Win: Harry Bryan (1-0) Loss: Koji Kuroda (0-1)
Save: Donny Wright (2)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Harry Bryan pitching. Frank Skeels strikes out. Bill May strikes out. Don Remmerswaal singles to left field. Bill Mulligan grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Koji Kuroda pitching. Hiroshi Minami grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Fisk doubles to right field. Billy Simmons flies out to the left fielder. Joey Danning singles to center field. Bobby Fisk scores. Joey Danning steals second. Davy Robertson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Petie Kirkwood grounds out to the third baseman. Matt Harkness singles to center field. Jon Zubal singles to center field. Sammy Halladay pops out to the third baseman. Koji Kuroda strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Woody Taitt flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Harry Murphy pops out to the third baseman. Ed Haney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Frank Skeels strikes out. Bill May flies out to the right fielder. Don Remmerswaal grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Harry Bryan flies out to the right fielder. Hiroshi Minami grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Bobby Fisk grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bill Mulligan strikes out. Petie Kirkwood doubles to left field. Matt Harkness pops out to the second baseman. Jon Zubal pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Billy Simmons strikes out. Joey Danning walks. Davy Robertson flies out to the left fielder. Woody Taitt pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Sammy Halladay strikes out. Koji Kuroda strikes out. Frank Skeels strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Harry Murphy grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Haney grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Harry Bryan walks. Hiroshi Minami lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bill May grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Don Remmerswaal singles to center field. Bill Mulligan flies out to the left fielder. Petie Kirkwood singles to center field. Jimmy Piazza 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. Matt Harkness strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bobby Fisk grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Simmons grounds out to the shortstop. Joey Danning strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jon Zubal flies out to the center fielder. Sammy Halladay strikes out. Dane Doolan is pinch hitting for Koji Kuroda. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Dane Doolan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Tim McIntyre pitching. Davy Robertson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Woody Taitt strikes out. Harry Murphy triples. Ed Haney grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Frank Skeels grounds out to the second baseman. Bill May grounds out to the second baseman. Don Remmerswaal strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland J C Thome is pinch hitting for Jimmy Piazza. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. J C Thome strikes out. Hiroshi Minami hits an infield single to the shortstop. Bobby Fisk grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Donny Wright pitching. Bill Mulligan strikes out. Petie Kirkwood grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Harkness strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 6 Cleveland total runners left on base: 4
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Youngblood improves in arm Derrick Golvin improves in arm Kevin Pickering improves in range Kevin Pickering did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Davey Harrington did not respond to coaching in range Billy Bennett improves in velocity Art Chaney did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jerry Brannan did not respond to coaching in control Rickie Salazar did not respond to coaching in SS