Inning: 1 Detroit Chick Lyle pitching. Jimmy Bradley strikes out. Ryuichi Shimamura grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Johnny Bordi walks. Tsugio Nagatoshi hits a home run. Johnny Bordi scores. Tim Keltner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Lance Brashear pitching. Roy Flowers pops out to the shortstop. Alan Herges grounds out to the shortstop. Julio Polanco strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Mike Cedeno flies out to the center fielder. Tomoya Dodo walks. Iori Yamasaki flies out to the center fielder. Lance Brashear grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Jorge Nahem flies out to the left fielder. Ernest Pinnance grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Fink singles past the first baseman. Tadahiko Matsumoto flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Jimmy Bradley grounds out to the second baseman. Ryuichi Shimamura doubles to left field. Johnny Bordi grounds out to the second baseman. Ryuichi Shimamura advances to third on the play. Tsugio Nagatoshi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Joe Fitzke grounds out to the second baseman. Chick Lyle flies out to the left fielder. Roy Flowers pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Tim Keltner grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Cedeno strikes out. Tomoya Dodo reached on a fielding error by Chick Lyle. Iori Yamasaki hits a home run. Tomoya Dodo scores. Lance Brashear singles past the third baseman. Jimmy Bradley singles to center field. Lance Brashear advances to third on the hit. Ryuichi Shimamura grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Alan Herges flies out to the right fielder. Julio Polanco strikes out. Jorge Nahem flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Johnny Bordi flies out to the left fielder. Tsugio Nagatoshi lines out to the second baseman. Tim Keltner walks. Mike Cedeno strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ernest Pinnance pops out to the third baseman. Tom Fink singles to center field. Tadahiko Matsumoto lines out to the shortstop. Joe Fitzke walks. Chick Lyle strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Tomoya Dodo hits a home run. Iori Yamasaki pops out to the catcher. Lance Brashear pops out to the second baseman. Jimmy Bradley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Roy Flowers singles to center field. Alan Herges singles to right field. Julio Polanco walks. Jorge Nahem grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Roy Flowers scores. Alan Herges advances to third on the play. Ernest Pinnance flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Brad Lamb comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ryuichi Shimamura walks. Johnny Bordi singles to center field. Ryuichi Shimamura is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Tsugio Nagatoshi flies out to the center fielder. Tim Keltner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Tom Fink walks. Tadahiko Matsumoto grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Fink advances to second on the play. Joe Fitzke strikes out. Luis Sperry is pinch hitting for Brad Lamb. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Luis Sperry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Virgil Turner pitching. Mike Cedeno hits an infield single to the pitcher. Tomoya Dodo strikes out. Iori Yamasaki singles to center field. Mike Cedeno advances to third on the hit. Lance Brashear pops out to the second baseman. Jimmy Bradley is hit by a pitch. Ryuichi Shimamura grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Minnesota Roy Flowers singles to center field. Alan Herges hits an infield single to the shortstop. Buck Jones 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. Julio Polanco singles to center field. Roy Flowers scores. Alan Herges advances to third on the hit. Jorge Nahem doubles to left field. Alan Herges scores. Julio Polanco uses his aggressiveness and scores. Steve Ranew comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ernest Pinnance walks. Tom Fink grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jorge Nahem advances to third on the play. Ernest Pinnance advances to second on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Tadahiko Matsumoto grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Fitzke grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Detroit Johnny Bordi doubles to left field. Tsugio Nagatoshi strikes out. Tim Keltner grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Cedeno strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Kazuyuki Ohgai comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Hiroshi Miura is pinch hitting for Virgil Turner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hiroshi Miura grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Flowers grounds out to the shortstop. Alan Herges grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 10 Minnesota total runners LOB: 7
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Babe Manning did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Hiroki Hirakawa did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Hank Allison improves in control Dainier Naranjo improves in arm Art Schell did not respond to coaching in range Larry Barrows improves in speed
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Rosselli did not respond to coaching in control Jim Rosselli did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Cueto did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mark Tiefenauer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Art Brown did not respond to coaching in velocity Johnny Cueto improves in speed