Win: Stan Lamb (10-5) Loss: Waite Brandenburg (1-13)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Stan Lamb pitching. Frank Kohlmeier grounds out to the shortstop. Andy Geisel strikes out. Scott Eisenhart strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Waite Brandenburg pitching. Pete Kinder pops out to the shortstop. Ken Blankenship pops out to the shortstop. Alex Alvarez walks. Frank Frasier singles to left field. Alex Alvarez advances to third on the hit. Jerry Madrid grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Hod Raney flies out to the left fielder. Jack Blackwell singles to center field. Cesar Troy hits a home run. Jack Blackwell scores. Russ Scarce strikes out. Russ Jolly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Otto Stenzel singles past the second baseman. Stan Ward singles to left field. A.J. Reese grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Stan Ward is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Stan Lamb strikes out. Pete Kinder strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Waite Brandenburg strikes out. Frank Kohlmeier grounds out to the third baseman. Andy Geisel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Ken Blankenship hits a home run. Alex Alvarez flies out to the right fielder. Frank Frasier walks. Jerry Madrid pops out to the second baseman. Otto Stenzel grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Frank Frasier is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Scott Eisenhart lines out to the second baseman. Hod Raney singles to left field. Jack Blackwell strikes out. Cesar Troy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Stan Ward singles to right field. A.J. Reese flies out to the center fielder. Stan Lamb lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pete Kinder pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Russ Scarce pops out to the first baseman. Russ Jolly grounds out to the shortstop. Waite Brandenburg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ken Blankenship doubles to center field. Alex Alvarez hits a home run. Ken Blankenship scores. Frank Frasier singles to center field. Jerry Madrid flies out to the left fielder. Otto Stenzel walks. Stan Ward grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Otto Stenzel is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. A.J. Reese doubles to left field. Frank Frasier scores. Stan Lamb strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Frank Kohlmeier grounds out to the shortstop. Andy Geisel singles to center field. Scott Eisenhart flies out to the center fielder. Hod Raney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Pete Kinder singles in front of the center fielder. Ken Blankenship hits a home run. Pete Kinder scores. Alex Alvarez grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Frank Frasier walks. Jerry Madrid walks. Otto Stenzel singles to center field. Frank Frasier scores. Jerry Madrid advances to third on the hit. Stan Ward flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jerry Madrid scores. A.J. Reese strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jack Blackwell strikes out. Cesar Troy flies out to the left fielder. Russ Scarce grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Stan Lamb grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Kinder flies out to the center fielder. Ken Blankenship grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Russ Jolly strikes out. Billy Stephens is pinch hitting for Waite Brandenburg. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Billy Stephens grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Kohlmeier walks. Andy Geisel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Mike Smith pitching. Alex Alvarez strikes out. Frank Frasier flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Madrid singles to center field. Otto Stenzel walks. Stan Ward hits a home run. Jerry Madrid scores. Otto Stenzel scores. A.J. Reese strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Scott Eisenhart lines out to the shortstop. Hod Raney singles past the first baseman. Jack Blackwell grounds out to the third baseman. Hod Raney advances to second on the play. Cesar Troy reached on a fielding error by Stan Lamb. Russ Scarce walks. Russ Jolly grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Cleveland total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Ken Blankenship (11), A.J. Reese (14).HR - Ken Blankenship 2 (9), Alex Alvarez (11), Stan Ward (6).SF - Stan Ward. Fielding: E - Stan Lamb.
Game Notes Russ Jolly is injured and is expected to be out 10 days. Ken Blankenship is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Henry Henderson did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Madrid improves in contact_vs_righty Woody Thurman improves in contact_vs_righty Doc Hacker improves in control Joe Madrid improves in LF
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Pretzel Brown improves in power_vs_righty Ed Lowe improves in contact_vs_lefty Pretzel Brown improves in arm Mark Lee did not respond to coaching in control Aaron Hisner improves in RF