Win: Ramon Briggs (5-5) Loss: Ron Schallock (5-16)
Inning: 1 Detroit Ramon Briggs pitching. Harry Jablonski strikes out. John Howard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Casey walks. Pat Coleman pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Ron Schallock pitching. Danny McGraw flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Navarro walks. Jackie Kanehl singles past the second baseman. Dwayne Long flies out to the right fielder. Carlos Varona singles to left field. Charlie Navarro scores. Jackie Kanehl advances to third on the hit. Kazutomo Nagaike strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Jimmy Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Masami Ono flies out to the center fielder. Earl Harper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Turner Jackson grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Loewer strikes out. Ramon Briggs flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Rafael Gourriel grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Schallock walks. Harry Jablonski flies out to the right fielder. John Howard grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Danny McGraw pops out to the third baseman. Charlie Navarro grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Jackie Kanehl pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Bill Casey flies out to the right fielder. Pat Coleman flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Davis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Dwayne Long grounds out to the second baseman. Carlos Varona pops out to the shortstop. Kazutomo Nagaike flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Masami Ono strikes out. Earl Harper singles to right field. Rafael Gourriel strikes out. Ron Schallock grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Earl Harper is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Turner Jackson pops out to the shortstop. Joe Loewer singles to right field. Ben Dashiell is pinch hitting for Ramon Briggs. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ben Dashiell singles to left field. Danny McGraw doubles to center field. Joe Loewer scores. Ben Dashiell uses his aggressiveness and scores. Charlie Navarro singles to right field. Danny McGraw uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jackie Kanehl triples. Charlie Navarro scores. Don Leheny comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dwayne Long lines out to the second baseman. Carlos Varona strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Wes Masaoka pitching. Harry Jablonski flies out to the left fielder. John Howard flies out to the center fielder. Bill Casey flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Kazutomo Nagaike flies out to the center fielder. Turner Jackson walks. Joe Loewer singles to center field. Turner Jackson advances to third on the hit. Tim Davis is pinch hitting for Wes Masaoka. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tim Davis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Turner Jackson scores. Joe Loewer advances to second on the play. Sam Lucas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Danny McGraw strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit John Schaffernoth pitching. Pat Coleman walks. Jimmy Davis singles to right field. Pat Coleman advances to third on the hit. Masami Ono flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Pat Coleman scores. Earl Harper pops out to the shortstop. Rafael Gourriel grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jimmy Davis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Charlie Navarro hits a home run. Billy Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jackie Kanehl flies out to the right fielder. Dwayne Long singles to left field. Carlos Varona flies out to the left fielder. Dwayne Long is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Billy Smith strikes out. Harry Jablonski is hit by a pitch. John Howard grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Jablonski advances to second on the play. Bill Casey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Kazutomo Nagaike singles to center field. Kazutomo Nagaike is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Turner Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Loewer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Pat Coleman hits a home run. Jimmy Davis flies out to the left fielder. Masami Ono grounds out to the shortstop. Yutaka Minami comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Earl Harper grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 5 Texas total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Kazutomo Nagaike is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Buck Devine did not respond to coaching in speed Eddie Blair did not respond to coaching in arm Eddie Blair improves in range Hiromi Nagai did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joe Murphy did not respond to coaching in velocity Hiromi Nagai did not respond to coaching in speed
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Fred Glasscock did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Peterson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pete Currie did not respond to coaching in speed Shoichi Ota did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Kikuji Egusa did not respond to coaching in speed Shoichi Ota did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty