Win: Frank Harris (4-7) Loss: Greg Mele (3-7)
Save: Yank Long (33)
Inning: 1 Detroit Frank Harris pitching. Fergie Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Tracy Bemis flies out to the center fielder. Takeshi Tajiri strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Greg Mele pitching. Jake Adams pops out to the first baseman. Randy Lanning grounds out to the shortstop. Guy Galvez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Yonetoshi Kikuchi flies out to the center fielder. Kevin Espy strikes out. Cal Kvasnak pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Johnny Thomas pops out to the shortstop. Fred Bildilli flies out to the left fielder. Doc Walsh strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit John Callahan flies out to the center fielder. Tom Jackson hits an infield single to the shortstop. Greg Mele lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fergie Wright walks. Tracy Bemis flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Orlando Smith pops out to the second baseman. Bill Alvarez doubles to right field. Frank Harris singles to right field. Jake Adams flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill Alvarez is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Takeshi Tajiri grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Yonetoshi Kikuchi walks. Kevin Espy strikes out. Cal Kvasnak pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Randy Lanning doubles to center field. Guy Galvez strikes out. Johnny Thomas singles to center field. Randy Lanning scores. Fred Bildilli doubles to left field. Johnny Thomas scores. Doc Walsh doubles to center field. Fred Bildilli scores. Orlando Smith is hit by a pitch. Bill Alvarez doubles to left field. Doc Walsh scores. Frank Harris strikes out. Jake Adams strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit John Callahan grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Greg Mele strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Randy Lanning strikes out. Guy Galvez flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Thomas grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Fergie Wright pops out to the shortstop. Tracy Bemis hits an infield single to the first baseman. Takeshi Tajiri lines out to the third baseman. Yonetoshi Kikuchi singles to center field. Kevin Espy grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tracy Bemis is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Fred Bildilli strikes out. Doc Walsh flies out to the left fielder. Orlando Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Cal Kvasnak grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! John Callahan strikes out. Tom Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas John Mussina comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Alvarez reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Callahan. Frank Harris lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jake Adams singles in front of the left fielder. Bill Alvarez scores. Randy Lanning reached on a fielding error by Yonetoshi Kikuchi. Guy Galvez strikes out. Johnny Thomas flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Koichi Ishida is pinch hitting for John Mussina. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Koichi Ishida lines out to the shortstop. Fergie Wright singles to center field. Tracy Bemis flies out to the right fielder. Takeshi Tajiri walks. Jake McCurdy is pinch hitting for Yonetoshi Kikuchi. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jake McCurdy strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Eddie Walker pitching. Fred Bildilli pops out to the catcher. Doc Walsh grounds out to the third baseman. Orlando Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Kevin Espy strikes out. Cal Kvasnak grounds out to the pitcher. Carl Ragan is pinch hitting for John Callahan. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Carl Ragan hits a home run. Tom Jackson walks. Carlos Johnson is pinch hitting for Eddie Walker. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Carlos Johnson is hit by a pitch. Yank Long comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Fergie Wright singles to right field. Tom Jackson scores. Carlos Johnson advances to third on the hit. Tracy Bemis walks. Takeshi Tajiri grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Detroit total runners left on base: 10 Texas total runners left on base: 5
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ariel Jeltz improves in range Jack Bagby did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Don Ballenger did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mike Silva did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jack Bagby did not respond to coaching in 1B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tex Borowy did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ivan Smith improves in range Frank Royster did not respond to coaching in control Ed Dunn improves in power_vs_lefty