Win: Bull Thomas (2-0) Loss: Chris Bowman (0-2)
Save: Charlie Read Teed (3)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Bull Thomas pitching. Calvin Craig walks. Masaki Yamanaka grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Nigel Joseph grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Chris Bowman pitching. Red Wild singles past the second baseman. Tiny Tino Davis hits a home run. Red Wild scores. Len Davalillo singles to left field. Heave Puker walks. Pops Piatt lines out to the third baseman. Joe Hoak pops out to the first baseman. Tom White strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rod Smith singles to left field. Frank Ford walks. Gordie Bowman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Frank Ford is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jeff Schick flies out to the left fielder. Dave Busby grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Machismo Manful strikes out. Bull Thomas reached on a fielding error by Chris Bowman. Red Wild pops out to the second baseman. Tiny Tino Davis walks. Len Davalillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Chris Bowman grounds out to the shortstop. Calvin Craig strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Heave Puker flies out to the right fielder. Pops Piatt grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Hoak singles to right field. Tom White strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Nigel Joseph strikes out. Rod Smith walks. Frank Ford singles to right field. Rod Smith advances to third on the hit. Gordie Bowman pops out to the third baseman. Frank Ford is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Machismo Manful grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bull Thomas grounds out to the third baseman. Red Wild flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jeff Schick grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Busby flies out to the left fielder. Chris Bowman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Tiny Tino Davis walks. Len Davalillo grounds out to the pitcher. Tiny Tino Davis advances to second on the play. Heave Puker walks. Pops Piatt doubles to left field. Tiny Tino Davis scores. Joe Hoak pops out to the second baseman. Tom White strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Calvin Craig grounds out to the second baseman. Masaki Yamanaka singles to right field. Nigel Joseph strikes out. Rod Smith singles to center field. Frank Ford flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Jocko Simmons comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Machismo Manful grounds out to the pitcher. Bull Thomas pops out to the catcher. Red Wild flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Gordie Bowman walks. Jeff Schick grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dave Busby flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Tiny Tino Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Len Davalillo grounds out to the shortstop. Heave Puker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City March April Smith enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tom White at RF. Chris Lundbom is pinch hitting for Jocko Simmons. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chris Lundbom singles to center field. Calvin Craig strikes out. Masaki Yamanaka singles to left field. Pat Christenson 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. Nigel Joseph strikes out. Rod Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Fritz Shinnick pitching. Pops Piatt pops out to the shortstop. Joe Hoak strikes out. March April Smith singles to center field. March April Smith is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Charlie Read Teed comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Frank Ford grounds out to the shortstop. Gordie Bowman pops out to the catcher. Jeff Schick hits a home run. Dave Busby walks. Jose Reese is pinch hitting for Fritz Shinnick. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jose Reese flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8 Cleveland total runners left on base: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Cecil Neagle did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Yukinobu Aoyama improves in control Rusty Hemingway improves in speed Ramon Hertz did not respond to coaching in velocity Cecil Neagle improves in arm Ramon Hertz did not respond to coaching in control
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Vance Mimbs did not respond to coaching in range Al Smith did not respond to coaching in range Logan Sims did not respond to coaching in control Brant Waddell did not respond to coaching in arm Carl Pennington did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Vance Mimbs improves in arm