Win: Bobby Casanova (7-1) Loss: Ron McKnight (5-4)
Save: Russ Seminara (21)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Roy Willhite pitching. Doc Day grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Johnson hits a home run. Tsutomu Aihara flies out to the center fielder. Akira Matsuda pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Doc Anderson pitching. Kevin Brown walks. George Hughes strikes out. Charlie Willis flies out to the left fielder. Gene Graham singles to left field. Kevin Brown advances to third on the hit. Alex Coluccio lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Otis Janeski strikes out. Chip Glenn strikes out. Frank Fauver walks. Jose Bell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rusty Hemingway pops out to the third baseman. Jim Littlejohn grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Matos strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Doc Anderson strikes out. Doc Day strikes out. Joe Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Roy Willhite grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Brown grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! George Hughes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Tsutomu Aihara grounds out to the shortstop. Akira Matsuda grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Otis Janeski flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Charlie Willis grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Graham strikes out. Alex Coluccio flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Chip Glenn strikes out. Frank Fauver doubles past the center fielder. Jose Bell singles to left field. Frank Fauver scores. Doc Anderson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Doc Day grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Rusty Hemingway strikes out. Jim Littlejohn grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Matos grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Joe Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Tsutomu Aihara strikes out. Akira Matsuda flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Roy Willhite pops out to the second baseman. Kevin Brown singles to right field. George Hughes hits a home run. Kevin Brown scores. Charlie Willis flies out to the right fielder. Gene Graham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Otis Janeski flies out to the left fielder. Chip Glenn grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Fauver singles to right field. Frank Fauver steals second. Jose Bell walks. Dick Egan is pinch hitting for Doc Anderson. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Dick Egan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ron McKnight pitching. Alex Coluccio grounds out to the pitcher. Rusty Hemingway reached on a 2-base fielding error by Otis Janeski. Jim Littlejohn strikes out. Jeff Matos lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Doc Day singles to right field. Bobby Casanova 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. Joe Johnson strikes out. Tsutomu Aihara flies out to the center fielder. Akira Matsuda flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Hod Schemer is pinch hitting for Bobby Casanova. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hod Schemer singles to center field. Kevin Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Hod Schemer advances to second on the play. George Hughes singles past the second baseman. Hod Schemer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dutch Dooley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Willis grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Russ Seminara pitching. Otis Janeski strikes out. Chip Glenn pops out to the first baseman. Frank Fauver singles to left field. Jose Bell singles to left field. Frank Fauver advances to third on the hit. Andy Tabb is pinch hitting for Dutch Dooley. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ron Thompson is pinch running for Jose Bell on 1st base. Andy Tabb strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Cleveland total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 3
Game Notes Ron McKnight is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Catfish Pierson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Catfish Pierson improves in speed John Stripp did not respond to coaching in control Stan Morrissey improves in arm Tony Jensen did not respond to coaching in control Bob Roseman improves in power_vs_lefty Bob Neis did not respond to coaching in RF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Gray improves in control Bill Carney did not respond to coaching in velocity Sean Hanning did not respond to coaching in control Dave Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in control Dave Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in control