Inning: 1 Cleveland Dirk Diggler pitching. Ben Dodd strikes out. John Fahey triples. Tex Jackson strikes out. Jack Bloomfield strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Tony Grimsley pitching. Ernie Meals flies out to the right fielder. Splurge Shocker pops out to the shortstop. Enrique Hosenozzle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Ross Peters singles to right field. Chris Blanks singles to center field. Ross Peters advances to third on the hit. Kevin Hubbell flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ross Peters scores. Bob Maldonado walks. Tony Grimsley lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ben Dodd doubles to center field. Chris Blanks scores. Bob Maldonado scores. John Fahey walks. Tex Jackson walks. Jack Bloomfield hits a home run. Ben Dodd scores. John Fahey scores. Tex Jackson scores. Irakly Hidalgo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ross Peters hits a home run. Chris Blanks pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Yoshihiro Takahashi grounds out to the shortstop. Rey Hickey strikes out. Charlie Harkness strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Kevin Hubbell strikes out. Bob Maldonado grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Grimsley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Joe Jessup singles to left field. Jaster Baiter singles to center field. Irakly Hidalgo fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Irakly Hidalgo flies out to the center fielder. Ernie Meals flies out to the left fielder. Splurge Shocker singles to left field. Joe Jessup scores. Jaster Baiter advances to third on the hit. Enrique Hosenozzle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Rip Roberts comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ben Dodd flies out to the center fielder. John Fahey strikes out. Tex Jackson walks. Jack Bloomfield grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tex Jackson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Yoshihiro Takahashi strikes out. Rey Hickey singles past the shortstop. Rey Hickey steals second. Charlie Harkness flies out to the center fielder. Joe Jessup walks. Jaster Baiter lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ross Peters grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Blanks strikes out. Kevin Hubbell walks. Bob Maldonado grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Rip Roberts grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Ernie Meals grounds out to the second baseman. Splurge Shocker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Tony Grimsley doubles to center field. Ben Dodd strikes out. John Fahey hits a home run. Tony Grimsley scores. Tex Jackson doubles to center field. Jack Bloomfield doubles to center field. Tex Jackson scores. Ross Peters walks. Chris Blanks hits a home run. Jack Bloomfield scores. Ross Peters scores. Bruce Charles comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Relief pitcher has given up 5 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Kevin Hubbell flies out to the left fielder. Bob Maldonado flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Enrique Hosenozzle flies out to the right fielder. Yoshihiro Takahashi singles past the shortstop. Rey Hickey walks. Charlie Harkness grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Tony Grimsley singles past the second baseman. Ben Dodd singles to center field. Tony Grimsley advances to third on the hit. John Fahey grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Grimsley scores. Ben Dodd advances to second on the play. Tex Jackson singles to left field. Ben Dodd scores. Jack Bloomfield singles to left field. Tex Jackson advances to third on the hit. Ross Peters grounds out to the second baseman. Tex Jackson scores. Jack Bloomfield advances to second on the play. Chris Blanks pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Joe Jessup grounds out to the shortstop. Jaster Baiter flies out to the right fielder. Bill Sanford is pinch hitting for Bruce Charles. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Sanford walks. Ernie Meals singles to left field. Bill Sanford advances to third on the hit. Splurge Shocker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Nigel Fisher pitching. Kevin Hubbell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Maldonado grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Grimsley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Enrique Hosenozzle pops out to the third baseman. Yoshihiro Takahashi singles to center field. Rey Hickey flies out to the right fielder. March Meeler is pinch hitting for Charlie Harkness. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. March Meeler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Ben Dodd flies out to the center fielder. John Fahey strikes out. Jake Smith is pinch hitting for Tex Jackson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jake Smith walks. Jack Bloomfield flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Joe Jessup grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Jaster Baiter grounds out to the shortstop. Gil Busby is pinch hitting for Nigel Fisher. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Gil Busby strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 5 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Ben Dodd (1), Tex Jackson (1), Jack Bloomfield (2), Tony Grimsley (1).3B - John Fahey (1).HR - John Fahey (1), Jack Bloomfield (1), Ross Peters (1), Chris Blanks (1).SF - Kevin Hubbell.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dave Bean improves in range Harry Mangus did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Lou Hockett did not respond to coaching in control Ralph Posada did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dave Bean did not respond to coaching in CF
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: F Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Claude Fletcher improves in velocity Bill Trout did not respond to coaching in control Mike Allie improves in range Claude Fletcher improves in control