Inning: 1 Cleveland Ernie Portugal pitching. Leo Neagle strikes out. Josh Hamilton grounds out to the pitcher. Doc Stirnweiss flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Al Kolp pitching. Jim Holt flies out to the left fielder. Ken McCardell pops out to the third baseman. Al Becker singles to left field. Steve Cartwright singles to left field. Bill Irabu pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Mike Jordan strikes out. Wally Cook strikes out. Vince Shantz singles to right field. Doc Perezchica grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Jeff Stone doubles to right field. Tod Gilbert strikes out. Ron Freeman singles to left field. Jeff Stone scores. Ernie Portugal lays a bunt down the third base line. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Jim Holt grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ernie Portugal is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Juan Fox flies out to the right fielder. Al Kolp flies out to the center fielder. Leo Neagle singles to center field. Josh Hamilton grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Leo Neagle is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Ken McCardell flies out to the right fielder. Al Becker walks. Al Becker steals second. Steve Cartwright flies out to the right fielder. Bill Irabu flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Doc Stirnweiss grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Jordan flies out to the center fielder. Wally Cook grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Jeff Stone grounds out to the second baseman. Tod Gilbert walks. Ron Freeman grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Vince Shantz doubles to right field. Doc Perezchica doubles to left field. Vince Shantz scores. Juan Fox strikes out. Al Kolp singles to center field. Doc Perezchica scores. Leo Neagle grounds out to the catcher. Al Kolp advances to second on the play. Josh Hamilton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Ernie Portugal strikes out. Jim Holt flies out to the left fielder. Ken McCardell lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Doc Stirnweiss grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Jordan grounds out to the shortstop. Wally Cook strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Al Becker flies out to the right fielder. Steve Cartwright grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Irabu triples. Jeff Stone grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Vince Shantz strikes out. Doc Perezchica singles to center field. Juan Fox pops out to the first baseman. Al Kolp singles to left field. Doc Perezchica advances to third on the hit. Leo Neagle strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Tod Gilbert singles to right field. Ron Freeman flies out to the left fielder. Dick Scott is pinch hitting for Ernie Portugal. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Dick Scott grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tod Gilbert is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Holt walks. Ken McCardell walks. Al Becker strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Cleveland Craig Minetto pitching. Josh Hamilton grounds out to the pitcher. Doc Stirnweiss singles to left field. Mike Jordan flies out to the center fielder. Doc Stirnweiss steals second. Wally Cook grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Steve Cartwright strikes out. Bill Irabu hits a home run. Jay Price comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jeff Stone flies out to the left fielder. Tod Gilbert singles past the shortstop. Tod Gilbert steals second. Ron Freeman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Vince Shantz doubles to center field. Doc Perezchica grounds out to the shortstop. Juan Fox singles to right field. Vince Shantz scores. Rube Bolling comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Hentgen is pinch hitting for Jay Price. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Juan Fox steals second. Harry Hentgen singles to center field. Juan Fox scores. Leo Neagle walks. Josh Hamilton walks. Doc Stirnweiss grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Hentgen scores. Leo Neagle advances to third on the play. Josh Hamilton advances to second on the play. Mike Jordan singles to center field. Leo Neagle scores. Chris Lee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Wally Cook hits a home run. Josh Hamilton scores. Mike Jordan scores. Vince Shantz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Hisashi Sakamoto pitching. Gary Carter is pinch hitting for Chris Lee. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Gary Carter flies out to the right fielder. Jim Holt walks. Vince Barnes is pinch hitting for Ken McCardell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Holt steals second. Vince Barnes strikes out. Al Becker singles to left field. Jim Holt scores. Al Becker is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 6 Texas total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Jeff Stone (7).3B - Bill Irabu (1).HR - Bill Irabu (2).GIDP - Ron Freeman. Baserunning: SB - Jim Holt (2), Al Becker (1), Tod Gilbert (10).CS - Al Becker (1).
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tom Andre did not respond to coaching in velocity Byron Deviney did not respond to coaching in control Bob Feller improves in velocity Bob Feller did not respond to coaching in velocity Slicker Hermansen did not respond to coaching in CF
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Lew Alvarez improves in endurance Charlie Knight did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Harry Cooper did not respond to coaching in control Warren Robles did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Charlie Knight did not respond to coaching in 3B