Win: Bobby Johnson (9-3) Loss: Lew Alvarez (6-7)
Save: Hisashi Sakamoto (18)
Inning: 1 Texas Bobby Johnson pitching. Masayuki Moriyama grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Carl Carpenter grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshinori Inoue singles to left field. Sal Hicks grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Yoshinori Inoue is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Lew Alvarez pitching. Leo Neagle walks. Leo Neagle is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Dennis Perry singles to center field. Mike Andre strikes out. Dennis Perry is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Ken McCardell strikes out. Eli Gettman grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Baez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Wally Cook strikes out. Benjie Waynesboro flies out to the right fielder. Bill Connolly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Buddy Holcombe grounds out to the third baseman. Lew Alvarez strikes out. Masayuki Moriyama grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Doc Stirnweiss grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Peters flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Johnson singles to center field. Leo Neagle singles to center field. Bobby Johnson advances to third on the hit. Dennis Perry strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Carl Carpenter pops out to the third baseman. Yoshinori Inoue grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sal Hicks reached on a fielding error by Dennis Perry. Ken McCardell doubles to center field. Sal Hicks is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Mike Andre strikes out. Wally Cook strikes out. Benjie Waynesboro strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Eli Gettman singles to left field. Eli Gettman steals second. Harry Baez hits an infield single to the shortstop. Buddy Holcombe walks. Lew Alvarez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Eli Gettman scores. Harry Baez advances to third on the play. Masayuki Moriyama strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Bill Connolly grounds out to the second baseman. Doc Stirnweiss grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Peters flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Carl Carpenter flies out to the center fielder. Yoshinori Inoue flies out to the left fielder. Sal Hicks strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bobby Johnson grounds out to the pitcher. Leo Neagle flies out to the right fielder. Dennis Perry flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Ken McCardell flies out to the center fielder. Eli Gettman flies out to the right fielder. Harry Baez grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Mike Andre singles to center field. Wally Cook walks. Benjie Waynesboro singles to left field. Mike Andre scores. Wally Cook advances to third on the hit. Bill Connolly grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Wally Cook scores. Doc Stirnweiss walks. Steve Peters flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Randy Connors 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. Cliff Welteroth is pinch hitting for Buddy Holcombe. Cliff Welteroth strikes out. Frank Witt is pinch hitting for Lew Alvarez. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Frank Witt strikes out. Masayuki Moriyama singles to center field. Masayuki Moriyama steals second. Carl Carpenter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Randy Naylor pitching. Frank Kirk enters the game as a defensive replacement for Cliff Welteroth at C. Juan Fox is pinch hitting for Randy Connors. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Juan Fox flies out to the center fielder. Leo Neagle singles to left field. Dennis Perry strikes out. Mike Andre reached on a 2-base throwing error by Sal Hicks. Wally Cook strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas Hisashi Sakamoto pitching. Yoshinori Inoue strikes out. Sal Hicks doubles to right field. Ken McCardell flies out to the center fielder. Eli Gettman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners left on base: 5 Cleveland total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Lew Alvarez is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bernardo Nelson improves in contact_vs_righty Rod Whitaker improves in power_vs_righty Rod Whitaker improves in range Luis Ward improves in contact_vs_lefty Cad Wright did not respond to coaching in CF
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tommy Fanovich did not respond to coaching in control Charlie Gilks improves in arm Joe Johns did not respond to coaching in velocity Antone Nevers improves in power_vs_righty Fred Conwell did not respond to coaching in 1B