Win: Arnie McCrea (7-5) Loss: Blas Jones (2-11)
Save: Rod Fritz (19)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Blas Jones pitching. Joe Johnson singles to center field. Bob Neis singles to center field. Akira Matsuda doubles to center field. Joe Johnson scores. Bob Neis uses his aggressiveness and scores. Otis Janeski doubles to right field. Akira Matsuda scores. Otis Janeski steals third. Stan Morrissey pops out to the second baseman. Naoki Yokogawa flies out to the left fielder. Dinny Stanton hits a home run. Otis Janeski scores. Tsutomu Aihara grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Arnie McCrea pitching. Luis Leiter singles to left field. Zeke Scheffler grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Johnny Giallombardo lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Arnie McCrea flies out to the left fielder. Joe Johnson strikes out. Bob Neis pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Rube Bovee hits a home run. Guy Haley walks. George Pedre grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Phenomenal Hairston flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Akira Matsuda hits a home run. Frankie Besse comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Otis Janeski flies out to the center fielder. Stan Morrissey flies out to the left fielder. Naoki Yokogawa walks. Dinny Stanton flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Bud Watson singles in front of the right fielder. Frankie Besse lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Luis Leiter grounds out to the second baseman. Bud Watson advances to third on the play. Zeke Scheffler flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Tsutomu Aihara doubles to left field. Arnie McCrea lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Johnson strikes out. Bob Neis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Johnny Giallombardo grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rube Bovee grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Guy Haley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Akira Matsuda walks. Otis Janeski grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Stan Morrissey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit George Pedre grounds out to the second baseman. Phenomenal Hairston grounds out to the third baseman. Bud Watson doubles to center field. Frankie Besse grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Naoki Yokogawa pops out to the second baseman. Dinny Stanton strikes out. Tsutomu Aihara walks. George Campbell is pinch hitting for Arnie McCrea. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. George Campbell singles to center field. Joe Johnson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Yui Kawagoe pitching. Luis Leiter lines out to the shortstop. Zeke Scheffler singles to right field. Johnny Giallombardo grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Zeke Scheffler is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rube Bovee pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Bob Neis singles to center field. Mike Burleson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Akira Matsuda singles to left field. Otis Janeski pops out to the first baseman. Stan Morrissey lines out to the shortstop. Naoki Yokogawa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Guy Haley reached on a 2-base fielding error by Akira Matsuda. George Pedre grounds out to the shortstop. Phenomenal Hairston reached on a fielding error by Stan Morrissey. Bud Watson pops out to the catcher. Mike Burleson singles to left field. Guy Haley scores. Luis Leiter singles to center field. Phenomenal Hairston scores. Zeke Scheffler singles to right field. Rod Fritz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Giallombardo singles to left field. Mike Burleson scores. Luis Leiter is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Dinny Stanton strikes out. Tsutomu Aihara walks. Rod Fritz lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Rube Bovee flies out to the right fielder. Guy Haley singles to left field. George Pedre walks. Phenomenal Hairston strikes out. Bud Watson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. George Pedre is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Bob Neis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Akira Matsuda strikes out. Otis Janeski pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Bill Baker is pinch hitting for Mike Burleson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Baker grounds out to the pitcher. Luis Leiter strikes out. Zeke Scheffler flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7 Detroit total runners LOB: 6
Game Notes Rod Fritz is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Floyd Costo did not respond to coaching in speed Johnny Betts did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Al Hulen did not respond to coaching in speed Jess LeJeune improves in velocity Al Hulen improves in contact_vs_righty Johnny Betts did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Monte Jones did not respond to coaching in 3B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dave Bilko did not respond to coaching in speed Riggs Gill improves in arm Joey Fiene improves in speed Jack Bass did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jack Bass did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bugs Candini improves in power_vs_lefty