Win: Elmer Hughes (5-1) Loss: George Lucas Landis (2-2)
Inning: 1 Chicago George Lucas Landis pitching. Earl Norwood strikes out. Steve Cvengros singles past the first baseman. Steve Cvengros steals second. Bill Ponce singles to right field. Rodney Pittinger hits a home run. Steve Cvengros scores. Bill Ponce scores. Paul Smith strikes out. Johnny Messenger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Elmer Hughes pitching. Red Wild flies out to the left fielder. Eric Kelsey pops out to the catcher. Len Davalillo walks. Len Davalillo steals second. Pops Piatt grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Chicago Rich Henderson lines out to the third baseman. John Lattimore strikes out. Elmer Hughes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Heave Puker strikes out. Joe Hoak flies out to the right fielder. Machismo Manful grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Earl Norwood doubles to right field. Steve Cvengros strikes out. Bill Ponce reached on a fielding error by Pops Piatt. Rodney Pittinger singles past the first baseman. Earl Norwood scores. Paul Smith strikes out. Johnny Messenger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Dave LaManna walks. George Lucas Landis lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Red Wild singles to center field. Dave LaManna scores. Eric Kelsey grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Chicago Rich Henderson grounds out to the shortstop. John Lattimore walks. Elmer Hughes lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Earl Norwood strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Len Davalillo grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Pops Piatt flies out to the center fielder. Heave Puker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Steve Cvengros grounds out to the catcher. Bill Ponce hits a home run. Jim Householder comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rodney Pittinger strikes out. Paul Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Joe Hoak strikes out. Machismo Manful singles to center field. Dave LaManna grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Johnny Messenger singles past the first baseman. Johnny Messenger steals second. Rich Henderson singles to center field. Johnny Messenger scores. John Lattimore grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Chuck Hough comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Elmer Hughes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Chuck Hough hits an infield single to the pitcher. Red Wild strikes out. Eric Kelsey grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Earl Norwood strikes out. Steve Cvengros doubles to left field. Bill Ponce flies out to the right fielder. Rodney Pittinger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Len Davalillo singles to center field. Len Davalillo steals second. Pops Piatt flies out to the center fielder. Heave Puker grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Hoak singles to left field. Len Davalillo scores. Machismo Manful flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Paul Smith doubles to center field. Rick Jefferson is pinch hitting for Johnny Messenger. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rick Jefferson grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Smith advances to third on the play. Rich Henderson grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Hidalgo is pinch hitting for John Lattimore. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Hidalgo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland George Watson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Earl Norwood at SS. Tom Brown enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rich Henderson at RF. Chick Scarborough is pinch hitting for Dave LaManna. Chick Scarborough walks. Charlie Avocado is pinch hitting for Chuck Hough. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Charlie Avocado grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Chick Scarborough is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Charlie Avocado steals second. Jerry Smith 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. Dick Beltre is pinch hitting for Red Wild. Dick Beltre flies out to the left fielder. Eric Kelsey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Chicago Hobbit Shire pitching. March April Smith enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chick Scarborough at 1B. Jerry Smith strikes out. George Watson grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Cvengros hits a home run. Bill Ponce singles to center field. Rodney Pittinger grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Len Davalillo strikes out. Pops Piatt grounds out to the pitcher. Heave Puker reached on a 2-base throwing error by George Watson. Joe Hoak strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Chicago total runners LOB: 6 Cleveland total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Earl Norwood (5), Steve Cvengros (7), Paul Smith (5).HR - Steve Cvengros (2), Bill Ponce (4), Rodney Pittinger (4).GIDP - John Lattimore. Baserunning: SB - Steve Cvengros (7), Johnny Messenger (2). Fielding: E - George Watson.
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Milt Page did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bob Lopez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Juan Alou did not respond to coaching in arm Tony Grabowski did not respond to coaching in velocity Billy Wise improves in power_vs_lefty Ricardo Hunter did not respond to coaching in control
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Carl Pennington improves in range Andy Koplitz improves in power_vs_righty Bill Ray did not respond to coaching in control Tom White did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dick Johnson improves in range Jackie Schultz improves in contact_vs_righty