Inning: 1 Detroit Ed Heredia pitching. Ryuichi Shimamura flies out to the center fielder. Pat Mason grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ed Bailey singles to center field. Mike Cedeno flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Lance Brashear pitching. Von Babb pops out to the shortstop. Roy Flowers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Julio Polanco flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Tomoya Dodo reached on a fielding error by Roy Flowers. Marv Young flies out to the left fielder. Takumi Nishioka strikes out. Morimichi Yano pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Yuhei Sano singles to left field. Junior Grimes flies out to the left fielder. Ernest Pinnance grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Yuhei Sano is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jorge Nahem grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ernest Pinnance is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Lance Brashear strikes out. Ryuichi Shimamura flies out to the center fielder. Pat Mason hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ed Bailey singles to center field. Pat Mason advances to third on the hit. Mike Cedeno strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Joe Fitzke hits an infield single to the shortstop. Ed Heredia fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ed Heredia strikes out. Von Babb grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Tomoya Dodo strikes out. Marv Young grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Takumi Nishioka flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Roy Flowers pops out to the third baseman. Julio Polanco walks. Yuhei Sano flies out to the right fielder. Julio Polanco steals second. Junior Grimes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Morimichi Yano pops out to the third baseman. Lance Brashear grounds out to the shortstop. Ryuichi Shimamura grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ernest Pinnance lines out to the first baseman. Jorge Nahem grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Fitzke singles to center field. Ed Heredia flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Pat Mason strikes out. Ed Bailey grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Cedeno strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Von Babb strikes out. Roy Flowers grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Julio Polanco grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Tomoya Dodo strikes out. Marv Young strikes out. Takumi Nishioka doubles to right field. Morimichi Yano grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Yuhei Sano walks. Yuhei Sano steals second. Junior Grimes flies out to the center fielder. Ernest Pinnance grounds out to the pitcher. Oscar Hale 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 2nd. Jorge Nahem strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Dainier Naranjo is pinch hitting for Oscar Hale. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dainier Naranjo grounds out to the second baseman. Ryuichi Shimamura grounds out to the shortstop. Pat Mason strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Art Larmore pitching. Joe Fitzke singles to right field. Joe Fitzke is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ed Heredia grounds out to the shortstop. Von Babb grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Ed Bailey singles to center field. Prudie Pruiett 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. Ed Bailey is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Mike Cedeno flies out to the right fielder. Tomoya Dodo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Roy Flowers strikes out. Julio Polanco doubles to center field. John Smith 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. Yuhei Sano flies out to the left fielder. Junior Grimes bunts for a base hit. Ernest Pinnance grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Detroit Marv Young walks. Takumi Nishioka hits a home run. Marv Young scores. Virgil Turner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Morimichi Yano doubles past the left fielder. John Smith lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ryuichi Shimamura strikes out. Pat Mason bunts for a base hit. Morimichi Yano scores. Ed Bailey grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pat Mason is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Minnesota Iori Yamasaki enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mike Cedeno at RF. Yonel Reyes enters the game as a defensive replacement for Marv Young at 1B. Jorge Nahem doubles to center field. Joe Fitzke grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tadahiko Matsumoto is pinch hitting for Virgil Turner. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tadahiko Matsumoto grounds out to the shortstop. Von Babb singles to center field. Jorge Nahem scores. Von Babb is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Julio Polanco (10), Jorge Nahem (10).GIDP - Von Babb. Baserunning: SB - Julio Polanco (16), Yuhei Sano (9).CS - Von Babb (9), Joe Fitzke (2). Fielding: E - Roy Flowers.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Lutz did not respond to coaching in range Goldie Schultz improves in contact_vs_righty Goldie Schultz did not respond to coaching in speed Dutch Burrell improves in contact_vs_lefty Art Sepkowski did not respond to coaching in velocity Ricky Bowen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Toshimi Sugi did not respond to coaching in CF
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mike Roque improves in range Mike Pierce improves in power_vs_lefty Willie K Glauber did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Huggins did not respond to coaching in arm Jorge Cruthers improves in contact_vs_righty Jurickson Profar did not respond to coaching in speed