Win: Chick Lyle (4-1) Loss: Thomas Kaiserling (0-3)
Save: Don Butland (2)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Tony Swift pitching. Ted Graves grounds out to the third baseman. Wally Clancy hits a home run. Cliff Castro flies out to the right fielder. Ike Walker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Chick Lyle pitching. Charlie Thompson singles to left field. Katsuhiko Hiruki grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Charlie Thompson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. By Harper walks. Satoru Fujita flies out to the center fielder. Warren Payton strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ross Gharrity strikes out. Herm Curtright walks. Herm Curtright steals second. Bud Hoblitzel strikes out. Steve Dede grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Bert Chouinard grounds out to the second baseman. John Adams strikes out. Freddy Powell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Chick Lyle singles to left field. Chick Lyle steals second. Ted Graves flies out to the right fielder. Wally Clancy strikes out. Cliff Castro singles past the second baseman. Cliff Castro is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Tony Swift singles to center field. Charlie Thompson strikes out. Katsuhiko Hiruki singles to center field. Tony Swift advances to third on the hit. By Harper singles to center field. Tony Swift scores. Satoru Fujita strikes out. Warren Payton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ike Walker flies out to the right fielder. Ross Gharrity is hit by a pitch. Herm Curtright singles to center field. Ross Gharrity advances to third on the hit. Bud Hoblitzel grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Bert Chouinard flies out to the center fielder. John Adams strikes out. Freddy Powell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Steve Dede grounds out to the third baseman. Chick Lyle strikes out. Ted Graves grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Tony Swift strikes out. Charlie Thompson pops out to the third baseman. Katsuhiko Hiruki grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Wally Clancy pops out to the shortstop. Cliff Castro walks. Ike Walker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cliff Castro advances to second on the play. Ross Gharrity flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit By Harper strikes out. Satoru Fujita singles to right field. Warren Payton strikes out. Bert Chouinard grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Satoru Fujita is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Herm Curtright strikes out. Bud Hoblitzel walks. Steve Dede walks. Chick Lyle lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ted Graves strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit John Adams strikes out. Freddy Powell singles to center field. Mike Williams is pinch hitting for Tony Swift. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Mike Williams pops out to the second baseman. Charlie Thompson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Thomas Kaiserling pitching. Wally Clancy reached on a 2-base throwing error by Warren Payton. Cliff Castro singles to right field. Wally Clancy scores. Ike Walker pops out to the shortstop. Ross Gharrity flies out to the center fielder. Cliff Castro is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Katsuhiko Hiruki flies out to the left fielder. By Harper doubles to left field. Don Butland 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 1st. Satoru Fujita strikes out. Warren Payton walks. Bert Chouinard pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Herm Curtright pops out to the second baseman. Bud Hoblitzel walks. Steve Dede walks. Don Butland lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ted Graves singles in front of the center fielder. Bud Hoblitzel scores. Steve Dede scores. Tom Felder comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Wally Clancy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit John Adams singles to right field. Freddy Powell singles to left field. John Adams advances to third on the hit. George Andrews is pinch hitting for Tom Felder. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George Andrews strikes out. Charlie Thompson singles past the third baseman. John Adams scores. Katsuhiko Hiruki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Freddy Powell advances to third on the play. Charlie Thompson advances to second on the play. By Harper flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7 Detroit total runners LOB: 10
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Charlie Byrne improves in endurance Jose Steevens did not respond to coaching in endurance Charlie Byrne did not respond to coaching in control Alex Healy improves in control Paul Reynolds improves in contact_vs_righty Larry Hutchinson improves in power_vs_lefty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Frank Blum did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Pat Mason did not respond to coaching in range Al Dunlop improves in speed Mike Clendenon did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jimmy Allen did not respond to coaching in range Bill Snyder did not respond to coaching in control