Win: Ollie Webber (10-14) Loss: Pat Kiefer (1-4)
Save: Ray Colborn (12)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Roberto Fonseca pitching. Al Blake singles to right field. Charlie Link walks. John Romano flies out to the left fielder. Jack Layne pops out to the shortstop. Al Blake steals third. Mike Thorpe flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Ollie Webber pitching. Alan McKnight flies out to the center fielder. Al Face singles to left field. Kazuyuki Jobe doubles to left field. Al Face scores. Minoru Shibahara hits a home run. Kazuyuki Jobe scores. Sukehiro Akiyama flies out to the left fielder. Sam Bejma hits a home run. Al Baumer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Bill LaFrancois walks. Tom Polivka strikes out. Bill LaFrancois steals second. Lore Fischer grounds out to the third baseman. Ollie Webber strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Jack Barr singles to right field. Roberto Fonseca fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Roberto Fonseca strikes out. Alan McKnight flies out to the center fielder. Al Face walks. Kazuyuki Jobe strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Al Blake grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Link flies out to the center fielder. John Romano singles to right field. Jack Layne triples. John Romano scores. Mike Thorpe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Minoru Shibahara flies out to the left fielder. Sukehiro Akiyama singles to right field. Sukehiro Akiyama is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Sam Bejma strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Bill LaFrancois grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Polivka singles past the second baseman. Tom Polivka steals second. Lore Fischer is hit by a pitch. Ollie Webber lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Al Blake flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Al Baumer grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Barr flies out to the center fielder. Roberto Fonseca grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Charlie Link grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! John Romano pops out to the first baseman. Jack Layne reached on a fielding error by Alan McKnight. Jack Layne steals second. Mike Thorpe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Alan McKnight grounds out to the second baseman. Al Face doubles to left field. Kazuyuki Jobe singles to center field. Al Face scores. Minoru Shibahara singles to center field. Kazuyuki Jobe advances to third on the hit. Sukehiro Akiyama strikes out. Sam Bejma strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bill LaFrancois grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Polivka grounds out to the third baseman. Lore Fischer doubles to right field. Harry Gonder 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. Ollie Webber grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Al Baumer pops out to the second baseman. Jack Barr flies out to the center fielder. Mel Delgado is pinch hitting for Harry Gonder. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Mel Delgado strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Matt Buford pitching. Al Blake triples. Charlie Link flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Al Blake scores. John Romano grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jack Layne singles past the shortstop. Mike Thorpe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Alan McKnight grounds out to the shortstop. Al Face lines out to the shortstop. Kazuyuki Jobe flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Joe Stuart is pinch hitting for Bill LaFrancois. Joe Stuart grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Dolan is pinch hitting for Tom Polivka. Lou Dolan strikes out. Lore Fischer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Tony Joshua enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Stuart at LF. Felix Emery enters the game as a defensive replacement for Lou Dolan at 2B. Minoru Shibahara walks. Sukehiro Akiyama grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Sam Bejma flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Pat Kiefer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Hubie Abrams is pinch hitting for Ollie Webber. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hubie Abrams singles to right field. Al Blake singles to center field. Hubie Abrams advances to third on the hit. Charlie Link singles to left field. Hubie Abrams scores. Al Blake advances to third on the hit. John Romano flies out to the center fielder. Jack Layne singles to left field. Al Blake scores. Charlie Link advances to third on the hit. Mike Thorpe singles to center field. Charlie Link scores. Jim Trouppe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Joshua singles past the third baseman. Jack Layne scores. Mike Thorpe advances to third on the hit. Felix Emery grounds out to the catcher. Tony Joshua advances to second on the play. Mike Thorpe gets picked off third. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Ray Colborn pitching. Al Baumer flies out to the right fielder. Jack Barr flies out to the right fielder. Roy Shinners is pinch hitting for Jim Trouppe. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Roy Shinners singles to left field. Alan McKnight walks. Al Face strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Cleveland total runners LOB: 10 Oakland total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Lore Fischer (9).3B - Al Blake (7), Jack Layne (3).SF - Charlie Link.HBP - Lore Fischer (1). Baserunning: SB - Al Blake (37), Jack Layne (22), Bill LaFrancois (12), Tom Polivka (17).
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Papa Roenicke did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bert Redmond did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Roach improves in contact_vs_righty Ben Truesdale improves in power_vs_righty Papa Roenicke did not respond to coaching in C
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Dusty Moore improves in range Sam Archer improves in contact_vs_righty Buddy Taylor improves in power_vs_righty Roger Blateric improves in contact_vs_lefty