Win: Guy Reach (2-6) Loss: Tom Colbert (3-3)
Save: Joe Harper (1)
Inning: 1 Oakland Crese Calderone pitching. Mike Parris strikes out. Juan Lopez pops out to the shortstop. Alex Alexander grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Guy Reach pitching. Vito McCormack walks. Steve Moore walks. Shorty Robinson strikes out. Jim Bedford singles to center field. Vito McCormack scores. Steve Moore aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bob Leon flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Steve Moore scores. Jim Bedford is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Matt Cook flies out to the center fielder. Frank Stewart hits a home run. Trevor Harman flies out to the left fielder. Scott Upchurch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Wayne Hostetler flies out to the right fielder. Daniel Concepcion grounds out to the second baseman. Al Stanicek singles to left field. Crese Calderone flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Dave Dexter strikes out. Guy Reach flies out to the right fielder. Mike Parris hits a home run. Juan Lopez pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Vito McCormack singles to left field. Vito McCormack steals second. Steve Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Vito McCormack advances to third on the play. Shorty Robinson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vito McCormack scores. Jim Bedford flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Alex Alexander strikes out. Matt Cook singles to center field. Frank Stewart grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Matt Cook is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Trevor Harman singles to left field. Frank Stewart advances to third on the hit. Scott Upchurch flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Bob Leon walks. Wayne Hostetler grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bob Leon is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Daniel Concepcion strikes out. Wayne Hostetler steals second. Al Stanicek strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Dave Dexter grounds out to the pitcher. Guy Reach lines out to the second baseman. Mike Parris singles to left field. Juan Lopez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Crese Calderone grounds out to the shortstop. Vito McCormack walks. Steve Moore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vito McCormack advances to second on the play. Shorty Robinson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Alex Alexander strikes out. Matt Cook pops out to the third baseman. Frank Stewart walks. Trevor Harman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Jim Bedford hits a home run. Bob Leon walks. Wayne Hostetler grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Daniel Concepcion walks. Daniel Concepcion steals second. Al Stanicek hits an infield single to the pitcher. Crese Calderone flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Scott Upchurch grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Dexter walks. Harry Wendell is pinch hitting for Guy Reach. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dave Dexter steals second. Harry Wendell walks. Tom Colbert 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. Mike Parris flies out to the center fielder. Juan Lopez walks. Alex Alexander walks. Dave Dexter scores. Matt Cook hits a home run. Harry Wendell scores. Juan Lopez scores. Alex Alexander scores. Lance Chamberlain comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Stewart strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Steve Smith pitching. Vito McCormack grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Steve Moore hits a home run. Shorty Robinson grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Bedford walks. Bob Leon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Trevor Harman grounds out to the third baseman. Scott Upchurch grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Dexter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Joe Harper comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Wayne Hostetler grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Daniel Concepcion singles to right field. Al Stanicek pops out to the third baseman. Chris Rhodes is pinch hitting for Lance Chamberlain. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Daniel Concepcion is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Don Thompson pitching. Joe Harper strikes out. Mike Parris pops out to the first baseman. Juan Lopez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Earl Mails is pinch hitting for Don Thompson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Earl Mails grounds out to the second baseman. Vito McCormack grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Moore grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners LOB: 4 Cleveland total runners LOB: 6
Batting:HR - Steve Moore (2), Jim Bedford (5).SF - Bob Leon.GIDP - Wayne Hostetler. Baserunning: SB - Vito McCormack (16), Wayne Hostetler (20), Daniel Concepcion (11).CS - Jim Bedford (6), Daniel Concepcion (9).
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Al Ash improves in range Casey Hanford did not respond to coaching in endurance Manuel Rockenfield improves in arm Homer Sanchez improves in range John Hofmann did not respond to coaching in endurance Al Ash improves in speed Al Ash did not respond to coaching in C
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Burke did not respond to coaching in control Alan Miller did not respond to coaching in range Al Bescher did not respond to coaching in endurance Edgar Kane did not respond to coaching in range Bill Coleman did not respond to coaching in speed Shinya Matsushita did not respond to coaching in control