Win: Damaso McMillan (1-3) Loss: Walt Demola (1-2)
Save: Pat Keefe (7)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Marty McElveen pitching. Charlie Kearse grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Krsnich singles to center field. Mike Krsnich steals second. Pascual Howard flies out to the center fielder. Cliff Morris walks. Hector Dowd singles to left field. Mike Krsnich scores. Cliff Morris gets picked off second (1-4). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Max Casanova pitching. Bowman D. Russ grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Quinones hits a home run. Charlie DeRosa grounds out to the shortstop. Bernie Kellner singles to center field. Heinie Werner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Roger Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Art Aberson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Hoblitzel walks. Max Casanova singles to center field. Charlie Kearse strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Len Galloway grounds out to the shortstop. Buzz Burns lines out to the second baseman. Barry Schellhase grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Mike Krsnich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pascual Howard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Cliff Morris singles to left field. Hector Dowd grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Marty McElveen grounds out to the shortstop. Bowman D. Russ pops out to the first baseman. Joe Quinones pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Roger Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Art Aberson flies out to the center fielder. Bob Hoblitzel flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Charlie DeRosa doubles to center field. Bernie Kellner strikes out. Heinie Werner pops out to the second baseman. Len Galloway strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Max Casanova grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Kearse walks. Mike Krsnich strikes out. Charlie Kearse steals second. Pascual Howard singles to right field. Charlie Kearse scores. Cliff Morris strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Buzz Burns grounds out to the third baseman. Barry Schellhase grounds out to the second baseman. Marty McElveen walks. Bowman D. Russ grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Marty McElveen is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Hector Dowd lines out to the third baseman. Roger Smith doubles to left field. Art Aberson flies out to the center fielder. Bob Hoblitzel singles to center field. Roger Smith scores. Max Casanova flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Joe Quinones grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie DeRosa flies out to the right fielder. Bernie Kellner flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Charlie Kearse singles to left field. Charlie Kearse is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Mike Krsnich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pascual Howard singles to center field. Cliff Morris grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Pascual Howard is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Heinie Werner flies out to the center fielder. Len Galloway flies out to the center fielder. Buzz Burns singles to left field. Barry Schellhase singles past the second baseman. Buzz Burns aggressively advances to third on the hit. Tony Cruz is pinch hitting for Marty McElveen. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Tony Cruz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Willie Brown pitching. Hector Dowd singles to right field. Roger Smith flies out to the right fielder. Art Aberson hits a home run. Hector Dowd scores. Bob Hoblitzel is hit by a pitch. Damaso McMillan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Max Casanova fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Max Casanova strikes out. Charlie Kearse singles to left field. Mike Krsnich walks. Pascual Howard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Detroit Alan Bertaina is pinch hitting for Bowman D. Russ. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alan Bertaina flies out to the center fielder. Joe Quinones singles to left field. Charlie DeRosa singles past the second baseman. Walt Demola 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. Bernie Kellner hits a home run. Joe Quinones scores. Charlie DeRosa scores. Heinie Werner hits an infield single to the pitcher. Len Galloway singles to left field. Buzz Burns hits a home run. Heinie Werner scores. Len Galloway scores. Virgil Billings comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Barry Schellhase strikes out. Art Hasenmayer is pinch hitting for Damaso McMillan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Art Hasenmayer walks. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Alan Bertaina grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Pat Keefe pitching. Cliff Morris strikes out. Hector Dowd walks. Roger Smith strikes out. Art Aberson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 11 Detroit total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Roger Smith (7).HR - Art Aberson (1).HBP - Bob Hoblitzel (1). Baserunning: SB - Charlie Kearse (5), Mike Krsnich (14).CS - Charlie Kearse (3).
Game Notes Max Casanova is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Harry Schulz improves in power_vs_lefty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Harry Schulz improves in arm Joe Hohman improves in speed Joe Hohman improves in contact_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Joe Hohman did not respond to coaching in 1B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Fergie Conatser did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Steve Farmer did not respond to coaching in endurance Phil Walker improves in power_vs_lefty Steve Farmer did not respond to coaching in velocity Freddy Hottman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tim Howard did not respond to coaching in speed Harry Hamm did not respond to coaching in 2B