Win: Al Loun (12-5) Loss: Ken Jolly (1-5)
Save: Mike Smith (5)
Inning: 1 Detroit Al Loun pitching. George Henshaw grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Moreno strikes out. Pedro Gerber singles past the shortstop. Dutch Verbanic hits a home run. Pedro Gerber scores. Sam Bottenfield grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Ken Jolly pitching. Reggie Bates is hit by a pitch. Bruno Plarski singles to center field. Reggie Bates advances to third on the hit. Mark Gorman hits a home run. Reggie Bates scores. Bruno Plarski scores. Bruce Finley grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Buz Hacker strikes out. Merritt Gautreau singles past the shortstop. Ron Kalbfus singles to left field. Mark Vizcaino flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Ed Russell grounds out to the shortstop. Bill McHale grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Sherry Schulte singles to center field. Ken Jolly lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Al Loun strikes out. Reggie Bates strikes out. Bruno Plarski flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit George Henshaw walks. Jim Moreno strikes out. Pedro Gerber singles past the third baseman. Dutch Verbanic grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Mark Gorman pops out to the shortstop. Bruce Finley grounds out to the shortstop. Buz Hacker singles to left field. Merritt Gautreau walks. Ron Kalbfus flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Sam Bottenfield grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Russell grounds out to the shortstop. Bill McHale flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mark Vizcaino singles to right field. Al Loun lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Reggie Bates strikes out. Bruno Plarski strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Sherry Schulte strikes out. Wes Schulz is pinch hitting for Ken Jolly. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Wes Schulz walks. George Henshaw strikes out. Jim Moreno lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Lerrin Olmo pitching. Mark Gorman walks. Mark Gorman steals second. Bruce Finley flies out to the left fielder. Buz Hacker doubles to center field. Mark Gorman scores. Merritt Gautreau singles to left field. Buz Hacker scores. Ron Kalbfus flies out to the center fielder. Mark Vizcaino strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Pedro Gerber strikes out. Dutch Verbanic strikes out. Sam Bottenfield strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Al Loun walks. Reggie Bates flies out to the center fielder. Bruno Plarski singles to right field. Mark Gorman pops out to the third baseman. Bruce Finley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Ed Russell grounds out to the shortstop. Bill McHale pops out to the shortstop. Sherry Schulte strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Matt Murray comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Buz Hacker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Merritt Gautreau grounds out to the pitcher. Ron Kalbfus strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Chip Ullrich is pinch hitting for Matt Murray. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Chip Ullrich singles to right field. George Henshaw strikes out. Jim Moreno singles to left field. Pedro Gerber walks. Dutch Verbanic singles to center field. Chip Ullrich scores. Sam Bottenfield walks. Jim Moreno scores. Mike Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Russell flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Pedro Gerber is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Gus Green pitching. Mark Vizcaino grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Reggie Bates grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Bill McHale grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Sherry Schulte strikes out. Don Edwards is pinch hitting for Gus Green. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Don Edwards singles to left field. George Henshaw flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Frank Rieger improves in velocity Jake Sutherland improves in speed Bobby Froats improves in range Jake Sutherland improves in contact_vs_righty Dick Arias improves in SS
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Veale improves in range Uel Vidro did not respond to coaching in speed Tim Banks improves in power_vs_righty Jason Gilbert improves in power_vs_righty