Win: Red Oaks (16-9) Loss: Joe Wojcik (3-13)
Save: George Pujols (13)
Inning: 1 Washington Red Oaks pitching. Rube Schreiber flies out to the right fielder. Tom Ballenger flies out to the center fielder. Shoji Ishikawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Joe Wojcik pitching. Curt Branca walks. Juan Vasquez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Curt Branca is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Alex Miller pops out to the shortstop. Matt Harper grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Jim Owens strikes out. Melvin Honeycutt grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Maclin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Earl Shinall flies out to the center fielder. Hector McGuire is hit by a pitch. Ed Peterson reached on a 2-base fielding error by Rube Schreiber. Pi Schwert grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Red Oaks grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Niorquis Gavilan singles to center field. Chick Alou strikes out. Joe Wojcik lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 1-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Curt Branca flies out to the center fielder. Juan Vasquez singles to right field. Alex Miller walks. Matt Harper singles to right field. Juan Vasquez scores. Alex Miller advances to third on the hit. Earl Shinall singles to left field. Alex Miller scores. Matt Harper advances to third on the hit. Hector McGuire flies out to the center fielder. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Matt Harper scores. Ed Peterson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Rube Schreiber grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Ballenger walks. Tom Ballenger steals second. Shoji Ishikawa walks. Jim Owens strikes out. Melvin Honeycutt hits a home run. Tom Ballenger scores. Shoji Ishikawa scores. Jim Maclin lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Pi Schwert singles to right field. Red Oaks lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Curt Branca hits a home run. Pi Schwert scores. Juan Vasquez flies out to the right fielder. Alex Miller singles past the shortstop. Matt Harper grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Alex Miller is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Niorquis Gavilan flies out to the center fielder. Chick Alou pops out to the second baseman. Jim Hershberger is pinch hitting for Joe Wojcik. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Jim Hershberger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Gary Tischinski pitching. Earl Shinall singles to left field. Earl Shinall steals second. Hector McGuire walks. Ed Peterson doubles to right field. Earl Shinall scores. Pi Schwert triples. Hector McGuire scores. Ed Peterson scores. Roger Minarcin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Red Oaks pops out to the third baseman. Curt Branca strikes out. Juan Vasquez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Rube Schreiber grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Ballenger grounds out to the second baseman. Shoji Ishikawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Alex Miller flies out to the left fielder. Matt Harper strikes out. Earl Shinall strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Jim Owens pops out to the third baseman. Melvin Honeycutt grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Maclin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Hector McGuire strikes out. Hughie Wright is pinch hitting for Ed Peterson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hughie Wright grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pi Schwert walks. Red Oaks strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Walter Oana is pinch hitting for Niorquis Gavilan. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Walter Oana singles to center field. Chick Alou grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Gus Armstrong is pinch hitting for Roger Minarcin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gus Armstrong flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Keith Stanley pitching. Curt Branca walks. Juan Vasquez walks. Alex Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Curt Branca advances to third on the play. Juan Vasquez advances to second on the play. Matt Harper flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Curt Branca scores. Earl Shinall flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Rube Schreiber singles to center field. Dave Krug is pinch hitting for Tom Ballenger. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dave Krug singles to right field. Shoji Ishikawa strikes out. Jim Owens singles to center field. Rube Schreiber scores. Dave Krug advances to third on the hit. Melvin Honeycutt singles to center field. Dave Krug scores. Jim Owens advances to third on the hit. George Pujols comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Maclin strikes out. Walter Oana grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Washington total runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners left on base: 8
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ralph Castro did not respond to coaching in control Yoshinari Ono did not respond to coaching in arm Art Milnar did not respond to coaching in range Don Bowman did not respond to coaching in speed Yoshinari Ono did not respond to coaching in arm Ad Abernathie improves in speed
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Oscar White did not respond to coaching in control Red Smith did not respond to coaching in control Ken King improves in range Ben Smith improves in arm George Sutcliffe improves in velocity Milt Small did not respond to coaching in velocity