Win: Buster Gaw (13-7) Loss: Kris Jones (5-22)
Save: Dan Brown (26)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Kris Jones pitching. Dick Chetkovich grounds out to the second baseman. Kip Oakes grounds out to the second baseman. Vance Cromer hits a home run. March Roberge walks. Bob Sterrett hits a home run. March Roberge scores. Jack Tomney grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Buster Gaw pitching. Evan Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Dak Drummond singles to left field. Jeff McCray lines out to the first baseman. James Marsh grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dak Drummond is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ray Trimble grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pepper Spradlin singles to center field. Buster Gaw lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dick Chetkovich grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Jeffrey Reed strikes out. Tommy Rosen walks. Tommy Rosen steals second. Ryoji Yamada pops out to the shortstop. Jimmy Warrick singles to left field. Tommy Rosen scores. Kris Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Kip Oakes walks. Kip Oakes steals second. Vance Cromer triples. Kip Oakes scores. March Roberge strikes out. Bob Sterrett flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Vance Cromer scores. Gene Campanella comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Tomney grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Evan Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Dak Drummond grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff McCray pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ray Trimble singles to left field. Pepper Spradlin grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Ray Trimble is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Buster Gaw lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dick Chetkovich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland James Marsh singles to left field. Jeffrey Reed grounds into a force play to the third baseman. James Marsh is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tommy Rosen grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Kip Oakes is hit by a pitch. Kip Oakes steals second. Vance Cromer strikes out. March Roberge flies out to the left fielder. Bob Sterrett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ryoji Yamada flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Warrick singles to center field. Gene Campanella lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Jimmy Warrick forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Evan Taylor grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gene Campanella is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jack Tomney grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ray Trimble strikes out. Pepper Spradlin flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Dak Drummond walks. Jeff McCray grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. James Marsh strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Buster Gaw strikes out. Dick Chetkovich grounds out to the second baseman. Kip Oakes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Jeffrey Reed grounds out to the third baseman. Tommy Rosen lines out to the third baseman. Ryoji Yamada strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Vance Cromer flies out to the left fielder. March Roberge singles to center field. Don Richardson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Bob Sterrett grounds into a force play to the second baseman. March Roberge is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jack Tomney flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Jimmy Warrick flies out to the left fielder. Hardin Romano is pinch hitting for Don Richardson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Hardin Romano doubles to right field. Keiichi Kawanishi 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 1st. Evan Taylor singles to center field. Dak Drummond strikes out. Jeff McCray reached on a fielding error by Pepper Spradlin. Hardin Romano scores. James Marsh flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota John Lear pitching. Ray Trimble strikes out. Pepper Spradlin grounds out to the pitcher. John Heidrick is pinch hitting for Keiichi Kawanishi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Heidrick grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Dan Brown pitching. Jeffrey Reed strikes out. Tommy Rosen grounds out to the shortstop. Ryoji Yamada grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4 Cleveland total runners LOB: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ray Spikes improves in speed Odalis Ferrell improves in velocity Danny Lukon did not respond to coaching in endurance Doug Johnston improves in control Cal Alcantara improves in control Ozzie Heath did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Allen Harrell did not respond to coaching in velocity Rafael Pena Jr did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Victor Ordonez improves in control Ron Tappe improves in contact_vs_lefty Ozzie Silva did not respond to coaching in control Robby Hunt did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Robby Hunt did not respond to coaching in 3B