Win: Lee Haines (2-0) Loss: Al Mangus (1-5)
Save: Jim Kieschnick (31)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Al Mangus pitching. Motohiro Sumitani grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Hunter hits a home run. Katsuhiko Tsugawa strikes out. Joe Garcia strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Lee Haines pitching. Tom Miller singles in front of the left fielder. Claude Sanicki hits an infield single to the second baseman. Hack Rucker flies out to the left fielder. Pat Scheinblum flies out to the center fielder. John Ritter grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tom Miller is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Don Puente singles to left field. Don Puente steals second. Jay LaPalme grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Don Puente advances to third on the play. Billy Difani strikes out. Herb Tate flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Doug Jones strikes out. Joe Schemanske strikes out. Gilberto Fabregas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Lee Haines lines out to the second baseman. Motohiro Sumitani walks. Motohiro Sumitani steals second. Tom Hunter lines out to the second baseman. Katsuhiko Tsugawa walks. Joe Garcia grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Al Mangus grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Claude Sanicki reached on a 2-base throwing error by Lee Haines. Hack Rucker grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Don Puente walks. Jay LaPalme flies out to the center fielder. Billy Difani flies out to the center fielder. Herb Tate flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Pat Scheinblum grounds out to the third baseman. John Ritter grounds out to the second baseman. Doug Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Lee Haines strikes out. Motohiro Sumitani hits a home run. Tom Hunter flies out to the center fielder. Katsuhiko Tsugawa pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Joe Schemanske strikes out. Gilberto Fabregas grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Al Mangus pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Joe Garcia hits a home run. Don Puente walks. Don Puente steals second. Jay LaPalme doubles to center field. Don Puente scores. Jay LaPalme is out trying to steal third. Billy Difani flies out to the left fielder. Herb Tate walks. Lee Haines grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Herb Tate is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Tom Miller hits a home run. Claude Sanicki pops out to the third baseman. Hack Rucker strikes out. Pat Scheinblum pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Jim Bennett comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Motohiro Sumitani strikes out. Tom Hunter flies out to the left fielder. Katsuhiko Tsugawa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Arnie Freed enters the game as a defensive replacement for Don Puente at 3B. John Ritter pops out to the shortstop. Doug Jones strikes out. Joe Schemanske flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Joe Garcia flies out to the center fielder. Arnie Freed singles to right field. Jay LaPalme grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Gilberto Fabregas walks. Boardwalk Casey is pinch hitting for Jim Bennett. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gilberto Fabregas is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Boardwalk Casey pops out to the shortstop. Tom Miller singles to left field. Tom Miller is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City G.W. Carver pitching. Billy Difani flies out to the left fielder. Herb Tate grounds out to the third baseman. Lance Beckmann is pinch hitting for Lee Haines. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Lance Beckmann strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Jim Kieschnick pitching. Claude Sanicki walks. Claude Sanicki gets picked off first. Hack Rucker doubles to center field. Pat Scheinblum doubles to center field. Hack Rucker scores. John Ritter grounds out to the third baseman. Doug Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5 Detroit total runners LOB: 4
Batting:2B - Jay LaPalme (25).HR - Motohiro Sumitani (17), Tom Hunter (24), Joe Garcia (15).GIDP - Jay LaPalme. Baserunning: SB - Motohiro Sumitani (31), Don Puente 2 (17).CS - Jay LaPalme (6). Fielding: E - Lee Haines.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Lee Cotter did not respond to coaching in control Jerry Ginsberg did not respond to coaching in control David McAnally did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty David Chant did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Jack Cermak did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Archie Adams did not respond to coaching in control Loren Hartung did not respond to coaching in arm Fred Rolls did not respond to coaching in velocity