Win: Joe Foster (1-0) Loss: Frank Benitez (0-1)
Save: Masao Arita (1)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Jay Berardino pitching. Steve Alcala grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Fleitas flies out to the right fielder. Chris Souza pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Harry Sanford pitching. Shorty Pennington strikes out. Takashi Mahlberg grounds out to the pitcher. Koichi Kinoshita flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Ron Thomas triples. Paddy Meers triples. Ron Thomas scores. Ted Wright pops out to the first baseman. Sherman Asbell grounds out to the third baseman. Shinichi Miyamoto pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Lamar Battle walks. Whitey Sturgis doubles to center field. Lamar Battle uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ron Meeker hits a home run. Whitey Sturgis scores. D.T. Escobar walks. Todd Moore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). D.T. Escobar advances to second on the play. Jay Berardino strikes out. Shorty Pennington strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Harry Sanford grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Alcala grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Fleitas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Takashi Mahlberg walks. Koichi Kinoshita flies out to the right fielder. Lamar Battle singles to left field. Takashi Mahlberg advances to third on the hit. Whitey Sturgis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lamar Battle advances to second on the play. Ron Meeker pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Chris Souza singles to right field. Ron Thomas singles past the shortstop. Chris Souza advances to third on the hit. Paddy Meers strikes out. Ron Thomas steals second. Ted Wright singles to left field. Chris Souza scores. Ron Thomas scores. Sherman Asbell lines out to the third baseman. Shinichi Miyamoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York D.T. Escobar singles to center field. Todd Moore strikes out. Jay Berardino lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shorty Pennington lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Harry Sanford flies out to the center fielder. Steve Alcala singles to right field. Gary Fleitas grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Takashi Mahlberg flies out to the left fielder. Koichi Kinoshita hits a home run. Lamar Battle walks. Whitey Sturgis strikes out. Lamar Battle is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Chris Souza walks. Ron Thomas singles to center field. Chris Souza advances to third on the hit. Paddy Meers flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Chris Souza scores. Frank Benitez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ron Thomas steals second. Ted Wright lines out to the third baseman. Sherman Asbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Ron Meeker singles to left field. D.T. Escobar strikes out. Todd Moore grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ron Meeker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Frank Benitez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Shinichi Miyamoto grounds out to the third baseman. Pinky Fingers is pinch hitting for Harry Sanford. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Pinky Fingers singles past the third baseman. Steve Alcala grounds out to the third baseman. Pinky Fingers advances to second on the play. Gary Fleitas strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Joe Foster pitching. Shorty Pennington grounds out to the second baseman. Takashi Mahlberg walks. Koichi Kinoshita grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Chris Souza singles to left field. Ron Thomas singles to center field. Chris Souza advances to third on the hit. Paddy Meers singles to left field. Chris Souza scores. Ted Wright pops out to the catcher. Ron Thomas is out trying to steal third. Sherman Asbell singles to right field. Bob Duncan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shinichi Miyamoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Lamar Battle flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Whitey Sturgis flies out to the right fielder. Ron Meeker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Stan Hughes is pinch hitting for Joe Foster. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Stan Hughes singles to center field. Steve Alcala walks. Gary Fleitas singles to center field. Stan Hughes scores. Steve Alcala advances to third on the hit. Chris Souza walks. Ron Thomas strikes out. Paddy Meers singles to center field. Steve Alcala scores. Gary Fleitas scores. Chris Souza advances to third on the hit. Ted Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Souza scores. Paddy Meers advances to second on the play. Sherman Asbell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Bill Nyman pitching. Bob Redmond enters the game as a defensive replacement for Shinichi Miyamoto at 1B. D.T. Escobar grounds out to the third baseman. Todd Moore grounds out to the pitcher. Bobby Angley is pinch hitting for Bob Duncan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bobby Angley singles to right field. Shorty Pennington singles to center field. Bobby Angley advances to third on the hit. Takashi Mahlberg singles to left field. Bobby Angley scores. Shorty Pennington advances to third on the hit. Masao Arita comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Koichi Kinoshita pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7 New York total runners LOB: 7
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Breining did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Standaert improves in power_vs_lefty Hal Landrum improves in power_vs_lefty Jessie Day improves in range
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Brian Lesley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Babe Brown improves in speed Ed Jamieson did not respond to coaching in arm Tack Speck did not respond to coaching in velocity Carl Green did not respond to coaching in C