Win: Rip Menze (3-1) Loss: Bill Dalton (1-2)
Save: Joe Scott (3)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Bill Dalton pitching. Oddibe Knoll singles to right field. Chuck Kaiser grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Oddibe Knoll is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rick Fisher hits a home run. Chuck Kaiser scores. Brad Didier walks. Tim Tate flies out to the right fielder. Pete High flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Rip Menze pitching. Roberto Curtis strikes out. Paul Kern grounds out to the second baseman. Bunny Lynch flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Butts Girardi walks. Clarence Hernandez grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Rip Menze singles to center field. Oddibe Knoll grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Hersh Smith strikes out. Jose Phelps singles to left field. Mark Mankowski walks. Bobby Lemon walks. Butch Reynolds flies out to the left fielder. Bill Dalton strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Minnesota Chuck Kaiser flies out to the center fielder. Rick Fisher strikes out. Brad Didier grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Roberto Curtis grounds out to the pitcher. Paul Kern grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bunny Lynch flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Tim Tate doubles to left field. Pete High grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tim Tate advances to third on the play. Butts Girardi flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Clarence Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Hersh Smith doubles to center field. Jose Phelps flies out to the right fielder. Mark Mankowski grounds out to the shortstop. Bobby Lemon grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Rip Menze singles to right field. Passed ball. Rip Menze advances to second. Oddibe Knoll grounds out to the third baseman. Chuck Kaiser flies out to the right fielder. Rick Fisher singles to left field. Brad Didier singles to right field. Rip Menze scores. Rick Fisher advances to third on the hit. Tim Tate grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Butch Reynolds pops out to the shortstop. Bill Dalton doubles to center field. Roberto Curtis singles to center field. Paul Kern singles to left field. Bill Dalton scores. Bunny Lynch lines out to the first baseman. Hersh Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Pete High grounds out to the shortstop. Butts Girardi flies out to the center fielder. Clarence Hernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Jose Phelps grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Mankowski singles to left field. Bobby Lemon strikes out. Butch Reynolds flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Tom Flannery is pinch hitting for Rip Menze. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tom Flannery grounds out to the third baseman. Oddibe Knoll singles to right field. Chuck Kaiser singles to right field. Oddibe Knoll advances to third on the hit. Masayuki Masuda 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. Rick Fisher lines out to the second baseman. Brad Didier grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Joe Scott pitching. Stan Diering is pinch hitting for Masayuki Masuda. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Stan Diering strikes out. Roberto Curtis flies out to the center fielder. Paul Kern singles to right field. Bunny Lynch grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Mike Thayer pitching. Tim Tate walks. Pete High strikes out. Butts Girardi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Tim Tate advances to second on the play. Clarence Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Hersh Smith pops out to the shortstop. Jose Phelps strikes out. Mark Mankowski lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Joe Scott strikes out. Oddibe Knoll walks. Oddibe Knoll steals second. Chuck Kaiser pops out to the shortstop. Rick Fisher lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Bobby Lemon hits a home run. Butch Reynolds strikes out. Whitey Smith is pinch hitting for Mike Thayer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Whitey Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Roberto Curtis grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9 Cleveland total runners LOB: 8
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Fred Blessitt improves in power_vs_lefty Freddy Dunkle improves in arm Louis Goetz improves in velocity John Connatser improves in velocity Jose Ford did not respond to coaching in 2B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Hoffman improves in power_vs_righty Tom Sanderson improves in contact_vs_righty Ray Mallett did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ray Ramos improves in range