Win: Rob Acosta (2-1) Loss: Yukio Kuwata (2-2)
Save: Ed Fitzgerald (7)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Rob Acosta pitching. Leo DeCinces strikes out. Tony Palmer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Earl Miller walks. Ray Bottenfield flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Ryan Pepper pitching. Curtis Byrd flies out to the right fielder. Larry Alten walks. Frank Bennett grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Paul Crump singles to right field. Alejandro Serrano strikes out. Paul Crump steals second. Antonio Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Nick Betts KC flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Billy Wallace strikes out. Buck Lumley strikes out. Greg Leonard triples. Steve Diaz grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ryan Pepper strikes out. Leo DeCinces doubles to center field. Tony Palmer grounds out to the third baseman. Earl Miller singles to right field. Leo DeCinces scores. Ray Bottenfield grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Earl Miller is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Anthony Venafro singles to right field. Rob Acosta lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Curtis Byrd flies out to the center fielder. Larry Alten singles to right field. Anthony Venafro scores. Frank Bennett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Paul Crump singles to center field. Alejandro Serrano doubles to right field. Antonio Taylor walks. Nick Betts KC flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Paul Crump is thrown out at the plate. Ryan Pepper grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Antonio Taylor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Billy Wallace singles to center field. Buck Lumley grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Greg Leonard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Leo DeCinces walks. Tony Palmer hits an infield single to the pitcher. Earl Miller walks. Ray Bottenfield singles to left field. Leo DeCinces scores. Tony Palmer is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Earl Miller advances to third on the play. Paul Crump flies out to the left fielder. Alejandro Serrano hits a home run. Earl Miller scores. Ray Bottenfield scores. Antonio Taylor grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Steve Diaz bunts for a base hit. Anthony Venafro grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Diaz advances to second on the play. Rob Acosta singles to left field. Steve Diaz scores. Curtis Byrd doubles to center field. Rob Acosta uses his aggressiveness and scores. Yukio Kuwata 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. Larry Alten strikes out. Frank Bennett reached on a fielding error by Tony Palmer. Billy Wallace singles to left field. Curtis Byrd scores. Frank Bennett aggressively advances to third on the hit. Buck Lumley singles to left field. Frank Bennett scores. Billy Wallace advances to third on the hit. Greg Leonard strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Nick Betts KC singles to right field. Yukio Kuwata lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Nick Betts KC forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Leo DeCinces singles to center field. Tony Palmer flies out to the left fielder. Earl Miller grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Leo DeCinces is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Steve Diaz grounds out to the second baseman. Anthony Venafro singles to right field. Rob Acosta lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Curtis Byrd doubles to center field. Anthony Venafro scores. Mike Walker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Larry Alten flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Homer Webb enters the game as a defensive replacement for Greg Leonard at 2B. Ray Bottenfield walks. Paul Crump walks. Alejandro Serrano walks. The defense is playing the corners in. Ben Groom comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Antonio Taylor pops out to the pitcher. The defense is playing the corners in. Nick Betts KC flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Vic Dowell is pinch hitting for Mike Walker. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Vic Dowell pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Detroit Pat Holt pitching. Frank Bennett singles to left field. Billy Wallace flies out to the center fielder. Buck Lumley walks. Homer Webb walks. Steve Diaz flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Frank Bennett is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Leo DeCinces singles to left field. Tony Palmer flies out to the right fielder. Leo DeCinces steals second. Earl Miller grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Leo DeCinces advances to third on the play. Ray Bottenfield grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Bill Butler is pinch hitting for Anthony Venafro. Bill Butler hits a home run. Harry Hug comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ray West is pinch hitting for Ben Groom. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Ray West walks. Curtis Byrd grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Larry Alten flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Ed Fitzgerald pitching. Paul Crump strikes out. Alejandro Serrano strikes out. Antonio Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 11 Detroit total runners left on base: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Loy Barbeau improves in speed Harry Fuentes improves in speed Mike Davenport improves in speed Faye Martinez improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Wyse did not respond to coaching in 1B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Atlee Stafford did not respond to coaching in velocity Atlee Stafford did not respond to coaching in velocity Archi Hunter improves in power_vs_righty Bill Bratschi did not respond to coaching in control Max Krueger did not respond to coaching in 1B