Inning: 1 Oakland Vito Caithamer pitching. Turkey McCrea hits a home run. Mike Shea flies out to the left fielder. Jim Richards strikes out. Dave Riggs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Jim Nelson pitching. Ben Dodd pops out to the shortstop. John Fahey grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Gonzalez doubles to center field. Frank Miller lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Van Baines singles to left field. Koji Kubo strikes out. Bud Yvars walks. Randy Hansen strikes out. Jim Nelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Tex Jackson walks. Kevin Hubbell walks. Ross Peters strikes out. Elmer Laboy grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Turkey McCrea walks. Mike Shea walks. Jim Richards grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Mike Shea is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dave Riggs reached on a 2-base throwing error by Kevin Hubbell. Turkey McCrea scores. Van Baines singles to right field. Jim Richards scores. Dave Riggs scores. Koji Kubo singles to left field. Van Baines is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Bud Yvars grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Koji Kubo is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Vito Caithamer grounds out to the third baseman. Ben Dodd doubles to center field. John Fahey grounds out to the second baseman. Ben Dodd advances to third on the play. Jack Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Randy Hansen walks. Claude Cox comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Nelson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Turkey McCrea strikes out. Mike Shea grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Frank Miller pops out to the second baseman. Tex Jackson grounds out to the third baseman. Kevin Hubbell hits an infield single to the first baseman. Ross Peters flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Jim Richards strikes out. Dave Riggs grounds out to the shortstop. Van Baines grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Elmer Laboy flies out to the left fielder. Claude Cox pops out to the pitcher. Ben Dodd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Koji Kubo strikes out. Bud Yvars hits a home run. Randy Hansen flies out to the left fielder. Jim Nelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland John Fahey lines out to the third baseman. Jack Gonzalez strikes out. Frank Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Turkey McCrea flies out to the right fielder. Mike Shea singles to left field. Jim Richards strikes out. Dave Riggs grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Tex Jackson walks. Tex Jackson steals second. Kevin Hubbell lines out to the shortstop. Ross Peters flies out to the left fielder. Elmer Laboy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Jim Irwin is pinch hitting for Van Baines. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Irwin pops out to the third baseman. Charlie Downey is pinch hitting for Koji Kubo. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Downey flies out to the center fielder. Bud Yvars strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Fred Uhle is pinch hitting for Claude Cox. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Fred Uhle flies out to the left fielder. Ben Dodd grounds out to the second baseman. John Fahey singles to left field. Charlie Bottenfield is pinch hitting for Jack Gonzalez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Bottenfield triples. John Fahey scores. Frank Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Yo-Yo Washington pitching. Randy Hansen walks. Jim Nelson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jim Nelson pops out to the shortstop. Turkey McCrea singles to left field. Mike Shea singles to right field. Randy Hansen is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Turkey McCrea advances to third on the play. Jim Richards walks. Joe McGlothin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dave Riggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Cleveland Tex Jackson walks. Kevin Hubbell flies out to the left fielder. Ross Peters hits a home run. Tex Jackson scores. Harry Ruhle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Elmer Laboy singles to right field. Curt Alcala is pinch hitting for Joe McGlothin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Curt Alcala singles to right field. Elmer Laboy advances to third on the hit. Ben Dodd singles to center field. Elmer Laboy scores. Curt Alcala advances to third on the hit. John Fahey grounds out to the second baseman. Curt Alcala scores. Ben Dodd advances to second on the play. Chick Rusch comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Bottenfield strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Oakland Rob Barnes pitching. Jim Irwin reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ben Dodd. Charlie Downey grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bud Yvars hits a home run. Jim Irwin scores. Randy Hansen pops out to the first baseman. Chick Rusch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Cleveland Frank Miller strikes out. Tex Jackson flies out to the right fielder. Kevin Hubbell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 8 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Ben Dodd (15), Jack Gonzalez (16).3B - Charlie Bottenfield (1).HR - Ross Peters (1).GIDP - Elmer Laboy. Baserunning: SB - Tex Jackson (6). Fielding: E - Ben Dodd, Kevin Hubbell.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Newt Jones improves in contact_vs_righty Cecil Aitchison improves in power_vs_lefty Mike Calhoun did not respond to coaching in velocity George Zauchin did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Grimes improves in 1B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Maldonado improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Carlin improves in power_vs_righty Jack Bloomfield improves in contact_vs_lefty Jack Bloomfield did not respond to coaching in speed