Inning: 1 Minnesota Sean Gomez pitching. Shigeru Takahashi grounds out to the second baseman. Monty Rothel flies out to the right fielder. Cecil Vickers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Stefan Kimble pitching. Clay Sheridan walks. Geoff Schmelz flies out to the left fielder. Don George grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Clay Sheridan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Brian Williams walks. Normie Frisk is hit by a pitch. Eric Nill grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Minnesota Alex Petty grounds out to the second baseman. Randy Pattison grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Red Garcia grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Alex Markland strikes out. Paul Solomon walks. Sean Gomez lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Clay Sheridan pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Count Johnston strikes out. Spider Holliday singles to left field. Stefan Kimble lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Shigeru Takahashi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Geoff Schmelz singles to right field. Don George singles to right field. Brian Williams strikes out. Normie Frisk singles to right field. Geoff Schmelz scores. Eric Nill grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Monty Rothel singles to left field. Monty Rothel steals second. Cecil Vickers walks. Alex Petty strikes out. Randy Pattison singles to center field. Monty Rothel scores. Cecil Vickers is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Red Garcia strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Alex Markland flies out to the center fielder. Paul Solomon flies out to the center fielder. Sean Gomez singles to left field. Clay Sheridan doubles to right field. Geoff Schmelz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Count Johnston strikes out. Spider Holliday flies out to the center fielder. Stefan Kimble flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Don George flies out to the left fielder. Brian Williams singles to left field. Normie Frisk walks. Eric Nill strikes out. Alex Markland strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Shigeru Takahashi strikes out. Monty Rothel strikes out. Cecil Vickers grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Paul Solomon strikes out. Sean Gomez pops out to the third baseman. Clay Sheridan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Alex Petty grounds out to the third baseman. Randy Pattison walks. Red Garcia walks. Count Johnston flies out to the left fielder. Spider Holliday strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Geoff Schmelz flies out to the center fielder. Don George strikes out. Brian Williams walks. Normie Frisk grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Brian Williams is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Phil Gray is pinch hitting for Stefan Kimble. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Phil Gray reached on a 2-base fielding error by Alex Markland. Shigeru Takahashi triples. Phil Gray scores. Milt Gandy 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. Monty Rothel hits a home run. Shigeru Takahashi scores. Cecil Vickers singles to left field. Alex Petty flies out to the center fielder. Randy Pattison grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Cecil Vickers is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Red Garcia singles to left field. Randy Pattison advances to third on the hit. Count Johnston walks. Spider Holliday grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Detroit Manny Lewallyn pitching. Eric Nill pops out to the second baseman. Alex Markland flies out to the left fielder. Paul Solomon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Casey Spooner is pinch hitting for Manny Lewallyn. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Casey Spooner singles to center field. Shigeru Takahashi singles to right field. Casey Spooner advances to third on the hit. Monty Rothel triples. Casey Spooner scores. Shigeru Takahashi scores. Eddie Pittinger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Cecil Vickers grounds out to the third baseman. Monty Rothel scores. Alex Petty doubles to right field. Randy Pattison flies out to the left fielder. Red Garcia singles to left field. Alex Petty scores. Count Johnston flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Toshihisa Oishi pitching. Jake Moore is pinch hitting for Eddie Pittinger. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jake Moore strikes out. Clay Sheridan strikes out. Geoff Schmelz singles past the third baseman. Danny Archer is pinch hitting for Don George. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Danny Archer singles to center field. Brian Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Detroit total runners LOB: 12
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dee Williams did not respond to coaching in speed Buddy Maisel did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Hansen did not respond to coaching in control Dee Williams improves in contact_vs_righty Steve Williams did not respond to coaching in control Limb Harter did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jackie Marshall improves in arm Alex Cotter improves in arm Clarence Dobens improves in contact_vs_righty Jackie Marshall improves in speed Joe Andersen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Arias improves in contact_vs_righty Bruce Estelle did not respond to coaching in 3B