Win: Charlie Swoboda (10-8) Loss: Eddie Gagnon (6-13)
Save: Bret Sullivan (17)
Inning: 1 Detroit Eddie Gagnon pitching. Rod Trout walks. Andres Hernandez strikes out. Vance Oster triples. Rod Trout scores. Pete Sutcliffe hits a home run. Vance Oster scores. Mike Courtney singles to left field. Tavo Minor grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Mike Courtney is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ecky Sprowl flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Charlie Swoboda pitching. Rico Rice flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Gus Lavelle strikes out. Mitchell Fisk flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Mike Poepping flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Swoboda strikes out. Rod Trout pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Russ Sykes grounds out to the third baseman. Les Thielman doubles to center field. Ricky Vaughn walks. Al Gorsica walks. Donn Duvall singles to left field. Les Thielman scores. Ricky Vaughn scores. Al Gorsica advances to third on the hit. Eddie Gagnon strikes out. Rico Rice grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Andres Hernandez strikes out. Vance Oster strikes out. Pete Sutcliffe pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Gus Lavelle strikes out. Mitchell Fisk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Russ Sykes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Mike Courtney flies out to the left fielder. Tavo Minor flies out to the left fielder. Ecky Sprowl strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Les Thielman flies out to the center fielder. Ricky Vaughn pops out to the shortstop. Al Gorsica doubles to center field. Donn Duvall walks. Eddie Gagnon grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Mike Poepping hits a home run. Luis Gentry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Swoboda walks. Rod Trout strikes out. Charlie Swoboda steals second. Andres Hernandez hits a home run. Charlie Swoboda scores. Gene Brow comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Vance Oster walks. Pete Sutcliffe hits a home run. Vance Oster scores. John Espino comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Courtney grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tavo Minor flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Rico Rice lines out to the third baseman. Gus Lavelle flies out to the right fielder. Mitchell Fisk singles to right field. Russ Sykes flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Ecky Sprowl grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Poepping strikes out. Charlie Swoboda strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Les Thielman singles to right field. Ricky Vaughn walks. Al Gorsica strikes out. Donn Duvall grounds out to the second baseman. Les Thielman advances to third on the play. Ricky Vaughn advances to second on the play. John Espino singles to right field. Les Thielman scores. Ricky Vaughn scores. Sam Stremmel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Rico Rice pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Rod Trout strikes out. Andres Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Vance Oster grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Gus Lavelle singles to right field. Mitchell Fisk singles to center field. Gus Lavelle advances to third on the hit. Russ Sykes pops out to the shortstop. Les Thielman flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Gus Lavelle scores. Les Carpenter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mitchell Fisk steals second. Ricky Vaughn pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Pete Sutcliffe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Mike Courtney hits an infield single to the second baseman. Mike Courtney steals second. Tavo Minor grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mike Courtney advances to third on the play. Ecky Sprowl walks. Mike Poepping flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Javier Daly enters the game as a defensive replacement for Vance Oster at CF. Chuck Fulton enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tavo Minor at 3B. Al Gorsica flies out to the right fielder. Donn Duvall flies out to the right fielder. Pat Meyer is pinch hitting for John Espino. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Pat Meyer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Jim Hartsock pitching. Flint Snow is pinch hitting for Les Carpenter. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Flint Snow walks. Rod Trout grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Andres Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bret Sullivan pitching. Rico Rice flies out to the left fielder. Gus Lavelle flies out to the right fielder. Mitchell Fisk hits a home run. Russ Sykes walks. Les Thielman singles to right field. Russ Sykes advances to third on the hit. Ricky Vaughn strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners LOB: 3 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9
Batting:3B - Vance Oster (3).HR - Andres Hernandez (27), Pete Sutcliffe 2 (17), Mike Poepping (1).GIDP - Rod Trout. Baserunning: SB - Mike Courtney (10), Charlie Swoboda (1).
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Harold Phillips improves in arm Bill Ibanez improves in arm Lou Manning did not respond to coaching in control
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Glenn Ramirez did not respond to coaching in endurance Brent Sixsmith improves in control Fred Kolseth did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry Fondy did not respond to coaching in 3B