Win: Denny Burns (2-2) Loss: Jim Murray (0-1)
Save: Mike Serad (8)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Brock Beck pitching. Tomoaki Nakagawa strikes out. Lee Mason grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Handley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Nick Morris pitching. Harley Wentzel pops out to the first baseman. Cornelius Marsh singles to right field. Ed Barthold flies out to the right fielder. Dick Siebern singles to left field. Cornelius Marsh advances to third on the hit. Bob Slade strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Brian Hinrichs grounds out to the pitcher. Eddie Metheny walks. Eddie Metheny steals second. Kaiser Myers strikes out. Joe Noonan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Buddy Danerdo hits a home run. Rufus James lines out to the first baseman. Johnny Escalera grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Brock Beck strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Charlie Hillis singles to left field. Nick Morris lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Tomoaki Nakagawa hits a home run. Nick Morris scores. Lee Mason strikes out. Roy Handley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Harley Wentzel flies out to the left fielder. Cornelius Marsh grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Barthold strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Brian Hinrichs singles past the second baseman. Eddie Metheny grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Kaiser Myers pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Dick Siebern strikes out. Bob Slade singles past the shortstop. Buddy Danerdo grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Slade is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rufus James flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Joe Noonan flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Hillis singles to center field. Nick Morris fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Nick Morris singles to center field. Charlie Hillis advances to third on the hit. Tomoaki Nakagawa hits a home run. Charlie Hillis scores. Nick Morris scores. Radcliffe Byrne comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lee Mason triples. Roy Handley strikes out. Brian Hinrichs grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Johnny Escalera grounds out to the pitcher. Radcliffe Byrne flies out to the right fielder. Harley Wentzel hits a home run. Cornelius Marsh walks. Ed Barthold grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Eddie Metheny pops out to the shortstop. Kaiser Myers flies out to the center fielder. Joe Noonan pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Dick Siebern singles to center field. Passed ball. Dick Siebern advances to second. Bob Slade singles past the first baseman. Dick Siebern scores. Buddy Danerdo hits a home run. Bob Slade scores. Carlos Johnston comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rufus James strikes out. Johnny Escalera hits a home run. Radcliffe Byrne flies out to the right fielder. Harley Wentzel walks. Cornelius Marsh flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Charlie Hillis strikes out. Jack Belk is pinch hitting for Carlos Johnston. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jack Belk singles past the second baseman. Tomoaki Nakagawa singles to right field. Jack Belk advances to third on the hit. Lee Mason pops out to the shortstop. Roy Handley singles to left field. Jack Belk scores. Tomoaki Nakagawa advances to third on the hit. Denny Burns comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brian Hinrichs walks. Eddie Metheny grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Texas Erik Nettles pitching. Ed Barthold singles to right field. Dick Siebern walks. Bob Slade grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Ed Barthold advances to third on the play. Buddy Danerdo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Kaiser Myers strikes out. Joe Noonan grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Hillis walks. Tom Schomberg is pinch hitting for Erik Nettles. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Schomberg flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Jim Murray pitching. Rufus James singles to left field. Johnny Escalera walks. Denny Burns lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. The defense is playing the infield in. Harley Wentzel singles to center field. Rufus James scores. Johnny Escalera is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Cornelius Marsh flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Mike Serad comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Tomoaki Nakagawa strikes out. Lee Mason grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roy Handley lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners left on base: 6 Texas total runners left on base: 7
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: D Improvements: Bill Murray improves in arm Steve Cotter did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Al Phillips improves in power_vs_lefty Doug Office improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Murray did not respond to coaching in 1B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Merito Miklos did not respond to coaching in velocity Ownie Eusebio did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Cox did not respond to coaching in arm Sam Downs did not respond to coaching in 3B