Win: Jack Jones (21-9) Loss: Steve Gonzalez (8-17)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Jack Jones pitching. Red Schlafly grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Egan strikes out. Keiichi Tamaki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Steve Gonzalez pitching. Dave Blackburn hits a home run. Pop Leppert singles to center field. Pop Leppert steals second. Ray Harlow flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brucker flies out to the center fielder. Epps Mattox grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Greg Johnson singles to center field. Bruce Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jerry Hampton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ken Stromme strikes out. Billy Shirley flies out to the left fielder. Barry McGunnigle walks. Passed ball. Barry McGunnigle advances to second. Jack Jones flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Gene Bool walks. Hutch Harts grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Gene Bool is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Steve Gonzalez fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Steve Gonzalez strikes out. Red Schlafly lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Dave Blackburn pops out to the first baseman. Pop Leppert strikes out. Ray Harlow grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Paul Egan flies out to the right fielder. Keiichi Tamaki walks. Greg Johnson strikes out. Bruce Smith singles to right field. Keiichi Tamaki advances to third on the hit. Jerry Hampton strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland Steve Brucker walks. Epps Mattox singles to center field. Steve Brucker advances to third on the hit. Ken Stromme singles to center field. Steve Brucker scores. Epps Mattox advances to third on the hit. Billy Shirley singles to right field. Epps Mattox scores. Ray Ridzik comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Barry McGunnigle doubles to left field. Ken Stromme scores. Billy Shirley uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jack Jones lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dave Blackburn flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Barry McGunnigle scores. Red Massey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pop Leppert singles to center field. Ray Harlow grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Gene Bool strikes out. Hutch Harts strikes out. Tubby Moore is pinch hitting for Red Massey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Tubby Moore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Lynn Donovan pitching. Steve Brucker grounds out to the third baseman. Epps Mattox strikes out. Ken Stromme singles to left field. Billy Shirley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Red Schlafly strikes out. Paul Egan flies out to the right fielder. Keiichi Tamaki grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Barry McGunnigle flies out to the right fielder. Jack Jones strikes out. Dave Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Greg Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Bruce Smith strikes out. Jerry Hampton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Pop Leppert flies out to the center fielder. Ray Harlow grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Brucker singles to left field. Epps Mattox strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Bobo Riles comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Gene Bool grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hutch Harts reached on a 2-base fielding error by Barry McGunnigle. Harry Jackson is pinch hitting for Lynn Donovan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Harry Jackson strikes out. Merito Embrey is pinch hitting for Red Schlafly. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Merito Embrey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Luis Whitman pitching. Ken Stromme grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Shirley pops out to the catcher. Barry McGunnigle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Paul Egan walks. Keiichi Tamaki grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Paul Egan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Greg Johnson pops out to the catcher. Ryan Jones is pinch hitting for Bruce Smith. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ryan Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners left on base: 5 Oakland total runners left on base: 5
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mike Flood improves in arm Ed Boyer did not respond to coaching in control Trenidad Choate did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Johnny Fisher did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Cusick did not respond to coaching in control Tim Larkin improves in range
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Seelbach did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tom Bader improves in speed Earl Harper improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Seelbach did not respond to coaching in speed Ken Perkins did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike McAdams improves in range Andre Wehmeier did not respond to coaching in 3B