Toledo loses, Springfield wins division

Cleveland eliminated Toledo with an 11-2 win. Bruce Berano hit 2 homeruns and drove in 4. Starter Jack Kennedy left after 4 innings down 4-1. After 2 scoreless innings by Chuck Hoyt, Cleveland got 3 off Walt Fishburn. Down 7-1 in the 8th, Toledo went to closer Paul Williamson out of desperation, but he got hammered for 4 runs, including a 3 run homer by Berano.

With an 11-1 leadin the 9th, Clevealnd manager still went to his closer, Jake Decker, to eliminate the team that had put an end to Cleveland's season just one day before. Decker gave up a homerun to Steve Freeman before ending the game.