Inning: 1 Cleveland Bryan Stoddard pitching. Roberto Curtis hits a home run. Paul Kern strikes out. Toots Cicero flies out to the center fielder. Dan Gearin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Hank Wilson pitching. Chuck Kaiser flies out to the center fielder. Rick Fisher grounds out to the second baseman. Jake Bradford grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Claude Lazar hits a home run. Whitey Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Stan Diering pops out to the first baseman. Butch Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Butts Girardi singles to center field. Greg Pepper flies out to the left fielder. Clarence Hernandez reached on a fielding error by Paul Kern. Eddie Bateman pops out to the second baseman. Gabe Bomback doubles to left field. Butts Girardi scores. Clarence Hernandez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bryan Stoddard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Hank Wilson walks. Roberto Curtis strikes out. Paul Kern singles to left field. Toots Cicero singles to left field. Hank Wilson scores. Dan Gearin flies out to the left fielder. Claude Lazar flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Chuck Kaiser doubles to left field. Chuck Kaiser steals third. Rick Fisher grounds out to the second baseman. Chuck Kaiser scores. Jake Bradford strikes out. Butts Girardi is hit by a pitch. Greg Pepper lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Whitey Smith doubles to right field. Stan Diering flies out to the center fielder. Butch Reynolds flies out to the center fielder. Hank Wilson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Clarence Hernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Eddie Bateman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Gabe Bomback flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Roberto Curtis flies out to the left fielder. Paul Kern flies out to the right fielder. Joe Choate comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Toots Cicero grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Joe Choate strikes out. Chuck Kaiser grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rick Fisher flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Dan Gearin flies out to the center fielder. Claude Lazar flies out to the center fielder. Whitey Smith singles to left field. Stan Diering grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Whitey Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jake Bradford walks. Butts Girardi pops out to the second baseman. Greg Pepper singles to right field. Jake Bradford advances to third on the hit. Greg Pepper is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Clarence Hernandez lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Butch Reynolds grounds out to the third baseman. Hank Wilson is hit by a pitch. Roberto Curtis singles to left field. Hank Wilson advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Roberto Curtis is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Paul Kern grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Eddie Bateman singles to center field. Gabe Bomback flies out to the center fielder. Joe Just is pinch hitting for Joe Choate. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Eddie Bateman steals second. Joe Just grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Bateman advances to third on the play. Chuck Kaiser walks. Rick Fisher walks. Jake Bradford flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Cleveland Chief Linton pitching. Toots Cicero grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Gearin flies out to the center fielder. Claude Lazar strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Butts Girardi walks. Greg Pepper flies out to the right fielder. Butts Girardi steals second. Bob Sewell 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. Clarence Hernandez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Butts Girardi advances to third on the play. Eddie Bateman doubles to right field. Butts Girardi scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Gabe Bomback singles to center field. Eddie Bateman scores. Chief Linton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Ezra Birmingham enters the game as a defensive replacement for Gabe Bomback at 2B. Whitey Smith strikes out. Stan Diering strikes out. Butch Reynolds grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners left on base: 5 Minnesota total runners left on base: 7
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Roland Kustus improves in power_vs_righty Balor Donohue improves in power_vs_righty Roland Kustus did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Sam Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in range Bunny Lynch did not respond to coaching in LF
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Freddy Dunkle did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jose Ford improves in contact_vs_righty Hank Penn improves in contact_vs_lefty Cliff Mullin did not respond to coaching in velocity Brad Didier did not respond to coaching in C