Win: Zoilo Rebel (1-0) Loss: Larry Mendoza (0-1)
Save: Duke McNulty (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Zoilo Rebel pitching. Ryoichi Misawa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tarrik Kleinke grounds out to the third baseman. Bert James strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Larry Mendoza pitching. Buck Damon grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Brown singles to left field. Charlie Stewart walks. Don Bell hits a home run. Jim Brown scores. Charlie Stewart scores. Bill Ilsley flies out to the left fielder. Jim Harrell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Joe Cedeno grounds out to the shortstop. Archie Craig grounds out to the third baseman. Bunny Roth strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Gene Lynch singles to left field. Gene Pignatano pops out to the shortstop. Zoilo Rebel lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Buck Damon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Joe DeShields doubles past the left fielder. Ike Campbell lines out to the shortstop. Larry Mendoza grounds out to the shortstop. Ryoichi Misawa walks. Tarrik Kleinke is hit by a pitch. Bert James strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Cleveland Jim Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Stewart strikes out. Don Bell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Joe Cedeno strikes out. Archie Craig flies out to the left fielder. Bunny Roth grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Bill Ilsley doubles to center field. Jim Harrell flies out to the right fielder. Gene Lynch grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Ilsley advances to third on the play. Gene Pignatano flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Joe DeShields grounds out to the second baseman. Ike Campbell strikes out. Larry Mendoza grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Zoilo Rebel grounds out to the third baseman. Buck Damon grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Brown walks. Jim Brown steals second. Charlie Stewart walks. Don Bell walks. Bill Ilsley singles to center field. Jim Brown scores. Charlie Stewart scores. Don Bell advances to third on the hit. Jim Harrell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ryoichi Misawa doubles to center field. Tarrik Kleinke singles to right field. Ryoichi Misawa scores. Bert James singles to left field. Tarrik Kleinke advances to third on the hit. Joe Cedeno walks. Archie Craig singles to center field. Tarrik Kleinke scores. Bert James is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Joe Cedeno advances to third on the play. Bunny Roth flies out to the center fielder. Joe DeShields grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Mark Rojas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gene Lynch grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Pignatano singles to left field. Zoilo Rebel lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Buck Damon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ike Campbell grounds out to the third baseman. Mark Rojas singles to center field. Ryoichi Misawa strikes out. Tarrik Kleinke grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Mark Rojas is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Jim Brown flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Stewart pops out to the second baseman. Don Bell grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Lee Welchel enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Brown at LF. Benny Snyder enters the game as a defensive replacement for Gene Lynch at 2B. Bert James grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Cedeno singles to left field. Archie Craig singles to center field. Takao Hasegawa 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. Bunny Roth walks. Joe DeShields strikes out. Ike Campbell pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Cleveland Bill Ilsley pops out to the second baseman. Jim Harrell grounds out to the shortstop. Benny Snyder walks. Benny Snyder steals second. Gene Pignatano flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Duke McNulty comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Matt Smalley is pinch hitting for Mark Rojas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Matt Smalley flies out to the center fielder. Ryoichi Misawa grounds out to the pitcher. Tarrik Kleinke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 9 Cleveland total runners left on base: 6
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rick Cooke improves in arm Carl Espinosa improves in speed Dave Reid did not respond to coaching in control Maikel Caceres did not respond to coaching in control Michael Nilsson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Alex Unser improves in power_vs_lefty Harry Jackson did not respond to coaching in CF
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Fritz Martin improves in arm Al Twombly did not respond to coaching in arm Wes McDougald did not respond to coaching in range Fritz Martin did not respond to coaching in arm Abe Johns did not respond to coaching in control Carlos Brandt did not respond to coaching in arm