Inning: 1 Kansas City Rivington Hetling pitching. Clay Irwin grounds out to the shortstop. Orval Martin strikes out. Hugo Mercer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Cliff Fuentes pitching. Paddy Slaughter flies out to the center fielder. Reid McMullin singles to right field. Gus Chamberlain doubles past the center fielder. Reid McMullin uses his aggressiveness and scores. John Mattis flies out to the center fielder. Ken Veryzer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Varney Crutcher grounds out to the pitcher. Yusaku Okamoto pops out to the second baseman. Minnie Patton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Howie Fitzmorris flies out to the center fielder. Jose Ens strikes out. Milt Mauldin singles to center field. Rivington Hetling grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Milt Mauldin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jay Brewster grounds out to the third baseman. Otie Shepherd singles to right field. Cliff Fuentes lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Clay Irwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Paddy Slaughter grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Reid McMullin walks. Gus Chamberlain hits a home run. Reid McMullin scores. John Mattis strikes out. Ken Veryzer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Orval Martin walks. Hugo Mercer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Orval Martin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Varney Crutcher strikes out. Yusaku Okamoto flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Howie Fitzmorris flies out to the right fielder. Jose Ens singles to right field. Jose Ens steals second. Milt Mauldin walks. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Rivington Hetling flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Jose Ens scores. Jack Barton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paddy Slaughter singles to center field. Milt Mauldin scores. Reid McMullin singles to right field. Gus Chamberlain flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Minnie Patton strikes out. Jay Brewster strikes out. Otie Shepherd walks. Jack Barton flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit John Mattis strikes out. Ken Veryzer flies out to the right fielder. Howie Fitzmorris grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Clay Irwin strikes out. Orval Martin strikes out. Hugo Mercer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Jose Ens reached on a 2-base throwing error by Yusaku Okamoto. Milt Mauldin doubles to center field. Jose Ens scores. Rivington Hetling pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Paddy Slaughter strikes out. Reid McMullin singles to right field. Milt Mauldin scores. Gus Chamberlain walks. John Mattis pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Varney Crutcher singles to center field. Varney Crutcher steals second. Yusaku Okamoto singles to right field. Minnie Patton strikes out. Jay Brewster singles to center field. Varney Crutcher scores. Otie Shepherd singles to center field. Yusaku Okamoto uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jay Brewster advances to third on the hit. Carlos Soriano 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. Ross Rohr-Beck is pinch hitting for Jack Barton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ross Rohr-Beck grounds out to the shortstop. Jay Brewster scores. Otie Shepherd advances to second on the play. Clay Irwin lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Ron Mails pitching. Ken Veryzer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Howie Fitzmorris walks. Jose Ens grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Orval Martin grounds out to the second baseman. Hugo Mercer grounds out to the third baseman. Varney Crutcher singles to center field. Yusaku Okamoto grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Dave Smith is pinch hitting for Milt Mauldin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Smith doubles to left field. Mark Fox is pinch hitting for Carlos Soriano. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dave Smith steals third. Mark Fox grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Smith scores. Harry Romero comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paddy Slaughter doubles to left field. Reid McMullin grounds out to the shortstop. Gus Chamberlain walks. John Mattis hits a home run. Paddy Slaughter scores. Gus Chamberlain scores. Ken Veryzer singles to right field. Howie Fitzmorris singles to left field. Ken Veryzer advances to third on the hit. Jose Ens singles to center field. Ken Veryzer scores. Howie Fitzmorris advances to third on the hit. Jose Ens steals second. Dave Smith singles to left field. Howie Fitzmorris scores. Jose Ens scores. Mark Fox singles to center field. Paddy Slaughter flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Larry Stephenson pitching. Minnie Patton flies out to the left fielder. Jay Brewster flies out to the center fielder. Buddy Householder is pinch hitting for Otie Shepherd. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Buddy Householder strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5 Detroit total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Varney Crutcher is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ducky Shaw did not respond to coaching in control Nolen Castillo did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Witt did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Danny McKeithan improves in power_vs_righty Randy McElwee did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Randy McElwee did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Walter Haney did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mark Evans did not respond to coaching in control Mark Evans improves in control Dave Rico improves in range Harry Smith improves in contact_vs_lefty Ducky Odom did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty