Win: Frank Steinbrenner (4-4) Loss: Ron "News Man" Lively (1-5)
Save: Pablo Garcia (4)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ron News Man Lively pitching. Keita Arakane grounds out to the second baseman. Ricky Pierce walks. Jeff Schick doubles past the left fielder. Ricky Pierce uses his aggressiveness and scores. Calvin Craig grounds out to the shortstop. Nigel Joseph grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Frank Steinbrenner pitching. Len Davalillo flies out to the right fielder. Joe Hoak grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Moss singles to left field. Carl Pennington doubles to left field. Dick Moss uses his aggressiveness and scores. Roy 2 Chins Walsh hits an infield single to the second baseman. Zappa Zapustas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City John Adkins walks. Charlie Willis strikes out. Allen Perry singles to right field. Frank Steinbrenner lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Keita Arakane singles to right field. John Adkins scores. Allen Perry uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ricky Pierce is hit by a pitch. Jeff Schick singles to left field. Keita Arakane scores. Calvin Craig grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Stiff Simmons walks. Blitz Koplitz grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Stiff Simmons is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ron News Man Lively fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ron News Man Lively strikes out. Len Davalillo singles to left field. Blitz Koplitz advances to third on the hit. Joe Hoak flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Nigel Joseph pops out to the second baseman. John Adkins grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Willis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Dick Moss grounds out to the shortstop. Carl Pennington flies out to the left fielder. Roy 2 Chins Walsh singles to center field. Zappa Zapustas pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Allen Perry walks. Frank Steinbrenner lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Allen Perry forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Keita Arakane walks. Ricky Pierce pops out to the shortstop. Jeff Schick grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Stiff Simmons strikes out. Blitz Koplitz doubles to left field. Ron News Man Lively lines out to the shortstop. Len Davalillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Calvin Craig pops out to the shortstop. Nigel Joseph singles to left field. John Adkins grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Joe Hoak pops out to the first baseman. Dick Moss flies out to the center fielder. Carl Pennington strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Charlie Willis flies out to the center fielder. Allen Perry singles to right field. Frank Steinbrenner lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Keita Arakane grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Roy 2 Chins Walsh singles to left field. Zappa Zapustas grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Stiff Simmons singles to right field. Blitz Koplitz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Al Wilkinson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ricky Pierce grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Schick flies out to the left fielder. Calvin Craig flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Al Wilkinson strikes out. Len Davalillo grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Hoak pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Nigel Joseph strikes out. John Adkins singles to right field. Charlie Willis singles to left field. John Adkins advances to third on the hit. Jiggs Thomas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Allen Perry singles to center field. John Adkins scores. Frank Steinbrenner lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Charlie Willis is thrown out at third. Allen Perry advances to second on the play. Allen Perry advances to second on the play. Keita Arakane singles to right field. Ricky Pierce flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Cleveland Dick Moss singles to right field. Carl Pennington singles to left field. Dick Moss advances to third on the hit. Roy 2 Chins Walsh grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Moss scores. Carl Pennington advances to second on the play. Big Al Smith is pinch hitting for Zappa Zapustas. Big Al Smith walks. Tom White is pinch hitting for Stiff Simmons. Tom White strikes out. Art Trevino is pinch hitting for Blitz Koplitz. Art Trevino grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Heave Puker enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tom White at SS. Steve Dudd enters the game as a defensive replacement for Art Trevino at RF. Jeff Schick pops out to the shortstop. Calvin Craig reached on a fielding error by Heave Puker. Nigel Joseph singles to center field. Calvin Craig is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Nigel Joseph gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Pablo Garcia comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dick Rod Johnson is pinch hitting for Jiggs Thomas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dick Rod Johnson strikes out. Len Davalillo grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Hoak grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9 Cleveland total runners LOB: 9
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pat Waldbauer improves in control Mickey Charleston did not respond to coaching in control Rusty Hemingway improves in range Pat Waldbauer did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Littlejohn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rusty Hemingway improves in speed
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Doc Day improves in speed Rich Medina improves in contact_vs_righty Bob Keefe did not respond to coaching in control Larry Davis improves in power_vs_lefty Bobby Horsman improves in speed Doc Anderson did not respond to coaching in control