Win: Charlie Busse (2-4) Loss: Ken Johnstone (2-6)
Save: Craig Cronin (18)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Ace Cormier pitching. Chuck Turner walks. Chuck Turner steals second. Earle Greene doubles to right field. Chuck Turner scores. Ray Rowe flies out to the left fielder. Jim Muir singles to right field. Earle Greene scores. Bill Sheckard grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim Muir is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Cy Erickson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Art Lopes pitching. Osvaldo Riddle grounds out to the third baseman. Lloyd Noles grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Minnie Bair flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Eddie Weeden singles to center field. Tack Roe strikes out. Art Lopes fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Art Lopes grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Lute Delis singles to center field. Phil Danzig grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Lute Delis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Johnny Ramsdell strikes out. Shawn Peters singles to left field. Sam Hoeft walks. Ace Cormier grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Cleveland Chuck Turner grounds out to the second baseman. Earle Greene singles in front of the left fielder. Earle Greene steals second. Ray Rowe walks. Jim Muir strikes out. Bill Sheckard singles to center field. Earle Greene scores. Cy Erickson doubles to center field. Ray Rowe scores. Bill Sheckard uses his aggressiveness and scores. Brian Kennedy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eddie Weeden grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Osvaldo Riddle doubles to center field. Lloyd Noles doubles to right field. Osvaldo Riddle scores. Minnie Bair walks. Lute Delis grounds out to the catcher. Lloyd Noles advances to third on the play. Minnie Bair advances to second on the play. Phil Danzig grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Ramsdell singles to right field. Lloyd Noles scores. Minnie Bair scores. Shawn Peters pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Tack Roe walks. Art Lopes lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Chuck Turner singles to left field. Tack Roe is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Earle Greene singles past the third baseman. Chuck Turner advances to third on the hit. Ray Rowe is hit by a pitch. Jim Muir singles to left field. Chuck Turner scores. Earle Greene scores. Ray Rowe advances to third on the hit. Bill Sheckard singles to right field. Ray Rowe scores. Nelson Niedenfuer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cy Erickson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Sam Hoeft grounds out to the shortstop. Nelson Niedenfuer flies out to the right fielder. Osvaldo Riddle bunts for a base hit. Lloyd Noles singles past the third baseman. Minnie Bair singles to center field. Osvaldo Riddle scores. Lloyd Noles advances to third on the hit. Randy Eddy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lute Delis pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Eddie Weeden singles to right field. Tack Roe flies out to the center fielder. Randy Eddy lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Chuck Turner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Phil Danzig strikes out. Johnny Ramsdell grounds out to the third baseman. Shawn Peters lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Earle Greene flies out to the left fielder. Ray Rowe flies out to the right fielder. Jim Muir grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Sam Hoeft strikes out. Nelson Niedenfuer walks. Osvaldo Riddle singles to right field. Lloyd Noles lines out to the second baseman. Minnie Bair grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Osvaldo Riddle is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Bill Sheckard strikes out. Cy Erickson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Eddie Weeden reached on a 2-base fielding error by Phil Danzig. Tack Roe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Lute Delis walks. Phil Danzig singles to right field. Floyd McCluskey 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. Johnny Ramsdell flies out to the left fielder. Shawn Peters grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Phil Danzig is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Sam Hoeft singles to right field. Lute Delis scores. Shawn Peters advances to third on the hit. Bill Levis is pinch hitting for Nelson Niedenfuer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Levis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ken Johnstone pitching. Mark Gerken is pinch hitting for Floyd McCluskey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Mark Gerken grounds out to the pitcher. Chuck Turner strikes out. Earle Greene grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Charlie Busse pitching. Osvaldo Riddle reached on a fielding error by Cy Erickson. Lloyd Noles strikes out. Minnie Bair walks. Lute Delis doubles to right field. Osvaldo Riddle scores. Minnie Bair uses his aggressiveness and scores. Phil Danzig grounds out to the second baseman. Lute Delis advances to third on the play. Johnny Ramsdell singles to center field. Lute Delis scores. Johnny Ramsdell is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Ray Rowe reached on a fielding error by Minnie Bair. Jim Muir grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ray Rowe advances to second on the play. Bill Sheckard singles to left field. Ray Rowe scores. Cy Erickson singles to right field. Al Morgan 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. Eddie Weeden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Sheckard advances to third on the play. Cy Erickson advances to second on the play. Tack Roe pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City George Eubank enters the game as a defensive replacement for Cy Erickson at SS. Craig Cronin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Shawn Peters flies out to the center fielder. Sam Hoeft grounds out to the third baseman. Bert Jacobs is pinch hitting for Al Morgan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bert Jacobs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 10
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tiny Young improves in power_vs_lefty Alex Quirk improves in range Tiny Young did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Harry Serafini did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ray Alston did not respond to coaching in control Ray Alston did not respond to coaching in control Tommy Flannery did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Alex Sharon did not respond to coaching in control