Win: Dupee Lum (10-14) Loss: Sean Bones (15-13)
Save: Ray Ridzik (8)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Sean Bones pitching. Keiichi Tamaki strikes out. Red Schlafly grounds out to the shortstop. Derrick Whitehurst flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Dupee Lum pitching. Vern Moreno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marty Cruz flies out to the right fielder. Placido Beck singles to right field. Joseph Orwell pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Greg Johnson walks. Jamie Bell flies out to the right fielder. Paul Egan singles to left field. Harry Jackson singles to right field. Greg Johnson scores. Paul Egan advances to third on the hit. Bruce Smith singles to left field. Paul Egan scores. Harry Jackson advances to third on the hit. Dupee Lum flies out to the left fielder. Keiichi Tamaki singles to left field. Harry Jackson scores. Bruce Smith advances to third on the hit. Red Schlafly pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ian McNulty reached on a fielding error by Derrick Whitehurst. Ian McNulty gets picked off first. Debs Westlake strikes out. Todd Zeile grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Derrick Whitehurst lines out to the pitcher. Greg Johnson hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jamie Bell grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bobby Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Sean Bones grounds out to the shortstop. Vern Moreno strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Paul Egan strikes out. Harry Jackson singles to left field. Bruce Smith singles to right field. Dupee Lum lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Keiichi Tamaki flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Marty Cruz grounds out to the third baseman. Placido Beck singles to right field. Joseph Orwell walks. Ian McNulty strikes out. Debs Westlake pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Red Schlafly hits a home run. Derrick Whitehurst pops out to the second baseman. Greg Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Jamie Bell flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Todd Zeile is hit by a pitch. Bobby Smith grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Todd Zeile is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Sean Bones fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Sean Bones pops out to the third baseman. Vern Moreno flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Paul Egan grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Jackson hits a home run. Edward Harrington comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bruce Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Dupee Lum flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Marty Cruz reached on a fielding error by Dupee Lum. Placido Beck doubles to center field. Marty Cruz is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Joseph Orwell strikes out. Ian McNulty grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Keiichi Tamaki strikes out. Red Schlafly grounds out to the third baseman. Derrick Whitehurst flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Debs Westlake strikes out. Todd Zeile pops out to the shortstop. Bobby Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Greg Johnson walks. Jamie Bell walks. Paul Egan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Greg Johnson advances to third on the play. Harry Jackson walks. Ryan Jones is pinch hitting for Bruce Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ryan Jones flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Lamar Textor is pinch hitting for Edward Harrington. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Lamar Textor grounds out to the second baseman. Vern Moreno singles to right field. Marty Cruz singles to center field. Vern Moreno advances to third on the hit. Marty Cruz steals second. Placido Beck strikes out. Joseph Orwell doubles to right field. Vern Moreno scores. Marty Cruz scores. Ian McNulty grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Tommy Robinson pitching. Gene Bool is pinch hitting for Dupee Lum. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Gene Bool walks. Keiichi Tamaki grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gene Bool is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Red Schlafly strikes out. Derrick Whitehurst pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ray Ridzik pitching. Debs Westlake walks. Debs Westlake steals second. Todd Zeile grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Debs Westlake advances to third on the play. Bobby Smith strikes out. Mike Benitez is pinch hitting for Tommy Robinson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Benitez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: George Meridith improves in speed Bobby Schalk did not respond to coaching in speed Ed Cooke did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Merito Embrey did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lee Ward did not respond to coaching in velocity Pat Whiten improves in range Al Tavener improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Otis improves in contact_vs_lefty John Brower did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Otis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty