Win: Greg Clark (13-7) Loss: Al Fortugno (9-11)
Save: Casey Kennedy (43)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Greg Clark pitching. Ruben Gomez grounds out to the second baseman. Jodie Cook singles to center field. Bob Thomas grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Al Fortugno pitching. Randy Hunt strikes out. Bobby Villanueva grounds out to the shortstop. Nyls Brown lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland William MacAllen walks. Richard McCannell flies out to the left fielder. Chetty McClements singles past the third baseman. William MacAllen aggressively advances to third on the hit. Juail McPeets pops out to the third baseman. Greg Newlin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Matt Arnold strikes out. Leo Cardenas strikes out. Brad Gehrig grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Al Fortugno strikes out. Ruben Gomez pops out to the shortstop. Jodie Cook pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Oscar Staton strikes out. Vic Bonness hits a home run. Greg Clark grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy Hunt singles past the second baseman. Bobby Villanueva grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Bob Thomas singles to center field. William MacAllen strikes out. Richard McCannell flies out to the right fielder. Chetty McClements singles to right field. Juail McPeets doubles to right field. Bob Thomas scores. Greg Newlin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Nyls Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Arnold grounds out to the shortstop. Leo Cardenas flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Al Fortugno grounds out to the pitcher. Ruben Gomez grounds out to the shortstop. Jodie Cook strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Brad Gehrig strikes out. Oscar Staton singles in front of the center fielder. Vic Bonness singles to right field. Greg Clark fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Greg Clark strikes out. Randy Hunt singles to left field. Oscar Staton scores. Vic Bonness advances to third on the hit. Bobby Villanueva singles to right field. Vic Bonness scores. Randy Hunt aggressively advances to third on the hit. Nyls Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bob Thomas grounds out to the third baseman. William MacAllen grounds out to the second baseman. Richard McCannell singles to left field. Chetty McClements pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Matt Arnold strikes out. Leo Cardenas strikes out. Brad Gehrig grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Juail McPeets flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Greg Newlin grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Robert MacCaceres is pinch hitting for Al Fortugno. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Robert MacCaceres strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Derek McCullough pitching. Oscar Staton hits a home run. Vic Bonness flies out to the center fielder. Greg Clark grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy Hunt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ruben Gomez grounds out to the pitcher. Jodie Cook grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Thomas grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Bobby Villanueva walks. Nyls Brown flies out to the left fielder. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Matt Arnold strikes out. Leo Cardenas flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Casey Kennedy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. William MacAllen strikes out. Richard McCannell grounds out to the shortstop. Chetty McClements grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners left on base: 5 Detroit total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Jodie Cook is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Quinlan did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Westbrook did not respond to coaching in endurance Ray Perryman did not respond to coaching in range Tom Quinlan improves in control Herb Sanchez did not respond to coaching in 1B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Paul Spencer improves in arm Tod Link did not respond to coaching in control Jack Garciaparra improves in contact_vs_lefty Jerry Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity