Inning: 1 Minnesota Marty McElveen pitching. Charlie Kearse flies out to the left fielder. Mike Krsnich hits a home run. Pascual Howard strikes out. Red McGowan lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Cecil Cruz pitching. Bowman D. Russ grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Joe Quinones strikes out. Charlie DeRosa grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Cliff Morris singles past the first baseman. Cliff Morris is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Hector Dowd flies out to the left fielder. Roger Smith singles to right field. Al Green pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Bernie Kellner strikes out. Heinie Werner strikes out. Len Galloway singles to left field. Buzz Burns grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Len Galloway is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Cecil Cruz strikes out. Charlie Kearse singles to center field. Charlie Kearse is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Mike Krsnich grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Barry Schellhase walks. Barry Schellhase steals second. Marty McElveen lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bowman D. Russ walks. Joe Quinones is hit by a pitch. Charlie DeRosa strikes out. Bernie Kellner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Minnesota Pascual Howard flies out to the right fielder. Red McGowan singles past the shortstop. Cliff Morris grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Heinie Werner singles to center field. Len Galloway strikes out. Buzz Burns strikes out. Barry Schellhase grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Heinie Werner is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Hector Dowd grounds out to the third baseman. Roger Smith pops out to the shortstop. Al Green pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Marty McElveen flies out to the right fielder. Bowman D. Russ grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Quinones flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Cecil Cruz grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Charlie Kearse strikes out. Mike Krsnich reached on a 2-base fielding error by Heinie Werner. Pascual Howard singles to right field. Mike Krsnich scores. Red McGowan reached on a fielding error by Buzz Burns. Cliff Morris strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Charlie DeRosa strikes out. Bernie Kellner pops out to the shortstop. Heinie Werner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Hector Dowd reached on a 2-base throwing error by Len Galloway. Roger Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Al Green pops out to the first baseman. Cecil Cruz walks. Charlie Kearse singles to right field. Mike Krsnich flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Detroit Len Galloway hits a home run. Buzz Burns strikes out. Barry Schellhase strikes out. Tony Cruz is pinch hitting for Marty McElveen. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Tony Cruz singles to center field. Bowman D. Russ walks. Virgil Billings 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. Joe Quinones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Willie Brown pitching. Pascual Howard flies out to the center fielder. Red McGowan singles to center field. Cliff Morris triples. Red McGowan scores. Hector Dowd singles to center field. Cliff Morris scores. Damaso McMillan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Roger Smith singles to left field. Hector Dowd aggressively advances to third on the hit. Al Green grounds out to the pitcher. Roger Smith advances to second on the play. Art Aberson is pinch hitting for Virgil Billings. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Art Aberson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Bill Morejon pitching. Charlie DeRosa walks. Bernie Kellner grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie DeRosa advances to second on the play. Heinie Werner strikes out. Len Galloway flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Charlie Kearse pops out to the second baseman. Mike Krsnich walks. Pascual Howard walks. Red McGowan walks. Cliff Morris grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Mike Krsnich is out at home. Hector Dowd pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Detroit Ed Yingling comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Buzz Burns strikes out. Barry Schellhase singles to center field. Art Hasenmayer is pinch hitting for Damaso McMillan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Art Hasenmayer strikes out. Bowman D. Russ flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 11 Detroit total runners LOB: 9
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Pisoni did not respond to coaching in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Dick Treadaway did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Craig Margoneri did not respond to coaching in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Dick Treadaway did not respond to coaching in 3B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Harry Hamm did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Gil Hemus did not respond to coaching in arm Luis Grotewold did not respond to coaching in control Sam Ebert did not respond to coaching in velocity Luis Grotewold did not respond to coaching in control Harry Hamm improves in power_vs_lefty Gil Hemus did not respond to coaching in CF