Win: Jack Kern (1-0) Loss: Yuzo Grazo Maruyama (0-1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Jack Kern pitching. Jim Davidson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Teden Mengi grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Aldridge walks. Jeff Bush singles to right field. Cal Burgess flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cleveland Yuzo Grazo Maruyama pitching. Adam Jimenez singles to left field. Adam Jimenez steals second. Turk Dunne walks. Takeshi Hirano hits a home run. Adam Jimenez scores. Turk Dunne scores. Takenori Yamamoto singles to left field. Tom Barney hits a home run. Takenori Yamamoto scores. Wally Darr strikes out. R. Moreno pops out to the shortstop. Bob Froelich strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Tyrell Malacia strikes out. Patrick Frick strikes out. Jose Hooper flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Jack Kern grounds out to the third baseman. Adam Jimenez strikes out. Turk Dunne flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Yuzo Grazo Maruyama strikes out. Jim Davidson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Teden Mengi grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Takeshi Hirano doubles to right field. Takenori Yamamoto strikes out. Tom Barney pops out to the catcher. Wally Darr hits a home run. Takeshi Hirano scores. R. Moreno flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Pat Aldridge grounds out to the second baseman. Jeff Bush grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Cal Burgess flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Bob Froelich flies out to the right fielder. Jack Kern grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Adam Jimenez hits a home run. Turk Dunne grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tyrell Malacia hits a home run. Patrick Frick strikes out. Jose Hooper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yuzo Grazo Maruyama strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Takeshi Hirano grounds out to the third baseman. Takenori Yamamoto strikes out. Tom Barney hits a home run. Wally Darr grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jim Davidson walks. Teden Mengi pops out to the first baseman. Pat Aldridge grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jim Davidson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jeff Bush grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland R. Moreno grounds out to the shortstop. Daulton Jefferies comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Bob Froelich strikes out. Jack Kern strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Cal Burgess singles to right field. Tyrell Malacia grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Cal Burgess is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Eddie Risberg is pinch hitting for Patrick Frick. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Eddie Risberg flies out to the right fielder. Jose Hooper triples. Tyrell Malacia scores. Wally Murphy is pinch hitting for Daulton Jefferies. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Wally Murphy grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Yutaka Kurotaki pitching. Adam Jimenez singles to center field. Turk Dunne singles to right field. Takeshi Hirano hits an infield single to the shortstop. Takenori Yamamoto singles to center field. Adam Jimenez scores. Turk Dunne scores. Takeshi Hirano is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Takenori Yamamoto gets picked off first. Tom Barney grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Marc Hall is pinch hitting for Jim Davidson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Marc Hall reached on a fielding error by Tom Barney. Charlie Welch is pinch hitting for Teden Mengi. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Welch singles to right field. Marc Hall advances to third on the hit. Pat Aldridge pops out to the third baseman. Mike Sherrill is pinch hitting for Jeff Bush. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Sherrill walks. Cal Burgess doubles to right field. Marc Hall scores. Charlie Welch scores. Mike Sherrill uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tyrell Malacia flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Risberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ed Daniel is pinch hitting for Wally Darr. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Daniel flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Smith is pinch hitting for R. Moreno. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charlie Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Froelich doubles to left field. Jack Kern strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Jose Hooper walks. Tony Davis is pinch hitting for Yutaka Kurotaki. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tony Davis walks. Marc Hall flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Welch grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Cleveland total runners left on base: 1
Game Notes Adam Jimenez is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Dick Wasdell improves in speed Art Solomon improves in power_vs_righty Frenchy Robinson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bob Hale did not respond to coaching in arm Dick Wasdell improves in LF
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Terry Taylor did not respond to coaching in control Noodles Jaeckel did not respond to coaching in range Joe Rondeau improves in velocity Greg Blateric did not respond to coaching in speed Greg Blateric did not respond to coaching in SS