Win: Tom Weathers (10-10) Loss: Wil Boston (9-16)
Save: Roberto Noriega (32)
Inning: 1 Detroit Tom Weathers pitching. Blaine Firova strikes out. Jack Fox flies out to the left fielder. Val Cochrane strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Wil Boston pitching. Cookie White grounds out to the pitcher. Wes Gleich hits an infield single to the pitcher. Wes Gleich steals second. Cesar Cress grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Lance Freeman hits a home run. Wes Gleich scores. Bob Signer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Manny Hanning strikes out. Mysterious Hiller strikes out. Al Ramirez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Brian Jackson hits a home run. Ed Fanwell grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ramon Treadaway singles to right field. Tom Weathers fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tom Weathers grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Jason Farmer flies out to the left fielder. Frank Thorpe strikes out. Wil Boston singles to right field. Blaine Firova grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Wil Boston is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Cookie White triples. Wes Gleich grounds out to the second baseman. Cookie White scores. Cesar Cress singles to right field. Cesar Cress steals second. Lance Freeman strikes out. Bob Signer singles to right field. Cesar Cress scores. Brian Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Jack Fox grounds out to the third baseman. Val Cochrane grounds out to the second baseman. Manny Hanning doubles past the left fielder. Mysterious Hiller grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Ed Fanwell singles to center field. Ramon Treadaway grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ed Fanwell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tom Weathers fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tom Weathers strikes out. Cookie White grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Al Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Jason Farmer flies out to the right fielder. Frank Thorpe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Scott Cronin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Wes Gleich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cesar Cress strikes out. Lance Freeman lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Scott Cronin grounds out to the shortstop. Blaine Firova grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Jack Fox strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Bob Signer grounds out to the third baseman. Brian Jackson flies out to the right fielder. Ed Fanwell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Val Cochrane grounds out to the second baseman. Manny Hanning singles past the shortstop. Mysterious Hiller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Manny Hanning advances to second on the play. Al Ramirez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Ramon Treadaway strikes out. Tom Weathers strikes out. Cookie White flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Toshinori Tahara enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bob Signer at 1B. Jason Farmer singles to right field. Bill Hoff is pinch hitting for Frank Thorpe. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bill Hoff strikes out. Tomonori Nakamoto is pinch hitting for Scott Cronin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tomonori Nakamoto singles to center field. Lew Wells 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. Blaine Firova flies out to the left fielder. Jack Fox walks. Val Cochrane singles to right field. Jason Farmer scores. Tomonori Nakamoto scores. Jack Fox advances to third on the hit. Manny Hanning strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Boston Phil Javier pitching. Wes Gleich singles to left field. Cesar Cress grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Lance Freeman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Roberto Noriega comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mysterious Hiller walks. Al Ramirez grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Jason Farmer singles to left field. Bill Hoff is hit by a pitch. Carlos Macintosh is pinch hitting for Phil Javier. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Carlos Macintosh flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners left on base: 7 Boston total runners left on base: 2
Batting:3B - Cookie White (5).HR - Lance Freeman (20), Brian Jackson (16).GIDP - Cesar Cress, Tom Weathers. Baserunning: SB - Wes Gleich (17), Cesar Cress (21).
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Kim Bomback did not respond to coaching in velocity Roger DeFreitas improves in range Kim Bomback did not respond to coaching in control Craig Molina improves in speed
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ramon Brown did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Zaza Jones improves in speed Mike Witasick did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Pepper improves in velocity