Win: Bull Thomas (9-8) Loss: Atley Taylor (8-11)
Save: Chuck Hough (39)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Atley Taylor pitching. Len Davalillo grounds out to the pitcher. Tiny Tino Davis strikes out. Heave Puker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bull Thomas pitching. Gordie Bowman pops out to the second baseman. Calvin Craig grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! John Adkins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Pops Piatt grounds out to the second baseman. Tom White strikes out. Hefty Bill Hudson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Brant Waddell singles past the second baseman. Nigel Joseph hits an infield single to the shortstop. Chick Scarborough flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Schick strikes out. Ricky Pierce flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Dick Rod Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Dick Moss grounds out to the shortstop. Bull Thomas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Atley Taylor flies out to the left fielder. Gordie Bowman flies out to the right fielder. Calvin Craig strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Len Davalillo singles to center field. Len Davalillo is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Tiny Tino Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Heave Puker singles past the second baseman. Pops Piatt hits a home run. Heave Puker scores. Tom White strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City John Adkins grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Brant Waddell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Nigel Joseph flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Hefty Bill Hudson singles past the third baseman. Dick Rod Johnson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Dick Moss flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Chick Scarborough walks. Jeff Schick strikes out. Ricky Pierce hits a home run. Chick Scarborough scores. Atley Taylor strikes out. Gordie Bowman singles to right field. Calvin Craig strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bull Thomas singles to left field. Len Davalillo grounds out to the second baseman. Bull Thomas advances to second on the play. Tiny Tino Davis strikes out. Heave Puker hits a home run. Bull Thomas scores. Fritz Shinnick comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pops Piatt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City John Adkins strikes out. Brant Waddell is hit by a pitch. Nigel Joseph singles to center field. Chick Scarborough singles to right field. Brant Waddell scores. Nigel Joseph advances to third on the hit. Jeff Schick walks. Ricky Pierce grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Tom White grounds out to the second baseman. Hefty Bill Hudson walks. Dick Rod Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Dick Moss singles to center field. Hefty Bill Hudson advances to third on the hit. Bull Thomas pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Dave Huff is pinch hitting for Fritz Shinnick. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dave Huff triples. Gordie Bowman grounds out to the third baseman. Calvin Craig strikes out. John Adkins grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ryan Maxwell pitching. Len Davalillo hits a home run. Tiny Tino Davis singles to center field. Heave Puker pops out to the first baseman. Pops Piatt grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Tiny Tino Davis is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tom White flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Brant Waddell strikes out. Nigel Joseph walks. Chick Scarborough flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Schick singles to right field. Nigel Joseph advances to third on the hit. 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. Ricky Pierce singles to right field. Nigel Joseph scores. Jeff Schick advances to third on the hit. Jose Reese is pinch hitting for Ryan Maxwell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jose Reese grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Pablo Garcia pitching. Joe Hoak is pinch hitting for Hefty Bill Hudson. Joe Hoak flies out to the right fielder. Dick Rod Johnson singles to center field. Charlie Avocado is pinch hitting for Dick Moss. Charlie Avocado grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Carl Pennington enters the game as a defensive replacement for Joe Hoak at C. March April Smith enters the game as a defensive replacement for Charlie Avocado at SS. Gordie Bowman strikes out. Calvin Craig grounds out to the second baseman. John Adkins singles to center field. Brant Waddell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners LOB: 3 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Charlie Avocado is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Roy Walsh did not respond to coaching in range Jeff Siemer did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Walsh did not respond to coaching in speed Andy Koplitz improves in contact_vs_righty Al Smith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ethan Deer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Scott Croucher did not respond to coaching in speed Shane Crowson did not respond to coaching in velocity Geronimo Cole did not respond to coaching in control Walt Donnels did not respond to coaching in speed Rusty Hemingway improves in contact_vs_lefty Tiny Sullivan did not respond to coaching in velocity