Inning: 1 Cleveland Andy Gore pitching. Art Stanton singles to left field. Alec Aaron flies out to the right fielder. Roberto Randall walks. Kip Kreitner walks. Clyde Cliburn walks. Art Stanton scores. Bruce Bowers walks. Roberto Randall scores. Mike Chamberlain strikes out. Paul Buckels strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Minnesota Dick Rusch pitching. Phil Dugas grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Yingling lines out to the shortstop. Dale Douglas grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Dick Rusch grounds out to the second baseman. Art Stanton singles to center field. Alec Aaron singles to right field. Roberto Randall strikes out. Kip Kreitner strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Brooks Denny grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Pettit hits a home run. Bobby Poffenberger doubles to center field. Ike Weiss walks. Al Riley strikes out. Andy Gore grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bobby Poffenberger is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Clyde Cliburn singles to center field. Bruce Bowers walks. Mike Chamberlain singles to right field. Clyde Cliburn scores. Paul Buckels grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bruce Bowers advances to third on the play. Dick Rusch grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Phil Dugas pops out to the second baseman. Joe Yingling flies out to the left fielder. Dale Douglas flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Art Stanton singles to left field. Rollie Guante comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alec Aaron singles past the shortstop. Roberto Randall strikes out. Kip Kreitner hits a home run. Art Stanton scores. Alec Aaron scores. Eric Nixon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Clyde Cliburn grounds out to the third baseman. Bruce Bowers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Brooks Denny strikes out. Jim Pettit flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Poffenberger grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Mike Chamberlain hits a home run. Walt Cianfrocco comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paul Buckels hits a home run. Randy Gibson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Rusch flies out to the right fielder. Art Stanton flies out to the left fielder. Alec Aaron strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ike Weiss grounds out to the shortstop. Al Riley doubles to left field. Randy Gibson grounds out to the second baseman. Al Riley advances to third on the play. Phil Dugas walks. Joe Yingling singles past the third baseman. Al Riley scores. Phil Dugas advances to third on the hit. Dale Douglas walks. Amari Alexander comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Brooks Denny strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Cleveland Roberto Randall grounds out to the shortstop. Kip Kreitner pops out to the second baseman. Clyde Cliburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jim Pettit strikes out. Bobby Poffenberger flies out to the center fielder. Ike Weiss grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Bruce Bowers flies out to the left fielder. Mike Chamberlain singles to left field. Paul Buckels strikes out. Harvey Escobar is pinch hitting for Amari Alexander. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harvey Escobar singles to left field. Mike Chamberlain advances to third on the hit. Art Stanton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Gus Wright pitching. Al Riley walks. Jaime Riggs is pinch hitting for Randy Gibson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jaime Riggs grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Al Riley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Phil Dugas strikes out. Joe Yingling strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ed LaRoss pitching. Monroe Meyer is pinch hitting for Alec Aaron. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Monroe Meyer walks. Roberto Randall flies out to the center fielder. Kip Kreitner flies out to the center fielder. Clyde Cliburn hits a home run. Monroe Meyer scores. Bruce Bowers reached on a fielding error by Ike Weiss. Bruce Bowers steals second. Mike Chamberlain strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Dale Douglas flies out to the right fielder. Brooks Denny flies out to the left fielder. Jim Pettit walks. Jim Pettit steals second. Bobby Poffenberger flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Paul Buckels walks. Ralph Hall is pinch hitting for Gus Wright. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ralph Hall flies out to the right fielder. Art Stanton flies out to the left fielder. Monroe Meyer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Paul Buckels is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Tom Jolley pitching. Ike Weiss flies out to the center fielder. Al Riley lines out to the second baseman. Ed LaRoss pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 10 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Eric Nixon is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Jack Clarke did not respond to coaching in velocity Ken Connell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Alexander Autry did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jonathan Jordan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dave Holmes did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Murray did not respond to coaching in control Rodger Reynolds did not respond to coaching in range Joe Anderson did not respond to coaching in control Theo Thorpe improves in range Jack Clarke did not respond to coaching in control Rodger Reynolds did not respond to coaching in LF
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Jimmy Bonura did not respond to coaching in velocity Phil Payton improves in control Bill Hazle did not respond to coaching in velocity Bruce Johnson improves in contact_vs_righty Phil Payton did not respond to coaching in velocity Pat Osborn improves in arm Al McClain did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Phil Payton did not respond to coaching in velocity Andy Long did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bruce McCauley did not respond to coaching in arm Frank Listach did not respond to coaching in C