Inning: 1 Kansas City Ken Nomo pitching. Chet Manto strikes out. Tony Dixon walks. Dick Kilhullen grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Dixon advances to second on the play. Charley Lum pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland John Burnitz pitching. Jose Cardinal Jr. doubles to left field. Sam Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Mathews singles to left field. Dean Bush strikes out. Gus Jennings flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mickey Triandos walks. Bob Selkirk pops out to the shortstop. Happy McNamara strikes out. Phil Ferrer singles to center field. John Burnitz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Tony Scioscia strikes out. Ben Smith strikes out. Shigeru Uchi singles to center field. Ken Nomo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Chet Manto pops out to the third baseman. Tony Dixon strikes out. Dick Kilhullen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Jose Cardinal Jr. singles to center field. Sam Smith doubles to left field. Eddie Mathews flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jose Cardinal Jr. is thrown out at the plate. Dean Bush singles to right field. Gus Jennings hits a home run. Sam Smith scores. Dean Bush scores. Tony Scioscia flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Charley Lum grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mickey Triandos singles to center field. Bob Selkirk grounds out to the third baseman. Mickey Triandos advances to second on the play. Happy McNamara grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Ben Smith hits an infield single to the pitcher. Shigeru Uchi flies out to the center fielder. Ben Smith steals second. Ken Nomo strikes out. Jose Cardinal Jr. flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Phil Ferrer strikes out. John Burnitz grounds out to the pitcher. Chet Manto flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Sam Smith pops out to the first baseman. Eddie Mathews strikes out. Dean Bush grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Tony Dixon hits a home run. Dick Kilhullen grounds out to the shortstop. Charley Lum grounds out to the second baseman. Mickey Triandos grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Gus Jennings grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Scioscia flies out to the right fielder. Ben Smith pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bob Selkirk reached on a 2-base throwing error by Eddie Mathews. Happy McNamara walks. Phil Ferrer doubles to right field. Bob Selkirk scores. Happy McNamara uses his aggressiveness and scores. Russ Hill is pinch hitting for John Burnitz. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Russ Hill flies out to the center fielder. Chet Manto doubles to left field. Phil Ferrer scores. Tony Dixon doubles to left field. Chet Manto scores. Dick Kilhullen pops out to the first baseman. Charley Lum singles to left field. Tony Dixon scores. Mickey Triandos singles past the third baseman. Bob Selkirk grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mickey Triandos is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Dax Ramsey pitching. Shigeru Uchi singles to center field. Ken Nomo fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ken Nomo grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Jose Cardinal Jr. walks. Sam Smith singles to right field. Jose Cardinal Jr. advances to third on the hit. Eddie Mathews walks. Dean Bush grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City Happy McNamara flies out to the center fielder. Phil Ferrer singles to right field. Butch Shaner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jim Hartley is pinch hitting for Dax Ramsey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Jim Hartley singles to center field. Phil Ferrer advances to third on the hit. Chet Manto walks. Bill Rowe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Dixon singles to center field. Phil Ferrer scores. Dick Kilhullen grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Jeff Macwhorter pitching. Gus Jennings singles to center field. Tony Scioscia flies out to the center fielder. Ben Smith singles to center field. Shigeru Uchi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Gus Jennings advances to third on the play. Ben Smith advances to second on the play. James George is pinch hitting for Bill Rowe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. James George pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Al Frierson pitching. Charley Lum walks. Mickey Triandos grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Charley Lum is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Selkirk walks. Eddie Ripken comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Happy McNamara singles to left field. Mickey Triandos scores. Phil Ferrer flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Macwhorter walks. Ace Throneberry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chet Manto grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Cleveland Jose Cardinal Jr. strikes out. Sam Smith strikes out. Eddie Mathews strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 11 Cleveland total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Jose Cardinal Jr. (7), Sam Smith (11).HR - Gus Jennings (18).GIDP - Ken Nomo. Baserunning: SB - Ben Smith (12). Fielding: E - Eddie Mathews.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Quinones improves in arm A.J. Walls did not respond to coaching in arm A.J. Walls did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Billy Hoyt improves in contact_vs_righty Lynn Augustine did not respond to coaching in 2B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Sandy Koufax did not respond to coaching in control Corky Noren did not respond to coaching in endurance Ben Onslow improves in range Jack Ozmer improves in power_vs_lefty