Win: Dave Rueter Loss: Andy McGaffigan
Save: Orlando Maisel
Inning: 1 Detroit Dave Rueter pitching. Ron Bichette flies out to the center fielder. Tommy Malarkey grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Drumright grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Andy McGaffigan pitching. Alexander Santoya pops out to the shortstop. Koji Nakajima strikes out. Earl Hiller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Ron Alexander grounds out to the pitcher. Don Holmes singles to left field. Ed Pick strikes out. Candy May grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Don Holmes is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Mark Whiten strikes out. Steve Riesgo strikes out. Elliot Woodling singles to center field. Tony Perezchica flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Freddy Kruger walks. Andy McGaffigan fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Andy McGaffigan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Freddy Kruger is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ron Bichette lines out to the first baseman. Tommy Malarkey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Rudy Valdez grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Rueter singles to right field. Alexander Santoya strikes out. Koji Nakajima walks. Earl Hiller walks. Mark Whiten grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Detroit Frank Drumright walks. Ron Alexander grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Frank Drumright is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Don Holmes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ron Alexander advances to second on the play. Ed Pick walks. Candy May grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Steve Riesgo singles to right field. Elliot Woodling grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Riesgo advances to second on the play. Tony Perezchica grounds out to the shortstop. Rudy Valdez singles to center field. Steve Riesgo scores. Dave Rueter lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Freddy Kruger flies out to the center fielder. Andy McGaffigan strikes out. Ron Bichette is hit by a pitch. Tommy Malarkey singles to left field. Ron Bichette advances to third on the hit. Frank Drumright singles to left field. Ron Bichette scores. Tommy Malarkey advances to third on the hit. Ron Alexander grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York Alexander Santoya grounds out to the shortstop. Koji Nakajima flies out to the center fielder. Earl Hiller strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Don Holmes grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Pick flies out to the left fielder. Candy May flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Mark Whiten flies out to the left fielder. Steve Riesgo grounds out to the third baseman. Elliot Woodling grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Freddy Kruger strikes out. Andy McGaffigan is hit by a pitch. Ron Bichette strikes out. Tommy Malarkey walks. Frank Drumright flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Tony Perezchica strikes out. Rudy Valdez grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Rueter flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Ron Alexander singles to right field. Ron Alexander is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Don Holmes flies out to the center fielder. Ed Pick flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Alexander Santoya singles to left field. Koji Nakajima grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Alexander Santoya is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Koji Nakajima steals second. Todd Winters 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. Earl Hiller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Koji Nakajima advances to third on the play. Mark Whiten bunts for a base hit. Koji Nakajima scores. Steve Riesgo grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mark Whiten is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Orlando Maisel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Candy May strikes out. Tom Gordon is pinch hitting for Freddy Kruger. Tom Gordon strikes out. Fred Porter is pinch hitting for Todd Winters. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Fred Porter flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 8 New York total runners left on base: 6