Win: John Coughtry (5-5) Loss: Orville Phoebus (1-7)
Inning: 1 Oakland John Coughtry pitching. Ted Witherup strikes out. John Hoyt strikes out. George Callahan singles to left field. Dean Brodowski grounds into a force play to the shortstop. George Callahan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Orville Phoebus pitching. Walter Scanlan singles to left field. Walter Scanlan steals second. Chet Combs is hit by a pitch. Dixie Conwell grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Chet Combs is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Kazuhiko Ota walks. Bernie Linton hits a home run. Walter Scanlan scores. Dixie Conwell scores. Kazuhiko Ota scores. Gene Reed strikes out. Kevin Hibbs flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Ted Wood singles to right field. George Umbricht grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ted Wood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Leitner strikes out. Grant Higbee grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Roger Reardon pops out to the first baseman. John Coughtry grounds out to the third baseman. Walter Scanlan singles to center field. Walter Scanlan is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Orville Phoebus grounds out to the third baseman. Ted Witherup grounds out to the third baseman. John Hoyt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Chet Combs grounds out to the third baseman. Dixie Conwell grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuhiko Ota strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland George Callahan pops out to the third baseman. Dean Brodowski grounds out to the shortstop. Ted Wood grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Bernie Linton strikes out. J.J. Suggs comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Gene Reed singles to right field. Gene Reed steals second. Kevin Hibbs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gene Reed advances to third on the play. Roger Reardon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland George Umbricht flies out to the left fielder. Jim Leitner grounds out to the third baseman. Grant Higbee pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland John Coughtry walks. Walter Scanlan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Coughtry advances to second on the play. Chet Combs flies out to the right fielder. Dixie Conwell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Walt Santovenia is pinch hitting for J.J. Suggs. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Walt Santovenia grounds out to the shortstop. Ted Witherup pops out to the second baseman. John Hoyt grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Johnny Swentor pitching. Kazuhiko Ota singles to center field. Kazuhiko Ota steals second. Bernie Linton walks. Gene Reed grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bernie Linton is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Kevin Hibbs flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Kazuhiko Ota scores. Roger Reardon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland George Callahan grounds out to the pitcher. Dean Brodowski grounds out to the third baseman. Ted Wood doubles to center field. George Umbricht singles to left field. Ted Wood scores. Jim Leitner singles to right field. George Umbricht advances to third on the hit. Grant Higbee walks. Stu Morgan is pinch hitting for Johnny Swentor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Stu Morgan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Cleveland John Nicosia pitching. John Coughtry singles to center field. Walter Scanlan singles to center field. Chet Combs walks. Dixie Conwell walks. John Coughtry scores. Kazuhiko Ota flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Walter Scanlan scores. Don Lowe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bernie Linton strikes out. Fabian Stewart is pinch hitting for Gene Reed. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chet Combs is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland George Zachary is pinch hitting for Ted Witherup. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. George Zachary flies out to the center fielder. George Nevin is pinch hitting for John Hoyt. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. George Nevin pops out to the shortstop. George Callahan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Fabian Stewart flies out to the center fielder. Kevin Hibbs strikes out. Roger Reardon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Dean Brodowski grounds out to the pitcher. Ted Wood flies out to the center fielder. George Umbricht strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Oakland total runners left on base: 5 Cleveland total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Don Lowe is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Jay Davis did not respond to coaching in arm Fred Saberhagen improves in range Dian Alvarez did not respond to coaching in arm Dusty Sloan did not respond to coaching in arm Scott Johnston did not respond to coaching in C
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Chuck Whitt improves in speed Jimmy Uchrinscko improves in range Bill Carrigan improves in contact_vs_righty Heinie Destrade improves in power_vs_lefty