Win: Eli Evers (10-7) Loss: Norm Ramirez (15-12)
Save: Tom Jolley (4)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Norm Ramirez pitching. Ken Connell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Major Mahomes singles to left field. Joey James strikes out. Kip Kreitner singles to left field. Clyde Cliburn reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bruce McCauley. Major Mahomes scores. Reynaldo Ramirez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Eli Evers pitching. Bruce McCauley walks. Joe Yingling strikes out. Bobby Poffenberger flies out to the right fielder. Alan Campbell hits an infield single to the second baseman. Brooks Denny walks. Pat Osborn pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Cleveland Jonathan Jordan doubles to center field. Alec Aaron strikes out. Eli Evers singles to left field. Jonathan Jordan scores. Ken Connell pops out to the shortstop. Major Mahomes singles to right field. Joey James walks. Kip Kreitner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Minnesota Julio Frazier grounds out to the shortstop. Bruce Johnson singles to right field. Bruce Johnson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Norm Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Clyde Cliburn grounds out to the shortstop. Reynaldo Ramirez strikes out. Jonathan Jordan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Bruce McCauley flies out to the left fielder. Joe Yingling grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Poffenberger doubles to center field. Alan Campbell singles to left field. Bobby Poffenberger scores. Brooks Denny grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Alec Aaron singles to left field. Eli Evers lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Alec Aaron forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Ken Connell flies out to the left fielder. Major Mahomes lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Pat Osborn lines out to the second baseman. Julio Frazier strikes out. Bruce Johnson reached on a fielding error by Major Mahomes. Norm Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Joey James flies out to the center fielder. Kip Kreitner singles to center field. Clyde Cliburn grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bruce McCauley flies out to the right fielder. Joe Yingling grounds out to the pitcher. Bobby Poffenberger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Reynaldo Ramirez singles past the shortstop. Jonathan Jordan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Reynaldo Ramirez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Alec Aaron singles to right field. Eli Evers fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Eli Evers grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Alan Campbell walks. Brooks Denny flies out to the left fielder. Alan Campbell steals second. Pat Osborn grounds out to the pitcher. Julio Frazier strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Ken Connell doubles past the first baseman. Major Mahomes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Ken Connell advances to third on the play. Joey James strikes out. Kip Kreitner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Dick Rusch comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bruce Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Norm Ramirez strikes out. Bruce McCauley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Clyde Cliburn grounds out to the third baseman. Reynaldo Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Jonathan Jordan pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Joe Yingling grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Poffenberger walks. Alan Campbell strikes out. Brooks Denny flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Alec Aaron singles to left field. Dick Rusch fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dick Rusch singles to center field. Alec Aaron advances to third on the hit. Steve Hendley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bruce Bowers is pinch running for Dick Rusch on 1st base. Ken Connell flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Alec Aaron scores. Major Mahomes flies out to the center fielder. Bruce Bowers steals second. Joey James walks. Kip Kreitner grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Joey James is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Tom Jolley pitching. Pat Osborn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Julio Frazier singles to right field. Bruce Johnson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 10 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Ken Connell (19), Jonathan Jordan (15).SF - Ken Connell.GIDP - Clyde Cliburn, Eli Evers. Baserunning: SB - Bruce Bowers (1). Fielding: E - Major Mahomes.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Eckersley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Skipper Stone improves in contact_vs_lefty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Skipper Stone improves in power_vs_righty Theo Thorpe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Eckersley did not respond to coaching in speed Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Palestine Walling did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Manuel Moreno did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Brook Bruton improves in speed Brook Bruton did not respond to coaching in SS
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Jim Lutz did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Peel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Brent Marsh did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Masters improves in arm Roy Batten did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dion Baptist did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Roy Batten improves in arm Mike Upshaw did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mike Hammer did not respond to coaching in control Lefty Ginter did not respond to coaching in velocity Brent Marsh did not respond to coaching in 3B