Win: Charlie Lamanno (7-9) Loss: Mitch Meyers (7-7)
Save: Taffy Stone (27)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Mitch Meyers pitching. Scoops Dailey strikes out. Klondike MacDonald walks. Red Batchelder strikes out. Arnold Daniels bunts for a base hit. Bob Hundley singles to right field. Klondike MacDonald scores. Spud Wilson pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cleveland Charlie Lamanno pitching. Arthur Gibson grounds out to the third baseman. Whitey Smith doubles to center field. Steve Davis grounds out to the second baseman. Whitey Smith advances to third on the play. Dan Gearin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Al Wells grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tyne Newcastle walks. Charlie Lamanno fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Charlie Lamanno grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Ray Aikens pops out to the second baseman. Stan Diering flies out to the right fielder. Sam Rhomberg walks. Geno Farr strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Scoops Dailey grounds out to the pitcher. Klondike MacDonald singles to center field. Red Batchelder strikes out. Arnold Daniels grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Mitch Meyers pops out to the first baseman. Arthur Gibson strikes out. Whitey Smith doubles to left field. Steve Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bob Hundley strikes out. Spud Wilson singles to left field. Al Wells doubles to center field. Spud Wilson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tyne Newcastle doubles to right field. Al Wells scores. Charlie Lamanno singles to left field. Tyne Newcastle scores. Jim Dauss comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Scoops Dailey flies out to the center fielder. Klondike MacDonald flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Dan Gearin flies out to the left fielder. Ray Aikens flies out to the center fielder. Stan Diering flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Red Batchelder strikes out. Arnold Daniels singles in front of the right fielder. Bob Hundley doubles past the third baseman. Arnold Daniels uses his aggressiveness and scores. Spud Wilson pops out to the first baseman. Al Wells flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Sam Rhomberg flies out to the left fielder. Geno Farr singles to center field. Jim Dauss lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Arthur Gibson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tyne Newcastle pops out to the shortstop. Charlie Lamanno grounds out to the third baseman. Scoops Dailey walks. Klondike MacDonald grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Scoops Dailey is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Whitey Smith singles to center field. Steve Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Whitey Smith advances to second on the play. Dan Gearin flies out to the left fielder. Ray Aikens hits an infield single to the pitcher. Stan Diering singles to right field. Whitey Smith scores. Sam Rhomberg lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Red Batchelder grounds out to the pitcher. Arnold Daniels singles to center field. Masayuki Masuda comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Hundley lines out to the third baseman. Spud Wilson grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Arnold Daniels is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Geno Farr pops out to the third baseman. Bill Bell is pinch hitting for Masayuki Masuda. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bill Bell grounds out to the second baseman. Arthur Gibson hits a home run. Whitey Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mike Thayer pitching. Al Wells singles to center field. Tyne Newcastle flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Lamanno lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Scoops Dailey flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Brad Alcock enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tyne Newcastle at LF. Steve Davis strikes out. Dan Gearin triples. Marty Valdez 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 2nd. Ray Aikens walks. Stan Diering flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Dan Gearin scores. Sam Rhomberg bunts for a base hit. Jose Phelps is pinch hitting for Geno Farr. Jose Phelps strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Lew Quinn enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jose Phelps at C. Klondike MacDonald pops out to the second baseman. Red Batchelder strikes out. Arnold Daniels singles to left field. Bob Hundley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Taffy Stone comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Freddy Kiecker is pinch hitting for Mike Thayer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Freddy Kiecker flies out to the right fielder. Arthur Gibson strikes out. Whitey Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9 Cleveland total runners LOB: 8
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tomokazu Bronstad did not respond to coaching in velocity Skeeter Johnson improves in contact_vs_lefty Salome Fishel did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Matt Sisk improves in arm
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bunny Lynch did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ray Heim did not respond to coaching in velocity Claude Lazar did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Claude Lazar did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty