Win: Chris Bowman (14-12) Loss: Hollywood Show (15-9)
Save: Kazuhiro Inagaki (43)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Hollywood Show pitching. Bombo Mertz grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Lundbom flies out to the left fielder. Tanka Jahari grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Chris Bowman pitching. Red Wild singles to center field. Eric Kelsey flies out to the right fielder. Len Davalillo strikes out. Pops Piatt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the left fielder. Rod Smith triples. Terry Brewington singles to right field. Rod Smith scores. Keita Arakane reached on a fielding error by Dick Beltre. Chris Bowman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Tiny Tino Davis flies out to the left fielder. Joe Hoak pops out to the second baseman. Machismo Manful flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bombo Mertz walks. Chris Lundbom strikes out. Bombo Mertz steals second. Tanka Jahari singles past the first baseman. Masaki Yamanaka singles to right field. Bombo Mertz scores. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Rod Smith grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Masaki Yamanaka is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Dick Beltre grounds out to the third baseman. Hollywood Show strikes out. Red Wild grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Terry Brewington walks. Keita Arakane grounds out to the pitcher. Terry Brewington advances to second on the play. Chris Bowman pops out to the shortstop. Bombo Mertz singles past the shortstop. Chris Lundbom strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Eric Kelsey strikes out. Len Davalillo singles to center field. Pops Piatt pops out to the second baseman. Tiny Tino Davis pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tanka Jahari singles to center field. Masaki Yamanaka singles to left field. Tanka Jahari advances to third on the hit. Masaki Yamanaka steals second. Johnny Fluhrer pops out to the first baseman. Rod Smith strikes out. Terry Brewington flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Joe Hoak reached on a 2-base throwing error by Chris Lundbom. Machismo Manful singles to center field. Joe Hoak scores. Dick Beltre grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Machismo Manful is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hollywood Show fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Hollywood Show pops out to the first baseman. Red Wild grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Keita Arakane walks. Chris Bowman lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bombo Mertz strikes out. Chris Lundbom grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Eric Kelsey doubles to left field. Len Davalillo flies out to the left fielder. Pops Piatt strikes out. Tiny Tino Davis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tanka Jahari singles to right field. Tanka Jahari steals second. Masaki Yamanaka pops out to the shortstop. Butts Humphrey 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. Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the center fielder. Rod Smith singles to right field. Terry Brewington grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Joe Hoak pops out to the second baseman. Machismo Manful singles to center field. Dick Beltre singles past the third baseman. Machismo Manful advances to third on the hit. Butts Humphrey strikes out. Watty Downs 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 1st. Red Wild walks. Eric Kelsey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City Keita Arakane strikes out. Johnny Cardenas is pinch hitting for Watty Downs. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Johnny Cardenas singles to left field. Johnny Cardenas steals second. Bombo Mertz singles to left field. Johnny Cardenas scores. Chuck Hough comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chris Lundbom strikes out. Bombo Mertz steals second. Tanka Jahari strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Kazuhiro Inagaki pitching. Len Davalillo pops out to the shortstop. Pops Piatt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tiny Tino Davis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rod Smith walks. Terry Brewington flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Chick Scarborough is pinch hitting for Joe Hoak. Chick Scarborough strikes out. Machismo Manful grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Beltre strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 13 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Nigel Joseph did not respond to coaching in range Fritz Shinnick did not respond to coaching in control Ramon Hertz improves in control Jeff Schick improves in speed Frank Steinbrenner did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Closter did not respond to coaching in control
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: John Sabel did not respond to coaching in velocity Carl Pennington did not respond to coaching in arm Dick Johnson did not respond to coaching in arm Dick Moss improves in power_vs_lefty Mark Grove improves in range Bob Walters did not respond to coaching in arm