Win: Travis Brown (10-2) Loss: Ron Kane (9-5)
Save: Scott Bailey (16)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Ron Kane pitching. Edifus Fitzgerald pops out to the shortstop. Sam McAndrew strikes out. Kevin Melillo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Travis Brown pitching. Andres Haworth singles to center field. Yasuji Takada flies out to the right fielder. Luis Coughlin singles to center field. Andres Haworth is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Roy Ostrowski flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Tony Brewer strikes out. Ed Berran singles in front of the left fielder. Gil Murff grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Roy Handley flies out to the center fielder. Mule Smith strikes out. Hank Moore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Dick Kamp flies out to the center fielder. Bill Murray strikes out. Travis Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Phenomenal Taylor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ron Kane grounds out to the third baseman. Andres Haworth grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Edifus Fitzgerald lines out to the shortstop. Sam McAndrew strikes out. Kevin Melillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Yasuji Takada walks. Luis Coughlin pops out to the second baseman. Roy Ostrowski flies out to the left fielder. Roy Handley is hit by a pitch. Mule Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Tony Brewer singles to left field. Ed Berran strikes out. Tony Brewer steals second. Gil Murff singles to left field. Tony Brewer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dick Kamp grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gil Murff advances to second on the play. Bill Murray doubles to center field. Gil Murff scores. Travis Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Hank Moore singles past the second baseman. Phenomenal Taylor doubles to left field. Hank Moore uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ron Kane fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ron Kane grounds out to the shortstop. Andres Haworth singles to center field. Phenomenal Taylor scores. Yasuji Takada singles to center field. Andres Haworth advances to third on the hit. Luis Coughlin grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Edifus Fitzgerald walks. Sam McAndrew walks. Kevin Melillo grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Sam McAndrew is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tony Brewer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kevin Melillo advances to second on the play. Ed Berran reached on a fielding error by Roy Handley. Edifus Fitzgerald scores. Gil Murff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland Roy Ostrowski reached on a 2-base throwing error by Kevin Melillo. Roy Handley strikes out. Mule Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Hank Moore walks. Phenomenal Taylor walks. Ron Kane grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Cleveland Dick Kamp walks. Dick Kamp steals second. Bill Murray pops out to the shortstop. Harry Hogg is pinch hitting for Travis Brown. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Harry Hogg strikes out. Edifus Fitzgerald grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Bill Proly pitching. Andres Haworth pops out to the shortstop. Yasuji Takada flies out to the center fielder. Luis Coughlin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Sam McAndrew grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Melillo reached on a fielding error by Mule Smith. Kevin Melillo steals second. Duff Wessinger 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. Tony Brewer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kevin Melillo advances to third on the play. Ed Berran flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Roy Ostrowski grounds out to the shortstop. Roy Handley singles to right field. Mule Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Handley advances to second on the play. Hank Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Gil Murff flies out to the center fielder. Dick Kamp grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Murray strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Scott Bailey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Phenomenal Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Babe Stephenson is pinch hitting for Duff Wessinger. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Babe Stephenson flies out to the center fielder. Andres Haworth pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 5 Oakland total runners LOB: 8
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Hidetaka Nakamura did not respond to coaching in arm Bob Davison did not respond to coaching in velocity Rheal Baird did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Howie Arlett improves in speed Rheal Baird did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Piatt did not respond to coaching in arm Dennis Schmidt did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Yank Miller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Yank Miller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty