Win: Bill Massa (1-0) Loss: Mike Maynard (0-2)
Save: Phillip Barbour (3)
Inning: 1 New York Mike Maynard pitching. Jim Gilbert hits a home run. Jose Kaline flies out to the left fielder. Scott Ruffing flies out to the center fielder. Robbie Bell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Bill Massa pitching. Andy Fox flies out to the center fielder. Ricky Ledee grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). B.B. Mickels triples. Rick Parker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Neal Chappelle lines out to the shortstop. Tom Eusebio grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Myrick singles past the shortstop. Mike Evans flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Marcus Lawton. pops out to the shortstop. Spoon Dorsett grounds out to the third baseman. Ham Martzell grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Bill Massa grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Gilbert strikes out. Jose Kaline pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Mike Blowers singles to center field. Mike Maynard fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Mike Maynard strikes out. Andy Fox grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Mike Blowers is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ricky Ledee flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Scott Ruffing walks. Robbie Bell singles to left field. Scott Ruffing advances to third on the hit. Robbie Bell steals second. Spoon Dorsett throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Scott Ruffing scores. Neal Chappelle strikes out. Tom Eusebio grounds out to the third baseman. Robbie Bell scores. Pete Myrick grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit B.B. Mickels grounds out to the third baseman. Rick Parker singles to right field. Marcus Lawton. flies out to the center fielder. Spoon Dorsett doubles to center field. Rick Parker uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ham Martzell grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Mike Evans walks. Bill Massa lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Gilbert singles past the second baseman. Mike Evans scores. Jose Kaline reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ricky Ledee. Scott Ruffing grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Gilbert scores. Jose Kaline advances to third on the play. Hutch Hutchinson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Robbie Bell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Mike Blowers flies out to the right fielder. Hutch Hutchinson flies out to the right fielder. Andy Fox grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Neal Chappelle flies out to the right fielder. Tom Eusebio pops out to the second baseman. Pete Myrick grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Ricky Ledee singles to center field. B.B. Mickels grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Rick Parker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Mike Evans singles to right field. Bill Massa lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Gilbert flies out to the left fielder. Jose Kaline strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Marcus Lawton. strikes out. Spoon Dorsett walks. Ham Martzell walks. Mike Blowers strikes out. Don Holmes is pinch hitting for Hutch Hutchinson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Don Holmes grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ham Martzell is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Stan Nipper pitching. Scott Ruffing strikes out. Robbie Bell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Neal Chappelle grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Bill Oertel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Andy Fox singles to right field. Ricky Ledee flies out to the left fielder. B.B. Mickels flies out to the right fielder. Rick Parker pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Tom Eusebio singles to right field. Pete Myrick grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Eusebio advances to second on the play. Mike Evans grounds out to the shortstop. Claude Cantwell is pinch hitting for Bill Oertel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Claude Cantwell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Charlie Encarnacion pitching. Marcus Lawton. doubles to right field. Spoon Dorsett singles to right field. Marcus Lawton. scores. Phillip Barbour comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ham Martzell strikes out. Mike Blowers strikes out. Knob James is pinch hitting for Stan Nipper. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Knob James hits a home run. Spoon Dorsett scores. Andy Fox strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 New York total runners LOB: 4 Detroit total runners LOB: 6
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lee Ferrara improves in range Dave Levine improves in arm Oyster Clemente improves in range Tyrone Biggums did not respond to coaching in velocity Grady Hoyt did not respond to coaching in CF
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tony Bonanno improves in power_vs_lefty Tony Bonanno improves in power_vs_righty George Whitfield improves in contact_vs_lefty George Whitfield improves in range Steve Heiserman did not respond to coaching in 1B