Win: German Stewart (9-6) Loss: John Rettenmund (9-2)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Duff Wessinger pitching. Edifus Fitzgerald grounds out to the third baseman. Kevin Melillo singles to right field. Tony Brewer strikes out. Ed Berran strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Oyster Collins pitching. Andres Haworth triples. Yasuji Takada singles to right field. Andres Haworth scores. Phenomenal Taylor flies out to the left fielder. Yasuji Takada is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Roy Ostrowski lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Gil Murff walks. Dick Kamp grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Bill Murray grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Babe Stephenson walks. Roy Handley flies out to the right fielder. Babe Stephenson steals second. Hank Moore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Babe Stephenson advances to third on the play. Mule Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Kaiser Myers grounds out to the shortstop. Oyster Collins singles past the third baseman. Edifus Fitzgerald lines out to the second baseman. Kevin Melillo singles to right field. Tony Brewer singles to center field. Oyster Collins scores. Ed Berran singles to center field. Kevin Melillo scores. Gil Murff strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Duff Wessinger grounds out to the second baseman. Andres Haworth singles to right field. Yasuji Takada flies out to the center fielder. Phenomenal Taylor doubles to left field. Andres Haworth is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Dick Kamp flies out to the left fielder. Bill Murray grounds out to the second baseman. Kaiser Myers grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Roy Ostrowski flies out to the center fielder. Babe Stephenson grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Handley singles to left field. Hank Moore walks. Roy Handley steals third. Mule Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Oyster Collins flies out to the right fielder. Edifus Fitzgerald pops out to the second baseman. Kevin Melillo singles to center field. Tony Brewer grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kevin Melillo is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Duff Wessinger grounds out to the third baseman. Andres Haworth singles to left field. Yasuji Takada strikes out. Phenomenal Taylor flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Ed Berran flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Gil Murff singles to right field. Gil Murff is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Dick Kamp grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Roy Ostrowski singles to center field. Babe Stephenson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Kevin Melillo. Roy Handley flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Roy Ostrowski is thrown out at the plate. Hank Moore strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Bill Murray strikes out. Kaiser Myers strikes out. Oyster Collins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Mule Smith pops out to the shortstop. Paul Reardon is pinch hitting for Duff Wessinger. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Paul Reardon grounds out to the second baseman. Andres Haworth singles to right field. Yasuji Takada grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ken Whitney pitching. Edifus Fitzgerald flies out to the right fielder. Kevin Melillo grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Brewer pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland German Stewart comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Phenomenal Taylor singles to left field. Phenomenal Taylor steals second. Roy Ostrowski strikes out. Babe Stephenson strikes out. Roy Handley singles to center field. Phenomenal Taylor scores. Hank Moore walks. Mule Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Ed Berran flies out to the center fielder. Gil Murff lines out to the second baseman. Dick Kamp singles past the first baseman. Bill Murray flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Luis Coughlin is pinch hitting for Ken Whitney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Luis Coughlin strikes out. Andres Haworth grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Yasuji Takada grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Cleveland John Rettenmund pitching. Kaiser Myers hits a home run. Harry Hogg is pinch hitting for German Stewart. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Hogg singles to center field. Edifus Fitzgerald grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harry Hogg is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Edifus Fitzgerald steals second. Kevin Melillo doubles to right field. Edifus Fitzgerald scores. Tom Musgraves comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Brewer hits a home run. Kevin Melillo scores. Ed Berran walks. Gil Murff singles to right field. Dick Kamp singles to center field. Bill Murray strikes out. Kaiser Myers doubles to right field. Ed Berran scores. Gil Murff scores. Bill Wieghaus comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Hogg singles to left field. Dick Kamp scores. Kaiser Myers uses his aggressiveness and scores. Edifus Fitzgerald lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Oakland Scott Bailey pitching. Phenomenal Taylor singles to center field. Roy Ostrowski strikes out. Babe Stephenson grounds out to the third baseman. Phenomenal Taylor advances to second on the play. Roy Handley walks. Hank Moore singles to right field. Phenomenal Taylor scores. Roy Handley advances to third on the hit. Mule Smith singles to right field. Roy Handley scores. Hank Moore advances to third on the hit. Jax Popplewell is pinch hitting for Bill Wieghaus. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jax Popplewell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Cleveland total runners LOB: 6 Oakland total runners LOB: 11
Batting:2B - Kevin Melillo (24), Kaiser Myers (8).HR - Tony Brewer (29), Kaiser Myers (10).GIDP - Dick Kamp. Baserunning: SB - Edifus Fitzgerald (60).CS - Gil Murff (16). Fielding: E - Kevin Melillo.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Wally Testaverde did not respond to coaching in velocity Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Stan Lindeman improves in power_vs_lefty George Harley improves in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dave Webb did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill McMakin did not respond to coaching in velocity George Kurosaki did not respond to coaching in speed Ben Biancalana did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty