Win: Barney Higuera (18-7) Loss: Jack Jones (11-9)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Jack Jones pitching. Gene Bool singles to left field. Greg Johnson strikes out. Jeff Banks singles to center field. Gene Bool advances to third on the hit. Red Schlafly strikes out. Lew McMackin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Barney Higuera pitching. Epps Mattox strikes out. Pop Leppert grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Blackburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Jim Haberer grounds out to the second baseman. Nobuyuki Miwa walks. Chris Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ray Harlow grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Stromme grounds out to the catcher. Harry Renteria flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Barney Higuera strikes out. Gene Bool strikes out. Greg Johnson singles to center field. Jeff Banks strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Gil Basinski pops out to the shortstop. Joe Reis flies out to the right fielder. Jack Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Red Schlafly singles to left field. Lew McMackin singles to center field. Red Schlafly advances to third on the hit. Jim Haberer flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Red Schlafly scores. Nobuyuki Miwa hits a home run. Lew McMackin scores. Chris Smith singles to center field. Barney Higuera fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Barney Higuera grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Epps Mattox flies out to the left fielder. Pop Leppert strikes out. Dave Blackburn hits a home run. Ray Harlow singles past the shortstop. Ken Stromme strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Gene Bool flies out to the right fielder. Greg Johnson singles to left field. Jeff Banks walks. Red Schlafly grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Johnson advances to third on the play. Jeff Banks advances to second on the play. Lew McMackin walks. Jim Haberer strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Oakland Harry Renteria singles to left field. Gil Basinski grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harry Renteria is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Reis grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Gil Basinski is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jack Jones is hit by a pitch. Epps Mattox strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Nobuyuki Miwa grounds out to the shortstop. Angel Link comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Chris Smith singles to center field. Barney Higuera fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Barney Higuera flies out to the right fielder. Gene Bool strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Pop Leppert pops out to the third baseman. Dave Blackburn strikes out. Ray Harlow strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Greg Johnson hits a home run. Jeff Banks singles to right field. Red Schlafly grounds out to the pitcher. Jeff Banks advances to second on the play. Lew McMackin flies out to the center fielder. Jim Haberer singles to center field. Jeff Banks scores. Nobuyuki Miwa singles to left field. Jim Haberer advances to third on the hit. Chris Smith walks. Earl Sweeney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Barney Higuera strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Oakland Ken Stromme pops out to the second baseman. Harry Renteria doubles to center field. Gil Basinski hits an infield single to the third baseman. Joe Reis doubles to left field. Harry Renteria scores. Otie Shepherd is pinch hitting for Earl Sweeney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Otie Shepherd grounds out to the pitcher. Epps Mattox strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Huck Crist pitching. Gene Bool grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Johnson flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Jeff Banks singles to center field. Red Schlafly singles to center field. Jeff Banks advances to third on the hit. Red Schlafly steals second. Lew McMackin pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Oakland Pop Leppert grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Blackburn doubles to right field. Ray Harlow grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Stromme lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Jim Haberer strikes out. Nobuyuki Miwa hits a home run. Chris Smith reached on a fielding error by Huck Crist. Barney Higuera fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Barney Higuera grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Chris Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gene Bool grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Barney Higuera is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Harry Renteria pops out to the shortstop. Gil Basinski grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Reis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 13 Oakland total runners LOB: 6
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jamie Bell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Paul Egan improves in speed Dupee Lum did not respond to coaching in control Fred Franco improves in velocity Howard Wockenfuss did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Red Massey improves in control
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Giovanola did not respond to coaching in velocity Tod Gomez improves in velocity Bill Giovanola did not respond to coaching in velocity Buddy Lint did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Steve Brucker improves in range Rico Moore did not respond to coaching in velocity Chris Cote did not respond to coaching in C