Win: Irakly Luis_Medina (12-18) Loss: Barry Taylor (12-14)
Save: Bobby Thompson (4)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Barry Taylor pitching. Bob Hairston singles to right field. Val Curry grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Hairston is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Buster Waner grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Val Curry advances to second on the play. Tacks Morhardt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Irakly Luis_Medina pitching. Rollie Colbrunn strikes out. Phil Buschhorn grounds out to the shortstop. U.L. Clark lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Sam Floyd doubles to right field. Shoshichi Satomi grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Floyd advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the corners in. Red Johnson walks. Ramiro Gelnar singles to center field. Sam Floyd scores. Red Johnson advances to third on the hit. Irakly Luis_Medina flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Red Johnson scores. Bob Hairston singles to right field. Val Curry strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Howard Gardella grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Tirado singles to right field. Larry Zuber grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Tirado advances to second on the play. Joe Duran walks. Steve Lawrick grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Buster Waner singles to left field. Buster Waner steals second. Tacks Morhardt flies out to the right fielder. Sam Floyd grounds out to the second baseman. Buster Waner advances to third on the play. Shoshichi Satomi doubles to left field. Buster Waner scores. Red Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Barry Taylor strikes out. Rollie Colbrunn walks. Rollie Colbrunn steals second. Tacks Morhardt throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Phil Buschhorn doubles to right field. Rollie Colbrunn scores. U.L. Clark pops out to the third baseman. Howard Gardella walks. Tony Tirado hits an infield single to the catcher. Larry Zuber strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Cleveland Ramiro Gelnar grounds out to the second baseman. Irakly Luis_Medina strikes out. Bob Hairston walks. Val Curry grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Joe Duran strikes out. Steve Lawrick strikes out. Barry Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Buster Waner grounds out to the second baseman. Tacks Morhardt walks. Sam Floyd singles to left field. Shoshichi Satomi lines out to the second baseman. Red Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Rollie Colbrunn singles to center field. Phil Buschhorn doubles to right field. Rollie Colbrunn is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. U.L. Clark lines out to the third baseman. Howard Gardella flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bill Coles comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ramiro Gelnar walks. Irakly Luis_Medina lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Hairston grounds out to the second baseman. Ramiro Gelnar advances to third on the play. Val Curry singles to right field. Ramiro Gelnar scores. Buster Waner walks. Tacks Morhardt singles to center field. Val Curry scores. Buster Waner advances to third on the hit. George LaChance comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sam Floyd walks. Shoshichi Satomi pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tony Tirado singles to right field. Larry Zuber hits a home run. Tony Tirado scores. Joe Duran grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Lawrick singles to left field. Roy Maxie is pinch hitting for George LaChance. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Roy Maxie pops out to the second baseman. Steve Lawrick steals second. Rollie Colbrunn lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Jerry Kopacz pitching. Red Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Al Stinson is pinch hitting for Ramiro Gelnar. Al Stinson strikes out. Ed Taber is pinch hitting for Irakly Luis_Medina. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ed Taber strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Yoshihisa Nishizawa pitching. Phil Buschhorn grounds out to the second baseman. U.L. Clark strikes out. Howard Gardella hits a home run. Tony Tirado singles to center field. Larry Zuber pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Bob Hairston triples. Val Curry flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Bob Hairston is thrown out at the plate. Buster Waner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Milt Ventura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Duran strikes out. Steve Lawrick flies out to the right fielder. Les Ayala is pinch hitting for Jerry Kopacz. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Les Ayala strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Hack Roberts pitching. Tacks Morhardt pops out to the third baseman. Sam Floyd grounds out to the pitcher. Shoshichi Satomi singles to right field. Red Johnson flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Rollie Colbrunn grounds out to the shortstop. Phil Buschhorn flies out to the center fielder. U.L. Clark walks. Bobby Thompson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Howard Gardella flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners LOB: 11 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Conovar did not respond to coaching in velocity Clint Allen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Alex Bowie did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Garrison improves in contact_vs_righty Oscar Sevcik did not respond to coaching in 1B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Don Blott improves in arm Bret Maloney did not respond to coaching in velocity Hyon Yi did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Priest improves in control Don Blott did not respond to coaching in 3B