Win: Catfish Walker (6-11) Loss: Pete Rudolph (5-17)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Pete Rudolph pitching. Sid Allen grounds out to the catcher. Rick Dinges singles to center field. Jack LaForest grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Catfish Walker pitching. Rick Bird flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Meche grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Albrecht flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Neal Burns walks. Jimmy Polcovich singles past the third baseman. Neal Burns advances to third on the hit. Jim Saenz strikes out. Lefty Serna grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Barry Splittorff walks. Orval McCahan grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Barry Splittorff is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Bongiovanni strikes out. Bob Baumgartner singles to right field. Ribs Gott pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Alex Castle lines out to the first baseman. Catfish Walker walks. Sid Allen singles to center field. Catfish Walker advances to third on the hit. Rick Dinges doubles to center field. Catfish Walker scores. Sid Allen uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jack LaForest walks. Neal Burns flies out to the right fielder. Jimmy Polcovich walks. Jim Saenz doubles to right field. Rick Dinges scores. Jack LaForest scores. Jeff Standridge comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lefty Serna pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Jeff Standridge strikes out. Rick Bird grounds out to the pitcher. Jerry Meche flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Alex Castle singles to left field. Catfish Walker fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Catfish Walker flies out to the right fielder. Sid Allen singles to left field. Rick Dinges reached on a fielding error by Orval McCahan. Jack LaForest singles to right field. Alex Castle scores. Neal Burns strikes out. Ichiro Tamura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Polcovich pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Boston Jimmy Albrecht grounds out to the shortstop. Barry Splittorff grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Orval McCahan doubles to left field. Ed Bongiovanni strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Jim Saenz grounds out to the pitcher. Lefty Serna flies out to the center fielder. Alex Castle grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Bob Baumgartner grounds out to the third baseman. Ribs Gott walks. Ichiro Tamura lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Rick Bird grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Catfish Walker strikes out. Sid Allen walks. Sid Allen steals second. Rick Dinges grounds out to the shortstop. Jack LaForest grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Jerry Meche grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Albrecht singles to right field. Barry Splittorff strikes out. Orval McCahan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Neal Burns hits an infield single to the pitcher. Jimmy Polcovich flies out to the center fielder. Jim Saenz singles to right field. Lefty Serna grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Ed Bongiovanni flies out to the center fielder. Bob Baumgartner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ribs Gott singles to center field. Ichiro Tamura singles past the third baseman. Rick Bird grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Verle Wooten is pinch hitting for Alex Castle. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Verle Wooten walks. Troy Cobb comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Catfish Walker lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sid Allen doubles to right field. Verle Wooten scores. Rick Dinges walks. Jack LaForest doubles to right field. Sid Allen scores. Rick Dinges uses his aggressiveness and scores. Neal Burns singles to center field. Jack LaForest scores. Jimmy Polcovich grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Neal Burns is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jimmy Polcovich steals second. Jim Saenz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Jerry Meche bunts for a base hit. Jimmy Albrecht grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jerry Meche is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Barry Splittorff strikes out. Orval McCahan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Lefty Serna strikes out. Verle Wooten strikes out. Catfish Walker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Ed Bongiovanni strikes out. Tom Curd is pinch hitting for Bob Baumgartner. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tom Curd flies out to the left fielder. Ribs Gott grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners LOB: 9 Boston total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Sid Allen (17), Rick Dinges (19), Jack LaForest (9), Jim Saenz (14).GIDP - Jack LaForest, Lefty Serna 2. Baserunning: SB - Sid Allen (8), Jimmy Polcovich (4).
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Eric Stablein did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Roberts did not respond to coaching in velocity Mickey Epstein improves in range Nelson Brinkopf did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ed Johnson did not respond to coaching in 1B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Don Tyson did not respond to coaching in control Don Tyson did not respond to coaching in control Jim Driscoll did not respond to coaching in control Greg Smiley improves in velocity