Win: Wally Geishert (13-6) Loss: Dave Rodriguez (14-11)
Save: Tony Jensen (25)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Wally Geishert pitching. Alejandro Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Coluccio strikes out. Jeff Matos walks. Jack Tomney flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Dave Rodriguez pitching. Joe Johnson strikes out. Bob Neis pops out to the second baseman. Otis Janeski flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Gene Graham strikes out. Joe Slagle strikes out. Emmett Peden walks. Phil Hancock flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Naoki Yokogawa strikes out. Tsutomu Aihara singles to center field. Dinny Stanton doubles to left field. Tsutomu Aihara uses his aggressiveness and scores. Akira Matsuda singles to center field. Dinny Stanton scores. Stan Morrissey flies out to the left fielder. Wally Geishert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Dave Rodriguez singles to center field. Alejandro Smith singles to left field. Alex Coluccio grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Rodriguez advances to third on the play. Alejandro Smith advances to second on the play. Passed ball. Dave Rodriguez scores. Alejandro Smith advances to third. Jeff Matos grounds out to the catcher. Jack Tomney grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Joe Johnson singles to left field. Bob Neis hits a home run. Joe Johnson scores. March Velez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Otis Janeski grounds out to the second baseman. Naoki Yokogawa hits an infield single to the pitcher. Tsutomu Aihara flies out to the left fielder. Dinny Stanton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Gene Graham strikes out. Joe Slagle singles to right field. Emmett Peden strikes out. Passed ball. Joe Slagle advances to second. Phil Hancock strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Akira Matsuda strikes out. Stan Morrissey flies out to the center fielder. Wally Geishert grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City March Velez grounds out to the shortstop. Alejandro Smith flies out to the center fielder. Alex Coluccio flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Joe Johnson hits a home run. Bob Neis strikes out. Otis Janeski grounds out to the second baseman. Naoki Yokogawa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jeff Matos grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Tomney strikes out. Gene Graham flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Tsutomu Aihara grounds out to the third baseman. Dinny Stanton hits a home run. Bob DeVoy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Akira Matsuda flies out to the left fielder. Stan Morrissey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Joe Slagle singles to left field. Emmett Peden singles to left field. Tony Jensen 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. Phil Hancock grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Joe Slagle advances to third on the play. Russ McCarthy is pinch hitting for Bob DeVoy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Russ McCarthy grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Rafael Jones pitching. Tony Jensen flies out to the left fielder. Joe Johnson strikes out. Bob Neis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Alejandro Smith singles to left field. Alex Coluccio strikes out. Jeff Matos grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Otis Janeski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Naoki Yokogawa grounds out to the second baseman. Tsutomu Aihara hits a home run. Dinny Stanton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jack Tomney flies out to the center fielder. Gene Graham singles to center field. Joe Slagle walks. Emmett Peden pops out to the first baseman. Phil Hancock grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Joe Slagle is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 Cleveland total runners left on base: 2
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Leverette did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Raleigh Dunlap improves in control Joe Gray did not respond to coaching in control Koji Noguchi did not respond to coaching in velocity Butch Cox did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Melter did not respond to coaching in endurance
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Hetki did not respond to coaching in control Jim DiSarcina did not respond to coaching in range Mark McQueen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Carlos Ellis did not respond to coaching in control Pete May did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim DiSarcina did not respond to coaching in range Catfish Pierson did not respond to coaching in 3B