Win: Tony Monge (5-11) Loss: Frank Jackson (4-8)
Save: Andre Torres (15)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Tony Monge pitching. Clay Sauer doubles to center field. Kay Mar St. Jean singles to right field. Clay Sauer is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Joe Cicero singles to center field. Kay Mar St. Jean advances to third on the hit. T.J. Minor flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Kay Mar St. Jean scores. Joe Cicero steals second. Jim Pruett grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Frank Jackson pitching. Dick Ness strikes out. Bobby Ortiz grounds out to the third baseman. Ernie Ward strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Frank Anderson is hit by a pitch. John Soto walks. Mike Pagliaroni grounds into a force play to the pitcher. John Soto is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frank Jackson strikes out. Clay Sauer strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay George Hitt grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Chuck Leppert strikes out. Hugh Alexander singles to right field. Hugh Alexander is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Kay Mar St. Jean grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Cicero hits a home run. T.J. Minor singles to center field. Jim Pruett pops out to the shortstop. Frank Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Cliff Munson lines out to the third baseman. Claude Murphy singles to right field. Claude Murphy steals second. Tony Monge grounds out to the second baseman. Claude Murphy advances to third on the play. Dick Ness flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland John Soto pops out to the catcher. Mike Pagliaroni strikes out. Frank Jackson hits an infield single to the shortstop. Clay Sauer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bobby Ortiz singles to right field. Ernie Ward walks. George Hitt strikes out. Chuck Leppert walks. Hugh Alexander doubles to center field. Bobby Ortiz scores. Ernie Ward scores. Chuck Leppert uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cliff Munson flies out to the center fielder. Claude Murphy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Kay Mar St. Jean flies out to the left fielder. Joe Cicero singles to center field. T.J. Minor strikes out. Jim Pruett singles to left field. Joe Cicero aggressively advances to third on the hit. Frank Anderson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Tony Monge pops out to the first baseman. Dick Ness grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Ortiz walks. Ernie Ward hits an infield single to the pitcher. George Hitt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland John Soto strikes out. Mike Pagliaroni singles to right field. Frank Jackson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Frank Jackson grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Pagliaroni advances to second on the play. Clay Sauer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Chuck Leppert strikes out. Hugh Alexander grounds out to the shortstop. Cliff Munson flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Kay Mar St. Jean strikes out. Joe Cicero flies out to the center fielder. T.J. Minor flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Claude Murphy walks. Jason Brown is pinch hitting for Tony Monge. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jason Brown strikes out. Claude Murphy steals second. Dick Ness strikes out. Bobby Ortiz singles to right field. Claude Murphy scores. Javier Williams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ernie Ward strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Al Carisch pitching. Jim Pruett flies out to the center fielder. Frank Anderson flies out to the right fielder. Ralph Cooper is pinch hitting for John Soto. Ralph Cooper pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Gregg Minahan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ralph Cooper at 1B. George Hitt flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Leppert grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Hugh Alexander grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Andre Torres comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mike Pagliaroni walks. John Krawczyk is pinch hitting for Javier Williams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Krawczyk lines out to the shortstop. Clay Sauer flies out to the center fielder. Kay Mar St. Jean flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners left on base: 9 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Clay Sauer is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terrell Comiskey improves in contact_vs_righty Ryoji Kasai did not respond to coaching in velocity Travis Robertson improves in power_vs_lefty Al Wojciechowski improves in arm
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Cotton Corcoran did not respond to coaching in velocity Dennis Peters improves in speed Nigel Kern did not respond to coaching in control Bob Garcia did not respond to coaching in arm