Inning: 1 Cleveland Harry Cooper pitching. Leo Neagle grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Dennis Perry flies out to the left fielder. Bill Connolly flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Moxie Charles pitching. Darryl Gonzalez strikes out. Butch Linde grounds out to the second baseman. Ryutaro Tanabe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Doc Perezchica pops out to the first baseman. Mike Jordan strikes out. Doc Stirnweiss flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Charlie Knight walks. Ken McCardell lines out to the third baseman. Charlie Knight steals second. Vince Shantz throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Carl Carpenter doubles to center field. Charlie Knight scores. Buddy Holcombe singles to center field. Carl Carpenter scores. Harry Baez grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Buddy Holcombe is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Harry Cooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Juan Fox flies out to the center fielder. Vince Shantz walks. Moxie Charles fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Moxie Charles walks. Leo Neagle grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Darryl Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. Butch Linde strikes out. Ryutaro Tanabe singles to right field. Charlie Knight grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ryutaro Tanabe is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Dennis Perry is hit by a pitch. Bill Connolly flies out to the left fielder. Doc Perezchica grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Ken McCardell triples. Carl Carpenter pops out to the first baseman. Buddy Holcombe flies out to the left fielder. Harry Baez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Mike Jordan grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Doc Stirnweiss reached on a fielding error by Harry Baez. Juan Fox strikes out. Doc Stirnweiss steals second. Vince Shantz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Harry Cooper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Darryl Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. Butch Linde grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Moxie Charles pops out to the catcher. Leo Neagle singles to right field. Dennis Perry grounds out to the pitcher. Leo Neagle advances to second on the play. Bill Connolly flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Ryutaro Tanabe reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Connolly. Charlie Knight grounds out to the shortstop. Ken McCardell hits a home run. Ryutaro Tanabe scores. Carl Carpenter grounds out to the pitcher. Buddy Holcombe grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Doc Perezchica grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Jordan hits a home run. Doc Stirnweiss strikes out. Juan Fox grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Harry Baez strikes out. Harry Cooper grounds out to the shortstop. Darryl Gonzalez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Frank Witt enters the game as a defensive replacement for Harry Baez at 1B. Vince Shantz doubles to left field. Tadashi Moriyama 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. Moxie Charles lays a bunt down the third base line. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Leo Neagle singles to center field. Vince Shantz scores. Moxie Charles advances to third on the hit. Leo Neagle steals second. Dennis Perry flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Moxie Charles scores. Bill Connolly strikes out. Doc Perezchica walks. Mike Jordan hits a home run. Leo Neagle scores. Doc Perezchica scores. Randy Naylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Doc Stirnweiss flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Butch Linde grounds out to the third baseman. Ryutaro Tanabe doubles to left field. Charlie Knight lines out to the first baseman. Ken McCardell singles to right field. Ryutaro Tanabe scores. Bobby Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Carl Carpenter walks. Buddy Holcombe walks. Frank Witt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Cleveland Juan Fox grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Vince Shantz strikes out. Wally Cook is pinch hitting for Bobby Johnson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Wally Cook triples. Leo Neagle flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Hisashi Sakamoto pitching. Ikuro Nakayama is pinch hitting for Randy Naylor. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ikuro Nakayama grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Darryl Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. Butch Linde singles to left field. Ryutaro Tanabe singles to left field. Charlie Knight pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Cleveland total runners LOB: 4 Texas total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Vince Shantz (12).3B - Wally Cook (1).HR - Mike Jordan 2 (22).SF - Dennis Perry.GIDP - Leo Neagle, Doc Perezchica.HBP - Dennis Perry (2). Baserunning: SB - Leo Neagle (40), Doc Stirnweiss (21). Fielding: E - Bill Connolly, Vince Shantz.
Batting:2B - Ryutaro Tanabe (21), Carl Carpenter (6).3B - Ken McCardell (3).HR - Ken McCardell (26). Baserunning: SB - Charlie Knight (22). Fielding: E - Harry Baez.
Game Notes Ryutaro Tanabe is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Bergman did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Cox improves in range Ed Cox improves in speed Jim Fornieles improves in arm Fred Conwell did not respond to coaching in 1B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Art Hershiser improves in arm Jackson Jobe did not respond to coaching in velocity Bernardo Nelson improves in speed Bernardo Nelson improves in range Cad Wright did not respond to coaching in CF