert Belliard walks. Leon Bordley grounds out to the third baseman. Doc Mullins advances to third on the play. Norbert Belliard advances to second on the play. Charlie Parisse singles to center field. Doc Mullins scores. Norbert Belliard scores. Jose Cicada singles to center field. Mac Rochford strikes out. Butch Wynegar flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Todd Sentell is pinch hitting for Kevin Crisp. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Todd Sentell doubles to center field. Al Fischer is pinch hitting for Efrain Hart. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Al Fischer singles to right field. Todd Sentell scores. John Mercado walks. Larry Williams is pinch hitting for Bill Ballard. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Larry Williams strikes out. Johnny Parrott walks. Tony Scharein walks. Al Fischer scores. Fred Hoover strikes out. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. John Mercado scores. Joe Gordon hits a home run. Johnny Parrott scores. Tony Scharein scores. Roger Lyons pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 13 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Dave Metz (7), Todd Sentell (10), Efrain Hart (2).HR - Joe Gordon (12), Kevin Crisp (2).GIDP - Dave Metz. Fielding: E - John Mercado, Bill Ballard.
Game Notes Leo Johnson is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ozzie Wilke did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Kim Kolstad improves in endurance Sam Shay did not respond to coaching in control Pop Taveras improves in arm Ozzie Wilke did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jack Walsh improves in power_vs_lefty Dennis Hinds improves in range Chief Kauff did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Karl Scheinblum improves in range John Meier improves in 1B