Inning: 1 Kansas City Louie Bullard pitching. Bobby Lin grounds out to the third baseman. Julio Dagres grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Pinky Lerian strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Bill Wingo pitching. Hiroshi Minami hits a home run. Bobby Fisk grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Hovlik pops out to the second baseman. Joey Danning grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City John Toca strikes out. Craig McNamara flies out to the center fielder. Dutch Crossin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Davy Robertson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Roberto Moreira flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Deke Miller strikes out. C.K. May grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Wingo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland J C Thome singles to center field. Louie Bullard lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hiroshi Minami flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Fisk flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bobby Lin singles to center field. Julio Dagres grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bobby Lin is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Pinky Lerian flies out to the center fielder. John Toca strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Matt Hovlik strikes out. Joey Danning singles to center field. Davy Robertson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joey Danning advances to second on the play. Harry Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Craig McNamara singles to center field. Dutch Crossin flies out to the center fielder. Deke Miller flies out to the center fielder. C.K. May flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Roberto Moreira reached on a fielding error by John Toca. J C Thome grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Louie Bullard grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill Wingo lines out to the second baseman. Bobby Lin pops out to the catcher. Julio Dagres strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Hiroshi Minami singles to left field. Bobby Fisk hits a home run. Hiroshi Minami scores. Matt Hovlik lines out to the second baseman. Joey Danning strikes out. Davy Robertson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Pinky Lerian strikes out. John Toca walks. John Toca steals second. Craig McNamara walks. Dutch Crossin singles to center field. Deke Miller grounds out to the shortstop. John Toca scores. Craig McNamara advances to third on the play. Dutch Crossin advances to second on the play. C.K. May walks. Jim Hough is pinch hitting for Bill Wingo. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jim Hough strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Cleveland Bake Callison pitching. Harry Murphy walks. Roberto Moreira grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. J C Thome singles in front of the left fielder. Louie Bullard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bobby Lin walks. Passed ball. Bobby Lin advances to second. Julio Dagres strikes out. Soupy Campbell 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. Pinky Lerian grounds out to the second baseman. Bobby Lin advances to third on the play. John Toca singles past the second baseman. Bobby Lin scores. Craig McNamara pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Hiroshi Minami flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Fisk strikes out. Matt Hovlik pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Donny Wright comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dutch Crossin flies out to the right fielder. Deke Miller reached on a 2-base fielding error by Roberto Moreira. C.K. May grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Jones is pinch hitting for Bake Callison. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Eddie Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 Cleveland total runners left on base: 3
Game Notes Davy Robertson is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Phil Lemonds did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Mann improves in arm Stephen Mejia improves in speed John Jones improves in range
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Charley Ison did not respond to coaching in endurance Jimmy Lajoie did not respond to coaching in velocity Charley Ison did not respond to coaching in control Charley Ison did not respond to coaching in velocity Rickie Salazar did not respond to coaching in SS