Win: Bobby Blaylock (5-2) Loss: Juan Allensworth (5-5)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Juan Allensworth pitching. Art Stanton flies out to the right fielder. Masato Kinoshita flies out to the center fielder. Alec Aaron strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Bobby Blaylock pitching. Phil Dugas walks. Joe Yingling is hit by a pitch. Dale Douglas singles to left field. Phil Dugas scores. Brooks Denny strikes out. Jim Pettit strikes out. Bobby Poffenberger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Roberto Randall flies out to the left fielder. Kip Kreitner singles to left field. Bruce Bowers walks. Clyde Cliburn singles to left field. Kip Kreitner scores. Bruce Bowers advances to third on the hit. Tom Guillen flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Bruce Bowers scores. Bobby Blaylock grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Clyde Cliburn is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ike Weiss lines out to the third baseman. Al Riley grounds out to the shortstop. Juan Allensworth grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Art Stanton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Masato Kinoshita flies out to the center fielder. Alec Aaron strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Phil Dugas strikes out. Joe Yingling grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dale Douglas singles to right field. Brooks Denny flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Roberto Randall doubles to left field. Kip Kreitner singles to right field. Roberto Randall scores. Bruce Bowers triples. Kip Kreitner scores. Clyde Cliburn flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bruce Bowers scores. Rollie Guante comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Guillen walks. Bobby Blaylock lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Art Stanton grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Jim Pettit grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Poffenberger flies out to the right fielder. Ike Weiss flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Masato Kinoshita grounds out to the shortstop. Alec Aaron singles to right field. Roberto Randall walks. Kip Kreitner strikes out. Bruce Bowers strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Al Riley strikes out. Rollie Guante strikes out. Phil Dugas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Clyde Cliburn hits an infield single to the shortstop. Clyde Cliburn steals second. Tom Guillen doubles to center field. Clyde Cliburn scores. Eric Nixon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Blaylock fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bobby Blaylock strikes out. Art Stanton grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Guillen advances to third on the play. Masato Kinoshita grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Joe Yingling grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dale Douglas doubles to center field. Brooks Denny grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Pettit strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Alec Aaron singles to center field. Roberto Randall flies out to the left fielder. Kip Kreitner singles to right field. Bruce Bowers strikes out. Clyde Cliburn pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bobby Poffenberger strikes out. Ike Weiss walks. Al Riley strikes out. Ed Kennedy is pinch hitting for Eric Nixon. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ike Weiss steals second. Ed Kennedy grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Randy Gibson pitching. Tom Guillen walks. Bobby Blaylock fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bobby Blaylock pops out to the first baseman. Art Stanton flies out to the center fielder. Masato Kinoshita strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jaime Riggs is pinch hitting for Phil Dugas. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jaime Riggs walks. Buddy McKinney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Joe Yingling flies out to the right fielder. Dale Douglas lines out to the shortstop. Brooks Denny flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Alec Aaron singles to right field. Roberto Randall singles to right field. Kip Kreitner grounds out to the pitcher. Alec Aaron advances to third on the play. Roberto Randall advances to second on the play. Bruce Bowers singles to right field. Alec Aaron scores. Roberto Randall scores. Ed LaRoss comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Clyde Cliburn triples. Bruce Bowers scores. Tom Guillen grounds out to the third baseman. Harvey Escobar is pinch hitting for Buddy McKinney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harvey Escobar strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Willie Munro pitching. Jim Pettit pops out to the catcher. Bobby Poffenberger strikes out. Ike Weiss flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 9 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Willie Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in arm Clay DiMaggio did not respond to coaching in velocity Virgil Olerud did not respond to coaching in velocity Willie Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Major Mahomes improves in speed Willie Rodriguez improves in arm Clay DiMaggio did not respond to coaching in control Bob Lambert did not respond to coaching in control Amari Alexander did not respond to coaching in control Clay DiMaggio did not respond to coaching in velocity Major Mahomes did not respond to coaching in 1B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Wally Lawson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Clapp did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Popovich did not respond to coaching in velocity Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. John Schueler did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Paul Sharrott did not respond to coaching in speed Alan Campbell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bruce McCauley did not respond to coaching in range John Cloninger did not respond to coaching in velocity Phil Payton did not respond to coaching in velocity Bruce Johnson did not respond to coaching in 1B