Inning: 1 Cleveland Boots Thomas pitching. Sid Allen pops out to the shortstop. Rick Dinges walks. Jack LaForest grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rick Dinges is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Neal Burns grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jack LaForest is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 New York Todd Dooin pitching. Mike Kiefer grounds out to the shortstop. Kieran Crumling walks. Dick Smith singles to center field. Kieran Crumling advances to third on the hit. Slim Maksudian flies out to the center fielder. Rich Forster singles to center field. Kieran Crumling scores. Dick Smith advances to third on the hit. Stuffy Everitt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Jimmy Polcovich singles to center field. Jimmy Polcovich is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jim Saenz singles to right field. Lefty Serna strikes out. Alex Castle grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Jim Saenz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Carl Alexander flies out to the right fielder. Bob Coffey singles to left field. Boots Thomas lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Todd Dooin strikes out. Sid Allen singles to left field. Rick Dinges triples. Sid Allen scores. Jack LaForest walks. Jack LaForest steals second. Neal Burns flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Rick Dinges scores. Jimmy Polcovich walks. Jim Saenz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Mike Kiefer flies out to the left fielder. Kieran Crumling doubles to right field. Dick Smith flies out to the right fielder. Slim Maksudian grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Lefty Serna pops out to the first baseman. Alex Castle pops out to the second baseman. Todd Dooin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Rich Forster flies out to the left fielder. Stuffy Everitt singles to left field. Carl Alexander pops out to the shortstop. Bob Coffey reached on a fielding error by Alex Castle. Boots Thomas strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Sid Allen flies out to the left fielder. Rick Dinges flies out to the left fielder. Jack LaForest walks. Neal Burns strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Mike Kiefer grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Kieran Crumling grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Jimmy Polcovich grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Saenz walks. Lefty Serna walks. Alex Castle strikes out. Todd Dooin walks. Sid Allen strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 New York Slim Maksudian flies out to the right fielder. Rich Forster lines out to the second baseman. Stuffy Everitt doubles to left field. Carl Alexander singles to center field. Stuffy Everitt scores. Bob Coffey pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Rick Dinges hits an infield single to the third baseman. Rick Dinges steals second. Jack LaForest strikes out. Neal Burns grounds out to the third baseman. Guy Kennedy 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. Jimmy Polcovich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York George Narleski is pinch hitting for Guy Kennedy. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. George Narleski grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Kiefer flies out to the right fielder. Kieran Crumling singles to center field. Dick Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Bull Harstad pitching. Jim Saenz grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Long is pinch hitting for Lefty Serna. Mike Long flies out to the left fielder. Pete Lundquist is pinch hitting for Alex Castle. Pete Lundquist pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Verle Wooten enters the game as a defensive replacement for Pete Lundquist at 3B. Slim Maksudian flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Rich Forster flies out to the center fielder. Stuffy Everitt pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Todd Dooin flies out to the left fielder. Sid Allen walks. Rick Dinges doubles to center field. Sid Allen uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ray Fitzgerald comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack LaForest grounds out to the pitcher. Neal Burns singles to left field. Rick Dinges scores. Jimmy Polcovich walks. Jim Saenz pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 New York Bill Walton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Carl Alexander singles past the shortstop. Bob Coffey grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Carl Alexander is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Fred Walters is pinch hitting for Ray Fitzgerald. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Fred Walters hits a home run. Bob Coffey scores. Darren Hafey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Kiefer strikes out. Kieran Crumling grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Cleveland Jackie Rader pitching. Mike Long strikes out. Verle Wooten singles to left field. Larry Dedeaux is pinch hitting for Darren Hafey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Larry Dedeaux flies out to the center fielder. Sid Allen walks. Rick Dinges grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Verle Wooten is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 New York Gus Kelly pitching. Dick Smith flies out to the center fielder. Slim Maksudian grounds out to the pitcher. Rich Forster strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Cleveland Jack LaForest walks. Neal Burns grounds out to the shortstop. Jack LaForest advances to second on the play. Jimmy Polcovich flies out to the center fielder. Jim Saenz pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 New York Stuffy Everitt hits a home run. Cleveland total runners left on base: 14 New York total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Rick Dinges (27).3B - Rick Dinges (3).SF - Neal Burns. Baserunning: SB - Rick Dinges (9), Jack LaForest (11).CS - Jimmy Polcovich (3). Fielding: E - Alex Castle.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mickey Epstein improves in speed Joe Riggs did not respond to coaching in control Dick Harris did not respond to coaching in speed Jimmy Leard improves in speed Dick Harris did not respond to coaching in 2B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Scott Scheffing did not respond to coaching in control Ron Moeller improves in range Elmer Mee did not respond to coaching in speed Jose Schmelz did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Strang did not respond to coaching in SS