Win: Ron Hutson (8-12) Loss: Grant Grimm (3-2)
Save: Bunny Jurak (17)
Inning: 1 Detroit Grant Grimm pitching. Rich Weaver singles to right field. Howie Koppe walks. Hector McGovern walks. Al Smith singles to center field. Rich Weaver scores. Howie Koppe scores. Hector McGovern advances to third on the hit. Pete McBean strikes out. Johnny Giallombardo strikes out. Guy Haley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Kansas City Ron Hutson pitching. Brent Dalena hits a home run. Dixon Springer lines out to the pitcher. George Hughes hits a home run. Terry Tresh strikes out. Jim Littlejohn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Cliff Barr pops out to the first baseman. Ron Hutson flies out to the right fielder. Rich Weaver grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Harry Krehmeyer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rusty Hemingway strikes out. Dutch Hammond singles to center field. Grant Grimm strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Howie Koppe grounds out to the second baseman. Hector McGovern singles past the shortstop. Al Smith grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Brent Dalena walks. Dixon Springer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brent Dalena advances to second on the play. George Hughes grounds out to the third baseman. Terry Tresh pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Pete McBean grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Giallombardo pops out to the second baseman. Guy Haley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jim Littlejohn flies out to the left fielder. Harry Krehmeyer flies out to the left fielder. Rusty Hemingway grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Cliff Barr singles to right field. Ron Hutson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ron Hutson strikes out. Rich Weaver walks. Howie Koppe triples. Cliff Barr scores. Rich Weaver scores. John Foster comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hector McGovern singles to right field. Howie Koppe scores. Al Smith flies out to the center fielder. Pete McBean flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dutch Hammond walks. John Foster lays a bunt down the third base line. The third baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Brent Dalena walks. Dixon Springer grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Brent Dalena is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. George Hughes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Johnny Giallombardo grounds out to the third baseman. Guy Haley strikes out. Cliff Barr grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Terry Tresh singles to center field. Terry Tresh is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jim Littlejohn doubles to center field. Harry Krehmeyer singles to left field. Jim Littlejohn scores. Rusty Hemingway singles to right field. Harry Krehmeyer advances to third on the hit. Dutch Hammond flies out to the right fielder. John Foster is hit by a pitch. Brent Dalena pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Detroit Jay Adams is pinch hitting for Ron Hutson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Jay Adams strikes out. Rich Weaver strikes out. Howie Koppe strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Joe Murphy pitching. Dixon Springer doubles to right field. George Hughes lines out to the first baseman. Terry Tresh grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Littlejohn singles to left field. Dixon Springer is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Hector McGovern flies out to the center fielder. Al Smith walks. Pete McBean singles to left field. Al Smith advances to third on the hit. Johnny Giallombardo grounds out to the third baseman. Pete McBean advances to second on the play. Guy Haley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Harry Krehmeyer walks. Rusty Hemingway strikes out. Dutch Hammond grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harry Krehmeyer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Garry Kopf is pinch hitting for John Foster. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Garry Kopf singles to center field. Dutch Hammond is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Russ Seminara pitching. Don Lee is pinch hitting for Cliff Barr. Don Lee strikes out. Bill Casey is pinch hitting for Joe Murphy. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Casey strikes out. Rich Weaver strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bunny Jurak pitching. Sheldon Blackaby enters the game as a defensive replacement for Don Lee at C. Brent Dalena doubles to left field. Dixon Springer grounds out to the third baseman. George Hughes grounds out to the second baseman. Brent Dalena advances to third on the play. Terry Tresh grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners LOB: 5 Kansas City total runners LOB: 10
Game Notes Grant Grimm is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Elmer Bader improves in contact_vs_righty Bobby Casanova did not respond to coaching in control Zeke Scheffler improves in arm Art Middleton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Gerry Shea did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty George Pedre did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Kevin Brown did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Yogi Latimer did not respond to coaching in control Chris Coles improves in contact_vs_lefty Yogi Latimer did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Slagle improves in arm Roy Willhite improves in velocity