Inning: 1 Cleveland Johnny Smith pitching. Jim Brown pops out to the first baseman. Don Bell grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Harrell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Mike Liddle pitching. Tarrik Kleinke singles to center field. Joe Cedeno flies out to the center fielder. Tarrik Kleinke steals second. Roosevelt Thompson singles to right field. Tarrik Kleinke is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Archie Craig singles to right field. Roosevelt Thompson aggressively advances to third on the hit. Wally Holman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Bill Ilsley walks. Bill Ilsley steals second. Marty Jackson singles to center field. Bill Ilsley scores. Marty Jackson steals second. Passed ball. Marty Jackson advances to third. Gene Lynch walks. Jim Campbell singles to left field. Marty Jackson scores. Gene Lynch advances to third on the hit. Jim Campbell steals second. Randall Bieser singles to center field. Gene Lynch scores. Jim Campbell scores. Dilson Owens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Liddle lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Brown singles to right field. Randall Bieser scores. Don Bell singles to left field. Jim Brown advances to third on the hit. Jim Harrell singles to center field. Jim Brown scores. Don Bell advances to third on the hit. Bill Ilsley lines out to the second baseman. Marty Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Joe DeShields strikes out. Bill Shoch singles to left field. Ryoichi Misawa walks. Dilson Owens lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 2-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Gene Lynch flies out to the center fielder. Jim Campbell strikes out. Randall Bieser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tarrik Kleinke doubles to right field. Joe Cedeno flies out to the center fielder. Roosevelt Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Tarrik Kleinke advances to third on the play. Archie Craig grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Mike Liddle singles to right field. Jim Brown triples. Mike Liddle scores. Don Bell flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Jim Brown scores. Jim Harrell strikes out. Bill Ilsley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Wally Holman strikes out. Joe DeShields grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Shoch pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Marty Jackson walks. Gene Lynch walks. Jim Campbell singles to left field. Scott Madrid comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Randall Bieser grounds out to the third baseman. Marty Jackson scores. Gene Lynch advances to third on the play. Jim Campbell advances to second on the play. Mike Liddle strikes out. Jim Brown pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ryoichi Misawa reached on a 2-base fielding error by Gene Lynch. The catcher fields the ball and Ryoichi Misawa is thrown out at third. Tarrik Kleinke strikes out. Joe Cedeno strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Don Bell strikes out. Jim Harrell singles to center field. Bill Ilsley grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Harrell advances to second on the play. Marty Jackson walks. Gene Lynch flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Roosevelt Thompson singles to right field. Roosevelt Thompson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Archie Craig strikes out. Wally Holman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Jim Campbell hits an infield single to the third baseman. Jim Campbell steals second. Randall Bieser singles to center field. Jim Campbell scores. Randall Bieser steals second. Mike Liddle lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Brown strikes out. Don Bell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Joe DeShields strikes out. Bill Shoch flies out to the left fielder. Ryoichi Misawa walks. Scott Madrid walks. Tarrik Kleinke strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Johnny Guevara is pinch hitting for Jim Harrell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Johnny Guevara flies out to the center fielder. Bill Ilsley singles to right field. Gene Pignatano is pinch hitting for Marty Jackson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Ilsley is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Gene Pignatano singles to left field. Gene Lynch flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Joe Cedeno walks. Roosevelt Thompson strikes out. Archie Craig grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Cedeno is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Katsuma Hashimoto is pinch hitting for Wally Holman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Katsuma Hashimoto flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Frank Replogle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Jim Campbell strikes out. Randall Bieser lines out to the third baseman. Mike Liddle grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Joe DeShields singles to center field. Bill Shoch singles to right field. Joe DeShields gets picked off second (1-6). Bill Shoch is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ryoichi Misawa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Batting:3B - Jim Brown (2).SF - Don Bell. Baserunning: SB - Bill Ilsley (9), Marty Jackson (5), Jim Campbell 2 (4), Randall Bieser (4).CS - Bill Ilsley (4). Fielding: E - Gene Lynch.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Benny Snyder improves in arm Bob Stroud did not respond to coaching in control Al Twombly did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ed Crone did not respond to coaching in control Carlos Brandt improves in power_vs_lefty Ed Crone did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Langford did not respond to coaching in 1B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Tim Watkins did not respond to coaching in velocity Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Dale Hofmann did not respond to coaching in control Harry Jackson did not respond to coaching in arm Michael Nilsson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rick Cooke improves in LF