Win: Dave Flanagan (1-1) Loss: Bill Brown (11-17)
Save: Doug Hale (30)
Inning: 1 Detroit Dave Flanagan pitching. Jackson Leiper grounds out to the second baseman. Al Gonzalez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Algie Claire singles to right field. Wayne Lutz doubles to center field. Cat Dancing flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 New York Bill Brown pitching. Andy Ware flies out to the center fielder. Wil Turner strikes out. Tom Richards flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Hunter Bradley grounds out to the second baseman. Claude Welch flies out to the left fielder. Bob Fernandez grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 New York Rickey Bush flies out to the right fielder. Bill Sanberg flies out to the left fielder. Buster Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Bill Brown lines out to the second baseman. Jackson Leiper walks. Al Gonzalez grounds out to the third baseman. Jackson Leiper advances to second on the play. Algie Claire walks. Wayne Lutz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 New York Thorny Gilmore singles to center field. Tommy Crawford walks. Dave Flanagan lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Andy Ware pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Cat Dancing strikes out. Hunter Bradley grounds out to the pitcher. Claude Welch grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Wil Turner strikes out. Tom Richards singles to right field. Rickey Bush grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Bob Fernandez flies out to the left fielder. Bill Brown strikes out. Jackson Leiper walks. Al Gonzalez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Bill Sanberg walks. Buster Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Thorny Gilmore strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Algie Claire lines out to the shortstop. Wayne Lutz grounds out to the shortstop. Cat Dancing walks. Hunter Bradley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Tommy Crawford pops out to the first baseman. Dave Flanagan strikes out. Andy Ware strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Claude Welch flies out to the center fielder. Bob Fernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Brown flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Wil Turner hits a home run. Tom Richards pops out to the second baseman. Rickey Bush singles to center field. Bill Sanberg singles past the first baseman. Rickey Bush is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Buster Smith reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jackson Leiper. Thorny Gilmore pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Jackson Leiper reached on a fielding error by Thorny Gilmore. Fred Smith 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 1st. Al Gonzalez flies out to the center fielder. Algie Claire walks. Wayne Lutz walks. Cat Dancing grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Tommy Crawford grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Goodson is pinch hitting for Fred Smith. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Billy Goodson singles to center field. Andy Ware flies out to the right fielder. Wil Turner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Doug Hale pitching. Hunter Bradley pops out to the third baseman. Claude Welch flies out to the right fielder. Bob Fernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 8 New York total runners left on base: 4
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Sal Monella did not respond to coaching in control Tod Browning did not respond to coaching in control Domenica Mattina improves in power_vs_lefty Doug Brennan did not respond to coaching in endurance Wally Lees did not respond to coaching in RF
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Sonny Blue did not respond to coaching in speed Ira Kume improves in arm Pete Leverett improves in power_vs_righty Mark Wise improves in contact_vs_righty