Win: Marty Mulholland (2-1) Loss: Harry Lawson (2-3)
Save: Joe Ruebel (5)
Inning: 1 Detroit Harry Lawson pitching. Milt Mauldin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mark Fox strikes out. Oscar Dotterer singles to right field. John Mattis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Marty Mulholland pitching. Cupid Grace grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Matthews walks. Mike Benitez walks. Keiichi Tamaki strikes out. Debs Westlake singles to center field. Johnny Matthews is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Jose Ens grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Veryzer pops out to the shortstop. Clem McCabe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Walt Poat grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Kroll walks. Eric Kroll steals second. Bobby Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Harry Lawson lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Oreste Smith singles to left field. Oreste Smith steals second. Marty Mulholland lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Milt Mauldin walks. Mark Fox strikes out. Oscar Dotterer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Cupid Grace singles to left field. Cupid Grace steals second. Johnny Matthews walks. Mike Benitez flies out to the left fielder. Keiichi Tamaki strikes out. Debs Westlake grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Johnny Matthews is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit John Mattis lines out to the shortstop. Jose Ens flies out to the center fielder. Ken Veryzer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Walt Poat grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Eric Kroll strikes out. Bobby Smith reached on a fielding error by Ken Veryzer. Harry Lawson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Clem McCabe strikes out. Oreste Smith flies out to the right fielder. Marty Mulholland lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Cupid Grace grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Johnny Matthews strikes out. Mike Benitez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Milt Mauldin singles to left field. Milt Mauldin steals second. Mark Fox grounds out to the second baseman. Milt Mauldin advances to third on the play. Oscar Dotterer walks. John Mattis grounds out to the second baseman. Milt Mauldin scores. Oscar Dotterer advances to second on the play. Jose Ens hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jose Ens steals second. Bobby Smith throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Oscar Dotterer scores. Ken Veryzer walks. Clem McCabe pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Keiichi Tamaki grounds out to the third baseman. Debs Westlake hits an infield single to the shortstop. Walt Poat flies out to the right fielder. Eric Kroll strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Oreste Smith strikes out. Marty Mulholland grounds out to the shortstop. Milt Mauldin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bobby Smith strikes out. Harry Lawson flies out to the center fielder. Cupid Grace pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Mark Fox lines out to the third baseman. Oscar Dotterer walks. John Mattis doubles to right field. Oscar Dotterer uses his aggressiveness and scores. Lucky Mankowski 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. Jose Ens strikes out. Ken Veryzer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jeff Windhorn enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mark Fox at LF. Johnny Matthews grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Mike Benitez is hit by a pitch. Keiichi Tamaki flies out to the right fielder. Debs Westlake doubles to right field. Mike Benitez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jackie Snell 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. Walt Poat grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Clem McCabe flies out to the left fielder. Oreste Smith flies out to the center fielder. Paddy Slaughter is pinch hitting for Jackie Snell. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Paddy Slaughter flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Joe Ruebel pitching. Eric Kroll walks. Carl McElveen is pinch hitting for Bobby Smith. Carl McElveen flies out to the left fielder. Lamar Textor is pinch hitting for Lucky Mankowski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Lamar Textor strikes out. Eric Kroll steals second. Cupid Grace singles to center field. Eric Kroll scores. Johnny Matthews strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Gordon Blankenship did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Randy Davis improves in power_vs_lefty Gordon Blankenship did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Randy Davis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joe Minutelli did not respond to coaching in range Harry Smith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty George Allen did not respond to coaching in 1B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Todd Zeile improves in power_vs_lefty Todd Zeile improves in power_vs_lefty Mike Morton did not respond to coaching in control Mike Morton improves in velocity Sean Bones did not respond to coaching in control Ryan Long improves in power_vs_righty