Win: Wild Bill Herndon (5-5) Loss: Art Pegues (12-2)
Save: Craig Cronin (18)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Art Pegues pitching. Chuck Turner grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Serafini singles to center field. George McDonald walks. Earle Greene grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Wild Bill Herndon pitching. Ralph Bobb lines out to the shortstop. Rick Thompson walks. Scottie Jones singles to right field. Lloyd Noles grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Tiny Young strikes out. Bob Lapp strikes out. Walter Zabala strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Wayne Taylor singles to right field. Billy Lewis grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Sadie Doherty singles past the shortstop. Brooks Barkley grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Sadie Doherty is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Morris Charles flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Wild Bill Herndon reached on a fielding error by Ralph Bobb. Chuck Turner flies out to the left fielder. Harry Serafini strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Art Pegues pops out to the third baseman. Ralph Bobb grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Thompson singles to left field. Scottie Jones singles to left field. Rick Thompson advances to third on the hit. Lloyd Noles flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland George McDonald grounds out to the second baseman. Earle Greene strikes out. Tiny Young singles past the second baseman. Tiny Young steals second. Bob Lapp hits a home run. Tiny Young scores. Walter Zabala singles to center field. Morris Charles singles to left field. Walter Zabala advances to third on the hit. Wild Bill Herndon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Wayne Taylor grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Billy Lewis grounds out to the shortstop. Sadie Doherty strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Chuck Turner flies out to the center fielder. Harry Serafini strikes out. George McDonald grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Brooks Barkley flies out to the right fielder. Art Pegues strikes out. Ralph Bobb strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Earle Greene singles to left field. Tiny Young grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Earle Greene is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Lapp strikes out. Walter Zabala grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Rick Thompson singles to right field. Scottie Jones singles to center field. Rick Thompson is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Scottie Jones is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Lloyd Noles singles to center field. Wayne Taylor singles to center field. Lloyd Noles advances to third on the hit. Billy Lewis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Morris Charles doubles to right field. Wild Bill Herndon lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Morris Charles is thrown out at third. Chuck Turner singles to right field. Wild Bill Herndon aggressively advances to third on the hit. Chuck Turner is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Harry Serafini is hit by a pitch. George McDonald is hit by a pitch. Earle Greene grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Minnesota Sadie Doherty reached on a fielding error by George McDonald. Turd Ferguson is pinch hitting for Brooks Barkley. Sadie Doherty is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Turd Ferguson singles to center field. Al Bako is pinch hitting for Art Pegues. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Al Bako strikes out. Ralph Bobb strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland John Coffie pitching. Tiny Young reached on a fielding error by Scottie Jones. Bob Lapp lines out to the second baseman. Walter Zabala flies out to the left fielder. Morris Charles grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tiny Young is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Rick Thompson strikes out. Scottie Jones doubles to right field. Randy Eddy 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. Lloyd Noles grounds out to the second baseman. Scottie Jones advances to third on the play. Wayne Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Jim Muir is pinch hitting for Randy Eddy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Jim Muir singles to center field. Chuck Turner strikes out. Jim Muir steals second. Harry Serafini flies out to the left fielder. George McDonald walks. Earle Greene strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Craig Cronin pitching. Billy Lewis strikes out. Sadie Doherty flies out to the left fielder. Turd Ferguson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 11 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Morris Charles (2).HR - Bob Lapp (2).GIDP - Earle Greene.HBP - Harry Serafini (1), George McDonald (1). Baserunning: SB - Tiny Young (3), Jim Muir (1).CS - Chuck Turner (3). Fielding: E - George McDonald.
Game Notes Chuck Turner is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mark Dedeaux did not respond to coaching in endurance Sammy Rakow did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ron Whelan did not respond to coaching in velocity Lefty Smith did not respond to coaching in speed
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Topsy Mertes did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Topsy Mertes improves in contact_vs_righty Gorman Foulke improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Weber did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty