Inning: 1 Detroit Mel Blaemire pitching. Ryokan Omachi strikes out. Butch Howard strikes out. Barry Jackson singles to left field. Boots Bell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City John Hicks pitching. Lou Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Preacher Skalski flies out to the center fielder. J.J. Burns flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Dom Fox grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carl Carbon strikes out. Jack Meyers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Joe Kolp strikes out. Julio Laudner grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Caveney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Jerry Grove singles to center field. John Hicks lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ryokan Omachi strikes out. Butch Howard flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bobby Hamilton strikes out. Del Grammas grounds out to the shortstop. Mel Blaemire flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Barry Jackson flies out to the right fielder. Boots Bell doubles to left field. Dom Fox triples. Boots Bell scores. Carl Carbon grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Meyers grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Lou Jones doubles to right field. Preacher Skalski grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Jones advances to third on the play. J.J. Burns pops out to the second baseman. Joe Kolp flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Jerry Grove walks. John Hicks fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John Hicks grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ryokan Omachi flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Julio Laudner strikes out. Dave Caveney pops out to the first baseman. Bobby Hamilton hits a home run. Del Grammas flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Butch Howard grounds out to the second baseman. Barry Jackson reached on a fielding error by Lou Jones. Boots Bell strikes out. Dom Fox flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Mel Blaemire flies out to the left fielder. Lou Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Preacher Skalski grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Carl Carbon grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Meyers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry Grove strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City J.J. Burns flies out to the right fielder. Joe Kolp grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Julio Laudner flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Steve Alston is pinch hitting for John Hicks. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Steve Alston strikes out. Ryokan Omachi flies out to the right fielder. Butch Howard pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mahlon Medvin pitching. Dave Caveney grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bobby Hamilton singles to left field. Dasher Naranjo is pinch hitting for Del Grammas. Felix Rodriguez is pinch running for Bobby Hamilton on 1st base. Dasher Naranjo singles to center field. Felix Rodriguez advances to third on the hit. Jim Flager is pinch hitting for Mel Blaemire. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jim Flager singles to right field. Felix Rodriguez scores. Lou Jones reached on a fielding error by Ryokan Omachi. Preacher Skalski grounds out to the shortstop. Dasher Naranjo scores. Jim Flager advances to third on the play. Lou Jones advances to second on the play. Ervin Ollom comes in from the bullpen to pitch. J.J. Burns strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Detroit Pete Robinson pitching. Dan Cox enters the game as a defensive replacement for Felix Rodriguez at C. Barry Jackson strikes out. Boots Bell singles to left field. Dom Fox hits a home run. Boots Bell scores. Carl Carbon reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dasher Naranjo. Jack Meyers singles to center field. Carl Carbon scores. Jerry Grove singles to right field. Jack Meyers advances to third on the hit. Ervin Ollom strikes out. Ryokan Omachi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Joe Kolp pops out to the second baseman. Julio Laudner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Caveney grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 3
Game Notes John Hicks is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Lee Daniels did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dan Brennan did not respond to coaching in velocity Brick Simpson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Johnny King improves in contact_vs_lefty Dan Brennan did not respond to coaching in control Mike Gomez improves in power_vs_righty Salty Hassett did not respond to coaching in C
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Frank Phillips did not respond to coaching in control Gary Roberts did not respond to coaching in control Murry Dunlap did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Hagerman did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Alou improves in power_vs_lefty Jay Torrealba did not respond to coaching in speed Sam Lefebvre improves in RF