Win: Donnie Lentine (3-3) Loss: Ray Darnell (1-5)
Save: Taffy Stone (6)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ray Darnell pitching. Bob Johnson strikes out. Spud Wilson strikes out. Arnold Daniels flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Donnie Lentine pitching. Mike Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Ricardo Hargrave grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Congalton grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Brad Alcock grounds out to the third baseman. Matt Sisk grounds out to the pitcher. Al Wells singles to left field. Hector Rogers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Bob Kekich pops out to the second baseman. Matt Leshnock grounds out to the second baseman. Rudy Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tyne Newcastle strikes out. Donnie Lentine strikes out. Bob Johnson singles to left field. Spud Wilson walks. Arnold Daniels grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Spud Wilson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Jesse Gillespie flies out to the right fielder. Les Miller walks. Ray Darnell lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Brad Alcock singles to right field. Matt Sisk flies out to the center fielder. Brad Alcock steals second. Al Wells strikes out. Hector Rogers walks. Tyne Newcastle strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Ricardo Hargrave walks. Steve Congalton singles to center field. Ricardo Hargrave advances to third on the hit. Bob Kekich grounds out to the third baseman. Ricardo Hargrave scores. Steve Congalton advances to second on the play. Matt Leshnock strikes out. Rudy Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Donnie Lentine strikes out. Bob Johnson strikes out. Spud Wilson hits a home run. Arnold Daniels strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Jesse Gillespie flies out to the right fielder. Les Miller singles to left field. Ray Darnell fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ray Darnell grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Les Miller is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mike Smith singles to left field. Ray Darnell advances to third on the hit. Ricardo Hargrave pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Brad Alcock pops out to the shortstop. Matt Sisk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Wells grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Steve Congalton flies out to the right fielder. Bob Kekich pops out to the shortstop. Matt Leshnock flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Hector Rogers walks. Hector Rogers is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tyne Newcastle grounds out to the shortstop. Donnie Lentine flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Rudy Brown strikes out. Jesse Gillespie grounds out to the shortstop. Les Miller flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Johnson lines out to the shortstop. Spud Wilson grounds out to the pitcher. Arnold Daniels grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Ray Darnell strikes out. Mike Smith flies out to the right fielder. Ricardo Hargrave grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Brad Alcock grounds out to the third baseman. Matt Sisk flies out to the right fielder. Al Wells grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Steve Congalton grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Kekich strikes out. Matt Leshnock strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Kansas City Hector Rogers singles to center field. Red Batchelder is pinch hitting for Tyne Newcastle. Red Batchelder grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Donnie Lentine grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Detroit Rudy Brown flies out to the left fielder. Jesse Gillespie flies out to the center fielder. Les Miller grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 11 Kansas City Bob Johnson doubles to center field. Danny Wheeler 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. Spud Wilson doubles to right field. Bob Johnson scores. Arnold Daniels reached on a fielding error by Steve Congalton. Brad Alcock grounds out to the third baseman. Spud Wilson scores. Arnold Daniels advances to second on the play. Matt Sisk strikes out. Al Wells grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Detroit Taffy Stone comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Angel Hackman is pinch hitting for Danny Wheeler. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Angel Hackman strikes out. Mike Smith flies out to the left fielder. Ricardo Hargrave flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6 Detroit total runners LOB: 4
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Yutaka Kamiuchi improves in endurance John Slade improves in speed Skeeter Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Salome Fishel did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Skeeter Johnson did not respond to coaching in 2B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tom Snyder did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Hal Smoltz did not respond to coaching in endurance Roy Moreno improves in velocity Buddy Lee did not respond to coaching in control Joel Collins did not respond to coaching in SS