Win: Clark Kay (8-5) Loss: Sam Hill (10-6)
Save: Frank Dressendorfer (28)
Inning: 1 Detroit Sam Hill pitching. Jay Smith singles to right field. Sean Casey doubles to center field. Jay Smith is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Chuck Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Sean Casey advances to third on the play. Klondike Douglass flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Clark Kay pitching. Ed Powell grounds out to the pitcher. Roy Swacina reached on a fielding error by Duke Sims. Roy Swacina steals second. Jim Bullard flies out to the center fielder. Al Yaryan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Duke Sims flies out to the left fielder. Todd Helton flies out to the center fielder. Bob Bailor flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland John Wright strikes out. Garry Mullin flies out to the right fielder. Jim Eichelberger lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Sidney DeFate walks. Clark Kay lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jay Smith singles to left field. Sidney DeFate scores. Sean Casey flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Jones walks. Klondike Douglass doubles to right field. Jay Smith scores. Chuck Jones uses his aggressiveness and scores. Duke Sims singles to center field. Klondike Douglass scores. Todd Helton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Reggie Givens walks. Sam Hill fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Sam Hill strikes out. Ed Powell singles to right field. Reggie Givens advances to third on the hit. Roy Swacina reached on a fielding error by Sidney DeFate. Reggie Givens scores. Jim Bullard strikes out. Al Yaryan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Bob Bailor strikes out. Sidney DeFate singles to left field. Clark Kay lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jay Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland John Wright grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Garry Mullin flies out to the center fielder. Jim Eichelberger pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Sean Casey flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Klondike Douglass strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Reggie Givens grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Hill strikes out. Ed Powell flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Duke Sims strikes out. Todd Helton strikes out. Bob Bailor singles to left field. Sidney DeFate strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Roy Swacina flies out to the right fielder. Jim Bullard doubles to left field. Al Yaryan flies out to the left fielder. John Wright grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Clark Kay singles to right field. Jay Smith walks. Sean Casey flies out to the center fielder. B.J. Streuli 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. Chuck Jones grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Garry Mullin grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Eichelberger grounds out to the shortstop. Reggie Givens grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Klondike Douglass grounds out to the shortstop. Duke Sims grounds out to the shortstop. Todd Helton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Jake Taylor enters the game as a defensive replacement for Todd Helton at CF. Roy Johnson is pinch hitting for B.J. Streuli. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Roy Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Powell strikes out. Roy Swacina singles to right field. Jim Bullard grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Roy Swacina is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Alex Nitcholas pitching. Bob Bailor lines out to the first baseman. Sidney DeFate grounds out to the second baseman. Desi Coco is pinch hitting for Clark Kay. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Desi Coco grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Frank Dressendorfer pitching. Al Yaryan flies out to the right fielder. John Wright flies out to the right fielder. Garry Mullin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 5 Cleveland total runners LOB: 5
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Bert Lee did not respond to coaching in range Dutch Ford improves in velocity Dutch Ford did not respond to coaching in control Steve Mingori did not respond to coaching in control
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Kid Bahnsen did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty John Brucker did not respond to coaching in range Kid Bahnsen improves in power_vs_lefty Tom Browning did not respond to coaching in control