Inning: 1 Detroit Rick McDougald pitching. Charlie Thompson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tim Keltner grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Pat Mason grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Chicago Al Rivera pitching. Dennis Touchstone grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Deering hits a home run. Ray McCreesh strikes out. Rich Kippert hits a home run. Erv English flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Michio Noda strikes out. Jimmy Allen walks. Freddy Powell grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Ralph Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Al Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Charlie Goldstein flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Frank Stone strikes out. Al Dunlop flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Al Rivera strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Chicago Rick McDougald singles to center field. Dennis Touchstone doubles to left field. Rick McDougald uses his aggressiveness and scores. Alex Deering flies out to the center fielder. Ray McCreesh hits a home run. Dennis Touchstone scores. Nick LaRose comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rich Kippert reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Stone. Erv English walks. Ralph Smith singles to left field. Rich Kippert scores. Erv English advances to third on the hit. Al Jones pops out to the catcher. Charlie Goldstein singles to center field. Erv English scores. Ralph Smith advances to third on the hit. Rick McDougald grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Charlie Thompson walks. Tim Keltner flies out to the center fielder. Pat Mason strikes out. Michio Noda reached on a 2-base throwing error by Alex Deering. Jimmy Allen singles to left field. Charlie Thompson scores. Michio Noda scores. Freddy Powell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Dennis Touchstone lines out to the first baseman. Alex Deering singles to right field. Alex Deering steals second. Ray McCreesh grounds out to the shortstop. Rich Kippert singles to left field. Alex Deering scores. Buck Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Erv English singles to left field. Rich Kippert advances to third on the hit. Ralph Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Frank Stone flies out to the right fielder. Al Dunlop flies out to the center fielder. Buck Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Al Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Goldstein walks. Rick McDougald lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dennis Touchstone strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Charlie Thompson walks. Tim Keltner grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Pat Mason bunts for a base hit. Michio Noda flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Alex Deering hits a home run. Ray McCreesh hits an infield single to the second baseman. Rich Kippert flies out to the center fielder. Erv English singles to left field. Ray McCreesh advances to third on the hit. Kazuyuki Ohgai comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ralph Smith strikes out. Al Jones walks. Charlie Goldstein flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Detroit Jimmy Allen singles to center field. Freddy Powell singles past the shortstop. Frank Stone walks. Al Dunlop grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Allen scores. Freddy Powell advances to third on the play. Frank Stone advances to second on the play. Augie Ortiz is pinch hitting for Kazuyuki Ohgai. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Augie Ortiz flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Freddy Powell scores. Ed Martz 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. Charlie Thompson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Chicago Bill Gload pitching. Jake Borders is pinch hitting for Ed Martz. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jake Borders strikes out. Dennis Touchstone grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Deering strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Jon McKain pitching. Tim Keltner strikes out. Pat Mason flies out to the right fielder. Michio Noda flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Chicago Ray McCreesh strikes out. Rich Kippert singles to right field. Erv English grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rich Kippert advances to second on the play. Ralph Smith pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Jimmy Allen grounds out to the third baseman. Freddy Powell grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Stone grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 3 Chicago total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Dennis Touchstone (34).HR - Alex Deering 2 (32), Ray McCreesh (26), Rich Kippert (17). Baserunning: SB - Alex Deering (5). Fielding: E - Alex Deering.
Game Notes Ed Martz is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mike Cedeno did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Doug Morales improves in control Ricky Bowen improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Snyder improves in control Mickey Krug did not respond to coaching in speed Tomoya Dodo did not respond to coaching in arm Tim Davis did not respond to coaching in CF
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Andy Lee did not respond to coaching in velocity Stan Alou improves in control John Thompson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bob Wheeler did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Wheeler did not respond to coaching in control Stan Alou did not respond to coaching in endurance