Win: Ray Darnell (10-9) Loss: Lee Kelly (3-10)
Save: Dick McNertney (31)
Inning: 1 Detroit Lee Kelly pitching. Les Miller walks. Chad Nerves Twitchell hits a home run. Les Miller scores. Irv Deal walks. Doug Petagine flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Ward strikes out. Mike Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Ray Darnell pitching. Jake Bradford flies out to the center fielder. Frank Burns walks. Joe Just doubles to left field. Frank Burns scores. Clarence Hernandez singles to right field. Joe Just scores. Bryan Clary flies out to the center fielder. George Scanlan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Sam Stone singles to left field. Tom Demery grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Sam Stone is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ray Darnell fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ray Darnell singles to right field. Tom Demery advances to third on the hit. Les Miller singles to left field. Tom Demery scores. Ray Darnell advances to third on the hit. Chad Nerves Twitchell doubles to right field. Ray Darnell scores. Les Miller uses his aggressiveness and scores. Irv Deal flies out to the center fielder. Doug Petagine walks. Eddie Ward singles to left field. Chad Nerves Twitchell scores. Doug Petagine advances to third on the hit. Mike Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Rube Sackinsky grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Fanning strikes out. Lee Kelly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Sam Stone pops out to the first baseman. Tom Demery strikes out. Ray Darnell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Jake Bradford grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Burns singles to center field. Frank Burns is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Joe Just reached on a fielding error by Mike Smith. Clarence Hernandez singles to center field. Joe Just advances to third on the hit. Bryan Clary grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Les Miller flies out to the center fielder. Chad Nerves Twitchell grounds out to the pitcher. Faye Adams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Irv Deal strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota George Scanlan grounds out to the second baseman. Rube Sackinsky singles to left field. Bobby Fanning walks. Faye Adams lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jake Bradford grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Doug Petagine reached on a fielding error by Bobby Fanning. Eddie Ward singles to center field. Mike Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Doug Petagine advances to third on the play. Eddie Ward advances to second on the play. Sam Stone grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Doug Petagine scores. Eddie Ward advances to third on the play. Tom Demery strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Frank Burns singles to right field. Joe Just singles to right field. Frank Burns advances to third on the hit. Clarence Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Frank Burns scores. Bryan Clary singles to right field. Joe Just is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. George Scanlan grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Ray Darnell grounds out to the pitcher. Les Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chad Nerves Twitchell walks. Irv Deal grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Rube Sackinsky singles to right field. Rube Sackinsky is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bobby Fanning strikes out. Faye Adams flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Doug Petagine singles in front of the right fielder. Eddie Ward flies out to the center fielder. Mike Smith strikes out. Sam Stone singles to left field. Doug Petagine advances to third on the hit. Tom Demery flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jake Bradford singles to center field. Frank Burns grounds out to the pitcher. Jake Bradford advances to second on the play. Joe Just doubles to left field. Jake Bradford scores. Bill Blades comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Clarence Hernandez flies out to the left fielder. Bryan Clary grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Todd Ballenger is pinch hitting for Bill Blades. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Todd Ballenger flies out to the left fielder. Les Miller doubles to left field. Chad Nerves Twitchell grounds out to the pitcher. Irv Deal strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Dave Alvarez pitching. Leo Teed enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tom Demery at 2B. George Scanlan flies out to the right fielder. Rube Sackinsky strikes out. Bobby Fanning walks. Eddie Bateman is pinch hitting for Faye Adams. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Eddie Bateman singles to left field. Jake Bradford walks. Frank Burns walks. Bobby Fanning scores. Joe Just pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Detroit Larry Anderson pitching. Doug Petagine reached on a fielding error by Larry Anderson. Eddie Ward grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Doug Petagine is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mike Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Eddie Ward advances to second on the play. Sam Stone grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Dick McNertney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Clarence Hernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Bryan Clary grounds out to the shortstop. George Scanlan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 9 Minnesota total runners LOB: 10
Batting:2B - Joe Just 2 (11).SF - Clarence Hernandez. Baserunning: CS - Frank Burns (7), Rube Sackinsky (1). Fielding: E - Bobby Fanning, Larry Anderson.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Larry Webster improves in contact_vs_lefty Rudy Brown did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bob Kekich improves in contact_vs_righty Tom Snyder improves in contact_vs_righty Rudy Brown did not respond to coaching in SS
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John 'Jam' Hamill did not respond to coaching in velocity John 'Jam' Hamill did not respond to coaching in velocity Butts Girardi improves in contact_vs_lefty Ezra Birmingham improves in range Brad Didier did not respond to coaching in C