Win: Greg Rupe (10-5) Loss: Mike Hamby (4-7)
Save: Jim Christmas (8)
Inning: 1 Texas Mike Hamby pitching. Harley Wentzel grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Escalera strikes out. Yasufumi Takaura flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Greg Rupe pitching. Yoshio Ishizuka flies out to the right fielder. Frank Wynn pops out to the second baseman. Dan Duryea grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Dick Siebern grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Barthold singles to left field. Craig Davis grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Jason Lowrey strikes out. Don Sorrell grounds out to the second baseman. Ensign Cardenal flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Rufus James pops out to the shortstop. Keith Bailey singles to right field. Greg Rupe lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harley Wentzel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Chris White flies out to the center fielder. Brick Miller reached on a fielding error by Greg Rupe. Mike Hamby lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Yoshio Ishizuka grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Johnny Escalera singles to right field. Yasufumi Takaura strikes out. Dick Siebern grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Johnny Escalera is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed Barthold walks. Craig Davis pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Frank Wynn lines out to the second baseman. Dan Duryea singles to right field. Jason Lowrey singles to right field. Don Sorrell walks. Ensign Cardenal flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Dan Duryea scores. Chris White pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Rufus James strikes out. Keith Bailey singles to right field. Greg Rupe fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Greg Rupe pops out to the second baseman. Harley Wentzel doubles to center field. Johnny Escalera flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Brick Miller strikes out. Mike Hamby grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshio Ishizuka strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Yasufumi Takaura grounds out to the catcher. Dick Siebern singles to left field. Ed Barthold walks. Craig Davis walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Rufus James strikes out. Keith Bailey singles to center field. Dick Siebern scores. Ed Barthold scores. Craig Davis advances to third on the hit. Greg Rupe strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Frank Wynn flies out to the right fielder. Dan Duryea grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jason Lowrey singles to left field. Don Sorrell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Harley Wentzel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Johnny Escalera strikes out. Yasufumi Takaura walks. Dick Siebern singles to right field. Yasufumi Takaura advances to third on the hit. Ed Barthold strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Ensign Cardenal strikes out. Chris White grounds out to the shortstop. Brick Miller flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Craig Davis hits a home run. Rufus James grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Keith Bailey grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Rupe flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Ernie Carter is pinch hitting for Mike Hamby. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ernie Carter flies out to the left fielder. Yoshio Ishizuka walks. Frank Wynn walks. Jim Christmas 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. Billy Sullivan is pinch hitting for Dan Duryea. Billy Sullivan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Ed Tomlin pitching. Johnny Stairs enters the game as a defensive replacement for Billy Sullivan at SS. Harley Wentzel singles to center field. Johnny Escalera walks. Yasufumi Takaura strikes out. Dick Siebern singles to center field. Harley Wentzel scores. Alton Schelle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Barthold flies out to the right fielder. Craig Davis doubles to right field. Johnny Escalera scores. Dick Siebern uses his aggressiveness and scores. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Rufus James strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Jason Lowrey strikes out. Don Sorrell singles to center field. Ensign Cardenal singles to right field. Don Sorrell advances to third on the hit. Chris White pops out to the first baseman. Brick Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Texas total runners LOB: 10 Detroit total runners LOB: 7
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Dexter McConkey improves in control Dexter McConkey did not respond to coaching in control Bubba Dews improves in arm Dexter McConkey did not respond to coaching in control Sam Downs did not respond to coaching in SS
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Sandy Kehn did not respond to coaching in control Moose Gallagher did not respond to coaching in control Dennis Yan improves in contact_vs_lefty Ike Adair improves in contact_vs_lefty