Win: Rocky Hermansen (12-3) Loss: Dave Johns (4-6)
Save: Ed Boggs (1)
Inning: 1 Detroit Tsutomu Yamamoto pitching. Butch Zientara singles to center field. Yunier Caceres lines out to the third baseman. Hisao Okano lines out to the shortstop. Bill Daley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Seattle Rocky Hermansen pitching. Cort Jennings doubles to center field. Nels Miller pops out to the first baseman. Les Langford singles to left field. Cort Jennings scores. Les Langford is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Duke Guerra hits a home run. Yozo Suginaga pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Marty Scarbery pops out to the shortstop. Brooks Milchin grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Ernaga strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Seattle Roy Blades singles to left field. Bryan Norton strikes out. Roy Blades is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Leo Sandak pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Daiki Hirosawa singles to right field. Rocky Hermansen lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Butch Zientara singles to center field. Yunier Caceres singles to center field. Daiki Hirosawa scores. Butch Zientara advances to third on the hit. Hisao Okano singles to center field. Butch Zientara scores. Bill Daley pops out to the third baseman. Passed ball. Yunier Caceres advances to third. Hisao Okano advances to second. Marty Scarbery flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Seattle Tsutomu Yamamoto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cort Jennings flies out to the right fielder. Nels Miller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Brooks Milchin lines out to the second baseman. Tom Ernaga singles to left field. Daiki Hirosawa grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Ernaga advances to second on the play. Rocky Hermansen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Seattle Les Langford strikes out. Duke Guerra grounds out to the shortstop. Yozo Suginaga flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Butch Zientara strikes out. Yunier Caceres strikes out. Hisao Okano grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Seattle Roy Blades walks. Bryan Norton strikes out. Leo Sandak grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Bill Daley flies out to the center fielder. Marty Scarbery strikes out. Brooks Milchin pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Seattle Tsutomu Yamamoto strikes out. Cort Jennings singles to left field. Nels Miller grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Cort Jennings is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Les Langford pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Tom Ernaga pops out to the shortstop. Daiki Hirosawa grounds out to the second baseman. Rocky Hermansen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Seattle Duke Guerra flies out to the right fielder. Yozo Suginaga grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Roy Blades flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Dave Johns comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Butch Zientara flies out to the right fielder. Yunier Caceres singles to center field. Hisao Okano pops out to the first baseman. Bill Daley doubles to left field. Yunier Caceres uses his aggressiveness and scores. Marty Scarbery flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Seattle Bryan Norton strikes out. Leo Sandak grounds out to the pitcher. Shichinosuke Naitoh is pinch hitting for Dave Johns. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shichinosuke Naitoh grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit JT Cross pitching. Brooks Milchin hits a home run. Tom Ernaga strikes out. Daiki Hirosawa flies out to the right fielder. Billy Holbrook is pinch hitting for Rocky Hermansen. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Billy Holbrook strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Seattle Ed Boggs pitching. Cort Jennings grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Nels Miller walks. Les Langford singles to right field. Duke Guerra flies out to the center fielder. Yozo Suginaga grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners LOB: 5 Seattle total runners LOB: 3
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Troy Start did not respond to coaching in control Troy Start did not respond to coaching in velocity Dolan Hartley did not respond to coaching in control Troy Start did not respond to coaching in control Dick Fox did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Troy Start did not respond to coaching in velocity Mark Macphee did not respond to coaching in C
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sid DeMerit did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty John Morrisette did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Allan Martin did not respond to coaching in arm Scott McKnight improves in speed Everett Stewart did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Everett Stewart improves in contact_vs_lefty