Win: Dave Moss (12-7) Loss: Hooks Steenstra (6-13)
Save: Joe Pena (44)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Hooks Steenstra pitching. Clay Sauer grounds out to the shortstop. Kay Mar St. Jean grounds out to the second baseman. Ralph Cooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Dave Moss pitching. Erv Owens walks. Larry Hoover flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Cox grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Joe Cicero walks. T.J. Minor flies out to the center fielder. Joe Cicero steals second. Bob Krukow flies out to the left fielder. Jim Pruett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Moose Fullerton strikes out. Leonys Lara singles to center field. Tom Barry walks. Ray Griffin strikes out. Hal Walsh walks. Hooks Steenstra pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Cleveland Greg Hoover grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Moss strikes out. Clay Sauer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Erv Owens grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Hoover grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Cox walks. Charlie Cox steals second. Moose Fullerton walks. Leonys Lara grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Kay Mar St. Jean walks. Ralph Cooper singles to right field. Joe Cicero grounds out to the shortstop. Kay Mar St. Jean advances to third on the play. Ralph Cooper advances to second on the play. T.J. Minor strikes out. Bob Krukow reached on a fielding error by Charlie Cox. Kay Mar St. Jean scores. Jim Pruett hits a home run. Ralph Cooper scores. Bob Krukow scores. Greg Hoover pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tom Barry walks. Ray Griffin flies out to the right fielder. Hal Walsh strikes out. Hooks Steenstra grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Dave Moss flies out to the center fielder. Clay Sauer is hit by a pitch. Kay Mar St. Jean grounds out to the second baseman. Clay Sauer advances to second on the play. Ralph Cooper grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Erv Owens strikes out. Larry Hoover singles to right field. Charlie Cox singles to left field. Moose Fullerton walks. Leonys Lara grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Larry Hoover is out at home. Tom Barry walks. Charlie Cox scores. Ray Griffin doubles to right field. Moose Fullerton scores. Leonys Lara scores. Tom Barry is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Joe Cicero strikes out. T.J. Minor flies out to the left fielder. Bob Krukow pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Hal Walsh flies out to the left fielder. Hooks Steenstra pops out to the catcher. Erv Owens walks. Hirozo Yoshizawa 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. Larry Hoover strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Jim Pruett singles to center field. Greg Hoover grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Pruett is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Frank Anderson is pinch hitting for Hirozo Yoshizawa. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Anderson walks. Matt Carroll 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. Greg Hoover steals third. Frank Anderson is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Clay Sauer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Frank Hill pitching. Charlie Cox strikes out. Moose Fullerton grounds out to the shortstop. Leonys Lara grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Kay Mar St. Jean singles to right field. Ralph Cooper walks. Kay Mar St. Jean steals third. Joe Cicero strikes out. T.J. Minor flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Kay Mar St. Jean scores. Bill Witherbee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ralph Cooper is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Tom Barry hits an infield single to the shortstop. Ray Griffin strikes out. Hal Walsh singles to left field. Mike Piniella is pinch hitting for Bill Witherbee. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mike Piniella grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Hank Gilmore pitching. Bob Krukow grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Pruett singles to center field. Greg Hoover grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Pruett advances to second on the play. John Soto is pinch hitting for Frank Hill. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Soto flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Joe Pena pitching. Erv Owens grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Hoover flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Cox flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 4 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Batting:HR - Jim Pruett (19).SF - T.J. Minor.HBP - Clay Sauer (3). Baserunning: SB - Kay Mar St. Jean (41), Joe Cicero (12), Greg Hoover (10).CS - Ralph Cooper (11), Frank Anderson (6).
Game Notes Ralph Cooper is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Joe Valle did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Frank Bowers improves in range Ira Balsamo did not respond to coaching in range Bo Tamargo improves in speed
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: A- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sherman Wilkins improves in contact_vs_righty Muddy Deal improves in control Muddy Deal did not respond to coaching in velocity Sherman Wilkins improves in power_vs_righty Ed Steiner did not respond to coaching in 2B