Win: Ginger Mendoza (18-3) Loss: Jose Redman (16-9)
Save: Al Leonard (41)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Jose Redman pitching. John Stahl flies out to the left fielder. Joe Kranepool singles to center field. Dan Gettinger grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Ginger Mendoza pitching. Ben Dodd bunts for a base hit. John Fahey grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ross Peters grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Goldie Shelby hits a home run. Billy Grich singles to center field. Mateo Perez grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Ed Merritt pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Dickie Barry grounds out to the second baseman. Tex Jackson pops out to the catcher. Bob Maldonado strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City U.L. Distefano flies out to the center fielder. Ginger Mendoza strikes out. John Stahl grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Don Aaron flies out to the left fielder. Jack Gonzalez walks. Jack Gonzalez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jose Redman pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Joe Kranepool doubles to center field. Dan Gettinger singles to left field. Joe Kranepool scores. Goldie Shelby walks. Billy Grich pops out to the shortstop. Mateo Perez bunts for a base hit. There goes the runner on third! Dan Gettinger is out trying to steal home. Ed Merritt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Ben Dodd grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! John Fahey pops out to the catcher. Ross Peters strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City U.L. Distefano hits a home run. Pete Dowd comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ginger Mendoza flies out to the center fielder. John Stahl flies out to the right fielder. Joe Kranepool grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Dickie Barry strikes out. Tex Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Bob Maldonado grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Dan Gettinger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Goldie Shelby walks. Billy Grich flies out to the center fielder. Mateo Perez bunts for a base hit. Ed Merritt strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Don Aaron pops out to the shortstop. Jack Gonzalez pops out to the shortstop. Pete Dowd pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City U.L. Distefano singles to right field. Ginger Mendoza lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, U.L. Distefano forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). John Stahl singles to center field. Joe Kranepool strikes out. Dan Gettinger doubles to center field. Ginger Mendoza scores. John Stahl uses his aggressiveness and scores. Goldie Shelby triples. Dan Gettinger scores. Billy Grich flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Ben Dodd hits a home run. John Fahey doubles to left field. Ross Peters walks. Dickie Barry singles to center field. John Fahey scores. Tex Jackson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dickie Barry is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Maldonado grounds out to the second baseman. Ross Peters scores. Tex Jackson advances to second on the play. Don Aaron singles to right field. Tex Jackson scores. Joel Hogan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Gonzalez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Don Aaron is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Doc Funk comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mateo Perez lines out to the second baseman. Ed Merritt doubles to left field. U.L. Distefano singles to right field. Ed Merritt scores. Denny Brown is pinch hitting for Joel Hogan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Denny Brown flies out to the right fielder. John Stahl grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Bill Laxton pitching. Kevin Hubbell is pinch hitting for Doc Funk. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kevin Hubbell grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Dodd pops out to the shortstop. John Fahey walks. Ross Peters grounds into a force play to the shortstop. John Fahey is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Murphy pitching. Joe Kranepool grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Gettinger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Goldie Shelby grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Al Leonard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dickie Barry flies out to the center fielder. Tex Jackson hits a home run. Bob Maldonado hits a home run. Don Aaron grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jack Gonzalez grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Cleveland total runners LOB: 2
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Anderson did not respond to coaching in control Sammy Felix improves in arm Bob Figueroa did not respond to coaching in control Rickey Nevers did not respond to coaching in control
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lou Hockett did not respond to coaching in control Dave Bean improves in contact_vs_lefty Del Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Tod Reis did not respond to coaching in velocity Connie Eckert improves in 2B