Win: J.J. Suggs (8-3) Loss: Jim Michaels (2-5)
Save: Don Lowe (8)
Inning: 1 Oakland Ron Meulens pitching. Ted Witherup walks. Dean Brodowski strikes out. George Callahan reached on a fielding error by Kevin Hibbs. Ted Wood flies out to the right fielder. Jim Foley grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ted Witherup is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cleveland Orville Phoebus pitching. Chet Combs grounds out to the pitcher. Walter Scanlan flies out to the center fielder. Kazuhiko Ota grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Chris Repass strikes out. Gene Noble flies out to the center fielder. Grant Higbee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Fred Seibold flies out to the left fielder. Gene Reed strikes out. Dixie Conwell walks. Dixie Conwell steals second. Bernie Linton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Orville Phoebus strikes out. Ted Witherup triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Dean Brodowski flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ted Witherup scores. George Callahan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Kevin Hibbs strikes out. Ron Meulens grounds out to the shortstop. Chet Combs flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Ted Wood singles to right field. Jim Foley singles to left field. Ted Wood advances to third on the hit. Jim Foley steals second. Chris Repass strikes out. Gene Noble singles to center field. Ted Wood scores. Grant Higbee walks. Orville Phoebus strikes out. Ted Witherup grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Cleveland Walter Scanlan strikes out. Kazuhiko Ota singles past the shortstop. Kazuhiko Ota is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Fred Seibold grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Dean Brodowski walks. George Callahan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dean Brodowski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ted Wood flies out to the left fielder. Jim Foley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Gene Reed grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dixie Conwell flies out to the center fielder. Bernie Linton pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Chris Repass strikes out. Gene Noble strikes out. Grant Higbee grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Kevin Hibbs walks. Ron Meulens lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Takayoshi Yamashita 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 2nd. Chet Combs strikes out. Walter Scanlan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Stu Morgan is pinch hitting for Takayoshi Yamashita. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Stu Morgan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Ted Witherup grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dean Brodowski walks. George Callahan walks. Joe Carsey 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 2nd. Ted Wood grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Jim Rosario pitching. Kazuhiko Ota flies out to the right fielder. Fred Seibold doubles to left field. Gene Reed strikes out. Dixie Conwell singles to right field. Fred Seibold scores. Dixie Conwell steals second. Bernie Linton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Jim Foley flies out to the left fielder. Chris Repass strikes out. Gene Noble strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Chris Bergman is pinch hitting for Kevin Hibbs. Chris Bergman grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Rodriguez is pinch hitting for Joe Carsey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bobby Rodriguez singles to center field. Chet Combs strikes out. Bobby Rodriguez steals second. Walter Scanlan singles to center field. Bobby Rodriguez scores. Johnny Swentor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kazuhiko Ota grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Gordie Gehrman pitching. Grant Higbee strikes out. Al Klugmann is pinch hitting for Johnny Swentor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Al Klugmann grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ted Witherup grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland J.J. Suggs pitching. Fred Seibold singles to right field. Gene Reed flies out to the center fielder. Fred Seibold is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Dixie Conwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Oakland Dean Brodowski strikes out. George Callahan pops out to the shortstop. Ted Wood strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Cleveland Bernie Linton singles to center field. Roger Reardon is pinch running for Bernie Linton on 1st base. Roger Reardon steals second. Chris Bergman walks. Desi Deviney is pinch hitting for Gordie Gehrman. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Desi Deviney flies out to the center fielder. Chet Combs flies out to the center fielder. Walter Scanlan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 11 Oakland Jim Michaels pitching. Harvey Fondy enters the game as a defensive replacement for Roger Reardon at LF. Jim Foley pops out to the second baseman. Chris Repass strikes out. Gene Noble lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Cleveland Kazuhiko Ota grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Seibold flies out to the right fielder. Gene Reed pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 12 Oakland Grant Higbee singles to right field. Art Bryden is pinch hitting for J.J. Suggs. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Art Bryden singles to center field. Ted Witherup flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Dean Brodowski walks. George Callahan singles to center field. Grant Higbee scores. Carl Wynn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ted Wood walks. Art Bryden scores. Jim Foley grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 12 Cleveland Don Lowe pitching. Dixie Conwell grounds out to the shortstop. Harvey Fondy strikes out. Chris Bergman pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 10 Cleveland total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Fred Seibold (13). Baserunning: SB - Dixie Conwell 2 (15), Roger Reardon (6), Bobby Rodriguez (13).CS - Kazuhiko Ota (4), Fred Seibold (18). Fielding: E - Kevin Hibbs.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jim Leitner improves in arm Merl Mertz improves in contact_vs_lefty Cy Demaree improves in power_vs_righty Javier Brown did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Scott Johnston did not respond to coaching in C
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Williams improves in speed Tony Nady improves in control Al Torres improves in contact_vs_righty Tilson Gutierrez improves in speed