Win: Boots Thomas (2-1) Loss: Akinami Igarashi (0-1)
Save: Ray Fitzgerald (11)
Inning: 1 New York Cesar Miller pitching. Doug Bettencourt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kieran Crumling reached on a fielding error by Rick Dinges. Schoolboy Lucas flies out to the center fielder. Bryan Lynch singles to right field. Kieran Crumling advances to third on the hit. Slim Maksudian grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cleveland Boots Thomas pitching. Rick Dinges flies out to the right fielder. Jack LaForest grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Saenz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Stuffy Everitt strikes out. Swede McGee grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Coffey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Verle Wooten singles to center field. Jimmy Polcovich singles to center field. Mike Walker flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Frank Quinn strikes out. John Hall pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Boots Thomas grounds out to the pitcher. Doug Bettencourt bunts for a base hit. Kieran Crumling grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Bettencourt advances to second on the play. Schoolboy Lucas singles to center field. Doug Bettencourt is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Cesar Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Dinges flies out to the right fielder. Jack LaForest strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Bryan Lynch flies out to the right fielder. Slim Maksudian flies out to the right fielder. Stuffy Everitt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Jim Saenz pops out to the first baseman. Verle Wooten walks. Jimmy Polcovich singles to left field. Mike Walker grounds out to the third baseman. Verle Wooten advances to third on the play. Jimmy Polcovich advances to second on the play. Frank Quinn strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York Swede McGee singles past the first baseman. Bob Coffey grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Swede McGee is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Coffey is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Boots Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland John Hall strikes out. Cesar Miller strikes out. Rick Dinges grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Doug Bettencourt flies out to the right fielder. Kieran Crumling grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Schoolboy Lucas singles to center field. Bryan Lynch pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Jack LaForest walks. Jim Saenz flies out to the center fielder. Verle Wooten pops out to the second baseman. Jack LaForest steals second. Jimmy Polcovich singles to center field. Jack LaForest scores. Mike Walker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Slim Maksudian pops out to the third baseman. Stuffy Everitt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Swede McGee flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Frank Quinn singles to left field. John Hall flies out to the right fielder. Cesar Miller lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rick Dinges doubles to right field. Frank Quinn scores. Jack LaForest walks. Jim Saenz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Bob Coffey singles to center field. Carl Alexander is pinch hitting for Boots Thomas. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Carl Alexander grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Coffey advances to second on the play. Akinami Igarashi 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. Doug Bettencourt singles to center field. Bob Coffey scores. Doug Bettencourt steals second. Passed ball. Doug Bettencourt advances to third. Kieran Crumling strikes out. Schoolboy Lucas hits a home run. Doug Bettencourt scores. Darren Hafey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bryan Lynch walks. Slim Maksudian strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Bull Harstad pitching. Verle Wooten walks. Jimmy Polcovich pops out to the shortstop. Mike Walker grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Stuffy Everitt grounds out to the second baseman. Swede McGee grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Coffey singles to left field. Dick Smith is pinch hitting for Bull Harstad. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dick Smith doubles to left field. Bob Coffey is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Ray Fitzgerald pitching. Frank Quinn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). JoJo Blalock is pinch hitting for John Hall. JoJo Blalock grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pete Lundquist is pinch hitting for Darren Hafey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Pete Lundquist grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 New York total runners LOB: 6 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Fred Davis improves in power_vs_righty Charlie Belanger improves in power_vs_lefty Jose Schmelz improves in velocity Elmer Mee did not respond to coaching in arm Ed Pisoni did not respond to coaching in RF
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sid Allen did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Roberts did not respond to coaching in velocity George Hughes improves in power_vs_lefty George Hughes improves in power_vs_righty Sid Allen did not respond to coaching in SS