Win: Yui Kawagoe (1-0) Loss: Glenn Lytle (0-1)
Save: Rod Fritz (1)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Glenn Lytle pitching. Joe Johnson lines out to the third baseman. Bob Neis flies out to the left fielder. Akira Matsuda walks. Otis Janeski flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Wally Geishert pitching. Ed Haney bunts for a base hit. Brothers McMullen walks. Jeff Matos singles to right field. Ed Haney scores. Alex Coluccio walks. Alejandro Smith strikes out. Jack Tomney flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Brothers McMullen is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Stan Morrissey singles to left field. Naoki Yokogawa strikes out. Dinny Stanton grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Joe Slagle pops out to the first baseman. Gene Graham flies out to the center fielder. Glenn Lytle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Tsutomu Aihara singles to center field. Wally Geishert 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 singles to left field. Bob Neis grounds out to the third baseman. Tsutomu Aihara scores. Joe Johnson advances to second on the play. Akira Matsuda pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ed Haney flies out to the center fielder. Brothers McMullen walks. Jeff Matos singles to left field. Alex Coluccio strikes out. Alejandro Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Otis Janeski walks. Stan Morrissey walks. Naoki Yokogawa lines out to the shortstop. Dinny Stanton strikes out. Tsutomu Aihara strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jack Tomney walks. Jack Tomney steals second. Joe Slagle pops out to the second baseman. Gene Graham singles to center field. Jack Tomney is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Glenn Lytle grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Wally Geishert grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Neis singles to right field. Bob Neis steals second. Akira Matsuda grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ed Haney strikes out. Brothers McMullen pops out to the catcher. Jeff Matos singles to left field. Alex Coluccio flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Otis Janeski strikes out. Stan Morrissey singles to center field. Naoki Yokogawa grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Alejandro Smith strikes out. Jack Tomney singles to left field. Joe Slagle singles to center field. Yui Kawagoe 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. Gene Graham grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Dinny Stanton grounds out to the pitcher. Tsutomu Aihara strikes out. Yui Kawagoe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Glenn Lytle strikes out. Ed Haney grounds out to the third baseman. Brothers McMullen singles to center field. Jeff Matos grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Brothers McMullen is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Joe Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Neis reached on a 2-base fielding error by Alejandro Smith. Akira Matsuda singles to center field. Bob Neis scores. Otis Janeski strikes out. Stan Morrissey grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Alex Coluccio strikes out. Alejandro Smith strikes out. Jack Tomney grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Naoki Yokogawa singles to center field. Sean Hanning 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 1st. Dinny Stanton strikes out. Tsutomu Aihara pops out to the catcher. George Campbell is pinch hitting for Yui Kawagoe. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. George Campbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Rod Fritz pitching. Joe Slagle flies out to the center fielder. Gene Graham lines out to the first baseman. Ken Magee is pinch hitting for Sean Hanning. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ken Magee grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Biff Jones did not respond to coaching in control Biff Jones did not respond to coaching in control Al Hulen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Asley Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in arm Mark McQueen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Floyd Costo improves in arm Monte Jones did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Bergamo did not respond to coaching in velocity Craig Kinder improves in velocity Lee Daniels did not respond to coaching in velocity Koji Noguchi did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Carney did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Carrasquel improves in control