Inning: 1 Detroit Charlie Turner pitching. Joe Quinones pops out to the second baseman. Charlie DeRosa grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Sparma hits a home run. Heinie Werner lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Mal Balas pitching. Gary Hale singles to center field. Joe Marshall flies out to the center fielder. Lee Rivera walks. Rich Claire grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Alan Bertaina singles to center field. Tony Cruz singles to left field. Alan Bertaina advances to third on the hit. Len Galloway singles to center field. Alan Bertaina scores. Barry Schellhase grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Cruz advances to third on the play. Len Galloway advances to second on the play. Mal Balas flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Tony Cruz is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Billy Friday walks. Darryl Bailey flies out to the left fielder. Jamie Herring walks. Luis Cey walks. Charlie Turner strikes out. Gary Hale reached on a fielding error by Barry Schellhase. Billy Friday scores. Joe Marshall singles to left field. Jamie Herring scores. Luis Cey scores. Gary Hale advances to third on the hit. Joe Marshall steals second. Lee Rivera grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Joe Quinones grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie DeRosa doubles to right field. Bill Sparma flies out to the left fielder. Heinie Werner singles to right field. Charlie DeRosa scores. Steve Pasqua comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alan Bertaina strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rich Claire doubles to center field. Billy Friday pops out to the shortstop. Darryl Bailey flies out to the right fielder. Jamie Herring strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Tony Cruz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Len Galloway flies out to the right fielder. Barry Schellhase strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Luis Cey strikes out. Steve Pasqua strikes out. Gary Hale flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Mal Balas grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Quinones hits a home run. Charlie DeRosa flies out to the center fielder. Bill Sparma grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Joe Marshall flies out to the left fielder. Lee Rivera singles to left field. Rich Claire singles to center field. Lee Rivera aggressively advances to third on the hit. Rich Claire steals second. Billy Friday reached on a fielding error by Len Galloway. Lee Rivera scores. Darryl Bailey strikes out. Damaso McMillan 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. Billy Friday is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Heinie Werner grounds out to the second baseman. Alan Bertaina grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Cruz walks. Tony Cruz is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jamie Herring grounds out to the second baseman. Luis Cey grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Pasqua singles to right field. Gary Hale grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Len Galloway strikes out. Barry Schellhase flies out to the center fielder. Damaso McMillan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Joe Marshall flies out to the left fielder. Lee Rivera flies out to the center fielder. Rich Claire grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Joe Quinones walks. Charlie DeRosa grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Bill Sparma grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rusty Nieman is pinch hitting for Billy Friday. Rusty Nieman singles to center field. Tom Blott is pinch hitting for Darryl Bailey. Tom Blott grounds out to the third baseman. Rusty Nieman advances to second on the play. Jamie Herring hits an infield single to the pitcher. The defense is playing the infield in. Luis Cey lines out to the shortstop. Red Archer is pinch hitting for Steve Pasqua. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Red Archer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Detroit Earl Nixon pitching. Charlie Ring enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rusty Nieman at SS. Heinie Werner reached on a fielding error by Earl Nixon. Alan Bertaina grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Heinie Werner is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tony Cruz singles to right field. Len Galloway strikes out. Barry Schellhase grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tony Cruz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Gary Hale flies out to the center fielder. Joe Marshall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lee Rivera strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Detroit Damaso McMillan flies out to the center fielder. Joe Quinones strikes out. Charlie DeRosa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Kansas City Rich Claire flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Ring grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Blott walks. Tom Blott steals second. Jamie Herring grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 11 Detroit Bill Sparma walks. Heinie Werner strikes out. Alan Bertaina walks. Tony Cruz strikes out. Len Galloway pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 11 Kansas City Luis Cey singles to left field. Jimmy Dyer is pinch hitting for Earl Nixon. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jimmy Dyer walks. Gary Hale doubles to center field. Luis Cey scores. Detroit total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Charlie DeRosa (5).HR - Joe Quinones (6), Bill Sparma (8).GIDP - Charlie DeRosa. Baserunning: CS - Tony Cruz (1). Fielding: E - Len Galloway, Barry Schellhase.
Game Notes Damaso McMillan is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Sam Ebert improves in endurance Larry Heusser improves in power_vs_lefty Luis Grotewold did not respond to coaching in control Freddy Hottman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tim Howard improves in arm Freddy Hottman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Harry Hamm improves in 2B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Scott Reynolds did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Lefty Bartee did not respond to coaching in control Royce Buhner did not respond to coaching in range Brooks Bluege improves in control Charlie Bone did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Sam Bosio improves in contact_vs_lefty