Win: Tony Jensen (8-5) Loss: Glenn Lytle (4-7)
Save: Rod Fritz (15)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Mike McNamara pitching. Joe Johnson walks. Joe Johnson is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bob Neis strikes out. Otis Janeski hits a home run. Naoki Yokogawa lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Eduardo Vina pitching. Ed Haney walks. Brothers McMullen flies out to the right fielder. Alejandro Smith grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Dinny Stanton grounds out to the second baseman. Al Hulen grounds out to the second baseman. Monte Jones lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jack Tomney grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Joe Slagle singles to right field. Alex Coluccio grounds out to the catcher. Joe Slagle advances to second on the play. Dan McDaniel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Tsutomu Aihara strikes out. Eduardo Vina grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Johnson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Butch Cox singles to right field. Mike McNamara lays a bunt down the third base line. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Ed Haney singles to left field. Brothers McMullen singles to center field. Alejandro Smith reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tsutomu Aihara. Mike McNamara scores. Ed Haney scores. Jack Tomney pops out to the first baseman. Joe Slagle pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Bob Neis pops out to the shortstop. Otis Janeski flies out to the left fielder. Naoki Yokogawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Alex Coluccio singles to left field. Dan McDaniel pops out to the third baseman. Alex Coluccio steals second. Butch Cox singles past the shortstop. Mike McNamara grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Dinny Stanton strikes out. Al Hulen grounds out to the second baseman. Monte Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ed Haney singles to center field. Brothers McMullen grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Alejandro Smith lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Tsutomu Aihara singles to center field. George Campbell is pinch hitting for Eduardo Vina. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. George Campbell singles to center field. Joe Johnson strikes out. Bob Neis strikes out. Otis Janeski strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Yui Kawagoe pitching. Jack Tomney grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Slagle strikes out. Alex Coluccio hits a home run. George Lovitto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dan McDaniel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Naoki Yokogawa flies out to the left fielder. Dinny Stanton grounds out to the pitcher. Al Hulen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Butch Cox grounds out to the shortstop. Mike McNamara flies out to the right fielder. Ed Haney singles to left field. Brothers McMullen doubles to left field. Ed Haney uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tony Jensen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brothers McMullen steals third. Alejandro Smith singles to right field. Brothers McMullen scores. Jack Tomney grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Alejandro Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Monte Jones flies out to the left fielder. Tsutomu Aihara strikes out. Tony Jensen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Joe Slagle grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Coluccio singles to center field. Dan McDaniel grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Joe Johnson strikes out. Bob Neis 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. Otis Janeski strikes out. Naoki Yokogawa singles to left field. Bob Neis advances to third on the hit. Glenn Lytle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dinny Stanton walks. Al Hulen singles to center field. Bob Neis scores. Monte Jones singles to left field. Naoki Yokogawa scores. Dinny Stanton scores. Al Hulen advances to third on the hit. Tsutomu Aihara hits an infield single to the third baseman. Al Hulen scores. Don Ramos comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete May is pinch hitting for Tony Jensen. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Pete May singles to center field. Monte Jones scores. Tsutomu Aihara advances to third on the hit. Joe Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Rod Fritz pitching. Butch Cox grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Magee is pinch hitting for Don Ramos. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ken Magee flies out to the right fielder. Ed Haney singles to center field. Brothers McMullen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners LOB: 4 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lou Wade did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Floyd Costo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Johnny Betts did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Betts did not respond to coaching in range Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Floyd Costo improves in contact_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rex Swan did not respond to coaching in velocity Jimmie Fahey improves in control Russ McCarthy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Carney did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Mills did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Clyde Larkin did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Leverette did not respond to coaching in SS