Win: Wally Geishert (15-11) Loss: Dave Rodriguez (8-10)
Save: Rod Fritz (35)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Dave Rodriguez pitching. Joe Johnson walks. Bob Neis pops out to the second baseman. Stan Morrissey grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Wally Geishert pitching. Dan McDaniel strikes out. Ken Magee flies out to the center fielder. Alejandro Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland George Campbell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Otis Janeski walks. Naoki Yokogawa strikes out. Dinny Stanton walks. Tsutomu Aihara doubles to left field. Otis Janeski scores. Dinny Stanton uses his aggressiveness and scores. Wally Geishert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Jeff Matos strikes out. Tony Larkin grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Tomney grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Joe Johnson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Neis grounds out to the second baseman. Stan Morrissey flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ed Haney grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Slagle pops out to the second baseman. Dave Rodriguez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland George Campbell walks. Otis Janeski flies out to the left fielder. Naoki Yokogawa grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Dan McDaniel grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Magee walks. Alejandro Smith singles to center field. Jeff Matos flies out to the center fielder. Tony Larkin grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Alejandro Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Dinny Stanton grounds out to the second baseman. Tsutomu Aihara singles to right field. Wally Geishert fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Wally Geishert flies out to the left fielder. Joe Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jack Tomney singles to left field. Ed Haney strikes out. Joe Slagle flies out to the center fielder. Dave Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bob Neis singles to left field. Stan Morrissey singles to center field. George Campbell flies out to the left fielder. Bob Neis steals third. Otis Janeski pops out to the shortstop. Naoki Yokogawa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Dan McDaniel strikes out. Ken Magee flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Alejandro Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Dinny Stanton hits a home run. Tsutomu Aihara grounds out to the second baseman. Akira Matsuda is pinch hitting for Wally Geishert. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Akira Matsuda pops out to the second baseman. Joe Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Tony Jensen pitching. Jeff Matos grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Larkin strikes out. Jack Tomney pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Raleigh Dunlap comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bob Neis strikes out. Stan Morrissey strikes out. George Campbell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ed Haney hits a home run. Rod Fritz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Slagle hits an infield single to the pitcher. Brothers McMullen is pinch hitting for Raleigh Dunlap. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Brothers McMullen flies out to the center fielder. Dan McDaniel grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Slagle is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ken Magee flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Don Ramos pitching. Otis Janeski flies out to the right fielder. Naoki Yokogawa singles to left field. Dinny Stanton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Naoki Yokogawa advances to second on the play. Tsutomu Aihara singles to right field. Rod Fritz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Alejandro Smith walks. Jeff Matos grounds into a 3-6-3 double play - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Tony Larkin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Lou Wade did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Lou Wade improves in power_vs_righty Derrick Howell improves in power_vs_lefty Lou Wade did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Biff Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Al Hulen improves in power_vs_righty Scott Matlack did not respond to coaching in SS
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Joe Mills improves in contact_vs_lefty Charlie Gwosdz did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Gray did not respond to coaching in control Xavier Foster did not respond to coaching in control Mel Wright improves in speed Jose Eaton did not respond to coaching in range