Win: Joe Murphy (4-4) Loss: Shannon LaPointe (3-8)
Save: Don Johnson (16)
Inning: 1 Detroit Bobby Phillips pitching. Harry Jablonski singles to center field. John Howard singles to left field. Harry Jablonski advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. John Howard steals second. The defense is playing the infield in. Bill Casey singles to right field. Harry Jablonski scores. John Howard scores. Pat Coleman strikes out. Jimmy Davis walks. Masami Ono flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Earl Harper hits an infield single to the third baseman. Dave Fitzgerald grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Texas Bob Barrett pitching. Tim Davis singles to center field. Yoshiaki Hidaka lines out to the second baseman. Tim Davis is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Duke Silva grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Bob Barrett flies out to the left fielder. Harry Jablonski singles to right field. John Howard flies out to the right fielder. Bill Casey grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Harry Jablonski is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Dwayne Long lines out to the third baseman. Charlie Garcia strikes out. Shuzo Sasaki grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Pat Coleman grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Davis singles to center field. Jimmy Davis steals second. Masami Ono grounds out to the pitcher. Earl Harper grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Danny Kroh strikes out. Joe Loewer flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Phillips strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Dave Fitzgerald flies out to the right fielder. Bob Barrett singles to center field. Harry Jablonski flies out to the left fielder. John Howard flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Tim Davis flies out to the center fielder. Yoshiaki Hidaka walks. Yoshiaki Hidaka steals second. Duke Silva flies out to the right fielder. Dwayne Long singles to center field. Yoshiaki Hidaka scores. Charlie Garcia walks. Shuzo Sasaki singles to right field. Danny Kroh hits a home run. Dwayne Long scores. Charlie Garcia scores. Shuzo Sasaki scores. Juan Metcalfe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Loewer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Bill Casey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pat Coleman strikes out. Jimmy Davis doubles past the left fielder. Masami Ono flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Bobby Phillips hits an infield single to the pitcher. Tim Davis singles to right field. Yoshiaki Hidaka flies out to the center fielder. Duke Silva hits a home run. Bobby Phillips scores. Tim Davis scores. Sam Lucas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dwayne Long strikes out. Charlie Garcia flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Earl Harper hits an infield single to the second baseman. Dave Fitzgerald strikes out. Sam Lucas fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Sam Lucas flies out to the right fielder. Harry Jablonski grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Earl Harper is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Shuzo Sasaki singles to right field. Shuzo Sasaki steals second. Danny Kroh grounds out to the second baseman. Shuzo Sasaki advances to third on the play. Joe Loewer lines out to the shortstop. Jeff Thomas is pinch hitting for Bobby Phillips. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jeff Thomas strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Jeff Pladson pitching. John Howard strikes out. Bill Casey singles to left field. Pat Coleman strikes out. Jimmy Davis grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill Casey is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Tim Davis singles past the second baseman. Tim Davis is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Yoshiaki Hidaka singles to right field. Duke Silva triples. Yoshiaki Hidaka scores. Joe Murphy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dwayne Long grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Duke Silva scores. Charlie Garcia doubles to left field. Shuzo Sasaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Masami Ono singles to left field. Earl Harper singles to right field. Masami Ono advances to third on the hit. Shannon LaPointe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Dave Fitzgerald grounds out to the second baseman. Masami Ono scores. Earl Harper advances to second on the play. Joe Murphy singles to left field. Earl Harper scores. Harry Jablonski singles to center field. John Howard singles to left field. Joe Murphy scores. Harry Jablonski advances to third on the hit. Bill Casey walks. Pat Coleman walks. Harry Jablonski scores. Jimmy Davis walks. John Howard scores. Masami Ono hits a home run. Bill Casey scores. Pat Coleman scores. Jimmy Davis scores. Roy Watson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Earl Harper strikes out. Don Christiansen is pinch hitting for Dave Fitzgerald. Don Christiansen pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Danny Kroh strikes out. Frank Pruett is pinch hitting for Joe Loewer. Frank Pruett flies out to the left fielder. Roy Watson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Burleigh Miller enters the game as a defensive replacement for Frank Pruett at C. George Raymond is pinch hitting for Joe Murphy. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. George Raymond flies out to the left fielder. Harry Jablonski strikes out. John Howard singles to right field. Bill Casey grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Don Johnson pitching. Tim Davis singles to right field. Yoshiaki Hidaka grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Duke Silva strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 10 Texas total runners LOB: 2
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jay Adams did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Al Smith did not respond to coaching in arm Hector McGovern improves in range Paul Pena improves in power_vs_righty Roy Gaw improves in speed Dick Swoboda did not respond to coaching in speed
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chikao Nogusa did not respond to coaching in control Art Williams did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Shoichi Ota did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ted Simpson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Shigeo Horiuchi did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jack Vergez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Red Harrison did not respond to coaching in C