Win: Shawn Agbayani (1-0) Loss: Al Morgan (0-1)
Save: Isao Chihara (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Spud Cunningham pitching. Bert Jacobs flies out to the left fielder. Lute Delis singles past the second baseman. Keiichi Nakagawa grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Jimmy Comellas pitching. Darrell McPhee doubles to center field. Manny Rand flies out to the left fielder. Mel Miller strikes out. Rube Creeden doubles to left field. Darrell McPhee scores. John Prall walks. Scott Brown walks. Arlie Lee grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bill Levis flies out to the left fielder. Lloyd Noles flies out to the right fielder. Sam Hoeft doubles to right field. Chris Sagmoen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Carl Cook flies out to the center fielder. Spud Cunningham grounds out to the second baseman. Darrell McPhee grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Phil Danzig pops out to the shortstop. Jimmy Comellas grounds out to the shortstop. Bert Jacobs walks. Lute Delis singles to center field. Bert Jacobs advances to third on the hit. Keiichi Nakagawa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Manny Rand strikes out. Mel Miller hits a home run. Rube Creeden flies out to the center fielder. John Prall strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bill Levis strikes out. Lloyd Noles grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Sam Hoeft pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Scott Brown singles past the third baseman. Arlie Lee grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Carl Cook walks. Spud Cunningham grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Chris Sagmoen grounds out to the shortstop. Phil Danzig strikes out. Jimmy Comellas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Darrell McPhee singles to right field. Manny Rand strikes out. Darrell McPhee steals second. Mel Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Rube Creeden singles to right field. Darrell McPhee scores. John Prall walks. Scott Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bert Jacobs walks. Bert Jacobs steals second. Lute Delis grounds out to the shortstop. Keiichi Nakagawa grounds out to the second baseman. Bert Jacobs advances to third on the play. Bill Levis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Arlie Lee strikes out. Carl Cook pops out to the shortstop. Spud Cunningham pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Lloyd Noles grounds out to the shortstop. Sam Hoeft hits a home run. Deacon Engel is pinch hitting for Chris Sagmoen. Deacon Engel flies out to the right fielder. Phil Danzig singles to right field. Tommy Flannery is pinch hitting for Jimmy Comellas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tommy Flannery walks. Bert Jacobs singles to center field. Phil Danzig scores. Tommy Flannery advances to third on the hit. Lute Delis singles to center field. Tommy Flannery scores. Bert Jacobs advances to third on the hit. Lute Delis steals second. Keiichi Nakagawa walks. Shawn Agbayani 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. Bill Levis flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Detroit Al Morgan pitching. Darrell McPhee strikes out. Manny Rand walks. Mel Miller singles to center field. Manny Rand advances to third on the hit. Rube Creeden pops out to the first baseman. John Prall strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Lloyd Noles flies out to the center fielder. Sam Hoeft grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Deacon Engel pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Scott Brown flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Arlie Lee strikes out. Carl Cook singles to center field. Bucky Johnson is pinch hitting for Shawn Agbayani. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bucky Johnson walks. Darrell McPhee singles to right field. Carl Cook uses his aggressiveness and scores. Manny Rand flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Isao Chihara pitching. Phil Danzig singles to left field. Mike Roberts is pinch hitting for Al Morgan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Roberts pops out to the first baseman. Bert Jacobs strikes out. Lute Delis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 8 Detroit total runners left on base: 10
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Andy Stankard improves in arm Henry Christenson did not respond to coaching in velocity Oscar Pinkney improves in speed Henry Christenson did not respond to coaching in control Oscar Pinkney did not respond to coaching in 2B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Alou did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Harry Child did not respond to coaching in arm Lou Raschi improves in power_vs_righty John Terry improves in range Rondell Coleman did not respond to coaching in CF