Win: Eric Grace (6-5) Loss: Rene Edmondson (4-8)
Save: Luis Kent (4)
Inning: 1 Detroit Rene Edmondson pitching. Sidney DeFate grounds out to the pitcher. Jay Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Todd Helton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Eric Grace pitching. Red Twitchell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brook Johnson walks. Rich Gomez singles to center field. Brook Johnson advances to third on the hit. Walter Paul grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Sean Casey pops out to the catcher. Duke Sims strikes out. Katsuo Machida grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Billy Coquillette lines out to the third baseman. Carl Easler grounds out to the shortstop. Chick Herzog triples. Willie Amelung singles to right field. Chick Herzog scores. Rene Edmondson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Klondike Douglass singles to right field. Bob Bailor hits an infield single to the shortstop. Eric Grace fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Eric Grace singles to right field. Klondike Douglass scores. Bob Bailor advances to third on the hit. Sidney DeFate doubles to center field. Bob Bailor scores. Jay Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Todd Helton doubles to left field. Eric Grace scores. Sidney DeFate scores. Sean Casey grounds out to the third baseman. Duke Sims strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Red Twitchell hits a home run. Brook Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Rich Gomez hits a home run. Walter Paul grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Coquillette doubles to left field. Carl Easler grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Katsuo Machida singles past the third baseman. Klondike Douglass flies out to the center fielder. Bob Bailor doubles to center field. Eric Grace pops out to the third baseman. Sidney DeFate doubles to left field. Katsuo Machida scores. Bob Bailor scores. Clay Ayers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jay Smith lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Chick Herzog flies out to the center fielder. Willie Amelung grounds out to the second baseman. Clay Ayers pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Todd Helton strikes out. Sean Casey flies out to the center fielder. Duke Sims lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Red Twitchell strikes out. Brook Johnson strikes out. Rich Gomez doubles to left field. Walter Paul singles to center field. Rich Gomez scores. Billy Coquillette grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Walter Paul is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Katsuo Machida grounds out to the third baseman. Klondike Douglass walks. Bob Bailor singles to left field. The catcher fields the ball and Klondike Douglass is thrown out at third. Bob Bailor advances to second on the play. Bob Bailor advances to second on the play. Sidney DeFate grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Eric Grace is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Carl Easler pops out to the shortstop. Chick Herzog walks. Willie Amelung grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Chick Herzog is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Clay Ayers grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Jay Smith grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Todd Helton singles to center field. Sean Casey flies out to the right fielder. Todd Helton is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Don Drysdale comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Red Twitchell grounds out to the second baseman. Brook Johnson pops out to the shortstop. Rich Gomez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Duke Sims grounds out to the third baseman. Katsuo Machida triples. Klondike Douglass walks. Klondike Douglass is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bob Bailor pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Walter Paul strikes out. Billy Coquillette grounds out to the shortstop. Carl Easler grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Desi Coco is pinch hitting for Don Drysdale. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Desi Coco pops out to the second baseman. Sidney DeFate reached on a fielding error by Red Twitchell. Chuck Jones is pinch hitting for Jay Smith. Chuck Jones grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Luis Kent pitching. Tetsuya Akagi enters the game as a defensive replacement for Chuck Jones at RF. Chick Herzog flies out to the center fielder. Willie Amelung grounds out to the pitcher. Eddie Johnson is pinch hitting for Clay Ayers. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Eddie Johnson pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 5 Boston total runners LOB: 5
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ellis Valentine improves in power_vs_lefty David Martin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joe Coleman did not respond to coaching in velocity Ellis Valentine did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Eddie Panther did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Brumfield improves in arm Skip Creeden did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dave Davis improves in contact_vs_lefty