Win: Dick Loaiza (11-11) Loss: Polly Barron (16-6)
Inning: 1 Detroit Polly Barron pitching. Tetsuya Akagi flies out to the right fielder. Bob Bailor flies out to the center fielder. Desi Coco grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Dick Loaiza pitching. Ron Felton flies out to the center fielder. Gene Ramos strikes out. Bruce Perrin lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Jake Taylor strikes out. Katsuo Machida strikes out. Todd Helton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Rich Weston grounds out to the pitcher. Noboru Asakura flies out to the center fielder. Kimiyasu Kadota singles to left field. Bobby Bradford grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kimiyasu Kadota is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Jose Cruz Jr. flies out to the center fielder. Duke Sims strikes out. Dick Loaiza grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bill Konieczny doubles to left field. Polly Barron lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Bill Konieczny is thrown out at third. Ron Felton grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Tetsuya Akagi strikes out. Bob Bailor singles to center field. Desi Coco doubles to center field. Bob Bailor uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jake Taylor grounds out to the pitcher. Katsuo Machida doubles to right field. Desi Coco scores. Todd Helton walks. Jose Cruz Jr. hits a home run. Katsuo Machida scores. Todd Helton scores. Duke Sims strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Gene Ramos pops out to the catcher. Bruce Perrin doubles to center field. Rich Weston hits a home run. Bruce Perrin scores. Noboru Asakura reached on a fielding error by Desi Coco. Kimiyasu Kadota walks. Bobby Bradford grounds out to the pitcher. Noboru Asakura advances to third on the play. Kimiyasu Kadota advances to second on the play. Bill Konieczny flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Joe Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Loaiza pops out to the shortstop. Tetsuya Akagi flies out to the left fielder. Bob Bailor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Joe Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Ron Felton grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Ramos lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Desi Coco pops out to the second baseman. Jake Taylor doubles to center field. Katsuo Machida strikes out. Todd Helton singles to center field. Jake Taylor scores. Jose Cruz Jr. grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bruce Perrin grounds out to the shortstop. Rich Weston pops out to the shortstop. Noboru Asakura grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Duke Sims flies out to the left fielder. Dick Loaiza singles to center field. Tetsuya Akagi flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Bob Bailor strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Kimiyasu Kadota strikes out. Bobby Bradford singles to left field. Bill Konieczny strikes out. Harry Gastright is pinch hitting for Joe Johnson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Gastright grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Dann Stewart pitching. Desi Coco singles to center field. Jake Taylor strikes out. Katsuo Machida flies out to the left fielder. Todd Helton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Ron Felton flies out to the left fielder. Gene Ramos grounds out to the second baseman. Bruce Perrin hits an infield single to the pitcher. Rich Weston walks. Luis Kent 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. Noboru Asakura grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Detroit Jose Cruz Jr. walks. Duke Sims hits a home run. Jose Cruz Jr. scores. Chuck Jones is pinch hitting for Luis Kent. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chuck Jones doubles to right field. Tetsuya Akagi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chuck Jones advances to third on the play. Bob Bailor strikes out. Desi Coco singles to center field. Chuck Jones scores. Jake Taylor flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Frank Dressendorfer pitching. Ecky McMillan is pinch hitting for Kimiyasu Kadota. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ecky McMillan grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Moolic is pinch hitting for Bobby Bradford. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jim Moolic strikes out. Bill Konieczny strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 4 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Steve Mingori did not respond to coaching in control Ron Mattick did not respond to coaching in control Joe Coleman did not respond to coaching in control Ron Mattick did not respond to coaching in control
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dan Murphy did not respond to coaching in velocity Gibby Williams improves in control Gibby Williams did not respond to coaching in control Bill Boney did not respond to coaching in speed Irv Curry did not respond to coaching in 1B