Win: Flea Hunt (1-0) Loss: Ed Miller (1-1)
Save: Charlie Barbee (1)
Inning: 1 Detroit Ed Miller pitching. Taylor Rook strikes out. Charlie Benz strikes out. Ed Converse grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Johnny Sullivan pitching. Mark Tiant grounds out to the second baseman. Rafael McLaughlin flies out to the left fielder. Bill Davidson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit George Prothro grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Torrez strikes out. Michael Engelberg pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Monte Habyan singles to center field. Tommy Fletcher grounds out to the catcher. Monte Habyan advances to second on the play. Jack Campbell flies out to the center fielder. Wally Brovia singles to right field. Ben Cater flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Dave Bailey strikes out. Seven Costanza strikes out. Johnny Sullivan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Ed Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Tiant hits a home run. Rafael McLaughlin singles to center field. Bill Davidson grounds into a 1-6-3 double play - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Taylor Rook flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Benz pops out to the third baseman. Ed Converse grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Monte Habyan is hit by a pitch. Tommy Fletcher doubles to left field. Monte Habyan uses his aggressiveness and scores. John Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Campbell grounds out to the third baseman. Wally Brovia strikes out. Ben Cater grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit George Prothro grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Torrez strikes out. Michael Engelberg grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ed Miller strikes out. Mark Tiant grounds out to the second baseman. Rafael McLaughlin walks. Bill Davidson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Dave Bailey pops out to the shortstop. Seven Costanza grounds out to the third baseman. John Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Monte Habyan doubles to center field. Tommy Fletcher strikes out. Jack Campbell strikes out. Wally Brovia flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Taylor Rook doubles to left field. Charlie Benz walks. Taylor Rook steals third. Charlie Benz steals second. Ed Converse pops out to the first baseman. George Prothro singles to center field. Taylor Rook scores. Charlie Benz scores. George Prothro is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Mike Torrez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Ben Cater singles to left field. Ed Miller fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ed Miller strikes out. Mark Tiant strikes out. Rafael McLaughlin grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ben Cater is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Michael Engelberg walks. Dave Bailey flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Seven Costanza strikes out. Stan Young is pinch hitting for John Jones. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Michael Engelberg is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Flea Hunt pitching. Bill Davidson reached on a 2-base fielding error by Seven Costanza. Monte Habyan strikes out. Tommy Fletcher grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bill Davidson advances to third on the play. Jack Campbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Luis McCarthy is pinch hitting for Flea Hunt. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Luis McCarthy walks. Taylor Rook singles to center field. Yasniel Rondon 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. Charlie Benz singles to right field. Ed Converse triples. Luis McCarthy scores. Taylor Rook scores. Charlie Benz scores. Julio Malleta comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Prothro grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Torrez flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Converse scores. Michael Engelberg singles to left field. Dave Bailey flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Bob Weingartner pitching. Wally Brovia flies out to the center fielder. Harry Palica is pinch hitting for Ben Cater. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Harry Palica hits a home run. Dwight Brashear is pinch hitting for Julio Malleta. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dwight Brashear grounds out to the third baseman. Mark Tiant doubles to right field. Charlie Barbee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mark Russell is pinch hitting for Rafael McLaughlin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mark Russell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners LOB: 1 Cleveland total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Taylor Rook (3).3B - Ed Converse (1).SF - Mike Torrez. Baserunning: SB - Taylor Rook (5), Charlie Benz (4).CS - George Prothro (3), Michael Engelberg (3). Fielding: E - Seven Costanza.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Donovan Marty did not respond to coaching in speed Sam James did not respond to coaching in velocity Bryan Yvars did not respond to coaching in speed Bryan Yvars did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Wally Sanicki did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Archie Short improves in velocity
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Wattie Mele improves in arm Ernie Gunson did not respond to coaching in range Phil Wakefield did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bert Radke did not respond to coaching in control Bruno Essegian did not respond to coaching in range Fred Beamon did not respond to coaching in control Billy Kieschnick did not respond to coaching in C