Win: Rod Fritz (7-5) Loss: Kevin Wallace (5-4)
Save: Dutch Dooley (17)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Mark Hunter pitching. Doc Day reached on a fielding error by Mickey Abreu. Joe Johnson singles to left field. Tsutomu Aihara walks. Akira Matsuda grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Doc Day scores. Joe Johnson advances to third on the play. Bob Lipski strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Kazuo Shinada pitching. John Brown singles to left field. John Brown steals second. Benny Black doubles to center field. John Brown scores. Fred Thompson flies out to the left fielder. Jimmy Malloy hits a home run. Benny Black scores. Mort Medwick flies out to the right fielder. Steve Kopf grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Jake Grimes strikes out. Chip Glenn singles to right field. Frank Fauver strikes out. Kazuo Shinada flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Mickey Abreu flies out to the center fielder. John Meine grounds out to the second baseman. Mark Hunter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Doc Day walks. Joe Johnson walks. Tsutomu Aihara singles to center field. Doc Day is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Joe Johnson advances to third on the play. Akira Matsuda hits a home run. Joe Johnson scores. Tsutomu Aihara scores. Bob Lipski hits a home run. Jake Grimes singles to right field. Chip Glenn strikes out. Frank Fauver walks. Kazuo Shinada walks. Doc Day walks. Jake Grimes scores. Joe Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Boston John Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Benny Black singles to center field. Fred Thompson singles to center field. Jimmy Malloy flies out to the center fielder. Mort Medwick triples. Benny Black scores. Fred Thompson scores. Fred Lacey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Kopf walks. Mickey Abreu singles to right field. Mort Medwick scores. John Meine doubles to right field. Steve Kopf scores. Mickey Abreu uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ron McKnight comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Hunter flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Tsutomu Aihara grounds out to the shortstop. Akira Matsuda singles to center field. Harl Crawford comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Lipski grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Akira Matsuda is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jake Grimes doubles to right field. Chip Glenn singles to left field. Bob Lipski scores. Frank Fauver strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston John Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Benny Black strikes out. Fred Thompson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ron McKnight grounds out to the shortstop. Doc Day singles to center field. Joe Johnson strikes out. Tsutomu Aihara walks. Akira Matsuda flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Jimmy Malloy pops out to the third baseman. Mort Medwick singles to left field. Steve Kopf doubles to center field. Mort Medwick uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rod Fritz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mickey Abreu strikes out. John Meine pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bob Lipski grounds out to the third baseman. Jake Grimes grounds out to the pitcher. Chip Glenn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Harl Crawford flies out to the center fielder. John Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Benny Black grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Frank Fauver flies out to the right fielder. Rod Fritz grounds out to the shortstop. Doc Day lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Fred Thompson singles to right field. Jimmy Malloy flies out to the left fielder. Mort Medwick strikes out. Steve Kopf strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Joe Johnson strikes out. Tsutomu Aihara walks. Akira Matsuda walks. Kevin Wallace comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Bob Lipski flies out to the right fielder. Jake Grimes doubles to center field. Tsutomu Aihara scores. Chip Glenn hits a home run. Akira Matsuda scores. Jake Grimes scores. Joe Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Fauver strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Mickey Abreu strikes out. John Meine flies out to the right fielder. Aurelio Griffith is pinch hitting for Joe Taylor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Aurelio Griffith singles to center field. John Brown singles to left field. Aurelio Griffith advances to third on the hit. Benny Black strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Kris Giles pitching. Dick Egan is pinch hitting for Rod Fritz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dick Egan singles to left field. Doc Day flies out to the center fielder. Joe Johnson doubles to right field. Dick Egan uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tsutomu Aihara grounds out to the shortstop. Akira Matsuda grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Dutch Dooley pitching. Fred Thompson strikes out. Jimmy Malloy strikes out. Mort Medwick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 10 Boston total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Benny Black (21), Steve Kopf (9), John Meine (13).3B - Mort Medwick (3).HR - Jimmy Malloy (20). Baserunning: SB - John Brown (13). Fielding: E - Mickey Abreu.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bob Neis improves in arm Stan Morrissey improves in power_vs_righty Bob Virgil did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Virgil did not respond to coaching in velocity Dinny Stanton did not respond to coaching in arm Bobby Horsman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dinny Stanton did not respond to coaching in 1B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Richie Cooper did not respond to coaching in velocity Dick Crider did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Boots Ontiveros did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty John Shirey did not respond to coaching in control Adrian Blank improves in range Don Groom did not respond to coaching in range