Inning: 1 Boston Cesar Miller pitching. Rick Bird walks. Ribs Gott walks. Orval McCahan singles to center field. Rick Bird scores. Ribs Gott advances to third on the hit. Ed Dodd grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ribs Gott scores. Rick Simon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Roy Gallia pitching. Rick Dinges strikes out. Jack LaForest grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Saenz hits a home run. Verle Wooten singles past the shortstop. Jimmy Polcovich grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Ed Bongiovanni grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Edmonston singles past the second baseman. George Zupcic triples. Frank Edmonston scores. Roy Gallia strikes out. Rick Bird singles to center field. George Zupcic scores. Ribs Gott pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Mike Walker flies out to the center fielder. Frank Quinn flies out to the right fielder. John Hall singles to left field. Cesar Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Orval McCahan strikes out. Ed Dodd singles past the shortstop. Rick Simon singles to right field. Ed Bongiovanni grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Rick Dinges flies out to the center fielder. Jack LaForest singles to right field. Jim Saenz singles to center field. Jack LaForest advances to third on the hit. Verle Wooten walks. Jimmy Polcovich pops out to the third baseman. Mike Walker doubles past the third baseman. Jack LaForest scores. Jim Saenz scores. Verle Wooten uses his aggressiveness and scores. Frank Quinn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Frank Edmonston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Zupcic singles to left field. Roy Gallia lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Rick Bird hits a home run. George Zupcic scores. Roy Gallia scores. Darren Hafey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ribs Gott strikes out. Orval McCahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland John Hall singles to right field. Bill Avery comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Darren Hafey 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 strikes out. Jack LaForest grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Ed Dodd walks. Rick Simon walks. Ed Bongiovanni grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ed Dodd advances to third on the play. Rick Simon advances to second on the play. Frank Edmonston grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Dodd scores. Rick Simon advances to third on the play. Bill Walton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Zupcic reached on a fielding error by John Hall. Rick Simon scores. Bill Avery grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Jim Saenz strikes out. Verle Wooten grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Polcovich strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Rick Bird strikes out. Ribs Gott flies out to the center fielder. Orval McCahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Mike Walker flies out to the center fielder. Frank Quinn strikes out. John Hall strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Ed Dodd flies out to the right fielder. Rick Simon singles to right field. Rick Simon steals second. Akinami Igarashi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Ed Bongiovanni grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Simon advances to third on the play. Frank Edmonston strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland JoJo Blalock is pinch hitting for Akinami Igarashi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. JoJo Blalock lines out to the second baseman. Rick Dinges grounds out to the third baseman. Jack LaForest strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Gus Kelly pitching. Wilbur Sullivan is pinch hitting for George Zupcic. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Wilbur Sullivan singles to right field. Tony Zosky is pinch hitting for Bill Avery. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Tony Zosky singles to left field. Wilbur Sullivan advances to third on the hit. Rick Bird strikes out. Ribs Gott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wilbur Sullivan scores. Tony Zosky advances to second on the play. Orval McCahan singles to center field. Tony Zosky scores. Buddy Downing comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Dodd grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Orval McCahan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ichiro Tamura pitching. Jim Saenz flies out to the right fielder. Verle Wooten grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Polcovich flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Rick Simon strikes out. Ed Bongiovanni walks. Frank Edmonston singles to center field. Ed Bongiovanni advances to third on the hit. Frank Edmonston steals second. Wilbur Sullivan flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Bongiovanni scores. Bob Baumgartner is pinch hitting for Ichiro Tamura. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Bob Baumgartner flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Toichiro Tani pitching. Mike Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Trevino is pinch hitting for Frank Quinn. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mike Trevino walks. Brian Cardona is pinch hitting for John Hall. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Brian Cardona strikes out. Buddy Downing grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners LOB: 6 Cleveland total runners LOB: 5
Batting:3B - George Zupcic (2).HR - Rick Bird (9).SF - Wilbur Sullivan.GIDP - Ed Dodd, Ed Bongiovanni. Baserunning: SB - Rick Simon (6), Frank Edmonston (5).
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jeff Standridge did not respond to coaching in velocity Rusty Hague improves in contact_vs_lefty Ed Coggin did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Coggin did not respond to coaching in control Bill Thorpe improves in 1B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dick Harris improves in power_vs_righty Sid Allen improves in arm Jimmy Leard improves in power_vs_righty Nelson Brinkopf did not respond to coaching in speed Sid Allen did not respond to coaching in SS