Win: Vito Caithamer (6-4) Loss: Jeremy Hutchings (2-3)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Vito Caithamer pitching. John Stahl walks. Dan Gettinger singles to left field. John Stahl advances to third on the hit. Goldie Shelby singles to right field. John Stahl scores. Yoshiyuki Higuchi strikes out. Mateo Perez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Goldie Shelby is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Slick Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Cleveland Jeremy Hutchings pitching. Ben Dodd grounds out to the third baseman. John Fahey singles to center field. Tex Jackson strikes out. Jack Bloomfield strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Denny Brown singles to center field. U.L. Distefano flies out to the right fielder. Denny Brown steals second. Jeremy Hutchings flies out to the left fielder. John Stahl singles to center field. Denny Brown scores. John Stahl steals second. Dan Gettinger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Chris Blanks flies out to the left fielder. Ross Peters pops out to the third baseman. Kevin Hubbell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Goldie Shelby strikes out. Yoshiyuki Higuchi flies out to the left fielder. Mateo Perez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Bob Maldonado lines out to the third baseman. Vito Caithamer strikes out. Ben Dodd strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Slick Johnson strikes out. Denny Brown doubles to center field. U.L. Distefano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Denny Brown advances to third on the play. Jeremy Hutchings lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland John Fahey is hit by a pitch. Tex Jackson walks. Jack Bloomfield grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tex Jackson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Chris Blanks grounds out to the second baseman. John Fahey scores. Jack Bloomfield advances to second on the play. Ross Peters doubles to left field. Jack Bloomfield scores. Kevin Hubbell triples. Ross Peters scores. Bob Maldonado singles to center field. Kevin Hubbell scores. Vito Caithamer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City John Stahl grounds out to the shortstop. Dan Gettinger flies out to the left fielder. Goldie Shelby flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ben Dodd singles to right field. John Fahey strikes out. Tex Jackson singles to left field. Jack Bloomfield strikes out. Chris Blanks singles to left field. Ben Dodd scores. Tex Jackson advances to third on the hit. Sherry Nagle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ross Peters flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Yoshiyuki Higuchi strikes out. Mateo Perez strikes out. Slick Johnson singles to left field. Denny Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Kevin Hubbell singles to center field. Bob Maldonado grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kevin Hubbell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Vito Caithamer lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ben Dodd walks. John Fahey walks. Tex Jackson walks. Bob Maldonado scores. Joel Hogan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Bloomfield flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City U.L. Distefano grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ed Merritt is pinch hitting for Joel Hogan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Ed Merritt strikes out. John Stahl flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Bill Laxton pitching. Chris Blanks flies out to the left fielder. Ross Peters strikes out. Kevin Hubbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Dan Gettinger flies out to the left fielder. Goldie Shelby doubles to center field. Yoshiyuki Higuchi strikes out. Mateo Perez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Bob Maldonado walks. Vito Caithamer lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Ben Dodd walks. John Fahey is hit by a pitch. Tex Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Slick Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Denny Brown strikes out. U.L. Distefano grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Cleveland total runners left on base: 9
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Al Anderson did not respond to coaching in control Adam Diering improves in power_vs_righty Bert Riley did not respond to coaching in range Al Anderson did not respond to coaching in control
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Connie Eckert improves in contact_vs_righty Dixie Coombs improves in control Oscar Bedrosian did not respond to coaching in velocity Connie Eckert did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Bean did not respond to coaching in CF