Win: Amari Alexander (19-4) Loss: Tommy Ford (3-7)
Save: Gus Wright (10)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Tommy Ford pitching. Ken Connell singles to left field. Paul Buckels flies out to the left fielder. Ken Connell steals second. Joey James strikes out. Kip Kreitner walks. Clyde Cliburn grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Amari Alexander pitching. Mike Marshall bunts for a base hit. Mike Marshall steals second. Rick Kubinski strikes out. Danny Rush flies out to the center fielder. Bud Dente grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Reynaldo Ramirez flies out to the right fielder. Major Mahomes grounds out to the shortstop. Alec Aaron strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Art Sularz singles to left field. Amos Lamabe strikes out. Tom Deagle flies out to the left fielder. Gene Hoffman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Amari Alexander singles to right field. Ken Connell walks. Paul Buckels singles to right field. Joey James grounds out to the shortstop. Amari Alexander scores. Ken Connell advances to third on the play. Paul Buckels advances to second on the play. Kip Kreitner walks. Clyde Cliburn singles to right field. Ken Connell scores. Paul Buckels scores. Reynaldo Ramirez strikes out. Major Mahomes singles to right field. Kip Kreitner scores. Clyde Cliburn advances to third on the hit. Phil Payton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alec Aaron grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Phil Payton grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Mike Marshall singles to center field. Rick Kubinski hits an infield single to the pitcher. Danny Rush strikes out. Bud Dente grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Amari Alexander flies out to the right fielder. Ken Connell strikes out. Paul Buckels flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Art Sularz grounds out to the pitcher. Amos Lamabe grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Deagle singles to center field. Gene Hoffman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Joey James grounds out to the pitcher. Kip Kreitner singles to right field. Clyde Cliburn flies out to the left fielder. Reynaldo Ramirez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Phil Payton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Marshall flies out to the center fielder. Rick Kubinski grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Major Mahomes grounds out to the shortstop. Alec Aaron pops out to the second baseman. Amari Alexander pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Danny Rush grounds out to the third baseman. Bud Dente flies out to the center fielder. Art Sularz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Ken Connell strikes out. Paul Buckels walks. Joey James hits an infield single to the pitcher. Kip Kreitner hits a home run. Paul Buckels scores. Joey James scores. Bill Harmon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Clyde Cliburn strikes out. Reynaldo Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Amos Lamabe pops out to the second baseman. Bill Kvasnak is pinch hitting for Tom Deagle. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Kvasnak strikes out. Gene Hoffman singles to center field. Otto Oldham is pinch hitting for Bill Harmon. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Otto Oldham singles to right field. Tim Friend comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Mike Marshall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Lefty Woodward pitching. Major Mahomes singles to right field. Monroe Meyer is pinch hitting for Alec Aaron. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Monroe Meyer flies out to the right fielder. Willie Rodriguez is pinch hitting for Tim Friend. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Willie Rodriguez grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jack Clarke pitching. Rick Kubinski walks. Danny Rush strikes out. Bud Dente grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Ken Connell walks. Jonathan Jordan is pinch hitting for Paul Buckels. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jonathan Jordan strikes out. Joey James strikes out. Kip Kreitner pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Art Sularz grounds out to the second baseman. Amos Lamabe flies out to the right fielder. Bill Kvasnak singles to center field. Gene Hoffman walks. Bill Kelly is pinch hitting for Lefty Woodward. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Kelly singles to right field. Bill Kvasnak scores. Clay DiMaggio comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Marshall bunts for a base hit. Rick Kubinski singles to right field. Gene Hoffman scores. Bill Kelly scores. Gus Wright comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Danny Rush strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Cleveland total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Al Maul improves in contact_vs_lefty Theo Thorpe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Deacon Chaplin did not respond to coaching in arm Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Doc Blefary did not respond to coaching in range Jerry Schullstrom improves in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Manuel Moreno did not respond to coaching in speed Palestine Walling improves in contact_vs_righty Brook Bruton did not respond to coaching in SS
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Stephens did not respond to coaching in velocity Gene Castleton did not respond to coaching in control Tom Williams did not respond to coaching in speed Marlon Wetteland did not respond to coaching in control Rob Thies improves in contact_vs_lefty Robin Marolewski improves in power_vs_lefty Tom Williams did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Andy Clark improves in arm Bobby Gooch did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Red Paredes did not respond to coaching in speed Bobby Gooch did not respond to coaching in 2B