Inning: 1 Detroit Bo Smith pitching. Mike Mica grounds out to the pitcher. Butch Howard strikes out. Boots Bell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Kazuyoshi Kanamori pitching. Scoot Damiani doubles to center field. Spec Smith pops out to the first baseman. Donie Smith pops out to the catcher. Jim Hopkins singles to right field. Scoot Damiani scores. Joe Brito strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Bill Bowman flies out to the left fielder. Steve Alston grounds out to the pitcher. Carl Carbon singles to right field. Carl Carbon steals second. Jack Meyers strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Joe Malone grounds out to the third baseman. Cliff Moran flies out to the center fielder. Bob Williams flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Jerry Grove walks. Jerry Grove steals second. Kazuyoshi Kanamori lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Mike Mica pops out to the third baseman. Butch Howard pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 New York Bo Smith flies out to the left fielder. Scoot Damiani flies out to the left fielder. Spec Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Boots Bell flies out to the center fielder. Bill Bowman grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Alston singles to center field. Steve Alston is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Donie Smith walks. Jim Hopkins flies out to the center fielder. Joe Brito walks. Joe Malone pops out to the second baseman. Cliff Moran walks. Bob Williams hits a home run. Donie Smith scores. Joe Brito scores. Cliff Moran scores. Bo Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Carl Carbon strikes out. Jack Meyers singles past the second baseman. Jerry Grove hits a home run. Jack Meyers scores. Jim Griffin is pinch hitting for Kazuyoshi Kanamori. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Jim Griffin grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Mica walks. Billy Niebergall 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. Butch Howard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Bill Weeden pitching. Scoot Damiani grounds out to the shortstop. Spec Smith strikes out. Donie Smith walks. Jim Hopkins grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Boots Bell hits a home run. Bill Bowman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Alston singles to right field. Carl Carbon triples. Steve Alston scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Buzzy Lukachyk comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Meyers strikes out. Jerry Grove strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Joe Brito flies out to the center fielder. Joe Malone strikes out. Cliff Moran grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Dom Fox is pinch hitting for Bill Weeden. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Dom Fox pops out to the first baseman. Mike Mica flies out to the left fielder. Butch Howard walks. Boots Bell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 New York Rick Pactwa pitching. Bob Williams singles to left field. Buzzy Lukachyk lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Scoot Damiani lines out to the second baseman. Spec Smith singles past the shortstop. Bob Williams scores. Spec Smith steals second. Donie Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Bill Bowman strikes out. Steve Alston grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Carbon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Jim Hopkins singles to left field. Joe Brito flies out to the right fielder. Joe Malone flies out to the right fielder. Cliff Moran strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Jack Meyers singles to right field. Jerry Grove strikes out. Ed Propst is pinch hitting for Rick Pactwa. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ed Propst singles to right field. Mike Mica grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 6 New York total runners left on base: 4
Batting:3B - Carl Carbon (4).HR - Boots Bell (9), Jerry Grove (11).GIDP - Mike Mica. Baserunning: SB - Carl Carbon (5), Jerry Grove (10).CS - Steve Alston (3).
Game Notes Rick Pactwa is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Phillips improves in arm Salty Hassett improves in power_vs_lefty Tom Leary improves in range Jeff Locklin did not respond to coaching in velocity Jose Schardt improves in power_vs_righty Mike Gomez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Salty Hassett did not respond to coaching in C
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Elmer Hancock did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Barker did not respond to coaching in endurance Ed Barker improves in control Dave Powell did not respond to coaching in velocity Tracy Roberts improves in speed Larry Koster improves in contact_vs_righty