Win: Red Faber (3-3) Loss: Cy Brunson (1-4)
Save: Mark Wickman (8)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Red Faber pitching. Brian Merritt strikes out. Ichiro Suzuki walks. Greg Garrison singles to left field. Ichiro Suzuki is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Frank Wilhelm walks. Passed ball. Greg Garrison advances to third. Frank Wilhelm advances to second. Frank Rauch strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cleveland Cy Brunson pitching. Pep Persnickety walks. Pep Persnickety steals second. Lu Leftwich strikes out. Mul Wells flies out to the right fielder. Al Garr grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Garrison singles past the shortstop. Steve Hodkey lines out to the shortstop. Bill Garrison is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Rick Pasquella strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Wes Chester strikes out. Beau Knerr walks. Merritt Hancock grounds out to the pitcher. Beau Knerr advances to second on the play. Masaru Ichikawa singles to center field. Beau Knerr scores. Red Faber walks. Pep Persnickety flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Cy Brunson strikes out. Brian Merritt flies out to the left fielder. Ichiro Suzuki walks. Greg Garrison walks. Frank Wilhelm strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Lu Leftwich walks. Mul Wells singles to right field. Al Garr singles to left field. Lu Leftwich scores. Mul Wells advances to third on the hit. Wes Chester walks. Beau Knerr singles to center field. Mul Wells scores. Al Garr scores. Wes Chester advances to third on the hit. Merritt Hancock walks. Masaru Ichikawa grounds out to the second baseman. Wes Chester scores. Beau Knerr advances to third on the play. Merritt Hancock advances to second on the play. Red Faber pops out to the second baseman. Pep Persnickety walks. Lixan Southeran comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lu Leftwich walks. Beau Knerr scores. Mul Wells grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Kansas City Frank Rauch strikes out. Bill Garrison singles to left field. Steve Hodkey grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Garrison is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rick Pasquella singles to left field. Steve Hodkey advances to third on the hit. Lixan Southeran lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Al Garr walks. Wes Chester grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Al Garr is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Beau Knerr strikes out. Merritt Hancock singles to center field. Wes Chester is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Brian Merritt flies out to the center fielder. Ichiro Suzuki singles to center field. Greg Garrison walks. Frank Wilhelm grounds out to the second baseman. Ichiro Suzuki advances to third on the play. Greg Garrison advances to second on the play. Frank Rauch singles to center field. Ichiro Suzuki scores. Greg Garrison scores. Frank Rauch steals second. Bill Garrison flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Masaru Ichikawa walks. Red Faber fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Red Faber strikes out. Pep Persnickety flies out to the center fielder. Lu Leftwich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Steve Hodkey singles to right field. Steve Hodkey steals second. Rick Pasquella strikes out. Lixan Southeran walks. Frank Koch comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brian Merritt flies out to the center fielder. Ichiro Suzuki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Mul Wells singles to right field. Bill Tomanek comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Garr grounds out to the second baseman. Mul Wells advances to second on the play. Wes Chester grounds out to the shortstop. Beau Knerr doubles to left field. Mul Wells scores. Merritt Hancock pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Greg Garrison flies out to the center fielder. Frank Wilhelm hits an infield single to the pitcher. Frank Rauch hits a home run. Frank Wilhelm scores. Fred Albury comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Garrison singles to left field. Steve Hodkey flies out to the center fielder. Rick Pasquella grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Garrison is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Masaru Ichikawa singles to center field. Yuto Okuyama is pinch hitting for Fred Albury. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Yuto Okuyama strikes out. Pep Persnickety grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rich Magnante pitching. Johnny Sullivan is pinch hitting for Bill Tomanek. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Johnny Sullivan grounds out to the second baseman. Brian Merritt flies out to the center fielder. Ichiro Suzuki doubles to right field. Greg Garrison doubles to center field. Ichiro Suzuki scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Frank Wilhelm walks. Mark Wickman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Rauch flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Yusmel Ramirez pitching. Lu Leftwich singles past the second baseman. Mul Wells flies out to the left fielder. Lu Leftwich steals second. Al Garr singles in front of the left fielder. Lu Leftwich scores. Wes Chester strikes out. Beau Knerr flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Garrison flies out to the left fielder. Steve Hodkey hits a home run. Sam Bielaski is pinch hitting for Rick Pasquella. Sam Bielaski pops out to the second baseman. Al Smith is pinch hitting for Yusmel Ramirez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Al Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 12 Cleveland total runners left on base: 10
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Larry Keener improves in arm Rollie Lewis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Doyle improves in contact_vs_lefty Mike Grodzicki did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Taylor did not respond to coaching in 2B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Orlando Tovar did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Wambsganss did not respond to coaching in speed Domingo Florence did not respond to coaching in range Orlando Tovar improves in velocity Ed Leary did not respond to coaching in 1B