Win: Clay Blemker (8-3) Loss: Rob Powers (12-15)
Save: Ralph Tate (2)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Earle Davidson pitching. Mike Huffman flies out to the center fielder. Odell Aldred singles to left field. Odell Aldred steals second. Lou Veras pops out to the first baseman. Mike Hood grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Rob Powers pitching. Johnny Daniels walks. Dick Palacios flies out to the left fielder. Karlos Malven hits a home run. Johnny Daniels scores. Nolan Anderson flies out to the left fielder. Hub Bergen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Xavier Serrano walks. Manny Reis walks. Harry Viola hits an infield single to the pitcher. Vic Caldwell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Xavier Serrano scores. Manny Reis advances to third on the play. Clay Blemker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rob Powers flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Lew Durbin flies out to the center fielder. Floyd Blomberg strikes out. Jim Morgan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Mike Huffman flies out to the center fielder. Odell Aldred hits an infield single to the pitcher. Arnie Kopf comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lou Veras strikes out. Mike Hood strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Arnie Kopf pops out to the second baseman. Johnny Daniels singles to left field. Dick Palacios strikes out. Karlos Malven strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Xavier Serrano pops out to the first baseman. Manny Reis grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Viola lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Nolan Anderson strikes out. Hub Bergen singles to left field. Lew Durbin strikes out. Hub Bergen steals second. Floyd Blomberg singles to left field. Hub Bergen scores. Jim Morgan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Floyd Blomberg is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Vic Caldwell pops out to the shortstop. Rob Powers flies out to the center fielder. Mike Huffman pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Arnie Kopf grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Daniels singles to right field. Dick Palacios singles to center field. Johnny Daniels advances to third on the hit. Karlos Malven singles to left field. Johnny Daniels scores. Nolan Anderson singles to left field. Dick Palacios scores. Jeff Hicks comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hub Bergen flies out to the left fielder. Lew Durbin walks. Floyd Blomberg pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Kansas City Odell Aldred grounds out to the pitcher. Lou Veras singles to left field. Ralph Tate comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Hood pops out to the shortstop. Xavier Serrano flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Jim Morgan is hit by a pitch. Ralph Tate lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Johnny Daniels grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Jim Morgan advances to third on the play. Dick Palacios hits a home run. Jim Morgan scores. Bill Masteller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Karlos Malven pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Manny Reis walks. Manny Reis is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Harry Viola grounds out to the second baseman. Vic Caldwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Jim Draper is pinch hitting for Nolan Anderson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Draper flies out to the center fielder. Hub Bergen flies out to the right fielder. Lew Durbin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jeff Sprinz is pinch hitting for Bill Masteller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jeff Sprinz grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Grimsley is pinch hitting for Mike Huffman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ron Grimsley grounds out to the second baseman. Odell Aldred grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Steve Gray pitching. Steve Bremer is pinch hitting for Floyd Blomberg. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Steve Bremer walks. Jim Morgan grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Bremer advances to second on the play. Ralph Tate strikes out. Johnny Daniels strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Lou Veras grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Hood hits a home run. Xavier Serrano pops out to the first baseman. Manny Reis pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4 Cleveland total runners left on base: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mike Sherman did not respond to coaching in control Dick Grover did not respond to coaching in velocity Chad Hofman improves in speed
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Duke Shetrone improves in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance.