Win: John Coughtry (4-5) Loss: Orville Phoebus (1-5)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Orville Phoebus pitching. Walter Scanlan walks. Walter Scanlan steals second. Chet Combs grounds out to the second baseman. Walter Scanlan advances to third on the play. Roger Reardon reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jim Leitner. Walter Scanlan scores. Desi Deviney grounds out to the shortstop. Bernie Linton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland John Coughtry pitching. Ted Witherup grounds out to the third baseman. John Hoyt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Callahan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Gene Reed hits a home run. Jose Alyea grounds out to the third baseman. Kevin Hibbs hits an infield single to the third baseman. John Coughtry fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John Coughtry strikes out. Walter Scanlan grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Kevin Hibbs is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Dean Brodowski grounds out to the shortstop. Ted Wood singles to left field. Zip Otis flies out to the right fielder. George Umbricht singles to center field. Jim Leitner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. George Umbricht is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Chet Combs grounds out to the shortstop. Roger Reardon grounds out to the shortstop. Desi Deviney grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Orville Phoebus grounds out to the shortstop. Ted Witherup singles to left field. John Hoyt grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Bernie Linton hits a home run. Gene Reed singles to right field. Jose Alyea singles to left field. Johnny Swentor 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. Kevin Hibbs flies out to the right fielder. John Coughtry lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Walter Scanlan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Oakland George Callahan singles to center field. George Callahan is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Dean Brodowski doubles to right field. Ted Wood strikes out. Zip Otis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Chet Combs grounds out to the pitcher. Roger Reardon singles to center field. Roger Reardon is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Desi Deviney walks. Bernie Linton singles to right field. Gene Reed flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Oakland George Umbricht grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Leitner doubles to center field. Johnny Swentor singles to center field. Jim Leitner scores. Johnny Swentor is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ted Witherup walks. John Hoyt grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ted Witherup is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Jose Alyea flies out to the right fielder. Kevin Hibbs strikes out. John Coughtry singles to center field. Walter Scanlan doubles to center field. Chet Combs strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Oakland George Callahan walks. Dean Brodowski singles to center field. Jeff Valentine 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. Ted Wood flies out to the center fielder. Zip Otis grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dean Brodowski is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Zip Otis steals second. George Umbricht strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Roger Reardon strikes out. Desi Deviney flies out to the right fielder. Bernie Linton hits a home run. J.J. Suggs comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Gene Reed strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Jim Leitner singles to center field. J.J. Suggs lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ted Witherup grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Leitner advances to third on the play. John Hoyt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Jose Alyea singles to right field. Kevin Hibbs doubles to center field. Dixie Conwell is pinch hitting for Jeff Valentine. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dixie Conwell doubles to left field. Jose Alyea scores. Kevin Hibbs scores. Walter Scanlan triples. Dixie Conwell scores. Chet Combs flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Walter Scanlan scores. Roger Reardon flies out to the right fielder. Fred Seibold is pinch hitting for Desi Deviney. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Fred Seibold grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Jim Michaels pitching. George Callahan grounds out to the third baseman. Dean Brodowski walks. Ted Wood grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Bernie Linton flies out to the right fielder. Gene Reed strikes out. Jose Alyea triples. Kevin Hibbs singles to right field. Jose Alyea scores. Bobby Rodriguez is pinch hitting for Jim Michaels. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bobby Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Carl Wynn pitching. Grant Higbee is pinch hitting for Zip Otis. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Grant Higbee grounds out to the third baseman. George Umbricht flies out to the center fielder. Jim Leitner pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 9 Oakland total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Dean Brodowski (11), Jim Leitner (3).GIDP - John Hoyt, Ted Wood. Baserunning: SB - Zip Otis (5).CS - George Callahan (3), Johnny Swentor (1). Fielding: E - Jim Leitner.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Gus Graham did not respond to coaching in control Gus Graham did not respond to coaching in control Tilson Gutierrez improves in speed Joe Weyhing did not respond to coaching in speed
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: D+ Improvements: Merl Mertz improves in range Merl Mertz improves in power_vs_lefty Cy Demaree improves in power_vs_righty Hisashi Sasaki did not respond to coaching in control Scott Johnston did not respond to coaching in C