Win: Herman Wagner (1-0) Loss: Victor Street (0-1)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Casper Lyden pitching. Michael Killebrew flies out to the left fielder. Bill Stargell flies out to the left fielder. Don Hoak grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Frank Henrich pitching. Mike Breitenstein singles past the first baseman. Mike Breitenstein is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bill Henshaw grounds out to the second baseman. Otis Amos grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Rufe Darr singles to center field. Arky Vaughan pops out to the first baseman. Joe Thomas strikes out. George McQuillan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Nate Tenace singles to left field. Nate Tenace steals second. John Bochte grounds out to the third baseman. Duke Massa pops out to the second baseman. Bob Perrine pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Roy Ball singles to left field. Frank Henrich lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Michael Killebrew strikes out. Bill Stargell singles to center field. Roy Ball scores. Don Hoak flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Dante Equator strikes out. Casper Lyden grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Breitenstein grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Rufe Darr pops out to the second baseman. Arky Vaughan flies out to the left fielder. Joe Thomas grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bill Henshaw grounds out to the shortstop. Otis Amos walks. Nate Tenace flies out to the right fielder. John Bochte grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Otis Amos is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland George McQuillan strikes out. Roy Ball grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Henrich flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Duke Massa flies out to the left fielder. Bob Perrine strikes out. Dante Equator strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Michael Killebrew hits a home run. Bill Stargell doubles to left field. Don Hoak grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Stargell advances to third on the play. Rufe Darr pops out to the second baseman. Arky Vaughan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Casper Lyden strikes out. Mike Breitenstein walks. Mike Breitenstein gets picked off first. Bill Henshaw grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Joe Thomas walks. George McQuillan singles to center field. Joe Thomas advances to third on the hit. Roy Ball flies out to the left fielder. Frank Henrich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George McQuillan advances to second on the play. Michael Killebrew flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Otis Amos grounds out to the third baseman. Nate Tenace grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! John Bochte grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Bill Stargell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Don Hoak grounds out to the second baseman. Rufe Darr flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Duke Massa singles to left field. Deacon Phillippe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Duke Massa steals second. Bob Perrine singles to left field. Duke Massa is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Bob Perrine steals second. Dante Equator walks. Buzz Sample is pinch hitting for Casper Lyden. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Buzz Sample reached on a fielding error by Arky Vaughan. Mike Breitenstein singles to center field. Bob Perrine scores. Dante Equator scores. Victor Street comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Henshaw strikes out. Otis Amos pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Herman Wagner pitching. Arky Vaughan flies out to the center fielder. Joe Thomas is hit by a pitch. George McQuillan flies out to the center fielder. Roy Ball doubles to left field. Joe Thomas uses his aggressiveness and scores. Victor Street strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Nate Tenace singles to center field. Nate Tenace steals second. John Bochte doubles to left field. Nate Tenace scores. Otis St.Claire comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Duke Massa grounds out to the second baseman. John Bochte advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Bob Perrine singles to left field. John Bochte scores. Cleveland total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Blackie Vasquez improves in contact_vs_lefty Paul Werden improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Clausen improves in power_vs_lefty Greg Horne improves in power_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Amos Flowers did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Micah Mays did not respond to coaching in velocity Ralph Cooney did not respond to coaching in velocity Amos Flowers did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Amos Flowers improves in RF