Win: Mike Wells (4-4) Loss: Jeff Hrabosky (4-12)
Save: Ray Colborn (2)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Jeff Hrabosky pitching. Al Blake singles to center field. Charlie Link grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Al Blake is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. John Romano pops out to the shortstop. Charlie Link is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Broderick Nieves pitching. Dominic Gallagher grounds out to the shortstop. Buddy Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Barr singles to right field. Al Face lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Mike Thorpe strikes out. Tony Joshua flies out to the center fielder. Tex McGalvin doubles to center field. Billy Burwell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Gus Tamulis grounds out to the pitcher. Minoru Shibahara strikes out. Mel Delgado singles to center field. Broderick Atwell pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Lou Dolan grounds out to the shortstop. Broderick Nieves flies out to the right fielder. Al Blake singles to center field. Charlie Link strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Jeff Hrabosky grounds out to the second baseman. Dominic Gallagher grounds out to the shortstop. Buddy Taylor grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland John Romano strikes out. Mike Thorpe grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Joshua grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Jack Barr hits a home run. Al Face singles to center field. Gus Tamulis strikes out. Minoru Shibahara flies out to the center fielder. Mel Delgado strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Tex McGalvin strikes out. Billy Burwell grounds out to the shortstop. Lou Dolan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Broderick Atwell flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Hrabosky grounds out to the second baseman. Dominic Gallagher singles to center field. Buddy Taylor walks. Jack Barr pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bill LaFrancois is pinch hitting for Broderick Nieves. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill LaFrancois singles to right field. Al Blake hits an infield single to the pitcher. Charlie Link singles to center field. Bill LaFrancois scores. Al Blake advances to third on the hit. John Romano flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Al Blake scores. Mike Thorpe grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Link advances to second on the play. Tony Joshua strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Danny Rogers pitching. Al Face singles to right field. Gus Tamulis doubles to left field. Al Face scores. Minoru Shibahara doubles to left field. Gus Tamulis scores. Mike Wells comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mel Delgado doubles to right field. Minoru Shibahara scores. Broderick Atwell singles to right field. Mel Delgado uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jeff Hrabosky lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Broderick Atwell forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Dominic Gallagher flies out to the right fielder. Buddy Taylor singles to center field. Jeff Hrabosky advances to third on the hit. Jack Barr strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Takayuki Mimura is pinch hitting for Tex McGalvin. Takayuki Mimura walks. Billy Burwell singles past the shortstop. Takayuki Mimura advances to third on the hit. Lou Dolan reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jack Barr. Takayuki Mimura scores. Joe Stuart is pinch hitting for Mike Wells. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Joe Stuart singles to center field. Billy Burwell scores. Lou Dolan scores. Al Blake strikes out. Joe Stuart steals second. Charlie Link singles to center field. Joe Stuart scores. Pat Meixell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Romano grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Charlie Link is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mike Thorpe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Ray Colborn pitching. Virgil Collard enters the game as a defensive replacement for Takayuki Mimura at 2B. Al Face strikes out. Gus Tamulis grounds out to the third baseman. Minoru Shibahara grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Tony Joshua singles to left field. Virgil Collard singles to right field. Tony Joshua advances to third on the hit. Billy Burwell reached on a fielding error by Mel Delgado. Tony Joshua scores. Lou Dolan doubles past the third baseman. Virgil Collard scores. Billy Burwell uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ray Colborn fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ray Colborn grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Trouppe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Blake singles to center field. Lou Dolan scores. Charlie Link grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Mel Delgado grounds out to the third baseman. Broderick Atwell strikes out. Jonny Cabral is pinch hitting for Jim Trouppe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jonny Cabral grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Walter Hiland pitching. John Romano lines out to the second baseman. Mike Thorpe doubles to center field. Tony Joshua walks. Virgil Collard flies out to the right fielder. Billy Burwell pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Dominic Gallagher flies out to the right fielder. Buddy Taylor strikes out. Jack Barr grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 6 Oakland total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Mike Thorpe (14), Tex McGalvin (3), Lou Dolan (3).SF - John Romano.GIDP - Charlie Link. Baserunning: SB - Joe Stuart (1).CS - Charlie Link (4).
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Howie Higginbotham did not respond to coaching in control Otis Cobb improves in power_vs_lefty Takehiko Toguchi did not respond to coaching in control Papa Roenicke did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Papa Roenicke did not respond to coaching in C
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rey Gautreaux improves in power_vs_lefty Dusty Moore did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Myatt did not respond to coaching in control Bob Carter did not respond to coaching in control Fred Burns did not respond to coaching in 3B