Inning: 1 Cleveland Frank Carrasquel pitching. Joe Johnson singles to left field. Bob Neis hits a home run. Joe Johnson scores. Akira Matsuda walks. Otis Janeski strikes out. Akira Matsuda is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Asley Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Carlos Ellis pitching. Dan McDaniel flies out to the center fielder. Ken Magee pops out to the shortstop. Tim Littlefield singles to left field. Tim Littlefield steals second. Joe Slagle grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Naoki Yokogawa walks. Monte Jones singles to left field. Al Hulen grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Naoki Yokogawa advances to third on the play. Carlos Ellis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jeff Matos singles to center field. Alejandro Smith singles to left field. Jeff Matos advances to third on the hit. Jack Tomney flies out to the right fielder. Alejandro Smith steals second. Joe Belardi flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Jeff Matos scores. Frank Carrasquel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Joe Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Bob Neis strikes out. Akira Matsuda strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Dan McDaniel grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Magee pops out to the first baseman. Tim Littlefield hits a home run. Joe Slagle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Otis Janeski grounds out to the second baseman. Asley Gonzalez reached on a fielding error by Jeff Matos. Naoki Yokogawa singles to left field. Asley Gonzalez advances to third on the hit. Monte Jones strikes out. Al Hulen pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jeff Matos strikes out. Alejandro Smith flies out to the right fielder. Jack Tomney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Carlos Ellis strikes out. Joe Johnson singles to left field. Bob Neis strikes out. Akira Matsuda strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Joe Belardi strikes out. Frank Carrasquel singles to left field. Dan McDaniel flies out to the left fielder. Ken Magee hits a home run. Frank Carrasquel scores. Tim Littlefield doubles to left field. Joe Slagle grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Otis Janeski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Asley Gonzalez strikes out. Naoki Yokogawa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jeff Matos hits a home run. John Stripp comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alejandro Smith strikes out. Jack Tomney flies out to the right fielder. Joe Belardi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Monte Jones pops out to the first baseman. Al Hulen strikes out. John Stripp walks. Joe Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Frank Carrasquel flies out to the right fielder. Dan McDaniel flies out to the right fielder. Ken Magee singles to center field. Tim Littlefield reached on a 2-base throwing error by Asley Gonzalez. Joe Slagle walks. Jeff Matos grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Cleveland Bob Neis flies out to the left fielder. Akira Matsuda singles to center field. Don Ramos 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. Akira Matsuda steals second. Otis Janeski singles to center field. Akira Matsuda scores. Asley Gonzalez flies out to the left fielder. Otis Janeski is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Alejandro Smith strikes out. Jack Tomney singles to center field. Joe Belardi grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jack Tomney is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Brothers McMullen is pinch hitting for Don Ramos. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Brothers McMullen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Glenn Lytle pitching. Naoki Yokogawa grounds out to the second baseman. Monte Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Al Hulen reached on a fielding error by Glenn Lytle. Dinny Stanton is pinch hitting for John Stripp. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dinny Stanton hits a home run. Al Hulen scores. Joe Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Rod Fritz pitching. Dan McDaniel triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Ken Magee flies out to the right fielder. The defense is playing the infield in. Tim Littlefield flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Dan McDaniel scores. Cleveland total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Tim Littlefield (4).3B - Dan McDaniel (7).HR - Ken Magee (14), Tim Littlefield (6), Jeff Matos (16).SF - Tim Littlefield, Joe Belardi. Baserunning: SB - Tim Littlefield (2), Alejandro Smith (13). Fielding: E - Jeff Matos, Glenn Lytle.
Game Notes Carlos Ellis is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Yutaka Mori did not respond to coaching in range Jess LeJeune did not respond to coaching in endurance Mark McQueen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jess LeJeune did not respond to coaching in control Art Ray improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Sularz improves in range Floyd Costo did not respond to coaching in RF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Clyde Larkin did not respond to coaching in velocity Xavier Foster improves in velocity Lee Daniels did not respond to coaching in control Art Piatt did not respond to coaching in speed Art Piatt did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Melter did not respond to coaching in control