Win: Ben Luuloa (4-0) Loss: Eddie Walker (0-5)
Save: Yank Long (16)
Inning: 1 Texas Bill Helton pitching. Jake Adams grounds out to the pitcher. Johnny Thomas grounds out to the pitcher. Scott Muir pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Frank Harris pitching. Joe Driscoll strikes out. Rich Chris strikes out. Tracy Bemis grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Guy Galvez grounds out to the third baseman. Jay Baylor grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Mickey Callaway pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Yonetoshi Kikuchi strikes out. Kevin Espy grounds out to the third baseman. Takeshi Tajiri strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Joe Marquard flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Webster singles to right field. Frank Harris fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Frank Harris pops out to the shortstop. Jake Adams pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Andy Bonds grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Don Ballenger singles to center field. Bill Helton fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bill Helton flies out to the center fielder. Joe Driscoll grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Don Ballenger is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Johnny Thomas grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Muir grounds out to the pitcher. Guy Galvez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Rich Chris singles to center field. Tracy Bemis doubles to center field. Rich Chris is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Yonetoshi Kikuchi singles to center field. Tracy Bemis scores. Kevin Espy flies out to the center fielder. Takeshi Tajiri strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Jay Baylor flies out to the right fielder. Mickey Callaway singles to left field. Joe Marquard walks. Chuck Webster singles to center field. Mickey Callaway is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Joe Marquard advances to third on the play. Frank Harris singles to right field. Joe Marquard scores. Jake Adams strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Andy Bonds strikes out. Don Ballenger flies out to the right fielder. Bill Helton singles to center field. Joe Driscoll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Johnny Thomas strikes out. Scott Muir grounds out to the shortstop. Guy Galvez pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Rich Chris grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tracy Bemis strikes out. Yonetoshi Kikuchi singles to center field. Kevin Espy lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Jay Baylor singles to right field. Mickey Callaway hits an infield single to the pitcher. Joe Marquard strikes out. Chuck Webster walks. Fred Bildilli is pinch hitting for Frank Harris. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Fred Bildilli flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Jay Baylor scores. Jake Adams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Ben Luuloa pitching. Takeshi Tajiri flies out to the left fielder. Andy Bonds flies out to the right fielder. Don Ballenger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Johnny Thomas grounds out to the shortstop. Scott Muir triples. Samuel Huntington 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. Guy Galvez flies out to the right fielder. Jay Baylor pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Koichi Ishida is pinch hitting for Samuel Huntington. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Koichi Ishida flies out to the center fielder. Joe Driscoll flies out to the left fielder. Rich Chris hits a home run. Tracy Bemis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Eddie Walker pitching. Mickey Callaway singles to center field. Joe Marquard singles to right field. Chuck Webster strikes out. Isao Yamada is pinch hitting for Ben Luuloa. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Isao Yamada flies out to the left fielder. Jake Adams singles to right field. Johnny Thomas reached on a 2-base fielding error by Joe Driscoll. Mickey Callaway scores. Joe Marquard scores. Scott Muir strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Detroit Yank Long pitching. Yonetoshi Kikuchi walks. Kevin Espy doubles to right field. Takeshi Tajiri walks. Carlos Johnson is pinch hitting for Andy Bonds. Carlos Johnson strikes out. Don Ballenger lines out to the shortstop. Cal Kvasnak is pinch hitting for Eddie Walker. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Cal Kvasnak grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Texas total runners LOB: 8 Detroit total runners LOB: 7
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ivan Smith improves in contact_vs_righty Ozzie Cooney improves in contact_vs_righty Ozzie Cooney improves in contact_vs_righty Gary Slater improves in contact_vs_lefty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Hal Benjamin did not respond to coaching in control Kris Waldron did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dave Nichting improves in contact_vs_righty Haroll Fordham improves in contact_vs_lefty Kris Waldron improves in LF