Win: Frank Melvin (5-2) Loss: Luis Kent (2-4)
Save: Jesus Black (1)
Inning: 1 Detroit Stan Oldham pitching. Jay Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Sidney DeFate walks. Todd Helton grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Sidney DeFate is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Sean Casey singles to left field. Duke Sims flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Dick Loaiza pitching. Gene Ramos strikes out. Ron Felton grounds out to the third baseman. Bruce Perrin pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Katsuo Machida strikes out. Klondike Douglass grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bob Bailor grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Kimiyasu Kadota strikes out. Irv McFadden strikes out. Bill Konieczny strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Dick Loaiza strikes out. Jay Smith flies out to the center fielder. Sidney DeFate pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bobby Bradford walks. Claude Hernandez singles to center field. Bobby Bradford advances to third on the hit. Stan Oldham flies out to the center fielder. Gene Ramos doubles to right field. Bobby Bradford scores. Claude Hernandez uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gene Ramos is out trying to steal third. Ron Felton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Todd Helton flies out to the left fielder. Sean Casey strikes out. Duke Sims flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bruce Perrin grounds out to the shortstop. Kimiyasu Kadota grounds out to the second baseman. Irv McFadden grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Katsuo Machida flies out to the center fielder. Klondike Douglass strikes out. Bob Bailor grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bill Konieczny singles to center field. Bobby Bradford grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Claude Hernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Dick Loaiza strikes out. Jay Smith flies out to the left fielder. Sidney DeFate strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Stan Oldham strikes out. Gene Ramos strikes out. Ron Felton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Todd Helton singles to right field. Sean Casey flies out to the center fielder. Duke Sims flies out to the left fielder. Katsuo Machida singles to left field. Todd Helton aggressively advances to third on the hit. Klondike Douglass grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bruce Perrin walks. Kimiyasu Kadota walks. Irv McFadden lines out to the third baseman. Don Drysdale 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. Bill Konieczny flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Bradford grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Chuck Jones is pinch hitting for Bob Bailor. Chuck Jones flies out to the left fielder. Jake Taylor is pinch hitting for Don Drysdale. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jake Taylor singles to center field. Jay Smith is hit by a pitch. Dann Stewart 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. Sidney DeFate pops out to the second baseman. Todd Helton singles to center field. Jake Taylor scores. Jay Smith advances to third on the hit. Sean Casey singles to center field. Jay Smith scores. Todd Helton advances to third on the hit. Frank Melvin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Duke Sims strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Luis Kent pitching. Desi Coco enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chuck Jones at SS. Claude Hernandez doubles past the third baseman. Ecky McMillan is pinch hitting for Frank Melvin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ecky McMillan grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Ramos pops out to the first baseman. Ron Felton bunts for a base hit. Bruce Perrin singles to center field. Claude Hernandez scores. Ron Felton advances to third on the hit. Kimiyasu Kadota walks. Irv McFadden walks. Ron Felton scores. Henry Gallego comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Konieczny flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Detroit Yam Martz pitching. Katsuo Machida walks. Klondike Douglass singles to left field. Katsuo Machida advances to third on the hit. Joe McGaffigan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Desi Coco walks. Tetsuya Akagi is pinch hitting for Henry Gallego. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tetsuya Akagi grounds into a fielders choice to the first baseman. Katsuo Machida is out at home. Jay Smith is hit by a pitch. Klondike Douglass scores. Jesus Black comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sidney DeFate strikes out. Todd Helton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Detroit total runners left on base: 9 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Augie Rosen improves in power_vs_lefty Steve Mingori did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Mingori did not respond to coaching in control Pedro Garcia did not respond to coaching in speed
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: John Lopez did not respond to coaching in velocity Cotton Eyrich improves in contact_vs_righty John Lopez did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Merritt did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed Merritt did not respond to coaching in C