Inning: 1 Kansas City Bull Thomas pitching. Frank Ford strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Rod Smith singles to right field. Tanka Jahari flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Chris Bowman pitching. Red Wild strikes out. Eric Kelsey lines out to the second baseman. Len Davalillo singles to left field. Pops Piatt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the third baseman. Nigel Joseph walks. Chris Lundbom is hit by a pitch. Dave Busby walks. Chris Bowman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Heave Puker grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Hoak singles to center field. Horse Barnhart flies out to the left fielder. Machismo Manful reached on a 2-base throwing error by Chris Lundbom. Bull Thomas grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Frank Ford singles to right field. Masaki Yamanaka singles to center field. Rod Smith pops out to the pitcher. Tanka Jahari flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Fluhrer singles to left field. Frank Ford is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Red Wild strikes out. Eric Kelsey walks. Len Davalillo walks. Pops Piatt lines out to the third baseman. Heave Puker strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Nigel Joseph singles to center field. Nigel Joseph steals second. Chris Lundbom flies out to the left fielder. Dave Busby grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Bowman pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Joe Hoak flies out to the center fielder. Horse Barnhart grounds out to the pitcher. Machismo Manful strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Frank Ford strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the left fielder. Rod Smith singles to left field. Tanka Jahari strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Bull Thomas singles to right field. Red Wild flies out to the left fielder. Eric Kelsey strikes out. Len Davalillo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Nigel Joseph walks. Chris Lundbom singles to center field. Nigel Joseph is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Dave Busby grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Chris Lundbom is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Pops Piatt singles to center field. Pops Piatt is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Heave Puker grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Hoak flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Chris Bowman grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Ford doubles to center field. Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the left fielder. Rod Smith singles to center field. Frank Ford scores. Rod Smith steals second. Tanka Jahari flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Horse Barnhart singles to left field. Horse Barnhart steals second. Machismo Manful flies out to the left fielder. Bull Thomas strikes out. Fritz Shinnick 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 grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the second baseman. Nigel Joseph flies out to the left fielder. Chris Lundbom strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Eric Kelsey hits a home run. Len Davalillo grounds out to the third baseman. Pops Piatt walks. Heave Puker strikes out. Chick Scarborough is pinch hitting for Joe Hoak. Chick Scarborough doubles to center field. Pops Piatt is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City March April Smith enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chick Scarborough at LF. Hobbit Shire comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dave Busby lines out to the third baseman. Gordie Bowman is pinch hitting for Fritz Shinnick. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gordie Bowman strikes out. Frank Ford grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Cupid Ross pitching. Charlie Avocado is pinch hitting for Horse Barnhart. Charlie Avocado strikes out. Machismo Manful grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Beltre is pinch hitting for Hobbit Shire. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Dick Beltre grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Kansas City Bill Herrscher pitching. Dave LaManna enters the game as a defensive replacement for Charlie Avocado at 1B. Masaki Yamanaka strikes out. Rod Smith flies out to the left fielder. Tanka Jahari singles to right field. Tanka Jahari is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Cleveland Red Wild walks. Eric Kelsey pops out to the catcher. Len Davalillo singles to left field. Red Wild advances to third on the hit. Len Davalillo is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Pops Piatt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer hits an infield single to the pitcher. Nigel Joseph hits a home run. Johnny Fluhrer scores. Chuck Hough comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chris Lundbom lines out to the first baseman. Dave Busby flies out to the left fielder. Cupid Ross strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Cleveland Heave Puker strikes out. March April Smith strikes out. Dave LaManna strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Cleveland total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Frank Ford (5).HR - Nigel Joseph (2).GIDP - Chris Bowman.HBP - Chris Lundbom (3). Baserunning: SB - Rod Smith (1), Nigel Joseph (4).CS - Tanka Jahari (1). Fielding: E - Chris Lundbom.
Game Notes Fritz Shinnick is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jim Littlejohn improves in range Dave Stimac did not respond to coaching in control Jim Balas did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Lucas did not respond to coaching in control Ramon Hertz improves in control Don Davis improves in power_vs_righty
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Tom White did not respond to coaching in arm Dick Moss improves in arm Iwao Ono did not respond to coaching in control Andy Koplitz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Kikuo Miyaji did not respond to coaching in control Al Smith did not respond to coaching in arm