Win: Hal Smith (8-8) Loss: Stew Bartling (3-8)
Save: Gordie Gehrman (21)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Hal Smith pitching. Elmer Guevara strikes out. Ed McNair flies out to the center fielder. John Chapman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Stew Bartling pitching. Dixie Conwell grounds out to the second baseman. Chet Combs hits a home run. Chris Bergman walks. Kazuhiko Ota walks. Bernie Linton strikes out. Gene Reed grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kazuhiko Ota is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hal Bolden doubles to right field. George Eggert strikes out. Arthur Blair singles to center field. Hal Bolden scores. Wattie Hurst flies out to the center fielder. Doc Bool strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Jose Alyea reached on a 2-base throwing error by Wattie Hurst. Kevin Hibbs singles to center field. Jose Alyea scores. Hal Smith fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Hal Smith flies out to the center fielder. Dixie Conwell lines out to the shortstop. Chet Combs grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Stew Bartling grounds out to the shortstop. Elmer Guevara lines out to the first baseman. Ed McNair flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Chris Bergman pops out to the third baseman. Kazuhiko Ota strikes out. Bernie Linton hits a home run. Gene Reed flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota John Chapman grounds out to the second baseman. Hal Bolden lines out to the shortstop. George Eggert grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Jose Alyea strikes out. Kevin Hibbs reached on a 2-base throwing error by Wattie Hurst. Hal Smith strikes out. Dixie Conwell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Arthur Blair flies out to the center fielder. Wattie Hurst flies out to the center fielder. Doc Bool grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Chet Combs walks. Chet Combs steals second. Chris Bergman lines out to the shortstop. Kazuhiko Ota grounds out to the shortstop. Bernie Linton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Stew Bartling pops out to the third baseman. Elmer Guevara singles to center field. Ed McNair pops out to the pitcher. John Chapman grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Elmer Guevara is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Gene Reed strikes out. Jose Alyea grounds out to the shortstop. Kevin Hibbs hits a home run. Hal Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Hal Bolden flies out to the left fielder. George Eggert hits a home run. Arthur Blair pops out to the first baseman. Del Young is pinch hitting for Wattie Hurst. Del Young singles to center field. Doc Bool singles to left field. Del Young advances to third on the hit. Emil Tauscher is pinch hitting for Stew Bartling. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Emil Tauscher walks. Elmer Guevara flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Cleveland John Ortiz pitching. Frank Nelson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Del Young at SS. Dixie Conwell strikes out. Chet Combs pops out to the first baseman. Chris Bergman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ed McNair strikes out. John Chapman walks. Hal Bolden strikes out. George Eggert strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Kazuhiko Ota pops out to the second baseman. Bernie Linton grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Reed grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Gordie Gehrman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Arthur Blair strikes out. Frank Nelson grounds out to the shortstop. Doc Bool singles to right field. Charlie Thuman is pinch hitting for John Ortiz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Charlie Thuman pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 7 Cleveland total runners left on base: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Neal Tinning did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joel Graber did not respond to coaching in range Jackie Schulz improves in control Paul Bergen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Harvey Fondy improves in range Tilson Gutierrez improves in power_vs_righty Pat Suggs did not respond to coaching in range Tilson Gutierrez did not respond to coaching in speed