Win: Frank Perez (11-7) Loss: Roxy Romano (6-19)
Save: Bert Oliver (35)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Frank Perez pitching. Johnny Daniels grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dick Palacios singles to center field. Rikkert Griffith doubles to left field. Nolan Anderson hits a home run. Dick Palacios scores. Rikkert Griffith scores. Hub Bergen flies out to the left fielder. Lew Durbin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Herb Torborg pitching. Harry Viola strikes out. Jeff Sprinz doubles to center field. Lee McCarthy grounds out to the shortstop. Hiroyuki Hashimoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Floyd Blomberg singles to right field. Jim Morgan pops out to the first baseman. Herb Torborg lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Floyd Blomberg forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Johnny Daniels strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Todd Wood grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Huffman singles to center field. Lou Veras flies out to the right fielder. Ron Grimsley walks. Frank Perez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Dick Palacios pops out to the first baseman. Rikkert Griffith flies out to the right fielder. Nolan Anderson walks. Hub Bergen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Harry Viola walks. Jeff Sprinz strikes out. Lee McCarthy singles to center field. Clay Blemker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hiroyuki Hashimoto grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lee McCarthy is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Todd Wood strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Lew Durbin flies out to the right fielder. Floyd Blomberg singles to left field. Jim Morgan grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Floyd Blomberg is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Clay Blemker pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mike Huffman flies out to the right fielder. Lou Veras lines out to the shortstop. Ron Grimsley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Johnny Daniels grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Palacios walks. Rikkert Griffith walks. Nolan Anderson singles to left field. Hub Bergen strikes out. Lew Durbin grounds into a fielders choice to the catcher. Dick Palacios is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Kansas City Frank Perez flies out to the left fielder. Harry Viola walks. Ralph Tate comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jeff Sprinz strikes out. Lee McCarthy hits a home run. Harry Viola scores. Roxy Romano comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hiroyuki Hashimoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Floyd Blomberg strikes out. Jim Morgan flies out to the center fielder. Roxy Romano strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Todd Wood walks. Mike Huffman reached on a fielding error by Hub Bergen. Lou Veras grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Todd Wood advances to third on the play. Ron Grimsley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Johnny Daniels strikes out. Dick Palacios grounds out to the third baseman. Rikkert Griffith pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Xavier Serrano is pinch hitting for Frank Perez. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Xavier Serrano singles to left field. Harry Viola triples. Xavier Serrano scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Jeff Sprinz strikes out. The defense is playing the infield in. Lee McCarthy flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Harry Viola scores. Hiroyuki Hashimoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland John Jurak pitching. Nolan Anderson grounds out to the second baseman. Hub Bergen strikes out. Lew Durbin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Todd Wood grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Mike Huffman walks. Lou Veras grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Huffman advances to second on the play. Ron Grimsley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Bert Oliver comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Floyd Blomberg grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Morgan singles to center field. Jim Morgan is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Roxy Romano singles to center field. Rudy Maas is pinch hitting for Johnny Daniels. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Roxy Romano is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Doc Backman improves in arm Bob Gonzalez improves in power_vs_lefty Jeoff Rasmussen did not respond to coaching in control
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Takahiko Moriguchi improves in arm Barney Remlinger improves in range Dick Garrity did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty