Win: Neal Potts (4-5) Loss: Chet Farmer (6-4)
Save: Frank Hamilton (14)
Inning: 1 Detroit Chet Farmer pitching. George Torrez flies out to the right fielder. Bernie Salkeld flies out to the center fielder. Creepy Crider walks. Art Robles walks. Eddie Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Neal Potts pitching. Pinky Andrus grounds out to the shortstop. Ed Szekely grounds out to the second baseman. Spike Warren singles to right field. Happy Conzelman grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Spike Warren is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Rod Johnson singles to right field. Wally Pujols walks. Ed Kasko walks. Neal Potts flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Rod Johnson scores. George Torrez singles to right field. Wally Pujols scores. Ed Kasko advances to third on the hit. Bernie Salkeld flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Kasko scores. Creepy Crider grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Ralph Heimach grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Purtell strikes out. Bill Vidro strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Art Robles flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Rod Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Rip Mahoney grounds out to the pitcher. Chet Farmer strikes out. Pinky Andrus flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Wally Pujols pops out to the shortstop. Ed Kasko strikes out. Neal Potts pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Ed Szekely flies out to the center fielder. Spike Warren flies out to the right fielder. Happy Conzelman pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit George Torrez strikes out. Bernie Salkeld singles to center field. Creepy Crider singles to center field. Bernie Salkeld advances to third on the hit. Art Robles grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Ralph Heimach grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Purtell grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Vidro grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Eddie Brown singles to center field. Rod Johnson singles past the second baseman. Eddie Brown advances to third on the hit. Wally Pujols grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Brown scores. Rod Johnson advances to second on the play. Ed Kasko doubles to left field. Rod Johnson scores. Don Lambert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Neal Potts strikes out. George Torrez singles to left field. Ed Kasko scores. George Torrez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Rip Mahoney flies out to the right fielder. Don Lambert strikes out. Pinky Andrus singles to left field. Ed Szekely flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Bernie Salkeld singles to center field. Creepy Crider grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bernie Salkeld is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Art Robles walks. Eddie Brown strikes out. Rod Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Spike Warren strikes out. Happy Conzelman strikes out. Ralph Heimach grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Wally Pujols walks. Ed Kasko triples. Wally Pujols scores. Don Lowery comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ren Johnson is pinch hitting for Neal Potts. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Ren Johnson strikes out. George Torrez hits a home run. Ed Kasko scores. Bernie Salkeld flies out to the center fielder. Creepy Crider grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Tadashi Sasaki pitching. Ron Purtell grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Vidro strikes out. Rip Mahoney flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Art Robles hits a home run. Eddie Brown strikes out. Rod Johnson walks. Wally Pujols strikes out. Ed Kasko strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Roger Broglio is pinch hitting for Don Lowery. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Roger Broglio flies out to the left fielder. Pinky Andrus singles to left field. Ed Szekely singles to left field. Butch Ginsberg is pinch hitting for Spike Warren. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Butch Ginsberg bunts for a base hit. Happy Conzelman flies out to the center fielder. Ralph Heimach singles to center field. Pinky Andrus scores. Ron Purtell walks. Ed Szekely scores. Bill Vidro walks. Butch Ginsberg scores. Rip Mahoney singles to center field. Ralph Heimach scores. Ron Purtell scores. Bill Vidro advances to third on the hit. Roger Broglio reached on a fielding error by Ed Kasko. Bill Vidro scores. Frank Hamilton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Pinky Andrus strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners LOB: 7 Oakland total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Ed Kasko (5).3B - Ed Kasko (1).HR - George Torrez (7), Art Robles (13).SF - Bernie Salkeld, Neal Potts.GIDP - Art Robles. Baserunning: CS - George Torrez (10). Fielding: E - Ed Kasko.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ben Dees improves in power_vs_lefty Harry Kimble did not respond to coaching in control Harry Page did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Murff did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Page did not respond to coaching in speed Art Dean improves in contact_vs_lefty Harry Page did not respond to coaching in SS
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Fisher did not respond to coaching in control Jack Mora did not respond to coaching in speed Shawn Haney did not respond to coaching in velocity Pryor McMillan improves in control Roy Lea improves in control Ed Gonzalez did not respond to coaching in control