Inning: 1 Kansas City Vishnu Verhere pitching. Claude Franklin grounds out to the third baseman. Kal Cox strikes out. Tony Kull strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Gene Heidemann pitching. Hideo Medeiros lines out to the second baseman. Euripedes Imenedes singles to center field. Bud Inski strikes out. A. Hugh Nokitov strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ty Skiff hits a home run. Steve Wheat strikes out. Jimmy Ogrodowski strikes out. Ivan Martinez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Hirofumi Yoshimura singles to right field. Al Ligori strikes out. Juan Demerritt pops out to the third baseman. Buck Adams flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Greg Meier singles to right field. Gene Heidemann fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Gene Heidemann strikes out. Claude Franklin grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Greg Meier is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Claude Franklin steals second. Kal Cox flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Vishnu Verhere grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hideo Medeiros flies out to the left fielder. Euripedes Imenedes hits an infield single to the third baseman. Euripedes Imenedes steals second. Bud Inski hits an infield single to the pitcher. A. Hugh Nokitov singles to right field. Euripedes Imenedes scores. Hirofumi Yoshimura strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Tony Kull strikes out. Ty Skiff grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Wheat grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Al Ligori strikes out. Juan Demerritt flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Buck Adams flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jimmy Ogrodowski singles to left field. Ivan Martinez pops out to the second baseman. Greg Meier grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Vishnu Verhere grounds out to the shortstop. Hideo Medeiros walks. Euripedes Imenedes singles to center field. Bud Inski singles to left field. Hideo Medeiros scores. Euripedes Imenedes advances to third on the hit. Bud Inski is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). A. Hugh Nokitov singles to right field. Euripedes Imenedes scores. Hirofumi Yoshimura grounds into a force play to the shortstop. A. Hugh Nokitov is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Gene Heidemann strikes out. Claude Franklin pops out to the second baseman. Kal Cox singles to left field. Tony Kull walks. Ty Skiff walks. Steve Wheat hits a home run. Kal Cox scores. Tony Kull scores. Ty Skiff scores. Chief Hill comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jimmy Ogrodowski lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Ron DesVue is pinch hitting for Al Ligori. Ron DesVue flies out to the left fielder. Juan Demerritt singles to center field. Buck Adams singles to right field. Chief Hill lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hideo Medeiros grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Lance Groat enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ron DesVue at C. Ivan Martinez grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Meier flies out to the left fielder. Gene Heidemann strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Euripedes Imenedes walks. Bud Inski strikes out. Euripedes Imenedes steals second. Harry Jeffcoat 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. A. Hugh Nokitov flies out to the center fielder. Hirofumi Yoshimura flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Claude Franklin strikes out. Kal Cox singles to right field. Tony Kull singles to left field. Kal Cox advances to third on the hit. Ty Skiff strikes out. Steve Wheat walks. Jimmy Ogrodowski reached on a fielding error by Euripedes Imenedes. Kal Cox scores. Ivan Martinez walks. Tony Kull scores. Greg Meier walks. Steve Wheat scores. Tom Herndon is pinch hitting for Harry Jeffcoat. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Herndon reached on a 2-base throwing error by Juan Demerritt. Jimmy Ogrodowski scores. Ivan Martinez scores. John Haas is pinch hitting for Claude Franklin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Haas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Cliff Paulsen pitching. Lance Groat flies out to the center fielder. Juan Demerritt strikes out. Buck Adams reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jimmy Ogrodowski. Chief Hill pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Kal Cox singles to right field. Jerry Robinson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Kull singles to right field. Kal Cox advances to third on the hit. Ty Skiff singles to right field. Kal Cox scores. Dave Fowler is pinch hitting for Steve Wheat. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Fowler strikes out. Jimmy Ogrodowski grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Hideo Medeiros flies out to the left fielder. Euripedes Imenedes pops out to the catcher. Bud Inski singles to center field. A. Hugh Nokitov pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4 Detroit total runners LOB: 10
Batting:HR - Ty Skiff (11), Steve Wheat (21).GIDP - Jimmy Ogrodowski, Greg Meier. Baserunning: SB - Claude Franklin (17). Fielding: E - Jimmy Ogrodowski.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Steve Pfyl improves in power_vs_lefty Steve Pfyl improves in power_vs_righty Ramon Ferguson did not respond to coaching in control Steve Pfyl improves in contact_vs_lefty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Victor Analysis improves in range Scott Pisciotta did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Scott Pisciotta did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Scott Pisciotta improves in arm Tristan Schaut did not respond to coaching in 3B