Win: Bud Graham (7-6) Loss: Jack Clarke (9-10)
Save: Jeff Billings (27)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Bud Graham pitching. Rodger Reynolds hits an infield single to the catcher. Joey James grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Major Mahomes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Jerry Schullstrom pitching. Mike Marshall flies out to the left fielder. Rick Kubinski lines out to the first baseman. Walker Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Bryan Rijo flies out to the left fielder. Reynaldo Ramirez grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Throop hits a home run. Jonathan Jordan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Danny Rush doubles to left field. Bud Dente grounds out to the shortstop. Art Sularz grounds out to the third baseman. John Oquist doubles to left field. Danny Rush scores. Joe Eaddy singles to left field. John Oquist is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Monroe Meyer grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Schullstrom grounds out to the second baseman. Rodger Reynolds strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bud Graham flies out to the left fielder. Mike Marshall walks. Rick Kubinski flies out to the center fielder. Walker Jones flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Joey James singles to left field. Major Mahomes strikes out. Bryan Rijo walks. Reynaldo Ramirez pops out to the shortstop. Frank Throop singles to left field. Joey James scores. Jonathan Jordan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Danny Rush hits a home run. Bud Dente strikes out. Art Sularz strikes out. John Oquist strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Kip Kreitner is pinch hitting for Monroe Meyer. Kip Kreitner walks. Jerry Schullstrom lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rodger Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop. Joey James grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Palestine Walling enters the game as a defensive replacement for Kip Kreitner at C. Joe Eaddy lines out to the third baseman. Bud Graham walks. Mike Marshall strikes out. Rick Kubinski walks. Walker Jones walks. Danny Rush grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Cleveland Major Mahomes strikes out. Bryan Rijo singles to center field. Reynaldo Ramirez flies out to the left fielder. Frank Throop strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bud Dente strikes out. Art Sularz pops out to the third baseman. John Oquist grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Jonathan Jordan strikes out. Alec Aaron is pinch hitting for Palestine Walling. Alec Aaron grounds out to the shortstop. Paul Buckels is pinch hitting for Jerry Schullstrom. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Paul Buckels hits an infield single to the pitcher. Rodger Reynolds flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jack Clarke pitching. Joe Eaddy grounds out to the second baseman. Claude Fisher is pinch hitting for Bud Graham. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Claude Fisher singles to right field. Mike Marshall triples. Claude Fisher scores. Rick Kubinski grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Marshall scores. Gus Wright comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Walker Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Horace LaCorte pitching. Joey James flies out to the left fielder. Major Mahomes singles to left field. Major Mahomes steals second. Bryan Rijo singles to center field. Major Mahomes scores. Reynaldo Ramirez flies out to the right fielder. Frank Throop grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Danny Rush flies out to the center fielder. Bud Dente singles to left field. Art Sularz grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Jeff Billings comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jonathan Jordan strikes out. Alec Aaron walks. Al Maul is pinch hitting for Gus Wright. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Al Maul grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Alec Aaron is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Rodger Reynolds strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Theo Thorpe improves in arm Willie Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in arm Skipper Stone improves in power_vs_lefty Flip Sanchez improves in range Sam Cogan did not respond to coaching in control Harry Jackson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Harry Jackson improves in range Deacon Chaplin did not respond to coaching in arm Sam Cogan did not respond to coaching in velocity Buster Rensa did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Theo Thorpe did not respond to coaching in 1B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bobby Crews improves in power_vs_lefty John Whitehill improves in contact_vs_lefty Tom Williams improves in power_vs_lefty Tom Williams improves in power_vs_righty Rob Thies did not respond to coaching in speed Harry Dear did not respond to coaching in control Ed Stevens did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Pat Barbeau improves in contact_vs_righty Tom Williams did not respond to coaching in range Pat Strahler did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Skeeter Townsend did not respond to coaching in LF