Win: Fred Sprinz (16-4) Loss: Broderick Crawford (6-16)
Save: Si Wall (11)
Inning: 1 Boston Broderick Crawford pitching. Milo Tebbetts walks. Willie Wood flies out to the right fielder. Akihito Takamizawa grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Fred Sprinz pitching. Dave Shea grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Thomas grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Redmond singles to right field. Roger Dorn singles to center field. Bob Redmond aggressively advances to third on the hit. Roger Dorn is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Barry Bonds hits a home run. Ron Zientara doubles to left field. Jay Bell walks. Hank Moran grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Ron Zientara advances to third on the play. Virgil Dorsett grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Frank Queen flies out to the center fielder. Chris Souza singles to center field. Hughie Moore doubles to right field. Gary Fleitas grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Souza scores. Hughie Moore advances to third on the play. Broderick Crawford flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Fred Sprinz singles to right field. Milo Tebbetts singles to right field. Willie Wood strikes out. Akihito Takamizawa walks. Barry Bonds singles past the third baseman. Fred Sprinz scores. Milo Tebbetts is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Akihito Takamizawa advances to third on the play. Ron Zientara strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Dave Shea singles to right field. Ron Thomas grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Shea advances to second on the play. Bob Redmond singles to center field. Dave Shea scores. Roger Dorn pops out to the first baseman. Frank Queen singles to right field. Bob Redmond advances to third on the hit. Chris Souza singles to left field. Bob Redmond scores. Hughie Moore strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Jay Bell flies out to the right fielder. Hank Moran grounds out to the third baseman. Virgil Dorsett singles to center field. Fred Sprinz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Gary Fleitas grounds out to the third baseman. Broderick Crawford singles to right field. Dave Shea grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Milo Tebbetts pops out to the second baseman. Willie Wood flies out to the left fielder. Akihito Takamizawa singles to center field. Barry Bonds hits a home run. Akihito Takamizawa scores. Brian Staehle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ron Zientara walks. Jay Bell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ron Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Bob Redmond strikes out. Roger Dorn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Hank Moran strikes out. Virgil Dorsett singles to right field. Fred Sprinz lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Milo Tebbetts walks. Klondike Fowler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Willie Wood grounds out to the second baseman. Virgil Dorsett scores. Fred Sprinz advances to third on the play. Milo Tebbetts advances to second on the play. Akihito Takamizawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Frank Queen grounds out to the third baseman. Chris Souza singles to right field. Hughie Moore strikes out. Gary Fleitas grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Chris Souza is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Barry Bonds doubles to left field. Ron Zientara flies out to the center fielder. Jay Bell pops out to the first baseman. Hank Moran walks. Virgil Dorsett walks. Joe Brannan is pinch hitting for Fred Sprinz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Joe Brannan grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Cleveland Butch Robello pitching. Trevor Ettles is pinch hitting for Klondike Fowler. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Trevor Ettles strikes out. Dave Shea strikes out. Ron Thomas walks. Bob Redmond flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Calvin Thomas pitching. Milo Tebbetts singles to left field. Willie Wood singles to left field. Milo Tebbetts advances to third on the hit. Akihito Takamizawa doubles to left field. Milo Tebbetts scores. Herm Rorschach comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Barry Bonds flies out to the right fielder. Ron Zientara grounds out to the second baseman. Willie Wood scores. Akihito Takamizawa advances to third on the play. Jay Bell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Roger Dorn pops out to the second baseman. Frank Queen reached on a 2-base fielding error by Akihito Takamizawa. Chris Souza walks. Hughie Moore strikes out. Gary Fleitas singles to right field. Frank Queen scores. Si Wall comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Chris Souza steals third. Herm Rorschach grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Hank Moran doubles to right field. Virgil Dorsett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hank Moran advances to third on the play. Si Wall flies out to the left fielder. Milo Tebbetts walks. Willie Wood walks. Akihito Takamizawa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Cleveland Dave Shea flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Ron Thomas strikes out. Bob Redmond strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 14 Cleveland total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Gary Fleitas is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jap Murcer did not respond to coaching in control Billy Snyder did not respond to coaching in control Yam Davis improves in control Carney Maggert did not respond to coaching in arm
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Pinky Fingers improves in speed Roger Costello improves in control Buck Natal did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ron Bourque improves in range Ron Bourque improves in LF