Win: Duff Wessinger (8-12) Loss: George Holshouser (4-11)
Inning: 1 Cleveland George Holshouser pitching. Tomoaki Nakagawa grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Belk strikes out. Eddie Metheny grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Toronto Duff Wessinger pitching. Ed Kelly flies out to the left fielder. Steve Wills singles to center field. Roy McDermott singles to left field. Steve Wills is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Heinie Andrews strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Russ Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Kaiser Myers strikes out. Brian Hinrichs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Toronto Wickey Kalfass grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Ganzel strikes out. Bernie Ockey walks. George Rafter pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Drake McGwire singles to right field. Otto Richardson doubles to left field. Drake McGwire uses his aggressiveness and scores. Duff Wessinger lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tomoaki Nakagawa singles to center field. Otto Richardson scores. Tomoaki Nakagawa steals second. Jack Belk flies out to the right fielder. Eddie Metheny singles to center field. Tomoaki Nakagawa scores. Moon Crider comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Passed ball. Eddie Metheny advances to second. Russ Davis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Toronto Moon Crider pops out to the first baseman. Ed Kelly singles to center field. Steve Wills singles past the third baseman. Roy McDermott grounds out to the catcher. Ed Kelly advances to third on the play. Steve Wills advances to second on the play. Heinie Andrews strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Kaiser Myers singles to left field. Brian Hinrichs flies out to the center fielder. Kaiser Myers steals second. Drake McGwire singles to left field. Kaiser Myers scores. Charlie Burns comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Otto Richardson walks. Duff Wessinger fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Duff Wessinger singles to center field. Drake McGwire scores. Tomoaki Nakagawa flies out to the right fielder. Jack Belk flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Toronto Wickey Kalfass grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Matt Ganzel strikes out. Bernie Ockey triples. George Rafter pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Eddie Metheny doubles to center field. Russ Davis hits a home run. Eddie Metheny scores. Jim Christmas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kaiser Myers strikes out. Brian Hinrichs strikes out. Drake McGwire singles in front of the right fielder. Otto Richardson hits a home run. Drake McGwire scores. Duff Wessinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Toronto Jim Christmas grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Kelly strikes out. Steve Wills hits a home run. Roy McDermott flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Tomoaki Nakagawa grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jack Belk pops out to the shortstop. Eddie Metheny flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Toronto Heinie Andrews singles to right field. Wickey Kalfass grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Matt Ganzel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Russ Davis is hit by a pitch. Kaiser Myers pops out to the shortstop. Russ Davis is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Brian Hinrichs reached on a fielding error by Heinie Andrews. Drake McGwire grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Toronto Bernie Ockey singles to center field. Bernie Ockey is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). George Rafter singles to right field. Jim Christmas fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jim Christmas grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Otto Richardson grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Cotter is pinch hitting for Duff Wessinger. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Steve Cotter hits an infield single to the third baseman. Steve Cotter is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tomoaki Nakagawa grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Toronto Carlos Johnston pitching. Ed Kelly strikes out. Steve Wills walks. Steve Wills steals second. Roy McDermott grounds out to the shortstop. Heinie Andrews doubles to center field. Steve Wills scores. Wickey Kalfass singles to center field. Heinie Andrews scores. Matt Ganzel flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Jim Murphy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Belk strikes out. Eddie Metheny strikes out. Russ Davis pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Toronto Bernie Ockey flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! George Rafter grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Murphy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 4 Toronto total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Eddie Metheny (19), Otto Richardson (2).HR - Russ Davis (17), Otto Richardson (2).HBP - Russ Davis (3). Baserunning: SB - Tomoaki Nakagawa (49), Kaiser Myers (23).CS - Russ Davis (18), Steve Cotter (7).
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lefty Gilbert did not respond to coaching in speed Oyster Collins did not respond to coaching in velocity Howard Halas improves in contact_vs_lefty Rich Munninghoff improves in speed Roy Handley did not respond to coaching in 1B
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Travis Brown did not respond to coaching in velocity Buddy Schweitzer improves in power_vs_righty Charles Roberts improves in power_vs_righty Marcel Compton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty