Inning: 1 Boston Todd Dooin pitching. Rick Bird grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Ribs Gott strikes out. Ed Dodd pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Eric Richard pitching. Rick Dinges grounds out to the shortstop. Jack LaForest grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Saenz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Ed Bongiovanni hits a home run. Tom Curd singles to right field. Frank Edmonston strikes out. Bob Baumgartner grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Tom Curd is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. George Zupcic walks. Eric Richard grounds into a force play to the third baseman. George Zupcic is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Verle Wooten singles to left field. Tom Napier doubles to left field. Verle Wooten uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Walker walks. Pete Lundquist singles in front of the right fielder. Tom Napier scores. John Hall is hit by a pitch. Todd Dooin is hit by a pitch. Mike Walker scores. Rick Dinges grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Lundquist scores. John Hall advances to third on the play. Todd Dooin advances to second on the play. Jack LaForest grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Hall scores. Todd Dooin advances to third on the play. Bill Avery comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Saenz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Rick Bird singles to left field. Ribs Gott grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Rick Bird is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Dodd strikes out. Ed Bongiovanni grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ribs Gott is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Verle Wooten flies out to the right fielder. Tom Napier singles to right field. Mike Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Napier advances to second on the play. Pete Lundquist strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Tom Curd flies out to the right fielder. Frank Edmonston flies out to the right fielder. Bob Baumgartner walks. George Zupcic hits an infield single to the pitcher. Bill Avery grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland John Hall grounds out to the second baseman. Todd Dooin strikes out. Rick Dinges walks. Rick Dinges steals second. Jack LaForest grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Rick Bird strikes out. Ribs Gott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Dodd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Jim Saenz grounds out to the third baseman. Verle Wooten strikes out. Tom Napier strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Ed Bongiovanni strikes out. Tom Curd strikes out. Frank Edmonston flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Mike Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Pete Lundquist lines out to the shortstop. John Hall flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Bob Baumgartner lines out to the second baseman. George Zupcic grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Avery grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Todd Dooin flies out to the left fielder. Rick Dinges grounds out to the pitcher. Jack LaForest flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Rick Bird pops out to the first baseman. Ribs Gott grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Dodd singles to right field. Ed Bongiovanni grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ed Dodd is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Jim Saenz strikes out. Verle Wooten flies out to the center fielder. Tom Napier grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Tom Curd doubles to left field. 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. Frank Edmonston strikes out. Bob Baumgartner strikes out. George Zupcic strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners left on base: 7 Cleveland total runners left on base: 3
Game Notes Pete Lundquist is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Driscoll did not respond to coaching in velocity Brian Bernard did not respond to coaching in control Rusty Hague improves in speed Paul Bradley improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Thorpe improves in 1B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Eric Stablein did not respond to coaching in velocity Sid Allen improves in arm Eric Stablein did not respond to coaching in control Ed Jay improves in arm Jimmy Leard improves in 1B