Win: Bob Elliott (6-4) Loss: Fred Cardoni (10-9)
Save: Ricky Erickson (2)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Fred Cardoni pitching. Bobby Fisk singles to center field. Davy Robertson flies out to the center fielder. J C Thome strikes out. Robbie Alomar singles to center field. Bobby Fisk advances to third on the hit. Manny Ramerez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 New York Bob Elliott pitching. Neil Holmes pops out to the third baseman. Skeeter Malone grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Pape pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Mike Scott grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Billy Simmons flies out to the center fielder. Mike Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Frank Land singles in front of the left fielder. Rex McCarver flies out to the center fielder. Tris Valentin walks. Johnny Hunter flies out to the left fielder. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Pinky Curtis triples. Frank Land scores. Tris Valentin scores. Fred Cardoni pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Bob Elliott strikes out. Bobby Fisk flies out to the left fielder. Davy Robertson walks. J C Thome strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Neil Holmes strikes out. Skeeter Malone strikes out. Mike Pape flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Robbie Alomar singles to center field. Manny Ramerez singles to right field. Robbie Alomar aggressively advances to third on the hit. Mike Scott strikes out. Billy Simmons singles to center field. Robbie Alomar scores. Mike Smith strikes out. Bob Elliott walks. Bobby Fisk singles to center field. Manny Ramerez scores. Davy Robertson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 New York Frank Land reached on a 2-base throwing error by Davy Robertson. Rex McCarver strikes out. Tris Valentin strikes out. Johnny Hunter grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland J C Thome strikes out. Robbie Alomar singles to left field. Manny Ramerez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Pinky Curtis grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Cardoni singles to left field. Neil Holmes strikes out. Skeeter Malone lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Mike Scott walks. Billy Simmons triples. Mike Scott scores. Mike Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Simmons scores. Bob Elliott walks. Al McGeehan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Elliott is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bobby Fisk doubles to left field. Davy Robertson walks. J C Thome hits a home run. Bobby Fisk scores. Davy Robertson scores. Mike Hudson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Robbie Alomar grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Mike Pape singles to right field. Frank Land strikes out. Rex McCarver grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Pape advances to second on the play. Tris Valentin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Manny Ramerez pops out to the third baseman. Mike Scott grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Simmons strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Johnny Hunter strikes out. Dane Doolan is pinch hitting for Pinky Curtis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dane Doolan walks. Brian Guardado is pinch hitting for Mike Hudson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Brian Guardado grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Jay Wasinger pitching. Mike Smith doubles to center field. Bob Elliott lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bobby Fisk flies out to the center fielder. Davy Robertson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Neil Holmes grounds out to the third baseman. Matt Saberhagen is pinch hitting for Skeeter Malone. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Matt Saberhagen walks. Mike Pape walks. Frank Land singles to right field. Matt Saberhagen scores. Mike Pape advances to third on the hit. Ricky Erickson 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. Rex McCarver strikes out. Tris Valentin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland J C Thome flies out to the center fielder. Robbie Alomar pops out to the third baseman. Manny Ramerez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Johnny Hunter pops out to the catcher. Dane Doolan grounds out to the second baseman. John Lade is pinch hitting for Jay Wasinger. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Lade grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7 New York total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Bobby Fisk (18), Mike Smith (7).3B - Billy Simmons (4).HR - J C Thome (23).GIDP - Manny Ramerez. Baserunning: CS - Bob Elliott (2). Fielding: E - Davy Robertson.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Burrows did not respond to coaching in velocity Woody Taitt improves in arm Rich Kurosaki did not respond to coaching in speed Harry Murphy improves in contact_vs_righty
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Mulligan did not respond to coaching in speed Vic McKechnie improves in speed Otis Altrock improves in velocity Keith Whaley improves in power_vs_righty