Win: Ken Whitney (3-0) Loss: Al Armstrong (8-4)
Save: Earle Munoz (17)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Ronn Guetterman pitching. Sam McAndrew strikes out. Kevin Melillo grounds out to the third baseman. Tony Brewer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Al Armstrong pitching. Andres Haworth grounds out to the pitcher. Luis Coughlin strikes out. Ed Billings lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Gil Murff strikes out. Dick Kamp flies out to the left fielder. Satoru Sato strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Roy Ostrowski singles to left field. Roy Handley grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Ostrowski advances to second on the play. Mule Smith flies out to the center fielder. Hank Moore walks. Phenomenal Taylor singles past the second baseman. Roy Ostrowski scores. Ronn Guetterman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Phenomenal Taylor is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Keiichi Matsushima pops out to the second baseman. Vern LePine strikes out. Al Armstrong grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Andres Haworth flies out to the right fielder. Luis Coughlin strikes out. Ed Billings grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Sam McAndrew flies out to the center fielder. Kevin Melillo strikes out. Tony Brewer doubles to right field. Gil Murff singles to center field. Tony Brewer scores. Dick Kamp grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Roy Ostrowski flies out to the left fielder. Roy Handley flies out to the right fielder. Mule Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Satoru Sato triples. Keiichi Matsushima doubles to center field. Satoru Sato scores. Ken Whitney 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. Vern LePine strikes out. Al Armstrong flies out to the left fielder. Sam McAndrew doubles to right field. Keiichi Matsushima scores. Kevin Melillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Hank Moore doubles to right field. Phenomenal Taylor doubles to center field. Hank Moore scores. Ken Whitney lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Andres Haworth flies out to the center fielder. Luis Coughlin doubles to right field. Phenomenal Taylor scores. Ed Billings strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Tony Brewer grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Gil Murff flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Dick Kamp walks. Satoru Sato grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Roy Ostrowski lines out to the third baseman. Roy Handley doubles to center field. Mule Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Handley advances to third on the play. Hank Moore singles to center field. Roy Handley scores. Phenomenal Taylor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Keiichi Matsushima singles past the shortstop. Vern LePine pops out to the third baseman. Harry Hogg is pinch hitting for Al Armstrong. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Keiichi Matsushima is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Harry Hogg flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland German Stewart pitching. Babe Stephenson is pinch hitting for Ken Whitney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Babe Stephenson doubles to center field. Andres Haworth singles to left field. Babe Stephenson scores. Luis Coughlin grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Ed Billings walks. Roy Ostrowski grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Duff Wessinger pitching. Sam McAndrew singles to right field. Kevin Melillo flies out to the center fielder. Sam McAndrew is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tony Brewer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Roy Handley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mule Smith lines out to the shortstop. Hank Moore strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Earle Munoz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Gil Murff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dick Kamp flies out to the right fielder. Satoru Sato grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners left on base: 3 Oakland total runners left on base: 5
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Girard improves in speed George Harley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Greg Dupree did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rheal Baird did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rheal Baird did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Yank Miller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bob Hudson improves in power_vs_lefty Weldon Hill did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Val Lively improves in power_vs_righty