Win: Rudy Coleman (8-8) Loss: Carl Gibralter (6-6)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Rudy Coleman pitching. Corey Bowman hits a home run. Tony Williams grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Wally Diaz singles to center field. Joe Amelung strikes out. Wally Diaz steals second. Casey Radinsky singles to right field. Al Kenders flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cleveland Carl Gibralter pitching. Bill Montefusco grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Gwynn doubles to left field. Goody Aquino hits an infield single to the shortstop. Billy Walk hits a home run. Joe Gwynn scores. Goody Aquino scores. Yoshiyasu Okagami hits a home run. Dick Batiste walks. Dad Ryan singles to center field. Bill Phillips lines out to the third baseman. Rudy Coleman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Red Preibisch pops out to the second baseman. Cecil Powell strikes out. Carl Gibralter flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Bill Montefusco grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Gwynn pops out to the second baseman. Goody Aquino pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Corey Bowman strikes out. Tony Williams is hit by a pitch. Wally Diaz singles to right field. Joe Amelung flies out to the center fielder. Casey Radinsky walks. Al Kenders grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Cleveland Billy Walk doubles to center field. Yoshiyasu Okagami flies out to the center fielder. Dick Batiste strikes out. Dad Ryan singles past the shortstop. Billy Walk scores. Bill Phillips grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Dad Ryan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Red Preibisch strikes out. Cecil Powell hits a home run. Carl Gibralter grounds out to the third baseman. Corey Bowman singles to left field. Tony Williams flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Rudy Coleman singles to center field. Bill Montefusco walks. Joe Gwynn singles to center field. Rudy Coleman scores. Bill Montefusco advances to third on the hit. Rick Moriarty comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Goody Aquino flies out to the right fielder. Billy Walk walks. Yoshiyasu Okagami walks. Bill Montefusco scores. Dick Batiste flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Gwynn is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Wally Diaz grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Amelung grounds out to the shortstop. Casey Radinsky strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Dad Ryan grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Phillips strikes out. Rudy Coleman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Al Kenders singles to center field. Red Preibisch grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Cecil Powell singles to left field. Rick Moriarty singles to right field. Cecil Powell advances to third on the hit. Corey Bowman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bill Montefusco walks. Joe Gwynn flies out to the center fielder. Goody Aquino flies out to the center fielder. Billy Walk pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Joe Magee enters the game as a defensive replacement for Yoshiyasu Okagami at 1B. Tony Williams singles to right field. Gus Grissom comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Wally Diaz strikes out. Joe Amelung walks. Casey Radinsky singles to right field. Al Kenders pops out to the first baseman. Red Preibisch flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Cleveland Joe Magee grounds out to the third baseman. Dick Batiste walks. Dad Ryan strikes out. Bill Phillips grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Dick Batiste is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Cecil Powell flies out to the center fielder. Teruo Iwaoka is pinch hitting for Rick Moriarty. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Teruo Iwaoka grounds out to the second baseman. Corey Bowman singles to right field. Corey Bowman is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Bruce Mendoza pitching. Red Bancroft is pinch hitting for Gus Grissom. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Red Bancroft flies out to the right fielder. Bill Montefusco strikes out. Joe Gwynn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Matt Scanlan pitching. Tony Williams flies out to the right fielder. Wally Diaz strikes out. Brian Baker is pinch hitting for Joe Amelung. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Brian Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 11 Cleveland total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Bill Montefusco is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Erv Boccabella did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Johnny Nelson improves in contact_vs_righty Spider Schaeffer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ray Caithamer improves in power_vs_righty Brady Stratton improves in range Charlie Mays improves in range Tadami Sato did not respond to coaching in 2B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Bill Steengrafe did not respond to coaching in control Lew McAnany did not respond to coaching in endurance Satchel Witt did not respond to coaching in control Bill Chalk did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Chalk improves in control Kurt Sanders improves in contact_vs_righty Jim Lanahan did not respond to coaching in 1B