Win: Alex Moyer (14-8) Loss: Johnny Markham (7-17)
Save: Ed Georgy (28)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Johnny Markham pitching. Skeeter Malone walks. Pinky Curtis singles to center field. Skeeter Malone advances to third on the hit. Matt Saberhagen strikes out. Frank Land grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Alex Moyer pitching. March McKechnie singles to left field. March McKechnie is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Pete McQueen grounds out to the second baseman. Judy Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bill May walks. Bill May steals second. John Lade singles to right field. Bill May scores. Mike Pape singles to center field. Johnny Hunter flies out to the right fielder. Alex Moyer lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and John Lade is thrown out at third. Mike Pape advances to second on the play. Mike Pape advances to second on the play. Skeeter Malone flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Jelly Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Herb Souell flies out to the center fielder. Whitey Bligh walks. Jerry Blackwell grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Pinky Curtis singles to center field. Matt Saberhagen reached on a fielding error by March McKechnie. Frank Land singles to right field. Pinky Curtis scores. Matt Saberhagen advances to third on the hit. Bill May reached on a fielding error by Bill Ruffin. Matt Saberhagen scores. John Lade doubles to left field. Frank Land scores. Bill May uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Pape grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Lade advances to third on the play. Johnny Hunter singles past the third baseman. John Lade scores. Alex Moyer fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Alex Moyer singles to center field. Skeeter Malone walks. Pinky Curtis flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Johnny Hunter scores. Matt Saberhagen pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Bill Ruffin flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Markham strikes out. March McKechnie grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Frank Land reached on a fielding error by Judy Johnson. Frank Land is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bill May strikes out. John Lade strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Pete McQueen strikes out. Judy Johnson pops out to the third baseman. Jelly Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Mike Pape strikes out. Johnny Hunter strikes out. Alex Moyer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Ruffin. Skeeter Malone strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Herb Souell flies out to the left fielder. Whitey Bligh strikes out. Jerry Blackwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Pinky Curtis singles past the second baseman. Tyson VanRobays comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Matt Saberhagen lines out to the third baseman. Frank Land pops out to the second baseman. Bill May doubles to left field. Pinky Curtis uses his aggressiveness and scores. John Lade flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Bill Ruffin flies out to the right fielder. Tyson VanRobays grounds out to the shortstop. March McKechnie strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mike Pape grounds out to the pitcher. Johnny Hunter pops out to the pitcher. Alex Moyer grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Pete McQueen hits a home run. Judy Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Jelly Taylor flies out to the left fielder. Joe Scotland is pinch hitting for Herb Souell. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Scotland flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Skeeter Malone singles to center field. Pinky Curtis flies out to the right fielder. Matt Saberhagen pops out to the second baseman. Frank Land strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Whitey Bligh singles to center field. Jerry Blackwell flies out to the right fielder. Bill Ruffin singles to right field. Tyson VanRobays lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Bill Ruffin advances to second on the play. Bill Ruffin advances to second on the play. March McKechnie singles to center field. Pete McQueen singles to right field. Bill Ruffin scores. Judy Johnson doubles to center field. Tyson VanRobays scores. March McKechnie scores. Pete McQueen uses his aggressiveness and scores. Frank Hands comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jelly Taylor grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bill May grounds out to the shortstop. John Lade singles to left field. Mike Pape strikes out. Johnny Hunter grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Ed Georgy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Joe Scotland flies out to the left fielder. Whitey Bligh flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Blackwell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9 Detroit total runners LOB: 2
Batting:2B - Judy Johnson (19).HR - Pete McQueen (25). Baserunning: CS - March McKechnie (4). Fielding: E - March McKechnie, Judy Johnson, Bill Ruffin 2.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Sammy Halladay improves in arm Tim McIntyre did not respond to coaching in velocity Don Remmerswaal did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Billy Smith did not respond to coaching in control Bill Mulligan did not respond to coaching in C
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Andres Mesa improves in arm Andres Mesa improves in power_vs_lefty Steve Clemens did not respond to coaching in velocity Charlie Mason did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Andres Mesa improves in LF