Win: Vishnu Verhere (11-5) Loss: Felipe Wortham (3-5)
Save: Chief Hill (27)
Inning: 1 Detroit Dick Gladden pitching. Hirofumi Yoshimura strikes out. Euripedes Imenedes strikes out. Bud Inski flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Vishnu Verhere pitching. Jose Bello flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Jim Smith reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bjorn Liar. George Comer grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Smith advances to third on the play. Don Ross grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit A. Hugh Nokitov singles to right field. Ron DesVue flies out to the center fielder. Bjorn Liar strikes out. Juan Demerritt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Dan Doljack strikes out. Felix Sullivan singles to center field. Wally Kostal walks. Marty Millwood grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Al Ligori flies out to the center fielder. Vishnu Verhere strikes out. Hirofumi Yoshimura pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Dick Gladden grounds out to the third baseman. Jose Bello grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Smith walks. Jim Smith steals second. George Comer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Euripedes Imenedes flies out to the right fielder. Bud Inski strikes out. A. Hugh Nokitov grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Don Ross walks. Dan Doljack strikes out. Felix Sullivan grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Don Ross is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Wally Kostal strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Ron DesVue flies out to the center fielder. Bjorn Liar grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Juan Demerritt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Marty Millwood flies out to the center fielder. Dick Gladden flies out to the center fielder. Jose Bello flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Harland Manda is pinch hitting for Al Ligori. Harland Manda strikes out. Vishnu Verhere strikes out. Hirofumi Yoshimura singles to center field. Euripedes Imenedes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Lance Groat enters the game as a defensive replacement for Harland Manda at C. Jim Smith flies out to the center fielder. George Comer strikes out. Don Ross flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Bud Inski grounds out to the shortstop. A. Hugh Nokitov grounds out to the third baseman. Ron DesVue grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York John Ferriss is pinch hitting for Dan Doljack. John Ferriss flies out to the right fielder. Martin Valdez is pinch hitting for Felix Sullivan. Martin Valdez singles to center field. Martin Valdez steals second. Wally Kostal grounds out to the third baseman. Marty Millwood strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit John Appling enters the game as a defensive replacement for Martin Valdez at C. Bjorn Liar flies out to the right fielder. Hideo Medeiros is pinch hitting for Juan Demerritt. Hideo Medeiros grounds out to the second baseman. Lance Groat strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York J.C. Rogodzinski enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hideo Medeiros at SS. William Hall is pinch hitting for Dick Gladden. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. William Hall strikes out. Jose Bello flies out to the left fielder. Jim Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Felipe Wortham pitching. Vishnu Verhere strikes out. Hirofumi Yoshimura singles past the shortstop. Euripedes Imenedes pops out to the first baseman. Bud Inski strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York George Comer grounds out to the shortstop. Don Ross strikes out. John Ferriss pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Detroit A. Hugh Nokitov walks. Ron DesVue grounds into a force play to the second baseman. A. Hugh Nokitov is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ron DesVue steals second. Bjorn Liar singles to left field. Ron DesVue scores. J.C. Rogodzinski singles to left field. Ace Reynolds comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lance Groat singles to left field. Bjorn Liar scores. Vishnu Verhere fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Vishnu Verhere strikes out. Hirofumi Yoshimura grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Lance Groat is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 New York John Appling flies out to the right fielder. Wally Kostal grounds out to the third baseman. Marty Millwood hits a home run. Dave Brinkopf is pinch hitting for Ace Reynolds. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dave Brinkopf singles to right field. Jose Bello doubles to left field. Chief Hill 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. Jim Smith grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners LOB: 5 New York total runners LOB: 7
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Rich Grace did not respond to coaching in control Tristan Schaut did not respond to coaching in range Scott Pisciotta did not respond to coaching in arm Joaquin Dedd did not respond to coaching in arm Tristan Schaut did not respond to coaching in 2B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Kei Wakutsu did not respond to coaching in speed Andy LaGuardia did not respond to coaching in control Lew Wilson did not respond to coaching in control Herb Parker did not respond to coaching in velocity Danny Tanner did not respond to coaching in 3B