Win: Marty Valdez (1-0) Loss: Jim Dauss (0-1)
Save: Taffy Stone (8)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Monte Serena pitching. Bob Hundley hits a home run. Scoops Dailey flies out to the center fielder. Arnold Daniels singles to right field. Matt Sisk strikes out. Red Batchelder grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Arnold Daniels is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Charlie Lamanno pitching. Roberto Curtis strikes out. Arthur Gibson hits a home run. Arlie Stigman singles to right field. Dan Gearin strikes out. Ray Aikens grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Arlie Stigman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Hector Rogers hits an infield single to the pitcher. Dallas Krieger strikes out. Klondike MacDonald singles to left field. Charlie Lamanno lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Hundley grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Stan Diering walks. Bobby Lemon grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Stan Diering is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Geno Farr triples. Bobby Lemon scores. Monte Serena grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roberto Curtis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Scoops Dailey walks. Arnold Daniels strikes out. Matt Sisk walks. Red Batchelder strikes out. Hector Rogers walks. Dallas Krieger grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Cleveland Arthur Gibson walks. Arlie Stigman strikes out. Dan Gearin flies out to the left fielder. Ray Aikens flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Klondike MacDonald hits a home run. Charlie Lamanno strikes out. Bob Hundley strikes out. Scoops Dailey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Stan Diering grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Lemon grounds out to the shortstop. Geno Farr pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Arnold Daniels singles to right field. Matt Sisk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Arnold Daniels advances to second on the play. Red Batchelder strikes out. Hector Rogers grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Monte Serena strikes out. Roberto Curtis strikes out. Arthur Gibson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Dallas Krieger flies out to the right fielder. Klondike MacDonald grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Lamanno flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Arlie Stigman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dan Gearin flies out to the left fielder. Ray Aikens singles to center field. Stan Diering grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ray Aikens is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bob Hundley pops out to the second baseman. Scoops Dailey flies out to the center fielder. Arnold Daniels singles to right field. Matt Sisk grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Bobby Lemon flies out to the left fielder. Geno Farr flies out to the right fielder. Monte Serena strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Red Batchelder singles to right field. Hector Rogers grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Dallas Krieger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Roberto Curtis flies out to the left fielder. Arthur Gibson strikes out. Arlie Stigman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Klondike MacDonald walks. Charlie Lamanno lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Dauss 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. Bob Hundley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Klondike MacDonald advances to third on the play. Scoops Dailey walks. Arnold Daniels flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Dan Gearin strikes out. Ray Aikens triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Marty Valdez 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. Stan Diering grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Lemon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Kansas City Matt Sisk singles past the second baseman. Red Batchelder strikes out. Hector Rogers walks. Dallas Krieger strikes out. Klondike MacDonald walks. Bob Sewell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Wells is pinch hitting for Marty Valdez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Passed ball. Matt Sisk scores. Hector Rogers advances to third. Klondike MacDonald advances to second. Al Wells grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Cleveland Taffy Stone pitching. Jose Phelps is pinch hitting for Geno Farr. Jose Phelps walks. Bill Bell is pinch hitting for Bob Sewell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Bell pops out to the second baseman. Roberto Curtis pops out to the first baseman. Arthur Gibson singles to left field. Arlie Stigman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners LOB: 12 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Skeeter Johnson improves in power_vs_lefty Tommy Callahan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Herschel Hutchings did not respond to coaching in control Hiroyuki Otsu did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tommy Callahan did not respond to coaching in 3B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Hersh Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Claude Lazar did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Toots Cicero did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Roy Rubeling improves in speed Bunny Lynch did not respond to coaching in LF