Win: Kevin Knothe (4-2) Loss: Koichi Tsuji (2-6)
Save: Brian Danning (8)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Kevin Knothe pitching. Kay Mar St. Jean flies out to the center fielder. Clay Sauer hits a home run. Ralph Cooper singles to center field. Bill Coffman flies out to the center fielder. John Soto singles to center field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Frank Maddux walks. Joe Valle grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Kansas City Koichi Tsuji pitching. Taemon Fukae singles to left field. Harry Spangler pops out to the third baseman. Bob Eyre strikes out. Taemon Fukae is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Bob Krukow grounds out to the second baseman. Koichi Tsuji is hit by a pitch. Kay Mar St. Jean grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ed Steiner flies out to the center fielder. Deacon Zacher walks. Alejandro Gentile grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Clay Sauer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ralph Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Bill Coffman walks. John Soto grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Coffman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Gordon Hennessey singles to center field. Ron Gleich singles to left field. Gordon Hennessey advances to third on the hit. Kevin Knothe grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Gordon Hennessey scores. Taemon Fukae singles to right field. Harry Spangler singles to right field. Taemon Fukae advances to third on the hit. Bob Eyre walks. Ed Steiner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Cleveland Frank Maddux grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Valle grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Krukow flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Deacon Zacher singles in front of the right fielder. Alejandro Gentile doubles to left field. Deacon Zacher uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gordon Hennessey singles to right field. Alejandro Gentile scores. Ron Gleich walks. Kevin Knothe fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Kevin Knothe pops out to the first baseman. Taemon Fukae walks. Harry Spangler grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Koichi Tsuji walks. Kay Mar St. Jean grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Clay Sauer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bob Eyre strikes out. Ed Steiner singles to left field. Deacon Zacher strikes out. Alejandro Gentile grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ed Steiner is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Ralph Cooper strikes out. Bill Coffman singles past the second baseman. John Soto grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Coffman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frank Maddux walks. Joe Valle strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Gordon Hennessey flies out to the center fielder. Ron Gleich grounds out to the pitcher. Kevin Knothe grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Bob Krukow walks. Koichi Tsuji lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Kay Mar St. Jean strikes out. Hiroki Harada comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Clay Sauer flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Ralph Cooper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Taemon Fukae singles past the first baseman. Katsuo Awano comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Harry Spangler grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Taemon Fukae is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Eyre walks. Ed Steiner strikes out. Deacon Zacher singles to right field. Harry Spangler scores. Bob Eyre advances to third on the hit. Alejandro Gentile grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ray Griffin enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ed Steiner at 1B. Bill Coffman singles to center field. John Soto singles to center field. Bill Coffman advances to third on the hit. John Soto steals second. Frank Maddux singles to right field. Bill Coffman scores. John Soto scores. John Coleman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Wojciechowski is pinch hitting for Joe Valle. Frank Maddux steals second. Al Wojciechowski grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Krukow strikes out. Mike Pagliaroni is pinch hitting for Katsuo Awano. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mike Pagliaroni grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Joe Pena pitching. Gordon Hennessey grounds out to the third baseman. Moose Fullerton is pinch hitting for Ron Gleich. Moose Fullerton singles to center field. Johnnie Lezcano is pinch hitting for John Coleman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Johnnie Lezcano singles to center field. Moose Fullerton is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Taemon Fukae strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Brian Danning pitching. Abe Daal enters the game as a defensive replacement for Moose Fullerton at SS. Kay Mar St. Jean walks. Clay Sauer grounds out to the second baseman. Kay Mar St. Jean advances to second on the play. Ralph Cooper lines out to the shortstop. Bill Coffman singles to center field. Kay Mar St. Jean is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners left on base: 10 Kansas City total runners left on base: 9
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pat Heman improves in arm Tommy Barrows did not respond to coaching in control John Delgado improves in power_vs_righty Lefty Adams improves in endurance
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: D Improvements: Rollie Perrine did not respond to coaching in control Frank Savidge did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Catfish Roker did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Todd Viola improves in contact_vs_righty