Win: Hobbit Shire (11-5) Loss: Jose Miller (3-3)
Save: Charlie Read Teed (40)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Brook Veres pitching. Tiny Tino Davis singles to left field. Heave Puker flies out to the center fielder. Machismo Manful flies out to the left fielder. Tiny Tino Davis is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Ron News Man Lively pitching. Masaki Yamanaka walks. Rod Smith strikes out. Tanka Jahari singles to right field. Johnny Fluhrer singles to center field. Masaki Yamanaka scores. Tanka Jahari advances to third on the hit. Johnny Fluhrer steals second. Nigel Joseph grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tanka Jahari scores. Johnny Fluhrer advances to third on the play. Chris Lundbom lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland March April Smith reached on a fielding error by Masaki Yamanaka. Dick Rod Johnson grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Charlie Avocado grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Terry Brewington strikes out. Dave Busby singles past the shortstop. Brook Veres lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Masaki Yamanaka singles to right field. Dave Busby is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Dave LaManna flies out to the center fielder. Horse Barnhart strikes out. Ron News Man Lively singles to center field. Tiny Tino Davis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rod Smith flies out to the right fielder. Tanka Jahari flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Heave Puker strikes out. Machismo Manful grounds out to the second baseman. March April Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Nigel Joseph strikes out. Chris Lundbom strikes out. Terry Brewington singles to center field. Dave Busby grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Dick Rod Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Avocado grounds out to the pitcher. Dave LaManna singles to center field. Dave LaManna steals second. Horse Barnhart singles to left field. Ron News Man Lively singles to center field. Dave LaManna scores. Horse Barnhart advances to third on the hit. Tiny Tino Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Brook Veres grounds out to the shortstop. Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the shortstop. Rod Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Heave Puker doubles past the third baseman. Machismo Manful strikes out. March April Smith singles to left field. Heave Puker scores. Dick Rod Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Avocado grounds into a force play to the third baseman. March April Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tanka Jahari pops out to the catcher. Johnny Fluhrer singles to right field. Nigel Joseph grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Johnny Fluhrer is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Chris Lundbom walks. Terry Brewington grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Dave LaManna grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Horse Barnhart doubles to left field. Ron News Man Lively strikes out. Kazuhiro Inagaki 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. Tiny Tino Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Dave Busby flies out to the center fielder. Bombo Mertz is pinch hitting for Kazuhiro Inagaki. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bombo Mertz singles to right field. Masaki Yamanaka flies out to the right fielder. Rod Smith singles to center field. Bombo Mertz advances to third on the hit. Tanka Jahari strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Cupid Ross pitching. Heave Puker grounds out to the third baseman. Machismo Manful grounds out to the second baseman. March April Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Johnny Fluhrer bunts for a base hit. Nigel Joseph flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Fluhrer is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Chris Lundbom pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Dick Rod Johnson strikes out. Charlie Avocado pops out to the first baseman. Dave LaManna strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Terry Brewington grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Busby flies out to the right fielder. Cesar Brumley is pinch hitting for Cupid Ross. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Cesar Brumley hits an infield single to the shortstop. Hobbit Shire comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Masaki Yamanaka grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Cesar Brumley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Cleveland Jose Miller pitching. Horse Barnhart singles to center field. Hobbit Shire lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tiny Tino Davis singles to right field. Horse Barnhart scores. Tiny Tino Davis steals second. Heave Puker strikes out. Machismo Manful strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Kansas City Charlie Read Teed comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rod Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tanka Jahari singles to center field. Tanka Jahari steals second. Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tanka Jahari advances to third on the play. Nigel Joseph grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: A- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Roy Walsh improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Ray did not respond to coaching in control Al Smith improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Ray did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Moss did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Zapustas improves in power_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Frank Steinbrenner did not respond to coaching in control Ricky Pierce did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jeff Schick did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dave Stimac did not respond to coaching in velocity Clise Baldschun did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Stimac did not respond to coaching in velocity