Win: Bruce Bush (1-0) Loss: Roy Sisk (0-1)
Save: Red Spalding (2)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Ted Crane pitching. Frank Polivka grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Kinslow triples. George Kilduff flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Kinslow scores. Gerald Magnuson walks. Bob Smith grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Gerald Magnuson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Roy Sisk pitching. Bill Rosario singles to center field. Masanori Ozaki strikes out. Bill Rosario is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). William Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Reggie Flannery singles to right field. Aaron Robinson strikes out. Moonlight Blyzka grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Reggie Flannery is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Roy Sisk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Vito McCormack singles to center field. Art Ash grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Kenny Anderson singles to center field. Jackie Jacobs doubles to right field. Kenny Anderson is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Frank Polivka walks. Joe Kinslow grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Polivka advances to second on the play. George Kilduff hits a home run. Frank Polivka scores. Gerald Magnuson singles to right field. Bob Smith flies out to the left fielder. Reggie Flannery grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gerald Magnuson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Kenny Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Ted Crane grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Rosario pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Aaron Robinson flies out to the right fielder. Moonlight Blyzka grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Sisk flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Masanori Ozaki singles to right field. William Miller strikes out. Vito McCormack strikes out. Art Ash singles to right field. Masanori Ozaki advances to third on the hit. Art Ash steals second. Kenny Anderson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bruce Bush comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Frank Polivka grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Kinslow flies out to the left fielder. George Kilduff singles to right field. Gerald Magnuson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Jackie Jacobs singles to center field. Jackie Jacobs steals second. Jackie Jacobs steals third. Kenny Smith grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jackie Jacobs scores. Bruce Bush strikes out. Bill Rosario flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bob Smith strikes out. Reggie Flannery flies out to the center fielder. Aaron Robinson walks. Topper Carney is pinch hitting for Moonlight Blyzka. Topper Carney walks. Roy Sisk flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Larry Knoblauch enters the game as a defensive replacement for Topper Carney at C. Masanori Ozaki doubles to left field. William Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Masanori Ozaki advances to third on the play. Vito McCormack strikes out. Art Ash hits a home run. Masanori Ozaki scores. Kenny Anderson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Frank Polivka singles to right field. Joe Kinslow flies out to the right fielder. George Kilduff strikes out. Gerald Magnuson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Jackie Jacobs singles to left field. Kenny Smith flies out to the right fielder. Wattie Mele is pinch hitting for Bruce Bush. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Wattie Mele grounds out to the third baseman. Jackie Jacobs advances to second on the play. Bill Rosario hits a home run. Jackie Jacobs scores. Burt Clinton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Masanori Ozaki grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Juan Wade pitching. Katsuya Kawabata enters the game as a defensive replacement for Masanori Ozaki at LF. Bob Smith flies out to the center fielder. Reggie Flannery walks. Aaron Robinson doubles to left field. Larry Knoblauch grounds out to the shortstop. Reggie Flannery scores. Aaron Robinson advances to third on the play. Red Spalding comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dave Sheridan is pinch hitting for Burt Clinton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dave Sheridan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Herb Meulens pitching. William Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Vito McCormack singles to center field. Art Ash doubles to right field. Vito McCormack is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Kenny Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Frank Polivka strikes out. Joe Kinslow flies out to the right fielder. George Kilduff grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8 Cleveland total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes George Kilduff is injured and is expected to be out 22 days. William Miller is injured and is expected to be out 12 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Harry Fuller did not respond to coaching in control Paul Felderman did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Felderman improves in velocity Rickey McCloskey improves in contact_vs_righty Paul Felderman did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Fuller did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Jonnard did not respond to coaching in 2B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Moore did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Henninger did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jim Bedford improves in arm Bob Ligtenberg did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Chick Krieger did not respond to coaching in control Al Stanicek improves in arm Bill Henninger did not respond to coaching in C