Win: Grant Grimm (6-15) Loss: Jorge Lalana (11-11)
Save: Bobby Casanova (9)
Inning: 1 Texas Grant Grimm pitching. John Clarke grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshiaki Hidaka grounds out to the shortstop. Duke Silva strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Jorge Lalana pitching. Bob Odom grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Dybzinski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Casey lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Burleigh Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Garcia singles past the shortstop. Tim Davis strikes out. Charlie Garcia steals second. Danny Kroh walks. Jeff Thomas hits a home run. Charlie Garcia scores. Danny Kroh scores. Jorge Lalana walks. John Clarke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Jimmy Davis reached on a 2-base fielding error by Danny Kroh. Joe Nicol walks. Jay Adams grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Davis advances to third on the play. Joe Nicol advances to second on the play. Howie Koppe singles to right field. Jimmy Davis scores. Joe Nicol scores. Buck Devine pops out to the shortstop. Grant Grimm flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Yoshiaki Hidaka grounds out to the third baseman. Duke Silva flies out to the right fielder. Burleigh Miller walks. Burleigh Miller steals second. Charlie Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Bob Odom hits a home run. Bob Dybzinski strikes out. Bill Casey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jimmy Davis hits a home run. Joe Nicol flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Tim Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Kroh grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff Thomas flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Jay Adams grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Howie Koppe singles to center field. Buck Devine hits a home run. Howie Koppe scores. Grant Grimm flies out to the right fielder. Bob Odom flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Jorge Lalana grounds out to the second baseman. John Clarke grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshiaki Hidaka flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Bob Dybzinski flies out to the left fielder. Bill Casey grounds out to the pitcher. Jimmy Davis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Duke Silva singles to right field. Burleigh Miller flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Garcia grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Duke Silva is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tim Davis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Joe Nicol walks. Jay Adams walks. Howie Koppe grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Nicol advances to third on the play. Jay Adams advances to second on the play. Buck Devine flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Nicol scores. John Howard is pinch hitting for Grant Grimm. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Howard hits a home run. Jay Adams scores. Bob Odom doubles to right field. Takumi Yagi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Bob Dybzinski singles to right field. Bob Odom scores. Bill Casey hits a home run. Bob Dybzinski scores. Jimmy Davis singles past the third baseman. Joe Nicol strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Bobby Casanova pitching. Danny Kroh strikes out. Jeff Thomas doubles to center field. Takumi Yagi singles to center field. John Clarke flies out to the center fielder. Yoshiaki Hidaka grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Jay Adams walks. Howie Koppe flies out to the right fielder. Jay Adams steals second. Buck Devine singles to right field. Jay Adams scores. Bobby Casanova lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Odom flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Duke Silva strikes out. Burleigh Miller strikes out. Charlie Garcia pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Bob Dybzinski singles to right field. Bill Casey doubles to left field. Bob Dybzinski uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jimmy Davis strikes out. Joe Nicol grounds out to the shortstop. Jay Adams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Tim Davis walks. Danny Kroh strikes out. Red Harrison is pinch hitting for Jeff Thomas. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Red Harrison grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 5 Detroit total runners left on base: 4
Batting:2B - Jeff Thomas (29).HR - Jeff Thomas (14).GIDP - Red Harrison. Baserunning: SB - Burleigh Miller (23), Charlie Garcia (32). Fielding: E - Danny Kroh.
Batting:2B - Bob Odom (24), Bill Casey (15).HR - Bob Odom (20), Bill Casey (3), Jimmy Davis (20), Buck Devine (5), John Howard (4).SF - Buck Devine. Baserunning: SB - Jay Adams (16).
Game Notes Joe Nicol is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Howard Norman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ted Simpson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bud Wilson improves in contact_vs_lefty Patsy Paulsen did not respond to coaching in velocity John Nischwitz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Patsy Paulsen did not respond to coaching in velocity
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Emmett Peden improves in range Pete McBean did not respond to coaching in range Chris Aleno did not respond to coaching in velocity John Leal improves in speed Bob Stump did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty John Leal improves in speed