Win: Ron Meulens (2-0) Loss: Heinie Wickersham (2-6)
Save: Jim Michaels (1)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Heinie Wickersham pitching. Chet Combs strikes out. Jose Alyea strikes out. Bobby Rodriguez lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Ron Meulens pitching. George Callahan flies out to the left fielder. Dean Brodowski flies out to the center fielder. Ted Witherup walks. Ted Witherup steals second. Al Klugmann strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Gene Reed grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Hibbs grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Roger Reardon grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland George Nevin doubles to left field. Jim Leitner grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Repass grounds out to the catcher. Grant Higbee strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Dixie Conwell grounds out to the shortstop. Kazuhiko Ota flies out to the center fielder. Ron Meulens flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Heinie Wickersham grounds out to the third baseman. George Callahan singles to center field. Dean Brodowski singles past the second baseman. Ted Witherup singles to center field. George Callahan scores. Dean Brodowski advances to third on the hit. Al Klugmann grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dean Brodowski scores. Ted Witherup advances to second on the play. George Nevin singles to center field. Ted Witherup scores. Jim Leitner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Chet Combs flies out to the right fielder. Jose Alyea singles to right field. Bobby Rodriguez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Chris Repass grounds out to the pitcher. Grant Higbee strikes out. Heinie Wickersham grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Gene Reed doubles to right field. Kevin Hibbs singles to right field. Gene Reed is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Roger Reardon flies out to the left fielder. Dixie Conwell grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kevin Hibbs is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland George Callahan grounds out to the pitcher. Dean Brodowski flies out to the right fielder. Ted Witherup grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Kazuhiko Ota flies out to the left fielder. Ron Meulens strikes out. Chet Combs flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Al Klugmann strikes out. George Nevin doubles to center field. Jim Leitner bunts for a base hit. Jim Leitner is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Chris Repass strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Jose Alyea doubles to center field. Bobby Rodriguez singles to center field. Jose Alyea is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Bobby Rodriguez steals second. Gene Reed walks. Kevin Hibbs strikes out. Roger Reardon hits a home run. Bobby Rodriguez scores. Gene Reed scores. Dixie Conwell reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jim Leitner. Don Lowe 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. Kazuhiko Ota triples. Dixie Conwell scores. Ron Meulens singles to left field. Kazuhiko Ota scores. Chris Bergman is pinch hitting for Chet Combs. Chris Bergman singles to left field. Jose Alyea singles past the shortstop. Bobby Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Oakland Desi Deviney enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chris Bergman at 3B. Grant Higbee strikes out. Stu Morgan is pinch hitting for Don Lowe. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Stu Morgan singles to center field. George Callahan grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland John Nicosia pitching. Gene Reed strikes out. Kevin Hibbs flies out to the right fielder. Fred Seibold is pinch hitting for Roger Reardon. Fred Seibold flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Dean Brodowski singles to left field. Carl Wynn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ted Witherup singles to right field. Dean Brodowski is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Al Klugmann singles to center field. Ted Witherup advances to third on the hit. Jim Michaels comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Nevin strikes out. John Hoyt is pinch hitting for Jim Leitner. John Hoyt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Jim Foley enters the game as a defensive replacement for John Hoyt at 3B. Dixie Conwell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kazuhiko Ota singles to right field. Jim Michaels fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jim Michaels singles to center field. Kazuhiko Ota advances to third on the hit. Desi Deviney walks. Jose Alyea grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuhiko Ota scores. Jim Michaels advances to third on the play. Desi Deviney advances to second on the play. Bobby Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Chris Repass grounds out to the third baseman. Grant Higbee pops out to the third baseman. Ted Wood is pinch hitting for John Nicosia. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ted Wood flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 6 Oakland total runners LOB: 6
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Weyhing did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Chuck Whitt improves in arm Tom Doheny did not respond to coaching in speed Tilson Gutierrez did not respond to coaching in range
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: D Improvements: Gee Lampkin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Merl Mertz improves in contact_vs_righty Jay Davis improves in power_vs_lefty Javier Brown improves in power_vs_righty Scott Johnston did not respond to coaching in C