Win: Bill Morejon (3-1) Loss: Darrold Knowles (1-3)
Inning: 1 Detroit Tom Baker pitching. Jeff Healy grounds out to the shortstop. Jigger Statz walks. Prince Fielder walks. Billy Queen flies out to the left fielder. Magglio Ordonez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 New York Denny McLain Jr. pitching. Larry Hisle flies out to the center fielder. Steve Pickering flies out to the center fielder. Lee Hubbard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Vladimir Guerrrero grounds out to the shortstop. Klondike Douglass grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Halo Rozema singles to center field. Denny McLain Jr. flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Ron Backman strikes out. Randy McColl hits a home run. Luis Kittridge grounds out to the second baseman. Don Rheam grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Jeff Healy singles to right field. Jigger Statz grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Prince Fielder flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Oscar Gonzalez strikes out. Tom Baker strikes out. Larry Hisle singles to center field. Steve Pickering flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Billy Queen strikes out. Magglio Ordonez flies out to the left fielder. Vladimir Guerrrero grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Lee Hubbard grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Backman singles to center field. Randy McColl strikes out. Luis Kittridge pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Klondike Douglass grounds out to the second baseman. Halo Rozema pops out to the first baseman. Denny McLain Jr. singles to right field. Jeff Healy singles to right field. Denny McLain Jr. advances to third on the hit. Jigger Statz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York Don Rheam grounds out to the second baseman. Oscar Gonzalez grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Baker singles to center field. Larry Hisle grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Prince Fielder walks. Billy Queen grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Magglio Ordonez doubles to center field. Vladimir Guerrrero grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Steve Pickering grounds out to the pitcher. Lee Hubbard grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Backman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Klondike Douglass strikes out. Halo Rozema grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Morales is pinch hitting for Denny McLain Jr.. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Mike Morales singles to right field. Jeff Healy hits a home run. Mike Morales scores. Jigger Statz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Isidro Marquez pitching. Randy McColl grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Luis Kittridge grounds out to the second baseman. Don Rheam strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Prince Fielder flies out to the left fielder. Billy Queen singles to center field. Magglio Ordonez flies out to the right fielder. Vladimir Guerrrero is hit by a pitch. Chad Guerrero 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. Klondike Douglass walks. Halo Rozema grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 New York Oscar Gonzalez doubles to center field. Si Wiesler is pinch hitting for Chad Guerrero. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Aaron Valdivielso is pinch running for Oscar Gonzalez on 2nd base. Si Wiesler triples. Aaron Valdivielso scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Larry Hisle singles to right field. Si Wiesler scores. Dan Patch comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Pickering grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Lee Hubbard grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Bill Morejon pitching. Doug Johnson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Aaron Valdivielso at C. Dom Brown enters the game as a defensive replacement for Luis Kittridge at RF. Clarence Gaston is pinch hitting for Dan Patch. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Clarence Gaston hits a home run. Jeff Healy flies out to the right fielder. Jigger Statz grounds out to the pitcher. Prince Fielder singles to left field. Billy Queen grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Prince Fielder is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Darrold Knowles pitching. Ron Backman walks. Randy McColl grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ron Backman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dom Brown walks. Don Rheam singles to center field. Randy McColl scores. Detroit total runners left on base: 10 New York total runners left on base: 3
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Chip Hale did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Luis Leal did not respond to coaching in control Dal Maxvill improves in power_vs_righty Jerry Patton did not respond to coaching in velocity
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Al Locke improves in contact_vs_lefty Cedric Richard improves in control Brian Delaney improves in power_vs_righty Harry Dunne did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Happenny improves in 2B