Win: Steve Ancker (1-0) Loss: Luis Whitman (0-1)
Save: Jimmie Sanicki (7)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Dupee Lum pitching. Juan Schmidt grounds out to the second baseman. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Irv Barthelson hits a home run. John Grimes flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Jug Sunday pitching. Bruce Smith flies out to the right fielder. Red Schlafly flies out to the right fielder. Keiichi Tamaki flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Hugo Mercer flies out to the right fielder. Shane Judnich triples. Buddy Householder strikes out. Frank Servais flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Debs Westlake singles to center field. Derrick Whitehurst grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Jamie Bell singles to left field. Harry Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jug Sunday strikes out. Juan Schmidt grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ross Rohr-Beck hits a home run. Irv Barthelson singles to right field. John Grimes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Gene Bool grounds out to the pitcher. Dupee Lum strikes out. Bruce Smith walks. Red Schlafly grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bruce Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Hugo Mercer doubles to center field. Shane Judnich doubles to left field. Hugo Mercer scores. Homer McClendon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Buddy Householder flies out to the left fielder. Frank Servais hits a home run. Shane Judnich scores. Red Massey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jug Sunday singles to left field. Juan Schmidt singles to center field. Ross Rohr-Beck singles to center field. Irv Barthelson singles to center field. Jug Sunday scores. Juan Schmidt scores. Ross Rohr-Beck advances to third on the hit. Lynn Donovan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Grimes flies out to the center fielder. Hugo Mercer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Keiichi Tamaki hits an infield single to the shortstop. Debs Westlake grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Keiichi Tamaki is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Derrick Whitehurst flies out to the right fielder. Jamie Bell hits a home run. Debs Westlake scores. Harry Jackson singles to right field. Gene Bool hits a home run. Harry Jackson scores. Phil Howard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Hampton is pinch hitting for Lynn Donovan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Jerry Hampton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Joe Higgins pitching. Shane Judnich flies out to the center fielder. Buddy Householder strikes out. Frank Servais pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Bruce Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Red Schlafly grounds out to the second baseman. Keiichi Tamaki walks. Debs Westlake grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Keiichi Tamaki is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Phil Howard strikes out. Juan Schmidt flies out to the center fielder. Ross Rohr-Beck reached on a 2-base throwing error by Red Schlafly. Irv Barthelson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Derrick Whitehurst walks. Jamie Bell walks. Paul Egan is pinch hitting for Harry Jackson. Paul Egan lines out to the pitcher. Gene Bool hits a home run. Derrick Whitehurst scores. Jamie Bell scores. Steve Ancker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hutch Harts is pinch hitting for Joe Higgins. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Hutch Harts strikes out. Bruce Smith is hit by a pitch. Red Schlafly singles to right field. Keiichi Tamaki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Luis Whitman pitching. John Grimes singles past the third baseman. Hugo Mercer lines out to the second baseman. Shane Judnich pops out to the third baseman. John Grimes steals second. Buddy Householder singles past the shortstop. Frank Servais singles to right field. John Grimes scores. Buddy Householder advances to third on the hit. Scott Tompkins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rick Arias is pinch hitting for Steve Ancker. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rick Arias strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Charlie Coggin pitching. Debs Westlake pops out to the second baseman. Derrick Whitehurst lines out to the first baseman. Jamie Bell walks. Paul Egan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Juan Schmidt strikes out. Ross Rohr-Beck singles to center field. Irv Barthelson walks. John Grimes pops out to the third baseman. Hugo Mercer singles to center field. Ross Rohr-Beck scores. Steve Gonzalez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shane Judnich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Gene Bool strikes out. Glenn James is pinch hitting for Steve Gonzalez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Glenn James flies out to the right fielder. Bruce Smith pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ray Ridzik pitching. Buddy Householder flies out to the left fielder. Frank Servais flies out to the left fielder. Yusaku Okamoto is pinch hitting for Charlie Coggin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Yusaku Okamoto flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Jimmie Sanicki pitching. Red Schlafly grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Keiichi Tamaki singles to left field. Keiichi Tamaki steals second. Debs Westlake grounds out to the second baseman. Keiichi Tamaki advances to third on the play. Derrick Whitehurst walks. Jamie Bell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9 Cleveland total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Red Massey is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Pat Neill did not respond to coaching in control Mike Curd did not respond to coaching in velocity Red Munson improves in speed Dick Clarey improves in speed Ron Mails did not respond to coaching in control Kid Hale improves in speed
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Hal Campbell improves in power_vs_righty Johnny Fisher improves in endurance Dick Matarazzo did not respond to coaching in speed Horacio Barna did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Larry Smith did not respond to coaching in control Trenidad Choate improves in speed