Win: Pat Christenson (5-2) Loss: Jerry Smith (8-6)
Inning: 1 Chicago Bull Thomas pitching. Johnny Messenger strikes out. Steve Cvengros strikes out. Rodney Pittinger walks. Bill Ponce flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Ricardo Hunter pitching. Len Davalillo flies out to the left fielder. Red Wild grounds out to the shortstop. Art Trevino flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Earl Norwood grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Parker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Brown singles to right field. John Lattimore hits a home run. Tom Brown scores. Ricardo Hunter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Heave Puker pops out to the second baseman. Pops Piatt flies out to the center fielder. Tom White strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Johnny Messenger strikes out. Steve Cvengros grounds out to the shortstop. Rodney Pittinger singles to center field. Bill Ponce grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rodney Pittinger is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Machismo Manful singles to left field. Mel Larkin singles to right field. Machismo Manful advances to third on the hit. Bull Thomas singles to right field. Machismo Manful scores. Mel Larkin advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Len Davalillo strikes out. The defense is playing the infield in. Red Wild singles to center field. Mel Larkin scores. Bull Thomas aggressively advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Art Trevino grounds out to the pitcher. Red Wild advances to second on the play. Heave Puker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Chicago Earl Norwood flies out to the right fielder. Joe Parker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Pops Piatt singles past the shortstop. Pops Piatt steals second. Tom White flies out to the right fielder. Machismo Manful singles to center field. Pops Piatt scores. Mel Larkin strikes out. Bull Thomas singles to left field. Len Davalillo hits an infield single to the pitcher. Red Wild singles to center field. Machismo Manful scores. Art Trevino reached on a fielding error by Earl Norwood. Bull Thomas scores. George Gessler 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. Heave Puker grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Chicago John Lattimore walks. George Gessler lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Johnny Messenger singles to left field. John Lattimore scores. Steve Cvengros walks. Rodney Pittinger flies out to the center fielder. Bill Ponce strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Pops Piatt singles to center field. Tom White grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Machismo Manful singles to center field. Machismo Manful is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Chicago Earl Norwood grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Parker grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Mel Larkin singles to center field. Bull Thomas lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Len Davalillo strikes out. Red Wild strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago John Lattimore singles to right field. George Gessler lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Johnny Messenger pops out to the second baseman. Steve Cvengros grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Art Trevino walks. Heave Puker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Pops Piatt walks. Passed ball. Pops Piatt advances to second. Tom White grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Rodney Pittinger singles to left field. Rodney Pittinger steals second. Chuck Hough 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. Bill Ponce strikes out. Earl Norwood strikes out. Joe Parker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Machismo Manful grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Avocado is pinch hitting for Mel Larkin. Charlie Avocado grounds out to the shortstop. Chuck Hough strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Tom Brown strikes out. Craig Reitz is pinch hitting for John Lattimore. Craig Reitz grounds out to the third baseman. George Watson is pinch hitting for George Gessler. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George Watson singles to center field. Johnny Messenger hits a home run. George Watson scores. Pat Christenson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Cvengros grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Jerry Smith pitching. Jerry Gibson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Craig Reitz at 3B. Len Davalillo walks. Red Wild singles to right field. Len Davalillo advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Art Trevino singles to right field. Len Davalillo scores. Chicago total runners left on base: 6 Cleveland total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Jerry Smith is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Marcus Hageman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Juan Alou did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Lopez improves in range Marcus Hageman did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Veltman improves in velocity Fred Blankenship improves in control
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bob Lipski improves in contact_vs_righty Jim Zapustas did not respond to coaching in range Iwao Ono did not respond to coaching in velocity Carl Pennington did not respond to coaching in range Carl Pennington did not respond to coaching in range Carl Harrington did not respond to coaching in control