Win: George Patterson (1-1) Loss: Buck Minnick (1-3)
Inning: 1 Detroit Ike Cunningham pitching. Tom Shirley flies out to the right fielder. George James flies out to the center fielder. Babe Manning grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Larry Shearer pitching. Mike Churry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lou House singles to left field. John Butcher strikes out. Lou House gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Kid Shellenback strikes out. Lou Brown strikes out. Steve Pyburn walks. Marv Young flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Chuck Dougherty strikes out. Bill Speake pops out to the third baseman. Pop Stelmaszek doubles to center field. Willie Fisk pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Kiichiro Shimao singles to center field. Larry Shearer fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Larry Shearer strikes out. Tom Shirley strikes out. George James flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Sam Hopp flies out to the left fielder. Ike Cunningham grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Churry strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Babe Manning singles to left field. Kid Shellenback walks. Lou Brown strikes out. Steve Pyburn grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Lou House walks. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. John Butcher grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lou House advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Chuck Dougherty flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Lou House scores. Bill Speake grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Marv Young grounds out to the shortstop. Kiichiro Shimao grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Shearer lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Pop Stelmaszek grounds out to the second baseman. Willie Fisk grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Hopp triples. Ike Cunningham grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Tom Shirley strikes out. George James grounds out to the third baseman. Babe Manning grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Mike Churry walks. Lou House walks. John Butcher strikes out. Chuck Dougherty flies out to the center fielder. Bill Speake pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Kid Shellenback grounds out to the pitcher. Lou Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Pyburn strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Pop Stelmaszek grounds out to the second baseman. Willie Fisk grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Hopp walks. Nick Denny is pinch hitting for Ike Cunningham. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Nick Denny strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Buck Minnick pitching. Marv Young walks. Kiichiro Shimao singles to center field. Marv Young advances to third on the hit. Toshimi Sugi is pinch hitting for Larry Shearer. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Toshimi Sugi flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Marv Young scores. Tom Shirley grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Jerry Hancken pitching. Mike Churry doubles to left field. Lou House grounds out to the shortstop. John Butcher singles to right field. Mike Churry scores. George Patterson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chuck Dougherty strikes out. Bill Speake grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit George James grounds out to the second baseman. Babe Manning singles to center field. Kid Shellenback singles to left field. Lou Brown singles to left field. Steve Pyburn hits a home run. Babe Manning scores. Kid Shellenback scores. Lou Brown scores. Rusty Burrows comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marv Young pops out to the third baseman. Kiichiro Shimao strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Morimichi Yano enters the game as a defensive replacement for Lou Brown at LF. Pop Stelmaszek singles to left field. Willie Fisk flies out to the right fielder. Sam Hopp flies out to the center fielder. Ricardo Cabrera is pinch hitting for Rusty Burrows. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ricardo Cabrera grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Pop Stelmaszek is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners LOB: 3 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 7
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Lutz did not respond to coaching in arm Frank Brown improves in range Mark Cremins improves in range Kojiro Okamoto did not respond to coaching in arm Manuel Saffell did not respond to coaching in control Goldie Schultz did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Goldie Schultz did not respond to coaching in RF
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Fullmer improves in velocity Jayson Fegeley did not respond to coaching in control Doug Fryman did not respond to coaching in arm Dick Herring improves in range Monte Thomas did not respond to coaching in arm Bombo Dudra did not respond to coaching in control Ed Camnitz did not respond to coaching in C