Win: Hank Rizzo (8-3) Loss: George Rueter (4-7)
Save: Felipe Carbajal (20)
Inning: 1 Cleveland George Rueter pitching. Frank Roman singles to left field. Iam Hung strikes out. Frank Liotta strikes out. Jim Vowinkel walks. Vince Vanetta strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Hank Rizzo pitching. Lefty Driscol grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Veras strikes out. Juan Lovrich grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Carlos Hutchinson strikes out. Bill Bumbry strikes out. Ernie Turner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ace McKechnie grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tony Peguero grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie McCracken strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Hank Rizzo doubles past the first baseman. Frank Roman hits a home run. Hank Rizzo scores. Iam Hung flies out to the right fielder. Frank Liotta singles past the second baseman. Jim Vowinkel grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Frank Liotta is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Vowinkel steals second. Vince Vanetta flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Nate Meyers strikes out. Al McQuaig grounds out to the shortstop. George Rueter pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Carlos Hutchinson walks. Bill Bumbry flies out to the center fielder. Ernie Turner strikes out. Hank Rizzo singles to center field. Carlos Hutchinson advances to third on the hit. Frank Roman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Lefty Driscol singles in front of the right fielder. Ed Veras grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Juan Lovrich grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Iam Hung flies out to the center fielder. Frank Liotta singles to right field. Jim Vowinkel walks. Vince Vanetta flies out to the left fielder. Bob Abbott 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. Carlos Hutchinson singles to right field. Frank Liotta scores. Bill Bumbry flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ace McKechnie grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Peguero grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie McCracken flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Ernie Turner grounds out to the third baseman. Hank Rizzo pops out to the second baseman. Frank Roman hits a home run. Jimmy Trosky comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Iam Hung strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Nate Meyers walks. Al McQuaig singles to center field. Nate Meyers advances to third on the hit. Toshio Nishikawa is pinch hitting for Jimmy Trosky. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Toshio Nishikawa flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Nate Meyers scores. Lefty Driscol grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Al McQuaig is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Veras grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Hal Hayes pitching. Frank Liotta singles past the shortstop. Frank Liotta steals second. Jim Vowinkel singles to right field. Frank Liotta scores. Vince Vanetta strikes out. Jim Vowinkel steals second. Carlos Hutchinson grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Bumbry singles to center field. Jim Vowinkel scores. Bob Beeler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ernie Turner pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Juan Lovrich hits a home run. Ace McKechnie walks. Tony Peguero singles to right field. Ernie McCracken strikes out. Nate Meyers grounds out to the third baseman. Ace McKechnie advances to third on the play. Tony Peguero advances to second on the play. Al McQuaig walks. Octavio Wilson is pinch hitting for Bob Beeler. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Octavio Wilson lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Cleveland Dennis Grabowski pitching. Kirby Phucket is pinch hitting for Hank Rizzo. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Kirby Phucket grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Roman grounds out to the second baseman. Iam Hung grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bobby Rodriquez pitching. Lefty Driscol singles to right field. Ed Veras hits a home run. Lefty Driscol scores. Felipe Carbajal comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Juan Lovrich walks. Juan Lovrich steals second. Ace McKechnie flies out to the center fielder. Tony Peguero grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Lovrich advances to third on the play. Ernie McCracken flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Frank Liotta flies out to the center fielder. Jim Vowinkel singles past the shortstop. Vince Vanetta grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jim Vowinkel advances to second on the play. Carlos Hutchinson doubles to center field. Jim Vowinkel scores. Harry Lewis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Bumbry flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Nate Meyers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al McQuaig hits a home run. Herbie Howard is pinch hitting for Harry Lewis. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Herbie Howard grounds out to the second baseman. Lefty Driscol grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 9 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: A- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Paul Connolly did not respond to coaching in control Abuntu Bussanut improves in range Ryuji Mifune did not respond to coaching in control Ryuji Mifune did not respond to coaching in control Abuntu Bussanut did not respond to coaching in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Andujar Jefferson did not respond to coaching in velocity Francisco Hach did not respond to coaching in speed Lou Datz improves in power_vs_lefty Lou Pugh improves in contact_vs_lefty