Inning: 1 Cleveland Wedo Walsh pitching. Leo Neagle walks. Dennis Perry walks. Mike Andre grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Leo Neagle advances to third on the play. Mike Jordan pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Ernie Portugal pitching. Darryl Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. Masayuki Moriyama flies out to the center fielder. Harry Baez singles to left field. Ryutaro Tanabe singles to center field. Sal Hicks singles to center field. Ken McCardell grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Harry Baez is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Cleveland Benjie Waynesboro flies out to the right fielder. Bill Connolly walks. Doc Stirnweiss grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Connolly is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Doc Stirnweiss is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Cliff Welteroth strikes out. Buddy Holcombe grounds out to the third baseman. Wedo Walsh pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Vince Shantz reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ryutaro Tanabe. Ernie Portugal lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Leo Neagle walks. Dennis Perry flies out to the center fielder. Mike Andre singles to center field. Vince Shantz scores. Leo Neagle advances to third on the hit. Mike Jordan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Darryl Gonzalez reached on a fielding error by Mike Andre. Masayuki Moriyama grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Harry Baez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Benjie Waynesboro strikes out. Bill Connolly flies out to the center fielder. Doc Stirnweiss pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Ryutaro Tanabe singles to right field. Ryutaro Tanabe steals second. Ryutaro Tanabe steals third. Sal Hicks grounds out to the third baseman. Ryutaro Tanabe scores. Ken McCardell singles to right field. Cliff Welteroth pops out to the third baseman. Buddy Holcombe lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Vince Shantz singles to right field. Ernie Portugal lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Leo Neagle flies out to the right fielder. Dennis Perry flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Wedo Walsh strikes out. Darryl Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. Masayuki Moriyama singles to left field. Harry Baez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Mike Andre bunts for a base hit. Mike Andre steals second. Mike Jordan singles to left field. Mike Andre scores. Benjie Waynesboro pops out to the first baseman. Bill Connolly singles to center field. Mike Jordan advances to third on the hit. Doc Stirnweiss singles past the first baseman. Mike Jordan scores. Bill Connolly advances to third on the hit. Doc Stirnweiss steals second. Vince Shantz reached on a 2-base throwing error by Sal Hicks. Bill Connolly scores. Doc Stirnweiss scores. Ernie Portugal grounds out to the shortstop. Randy Naylor 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. Leo Neagle bunts for a base hit. Dennis Perry walks. Mike Andre flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Texas Ryutaro Tanabe singles to left field. Sal Hicks singles to right field. Ryutaro Tanabe advances to third on the hit. Sal Hicks steals second. Ken McCardell grounds out to the third baseman. Cliff Welteroth grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ryutaro Tanabe scores. Sal Hicks advances to third on the play. Buddy Holcombe flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Mike Jordan strikes out. Benjie Waynesboro strikes out. Bill Connolly singles to center field. Doc Stirnweiss walks. Vince Shantz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Yoshinori Inoue is pinch hitting for Randy Naylor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Yoshinori Inoue doubles to right field. Darryl Gonzalez strikes out. Masayuki Moriyama singles to center field. Yoshinori Inoue scores. Harry Baez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Tadashi Moriyama pitching. Ernie Portugal strikes out. Leo Neagle lines out to the pitcher. Dennis Perry walks. Mike Andre grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Ryutaro Tanabe flies out to the right fielder. Sal Hicks grounds out to the pitcher. Ken McCardell hits a home run. Randy Connors comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cliff Welteroth grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Mike Jordan strikes out. Benjie Waynesboro grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Connolly grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Juan Fox enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mike Andre at SS. Hisashi Sakamoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Buddy Holcombe grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Witt is pinch hitting for Tadashi Moriyama. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Frank Witt hits a home run. Johnny Reilly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Darryl Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Masayuki Moriyama grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Cleveland Devon McKee pitching. Doc Stirnweiss doubles to right field. Vince Shantz flies out to the center fielder. Wally Cook is pinch hitting for Johnny Reilly. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Wally Cook grounds out to the third baseman. Leo Neagle pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Texas Elmer Hernandez pitching. Harry Baez lines out to the second baseman. Ryutaro Tanabe flies out to the right fielder. Sal Hicks singles to right field. Ken McCardell doubles to center field. Sal Hicks uses his aggressiveness and scores. Cleveland total runners left on base: 11 Texas total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Cliff Welteroth is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Buster Higgins did not respond to coaching in control George Bergman did not respond to coaching in control Fred Conwell improves in arm Jim Fornieles did not respond to coaching in arm Fred Conwell did not respond to coaching in 1B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Butch Linde improves in arm Rod Whitaker improves in range Luis Ward did not respond to coaching in speed Jackson Jobe did not respond to coaching in control Cad Wright did not respond to coaching in CF