Inning: 1 Texas Dick Smith pitching. Freddy Queen strikes out. Hal Offerman strikes out. George McGah lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Red Byrd pitching. Jim Esmond grounds out to the shortstop. Emil Prough strikes out. Nino Bruyette pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Barry Pruitt flies out to the center fielder. Danny Sima pops out to the second baseman. Ike Thomas lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Wally Walsh strikes out. Buddy Tillman strikes out. Gary High strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Jeff Dumovich walks. Wes Kraus singles to center field. The catcher fields the ball and Jeff Dumovich is thrown out at third. Wes Kraus advances to second on the play. Wes Kraus advances to second on the play. Freddy Queen grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Red Byrd is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hal Offerman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Tim Clarke flies out to the right fielder. Laurie Webb grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Smith singles to left field. Jim Esmond strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas George McGah grounds out to the third baseman. Barry Pruitt grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Danny Sima flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Emil Prough walks. Nino Bruyette grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Emil Prough advances to second on the play. Wally Walsh doubles to right field. Emil Prough scores. Buddy Tillman strikes out. Gary High singles to center field. Wally Walsh scores. Tim Clarke grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Ike Thomas strikes out. Jeff Dumovich grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Wes Kraus grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Laurie Webb singles to center field. Dick Smith lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Esmond grounds out to the shortstop. Emil Prough walks. Nino Bruyette grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Red Byrd grounds out to the pitcher. Freddy Queen hits a home run. Hal Offerman reached on a 2-base fielding error by Laurie Webb. George McGah singles to left field. Hal Offerman scores. Barry Pruitt grounds into a force play to the pitcher. George McGah is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Danny Sima pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Wally Walsh strikes out. Buddy Tillman flies out to the right fielder. Gary High singles to right field. Tim Clarke pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Ike Thomas flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Dumovich flies out to the left fielder. Wes Kraus singles to right field. Bo Williams is pinch hitting for Red Byrd. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bo Williams doubles to left field. Wes Kraus uses his aggressiveness and scores. Freddy Queen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Vance Cooper pitching. Laurie Webb doubles to right field. Joe Roberts is pinch hitting for Dick Smith. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Joe Roberts hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jim Esmond singles to center field. Laurie Webb scores. Jack Osborne comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Emil Prough flies out to the right fielder. Nino Bruyette grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Esmond is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Wally Walsh grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Chief Hunt pitching. Hal Offerman flies out to the right fielder. George McGah strikes out. Barry Pruitt pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Buddy Tillman flies out to the center fielder. Gary High grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Clarke grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Danny Sima walks. Ike Thomas flies out to the center fielder. Danny Sima steals second. Jeff Dumovich singles to right field. Danny Sima scores. Wes Kraus is hit by a pitch. Jack Osborne lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Freddy Queen singles past the shortstop. Jeff Dumovich scores. Wes Kraus scores. Buck Hodgson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hal Offerman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Joe Stanceu enters the game as a defensive replacement for George McGah at 1B. Laurie Webb strikes out. Tim Wilson is pinch hitting for Buck Hodgson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tim Wilson strikes out. Jim Esmond flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 5 Detroit total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Buddy Tillman is injured and is expected to be out 42 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Alan Musser did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Donnelly improves in endurance Bill Durbin did not respond to coaching in control Wilfredo Sleater did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jerry Mitchell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hal Clemens did not respond to coaching in control Pep Stainback improves in arm Pep Stainback did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ed Sember did not respond to coaching in 1B