Win: Gus Samford (8-10) Loss: Wayne Franklin (8-18)
Save: Phil Howard (9)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Gus Samford pitching. Trenidad Choate grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! John Wiltse grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Matarazzo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Wayne Franklin pitching. Edilse Vazquez hits a home run. Brian Burkett flies out to the right fielder. Shane Judnich grounds out to the pitcher. Art Knicely flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Hutch Harts strikes out. Ed Cooke strikes out. Ryan Jones singles to center field. Harry Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mike Rigby strikes out. Hoyt Hoblitzel grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Breton singles to right field. Frank Servais flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Tubby Moore grounds out to the third baseman. Wayne Franklin strikes out. Trenidad Choate walks. John Wiltse walks. Dick Matarazzo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Gus Samford strikes out. Edilse Vazquez flies out to the left fielder. Brian Burkett doubles past the first baseman. Shane Judnich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Hutch Harts grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Cooke flies out to the center fielder. Ryan Jones grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Art Knicely walks. Mike Rigby flies out to the right fielder. Hoyt Hoblitzel pops out to the first baseman. Tom Breton singles to right field. Art Knicely advances to third on the hit. Frank Servais hits a home run. Art Knicely scores. Tom Breton scores. Gus Samford flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Harry Jackson singles to center field. Tubby Moore singles to center field. Wayne Franklin lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Trenidad Choate reached on a 2-base throwing error by Edilse Vazquez. Harry Jackson scores. Tubby Moore scores. John Wiltse strikes out. Passed ball. Trenidad Choate advances to third. Dick Matarazzo singles to right field. Trenidad Choate scores. Hutch Harts singles to center field. Dick Matarazzo advances to third on the hit. Ed Cooke flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Edilse Vazquez walks. Brian Burkett grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Shane Judnich singles to center field. Art Knicely grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Ryan Jones flies out to the left fielder. Harry Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Tubby Moore doubles to center field. Hal Campbell is pinch hitting for Wayne Franklin. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Hal Campbell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Steve Gonzalez pitching. Mike Rigby walks. Hoyt Hoblitzel walks. Tom Breton grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mike Rigby is out at third base. Frank Servais strikes out. Gus Samford singles to center field. Hoyt Hoblitzel scores. Tom Breton advances to third on the hit. Homer McClendon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Edilse Vazquez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Trenidad Choate grounds out to the second baseman. John Wiltse singles to right field. Dick Matarazzo grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Brian Burkett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shane Judnich lines out to the second baseman. Art Knicely doubles to left field. Mike Rigby pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Hutch Harts flies out to the right fielder. Ed Cooke singles to right field. Phil Howard 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. Ryan Jones grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Hoyt Hoblitzel grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Breton grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Servais walks. Phil Howard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Paul Egan is pinch hitting for Harry Jackson. Paul Egan hits a home run. Tubby Moore grounds out to the shortstop. Ryan Tettleton is pinch hitting for Homer McClendon. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ryan Tettleton grounds out to the third baseman. Trenidad Choate flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Brian Burkett (16), Art Knicely (35).HR - Edilse Vazquez (19), Frank Servais (14).GIDP - Brian Burkett. Fielding: E - Edilse Vazquez.PB - Frank Servais.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jeff Benton did not respond to coaching in velocity Phil Forsch improves in contact_vs_righty Luis Deitrick did not respond to coaching in control Johnny Singleton improves in contact_vs_lefty Phil Forsch did not respond to coaching in arm Francis Green did not respond to coaching in velocity John Bullett did not respond to coaching in SS
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Hiroshi Kubota did not respond to coaching in range Jerry Bosch improves in range Henry Smith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Johnny Matthews improves in range Randy Bogle improves in power_vs_righty Al Thomas did not respond to coaching in control Randy Bogle did not respond to coaching in C