Win: Chris Bowman (11-12) Loss: Don Johnson (10-12)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Don Johnson pitching. Frank Ford strikes out. Rod Smith hits a home run. Johnny Fluhrer strikes out. Nigel Joseph flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Chris Bowman pitching. Harry Jablonski pops out to the shortstop. John Howard singles past the second baseman. Bill Casey flies out to the left fielder. Pat Coleman singles past the shortstop. John Howard advances to third on the hit. Don Christiansen grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Keita Arakane walks. Chris Lundbom walks. Chauncey Klinger singles to center field. Keita Arakane scores. Chris Lundbom is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Gene Wehmeier strikes out. Chris Bowman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Masami Ono walks. Earl Harper strikes out. Masami Ono steals second. Rafael Gourriel reached on a fielding error by Chauncey Klinger. Don Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Harry Jablonski flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Frank Ford flies out to the center fielder. Rod Smith flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Fluhrer singles to left field. Nigel Joseph doubles to left field. Keita Arakane singles to center field. Johnny Fluhrer scores. Nigel Joseph scores. Juan Metcalfe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chris Lundbom pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit John Howard grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Casey strikes out. Pat Coleman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Chauncey Klinger flies out to the right fielder. Gene Wehmeier strikes out. Chris Bowman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Don Christiansen singles to center field. Masami Ono flies out to the right fielder. Earl Harper grounds out to the pitcher. Don Christiansen advances to second on the play. Rafael Gourriel reached on a fielding error by Nigel Joseph. Juan Metcalfe strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Frank Ford hits a home run. Sam Lucas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rod Smith doubles to right field. Johnny Fluhrer flies out to the left fielder. Nigel Joseph singles to center field. Rod Smith scores. Don Leheny comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Nigel Joseph is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Keita Arakane flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Harry Jablonski flies out to the left fielder. John Howard singles to left field. Bill Casey singles to right field. John Howard advances to third on the hit. Pat Coleman flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, John Howard scores. Don Christiansen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Chris Lundbom flies out to the center fielder. Chauncey Klinger reached on a fielding error by Masami Ono. Gene Wehmeier strikes out. Chris Bowman singles to right field. Chauncey Klinger advances to third on the hit. Frank Ford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Masami Ono singles past the second baseman. Masami Ono steals second. Earl Harper strikes out. Rafael Gourriel strikes out. Don Leheny grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Rod Smith pops out to the second baseman. Johnny Fluhrer grounds out to the third baseman. Nigel Joseph grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Harry Jablonski strikes out. John Howard strikes out. Bill Casey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Keita Arakane flies out to the center fielder. Chris Lundbom grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Chauncey Klinger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Pat Coleman flies out to the right fielder. Don Christiansen triples. Fritz Shinnick 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. Masami Ono flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Don Christiansen scores. Earl Harper flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Gene Wehmeier singles to right field. Terry Brewington is pinch hitting for Fritz Shinnick. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Terry Brewington grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Frank Ford flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Ed Metz pitching. Ken Archie is pinch hitting for Rafael Gourriel. Ken Archie strikes out. George Raymond is pinch hitting for Don Leheny. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George Raymond singles to center field. Harry Jablonski grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4 Detroit total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Rod Smith (25), Nigel Joseph (19).HR - Frank Ford (17), Rod Smith (25).GIDP - Terry Brewington. Baserunning: CS - Nigel Joseph (14). Fielding: E - Nigel Joseph, Chauncey Klinger.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ray Silva did not respond to coaching in velocity George Hughes improves in power_vs_lefty Jim Balas did not respond to coaching in control Jim Lucas improves in control Don Davis improves in arm Geronimo Cole did not respond to coaching in velocity
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Hector McGovern improves in contact_vs_righty Terry Tresh did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joe Nicol improves in arm Al Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Santo Breazeale improves in power_vs_lefty Santo Breazeale did not respond to coaching in range