Win: Ed Wallace (1-1) Loss: Everett Carpenter (1-9)
Save: Ron Wakefield (12)
Inning: 1 Texas Everett Carpenter pitching. Clete Boyer strikes out. Yats Chambers walks. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Tedd Williams singles to left field. Rob Sullivan hits a home run. Yats Chambers scores. Tedd Williams scores. Ken Thome grounds out to the third baseman. Rick Pena strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Ed Wallace pitching. Rick Dinges grounds out to the shortstop. Sid Allen walks. Jack LaForest grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Jack Harper grounds out to the shortstop. Ernie Carbo walks. Ed Wallace lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Clete Boyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Neal Burns grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Polcovich grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Saenz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Yats Chambers strikes out. Tedd Williams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Rob Sullivan singles to center field. Rob Sullivan is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland John Hall grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Dedeaux singles to left field. Everett Carpenter lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to second for one out, on to first for the 3-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Ken Thome grounds out to the third baseman. Rick Pena singles to center field. Jack Harper flies out to the center fielder. Ernie Carbo doubles to right field. Ed Wallace grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Rick Dinges grounds out to the second baseman. Sid Allen walks. Jack LaForest singles to left field. Sid Allen advances to third on the hit. Neal Burns grounds out to the third baseman. Sid Allen scores. Jack LaForest advances to second on the play. Jimmy Polcovich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Clete Boyer reached on a fielding error by Jim Saenz. Yats Chambers grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Tedd Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Jim Saenz grounds out to the third baseman. John Hall singles to right field. Larry Dedeaux singles to right field. John Hall advances to third on the hit. Larry Dedeaux steals second. Everett Carpenter strikes out. Rick Dinges walks. Sid Allen singles to left field. John Hall scores. Larry Dedeaux scores. Rick Dinges advances to third on the hit. Jack LaForest strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Rob Sullivan triples. Ken Thome hits a home run. Rob Sullivan scores. Todd Dooin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rick Pena reached on a fielding error by John Hall. Jack Harper pops out to the second baseman. Ernie Carbo grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rick Pena is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed Wallace strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Neal Burns singles to center field. Jimmy Polcovich grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Jim Saenz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Clete Boyer grounds out to the shortstop. Yats Chambers grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tedd Williams singles to center field. Rob Sullivan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland John Hall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Larry Dedeaux grounds out to the catcher. Verle Wooten is pinch hitting for Todd Dooin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Verle Wooten flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Gus Kelly pitching. Ken Thome pops out to the third baseman. Bobby Alberts is pinch hitting for Rick Pena. Bobby Alberts grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Harper flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ron Stallworth enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bobby Alberts at C. Ed Ordonez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rob Sullivan at LF. Rick Dinges grounds out to the third baseman. Sid Allen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack LaForest grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Ernie Carbo grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Malkmus is pinch hitting for Ed Wallace. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bobby Malkmus grounds out to the third baseman. Clete Boyer walks. Yats Chambers flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Ron Wakefield pitching. Neal Burns singles to center field. Jimmy Polcovich strikes out. Jim Saenz walks. Mike Long is pinch hitting for John Hall. Mike Long doubles to center field. Neal Burns scores. Jim Saenz is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Larry Dedeaux grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 6 Cleveland total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Mike Long (5).GIDP - Jack LaForest, Jimmy Polcovich, Everett Carpenter. Baserunning: SB - Larry Dedeaux (3). Fielding: E - Jim Saenz, John Hall.
Game Notes Ed Ordonez is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Nick Kennedy improves in range Frank Hurt did not respond to coaching in control Tim Green did not respond to coaching in endurance Chet Wickersham did not respond to coaching in control Larry Karl did not respond to coaching in SS
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Roberts did not respond to coaching in velocity Overton Herrnstein improves in range Dick Harris did not respond to coaching in speed Edgar Williams improves in contact_vs_righty Ed Johnson did not respond to coaching in 1B