Win: Randy Connors (5-1) Loss: Bill Rader (3-3)
Save: Hisashi Sakamoto (10)
Inning: 1 Texas Randy Connors pitching. Darryl Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Masayuki Moriyama hits a home run. Harry Baez strikes out. Ryutaro Tanabe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Bill Rader pitching. Leo Neagle grounds out to the pitcher. Dennis Perry pops out to the shortstop. Mike Andre hits a home run. Benjie Waynesboro strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Frank Kirk grounds out to the shortstop. Ken McCardell pops out to the third baseman. Cliff Welteroth reached on a fielding error by Juan Fox. Ikuro Nakayama flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Doc Stirnweiss singles to center field. Mike Jordan flies out to the center fielder. Doc Stirnweiss is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Juan Fox grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Bill Rader flies out to the center fielder. Darryl Gonzalez singles to right field. Darryl Gonzalez is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Masayuki Moriyama grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Steve Peters grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Connors flies out to the center fielder. Leo Neagle strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Harry Baez strikes out. Ryutaro Tanabe singles past the third baseman. Frank Kirk grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Dennis Perry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Andre bunts for a base hit. Benjie Waynesboro grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Andre is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Doc Stirnweiss grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Ken McCardell walks. Cliff Welteroth singles to left field. Ken McCardell advances to third on the hit. Ikuro Nakayama singles to center field. Ken McCardell scores. Cliff Welteroth advances to third on the hit. Bill Rader flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Cliff Welteroth scores. Darryl Gonzalez strikes out. Masayuki Moriyama walks. Harry Baez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Mike Jordan flies out to the left fielder. Juan Fox singles to left field. Steve Peters singles to left field. Juan Fox advances to third on the hit. Steve Peters steals second. Randy Connors strikes out. Leo Neagle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Ryutaro Tanabe grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Kirk flies out to the center fielder. Ken McCardell singles to right field. Cliff Welteroth singles to right field. Ken McCardell advances to third on the hit. Ikuro Nakayama grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Dennis Perry walks. Mike Andre doubles to left field. Dennis Perry uses his aggressiveness and scores. Benjie Waynesboro singles to center field. Mike Andre scores. Doc Stirnweiss grounds out to the second baseman. Benjie Waynesboro advances to second on the play. Mike Jordan hits a home run. Benjie Waynesboro scores. Tadashi Moriyama comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Juan Fox strikes out. Steve Peters singles to right field. Randy Connors singles to center field. Leo Neagle bunts for a base hit. Dennis Perry flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Texas Yoshinori Inoue is pinch hitting for Tadashi Moriyama. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Yoshinori Inoue flies out to the left fielder. Darryl Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Masayuki Moriyama strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Devon McKee pitching. Mike Andre strikes out. Benjie Waynesboro hits a home run. Josh Hamilton is pinch hitting for Doc Stirnweiss. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Josh Hamilton flies out to the center fielder. Mike Jordan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Scott Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Harry Baez flies out to the center fielder. Ryutaro Tanabe strikes out. Frank Kirk pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Fritz Fasano comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Connolly is pinch hitting for Juan Fox. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Connolly walks. Bill Connolly steals second. Steve Peters pops out to the shortstop. Wally Cook is pinch hitting for Scott Brown. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Wally Cook singles to right field. Bill Connolly is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Leo Neagle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Hisashi Sakamoto pitching. Ken McCardell grounds out to the shortstop. Cliff Welteroth strikes out. Ikuro Nakayama grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 5 Cleveland total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Mike Andre (6).HR - Mike Andre (9), Benjie Waynesboro (7), Mike Jordan (5). Baserunning: SB - Bill Connolly (2), Steve Peters (3).CS - Doc Stirnweiss (2). Fielding: E - Juan Fox.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Waite Buechele did not respond to coaching in control Steve Rice did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rod Whitaker improves in contact_vs_righty John Blyzka did not respond to coaching in arm Cad Wright did not respond to coaching in CF
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Ingram did not respond to coaching in endurance George Bergman did not respond to coaching in control George Bergman did not respond to coaching in control Ed Cox improves in arm Jim Fornieles did not respond to coaching in RF