Inning: 1 Kansas City Kerry Spicer pitching. Rube Harris strikes out. Cap Jennings grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Warner doubles to left field. Bill Baker grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Al Johnson pitching. Jerry Toporcer grounds out to the third baseman. Izan Sanchez pops out to the shortstop. Eddie Corriden lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Romeo Hobbs grounds out to the third baseman. Brian Carsey hits a home run. Wes McMahan strikes out. Bob Schmidt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland William Wertz grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Velandia singles to right field. Brett Zappe grounds out to the second baseman. Ray Velandia advances to second on the play. Jeff Jenkins grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Al Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Rube Harris strikes out. Cap Jennings singles to left field. Frank Warner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Rob Howell doubles to right field. Kerry Spicer lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jerry Toporcer strikes out. Izan Sanchez pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bill Baker singles to left field. Romeo Hobbs flies out to the center fielder. Brian Carsey flies out to the center fielder. Wes McMahan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Eddie Corriden lines out to the third baseman. William Wertz flies out to the center fielder. Ray Velandia flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bob Schmidt pops out to the first baseman. Al Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Rube Harris flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Brett Zappe singles to left field. Jeff Jenkins walks. Rob Howell singles to right field. Kerry Spicer strikes out. Jerry Toporcer walks. Brett Zappe scores. Izan Sanchez flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jeff Jenkins is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Cap Jennings grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Warner flies out to the left fielder. Bill Baker singles to left field. Romeo Hobbs grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Eddie Corriden flies out to the right fielder. William Wertz grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Velandia grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Brian Carsey flies out to the left fielder. Wes McMahan flies out to the left fielder. Bob Schmidt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Brett Zappe singles to left field. Jeff Jenkins strikes out. Rob Howell flies out to the right fielder. George Coachman is pinch hitting for Kerry Spicer. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. George Coachman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Chico Bilardello pitching. Al Embree is pinch hitting for Al Johnson. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Al Embree pops out to the third baseman. Rube Harris grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Cap Jennings singles to center field. Frank Warner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Cap Jennings is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Alex Kilgus pitching. Jerry Toporcer grounds out to the third baseman. Izan Sanchez singles to center field. Eddie Corriden singles to left field. Izan Sanchez advances to third on the hit. William Wertz grounds out to the pitcher. Eddie Corriden advances to second on the play. Ray Velandia walks. Brett Zappe grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Izan Sanchez is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Baker flies out to the center fielder. Romeo Hobbs reached on a fielding error by Chico Bilardello. Brian Carsey pops out to the second baseman. Wes McMahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Jeff Jenkins grounds out to the third baseman. Rob Howell grounds out to the third baseman. Albert Causey is pinch hitting for Chico Bilardello. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Albert Causey doubles to left field. Jerry Toporcer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Kansas City Tony Huggins pitching. Bob Schmidt flies out to the center fielder. Minnie Stiely is pinch hitting for Alex Kilgus. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Minnie Stiely strikes out. Rube Harris flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Cleveland Oscar Alberro pitching. Izan Sanchez flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Corriden flies out to the right fielder. William Wertz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Kansas City Cap Jennings grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Warner strikes out. Bill Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Cleveland Ray Velandia singles to right field. Brett Zappe pops out to the third baseman. Jeff Jenkins hits a home run. Ray Velandia scores. Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Cleveland total runners left on base: 9
Game Notes Romeo Hobbs is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Harry Hooper did not respond to coaching in speed Gene Surhoff did not respond to coaching in velocity Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Hiroshi Ushijima did not respond to coaching in velocity Bobby Meyers did not respond to coaching in 3B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jack Stephenson improves in range Kevin McGeehan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jack Stephenson improves in arm Gary Serum did not respond to coaching in control Kevin McGeehan did not respond to coaching in LF