Win: Monte Serena (1-0) Loss: Walt Penner (0-2)
Save: Mike Thayer (1)
Inning: 1 Cleveland T.J. Barranca pitching. Roberto Curtis singles to left field. Paul Kern pops out to the shortstop. Steve Davis singles past the first baseman. Dan Gearin walks. Claude Lazar strikes out. Mark Mankowski pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Kansas City Monte Serena pitching. Spud Wilson flies out to the left fielder. Scoops Dailey walks. Arnold Daniels flies out to the right fielder. Scoops Dailey steals second. Dallas Krieger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Bobby Lemon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sam Gonzalez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Monte Serena strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Hector Rogers grounds out to the third baseman. Skeeter Johnson walks. Randy Lombardi singles to center field. Skeeter Johnson advances to third on the hit. Otto James strikes out. T.J. Barranca grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Roberto Curtis walks. Paul Kern walks. Steve Davis strikes out. Dan Gearin grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Spud Wilson pops out to the first baseman. Scoops Dailey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Arnold Daniels singles to left field. Dallas Krieger singles past the third baseman. Arnold Daniels advances to third on the hit. Hector Rogers grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Claude Lazar grounds out to the second baseman. Mark Mankowski strikes out. Bobby Lemon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Skeeter Johnson pops out to the catcher. Randy Lombardi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Otto James singles to center field. T.J. Barranca strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Sam Gonzalez singles to right field. Monte Serena lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-3 double play. Roberto Curtis walks. Paul Kern pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Spud Wilson flies out to the right fielder. Scoops Dailey walks. Arnold Daniels strikes out. Dallas Krieger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Steve Davis doubles to right field. Dan Gearin pops out to the second baseman. Claude Lazar strikes out. Mark Mankowski grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Hector Rogers strikes out. Skeeter Johnson walks. Randy Lombardi grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Bobby Lemon strikes out. Sam Gonzalez lines out to the first baseman. Monte Serena strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Otto James singles to right field. T.J. Barranca lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Spud Wilson singles to center field. Otto James scores. Spud Wilson steals second. Scoops Dailey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Spud Wilson advances to third on the play. Arnold Daniels grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Roberto Curtis strikes out. Paul Kern doubles to left field. Walt Penner 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. Steve Davis singles to center field. Steve Davis steals second. Dan Gearin hits an infield single to the pitcher. Paul Kern scores. Claude Lazar grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Davis scores. Dan Gearin advances to second on the play. Marty Valdez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mark Mankowski grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Dallas Krieger flies out to the left fielder. Hector Rogers strikes out. Skeeter Johnson walks. Randy Lombardi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Bobby Lemon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Sam Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Phelps is pinch hitting for Monte Serena. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jose Phelps singles to right field. Roberto Curtis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Mike Thayer pitching. Otto James grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Red Batchelder is pinch hitting for Marty Valdez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Red Batchelder strikes out. Spud Wilson singles to center field. Scoops Dailey reached on a 2-base fielding error by Dan Gearin. Arnold Daniels strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Cleveland total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 11
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Roy Rubeling improves in contact_vs_righty Ray Mallett did not respond to coaching in range Tom Hoffman improves in speed Ray Ramos did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Slade improves in power_vs_righty Jim Rivera did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Astroth improves in range Herschel Hutchings did not respond to coaching in control Tommy Callahan did not respond to coaching in 3B