Win: Larry Mendoza (11-2) Loss: Ed Crone (3-7)
Save: Mark Rojas (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ed Crone pitching. Ken Hobbs flies out to the center fielder. Ike Campbell reached on a 2-base throwing error by Takashi Kishida. Bert James strikes out. Rick Cooke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Larry Mendoza pitching. Joe Lerch grounds out to the shortstop. Carlos Brandt singles past the first baseman. Carlos Brandt steals second. Gene Lockhart hits a home run. Carlos Brandt scores. Charlie Stewart pops out to the pitcher. Bill Ilsley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Joe DeShields grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Cedeno grounds out to the catcher. Bunny Roth grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Vive Aven walks. Takashi Kishida strikes out. Gene Pignatano reached on a 2-base throwing error by Michael Nilsson. Ed Crone pops out to the shortstop. Joe Lerch strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Michael Nilsson strikes out. Larry Mendoza singles to left field. Ken Hobbs grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Larry Mendoza is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ike Campbell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Carlos Brandt walks. Carlos Brandt is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Gene Lockhart grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Stewart singles past the first baseman. Bill Ilsley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bert James walks. Rick Cooke walks. Joe DeShields grounds out to the third baseman. Bert James advances to third on the play. Rick Cooke advances to second on the play. Joe Cedeno grounds out to the third baseman. Bert James scores. Rick Cooke advances to third on the play. Bunny Roth hits a home run. Rick Cooke scores. Michael Nilsson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Vive Aven strikes out. Takashi Kishida grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Pignatano walks. Ed Crone reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bert James. Joe Lerch grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Larry Mendoza flies out to the center fielder. Ken Hobbs flies out to the center fielder. Ike Campbell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Carlos Brandt strikes out. Gene Lockhart grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Stewart strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bert James grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Cooke hits a home run. Joe DeShields singles to right field. Joe DeShields steals second. Joe Cedeno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe DeShields advances to third on the play. Bunny Roth flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bill Ilsley flies out to the left fielder. Vive Aven flies out to the left fielder. Takashi Kishida strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Frank Mooney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Michael Nilsson singles to left field. Larry Mendoza lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ken Hobbs flies out to the left fielder. Ike Campbell pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Gene Pignatano strikes out. Gene Lynch is pinch hitting for Frank Mooney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gene Lynch flies out to the center fielder. Joe Lerch walks. Carlos Brandt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City John N. Kennedy pitching. Bert James singles to right field. Bert James is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Rick Cooke doubles to left field. Joe DeShields is hit by a pitch. Joe Cedeno flies out to the center fielder. Bunny Roth singles to right field. Rick Cooke scores. Michael Nilsson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bunny Roth is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Archie Craig enters the game as a defensive replacement for Michael Nilsson at 2B. Gene Lockhart flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Stewart flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Bill Ilsley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Kazuaki Nomura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bruce Thormodsgard is pinch hitting for Larry Mendoza. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bruce Thormodsgard grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Hobbs strikes out. Ike Campbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Slim Spinks pitching. Vive Aven pops out to the second baseman. Takashi Kishida walks. Gene Pignatano hits a home run. Takashi Kishida scores. Mark Rojas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marty Jackson is pinch hitting for Kazuaki Nomura. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Marty Jackson strikes out. Joe Lerch reached on a fielding error by Archie Craig. Carlos Brandt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Rick Cooke (10).HR - Rick Cooke (10), Bunny Roth (14).HBP - Joe DeShields (1). Baserunning: SB - Joe DeShields (16).CS - Bert James (4). Fielding: E - Bert James, Michael Nilsson, Archie Craig.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Maikel Caceres did not respond to coaching in control Al Adlesh did not respond to coaching in velocity Dean Kimber improves in control Masahiro Shiraki did not respond to coaching in velocity Yorelvis Poll did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Pat Zapustas did not respond to coaching in velocity Alex Unser did not respond to coaching in SS
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Phil Fieber did not respond to coaching in range Bill Prince did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tony DeZuniga improves in contact_vs_lefty Hugh Unser did not respond to coaching in arm Jim Brown did not respond to coaching in speed Cy Layden did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty