Win: Jeff Niekro (4-1) Loss: Dave Cromartie (6-11)
Save: Hank Gilmore (17)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Dave Cromartie pitching. Alejandro Gentile flies out to the center fielder. Ed Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Deacon Zacher grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Ty Sitton pitching. Kay Mar St. Jean flies out to the right fielder. Al Wojciechowski flies out to the right fielder. Clay Sauer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Abe Daal walks. Gordon Hennessey strikes out. Johnnie Lezcano strikes out. Dale Love grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Abe Daal is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland John Soto flies out to the right fielder. Greg Hoover singles to right field. Andy Bremer pops out to the third baseman. Bob Krukow flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bill Curtis singles past the second baseman. Ty Sitton lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Alejandro Gentile grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Curtis advances to third on the play. Ed Murphy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Bill Coffman grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Cromartie flies out to the right fielder. Kay Mar St. Jean strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Deacon Zacher strikes out. Abe Daal walks. Gordon Hennessey pops out to the second baseman. Abe Daal steals second. Johnnie Lezcano strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Al Wojciechowski flies out to the center fielder. Clay Sauer lines out to the shortstop. John Soto hits a home run. Greg Hoover flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dale Love strikes out. Bill Curtis grounds out to the shortstop. Ty Sitton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Andy Bremer flies out to the left fielder. Bob Krukow walks. Bill Coffman lines out to the third baseman. Dave Cromartie strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Alejandro Gentile singles to left field. Ed Murphy flies out to the center fielder. Deacon Zacher reached on a 2-base throwing error by Al Wojciechowski. Abe Daal grounds out to the third baseman. Alejandro Gentile scores. Deacon Zacher advances to third on the play. Gordon Hennessey pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Kay Mar St. Jean grounds out to the pitcher. Al Wojciechowski grounds out to the third baseman. Clay Sauer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Johnnie Lezcano flies out to the left fielder. Dale Love flies out to the right fielder. Bill Curtis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland John Soto singles past the third baseman. Greg Hoover pops out to the second baseman. Jim Pruett is pinch hitting for Andy Bremer. Jim Pruett singles to center field. John Soto advances to third on the hit. Jeff Niekro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Bob Krukow flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, John Soto scores. Bill Coffman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ray Griffin is pinch hitting for Jeff Niekro. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ray Griffin triples. Alejandro Gentile singles to left field. Ray Griffin scores. Gilbert Mendoza comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Charlie Cox is pinch running for Alejandro Gentile on 1st base. Ed Murphy singles to center field. Charlie Cox advances to third on the hit. Deacon Zacher singles to left field. Charlie Cox scores. Ed Murphy advances to third on the hit. Abe Daal strikes out. Gordon Hennessey grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Murphy scores. Deacon Zacher advances to second on the play. Hirozo Yoshizawa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnnie Lezcano grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Kevin Knothe pitching. Ralph Cooper is pinch hitting for Hirozo Yoshizawa. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ralph Cooper singles to left field. Kay Mar St. Jean flies out to the center fielder. Al Wojciechowski strikes out. Clay Sauer pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Frank Hill pitching. Dale Love flies out to the center fielder. Bill Curtis flies out to the left fielder. Johnnie Thompson is pinch hitting for Kevin Knothe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Johnnie Thompson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Hank Gilmore pitching. John Soto walks. Greg Hoover grounds into a force play to the first baseman. John Soto is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Pruett singles to left field. Bob Krukow flies out to the center fielder. Bill Coffman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Pruett is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Cleveland total runners LOB: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ron Gleich did not respond to coaching in arm Brad Dickey improves in contact_vs_lefty Sherman Wilkins did not respond to coaching in range Howard Touchstone did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed Steiner did not respond to coaching in LF
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Matt McCorry improves in speed Joe Valle improves in arm Shorty Lucier improves in power_vs_righty Tommy Barrows did not respond to coaching in control