Inning: 1 Cleveland Duff Wessinger pitching. Edifus Fitzgerald strikes out. Sam McAndrew grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Hammer hits a home run. Kaiser Myers doubles to center field. Kevin Melillo flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Stan Arnold pitching. Andres Haworth strikes out. Yasuji Takada strikes out. Ed Billings strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Gil Murff flies out to the left fielder. Ed Berran grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Russ Davis singles to left field. Russ Davis is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Babe Stephenson singles past the shortstop. Babe Stephenson gets picked off first. Roy Ostrowski strikes out. Roy Handley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Stan Arnold pops out to the first baseman. Edifus Fitzgerald strikes out. Sam McAndrew strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Phenomenal Taylor grounds out to the third baseman. Paul Reardon flies out to the right fielder. Duff Wessinger singles to left field. Andres Haworth pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Jack Hammer lines out to the pitcher. Kaiser Myers flies out to the right fielder. Kevin Melillo singles to right field. Kevin Melillo steals second. Gil Murff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Yasuji Takada walks. Ed Billings strikes out. Babe Stephenson singles to right field. Roy Ostrowski strikes out. Roy Handley grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ed Berran strikes out. Russ Davis flies out to the center fielder. Stan Arnold flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Phenomenal Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Reardon walks. Duff Wessinger fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Duff Wessinger grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Edifus Fitzgerald walks. Edifus Fitzgerald is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Sam McAndrew grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Hammer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Andres Haworth grounds out to the shortstop. Yasuji Takada grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Ed Billings bunts for a base hit. Babe Stephenson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ed Billings is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Kaiser Myers grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Melillo grounds out to the pitcher. Gil Murff singles to right field. Gil Murff is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Roy Ostrowski flies out to the center fielder. Roy Handley walks. Phenomenal Taylor grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Roy Handley is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Paul Reardon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ed Berran hits a home run. Russ Davis singles to right field. Stan Arnold lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Russ Davis forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Edifus Fitzgerald flies out to the right fielder. Sam McAndrew strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Duff Wessinger strikes out. Dick May comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Andres Haworth triples. Yasuji Takada flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Andres Haworth is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Jack Hammer walks. Kaiser Myers walks. Tom Musgraves 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. Kevin Melillo singles to center field. Jack Hammer scores. Gil Murff strikes out. Ed Berran lines out to the third baseman. Russ Davis singles to left field. Kaiser Myers scores. Brian Hinrichs is pinch hitting for Dick May. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Brian Hinrichs pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Scott Bailey pitching. Ed Billings flies out to the left fielder. Babe Stephenson singles to center field. Roy Ostrowski grounds into a 3-6-3 double play - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 5 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Kaiser Myers (5).HR - Jack Hammer (8), Ed Berran (10). Baserunning: SB - Kevin Melillo (10).CS - Edifus Fitzgerald (8), Gil Murff (3), Russ Davis (6).
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dick Sulik did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rheal Baird improves in range Stan Williams did not respond to coaching in speed Bobby Glazner improves in power_vs_righty George Harley did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mule Smith improves in range Ben Biancalana did not respond to coaching in speed Dennis Schmidt improves in arm James Castillo did not respond to coaching in control