Inning: 1 Cleveland Fred LaRocca pitching. Edifus Fitzgerald pops out to the second baseman. Sam McAndrew grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Melillo singles to right field. Kevin Melillo steals second. Jack Hammer grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Stan Arnold pitching. Andres Haworth flies out to the center fielder. Yasuji Takada doubles to center field. Ed Billings flies out to the center fielder. Roy Ostrowski flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Gil Murff strikes out. Ed Berran strikes out. Tony Brewer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Hank Moore grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Handley strikes out. Babe Stephenson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Russ Davis strikes out. Stan Arnold strikes out. Edifus Fitzgerald doubles to left field. Sam McAndrew flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Mule Smith reached on a 2-base throwing error by Kevin Melillo. Fred LaRocca fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Fred LaRocca strikes out. Andres Haworth strikes out. Yasuji Takada strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Kevin Melillo flies out to the right fielder. Jack Hammer strikes out. Gil Murff strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Ed Billings walks. Roy Ostrowski strikes out. Hank Moore pops out to the shortstop. Roy Handley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ed Berran flies out to the right fielder. Tony Brewer strikes out. Russ Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Babe Stephenson walks. Mule Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Fred LaRocca grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Stan Arnold strikes out. Edifus Fitzgerald singles to right field. Sam McAndrew flies out to the left fielder. Kevin Melillo singles past the third baseman. Edifus Fitzgerald advances to third on the hit. Jack Hammer walks. Gil Murff singles to right field. Edifus Fitzgerald scores. Kevin Melillo scores. Jack Hammer advances to third on the hit. Gil Murff is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Andres Haworth singles to center field. Yasuji Takada flies out to the center fielder. Ed Billings strikes out. Roy Ostrowski strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Ed Berran singles to center field. Tony Brewer grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Berran advances to second on the play. Russ Davis walks. Stan Arnold fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Stan Arnold strikes out. Edifus Fitzgerald grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Russ Davis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Hank Moore singles in front of the center fielder. Roy Handley singles to center field. Hank Moore advances to third on the hit. Babe Stephenson grounds out to the third baseman. Roy Handley advances to second on the play. Mule Smith hits an infield single to the third baseman. Hank Moore scores. The defense is playing the corners in. Paul Reardon is pinch hitting for Fred LaRocca. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Paul Reardon singles to left field. Roy Handley scores. Andres Haworth grounds out to the pitcher. Mule Smith advances to third on the play. Paul Reardon advances to second on the play. Yasuji Takada grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Tom Musgraves pitching. Sam McAndrew singles to right field. Kevin Melillo flies out to the center fielder. Jack Hammer triples. Sam McAndrew scores. Gil Murff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Hammer scores. Ken Whitney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Berran strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland German Stewart 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. Ed Billings pops out to the shortstop. Roy Ostrowski singles to left field. Hank Moore strikes out. Roy Handley hits an infield single to the second baseman. Babe Stephenson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Tony Brewer grounds out to the second baseman. Russ Davis walks. Doug Office is pinch hitting for German Stewart. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Doug Office walks. Russ Davis steals third. Edifus Fitzgerald grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Russ Davis scores. Doug Office advances to second on the play. Bill Wieghaus comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sam McAndrew singles to right field. Doug Office scores. Kevin Melillo singles to right field. Jack Hammer grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Sam McAndrew is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Scott Bailey pitching. Mule Smith flies out to the right fielder. Phenomenal Taylor is pinch hitting for Bill Wieghaus. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Phenomenal Taylor walks. Andres Haworth grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Edifus Fitzgerald (28).3B - Jack Hammer (8). Baserunning: SB - Kevin Melillo (33), Russ Davis (23).CS - Gil Murff (14). Fielding: E - Kevin Melillo.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Greg Dupree improves in range Junior Caceres improves in range Rheal Baird improves in contact_vs_righty Bobby Glazner improves in power_vs_lefty Dick Kamp improves in LF
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Hudson did not respond to coaching in speed George Kurosaki improves in speed Bob Gromek did not respond to coaching in arm Dave Webb did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty