Inning: 1 Cleveland Damon Spratt pitching. Lee Mason pops out to the first baseman. Edifus Fitzgerald grounds out to the second baseman. Roy Handley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Al Armstrong pitching. Chris White flies out to the center fielder. Glenn McAuley singles to left field. Jax Popplewell grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Gil Murff flies out to the right fielder. Kaiser Myers strikes out. Brian Hinrichs singles to center field. Luis Howard singles to right field. Brian Hinrichs advances to third on the hit. Hal Burnside strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Ted Deal strikes out. Dan Rice doubles to center field. Jeff Easton pops out to the third baseman. Steve Maloney walks. Tom Ritter grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Al Armstrong grounds out to the shortstop. Lee Mason pops out to the second baseman. Edifus Fitzgerald singles to center field. Roy Handley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Damon Spratt grounds out to the pitcher. Chris White grounds out to the second baseman. Glenn McAuley walks. Jax Popplewell singles to right field. Ted Deal grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jax Popplewell is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Gil Murff flies out to the right fielder. Kaiser Myers strikes out. Brian Hinrichs grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Dan Rice hits a home run. Jeff Easton grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Maloney grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Ritter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Luis Howard singles to right field. Luis Howard steals second. Hal Burnside strikes out. Al Armstrong strikes out. Lee Mason flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Damon Spratt singles to right field. Chris White walks. Glenn McAuley flies out to the right fielder. Jax Popplewell hits a home run. Damon Spratt scores. Chris White scores. Ted Deal singles to left field. Dan Rice flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Easton doubles to right field. Steve Maloney flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Edifus Fitzgerald grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Roy Handley lines out to the first baseman. Gil Murff strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Tom Ritter walks. Damon Spratt lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Chris White grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Damon Spratt is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Walt Stephens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Chris White steals second. Glenn McAuley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Kaiser Myers singles to right field. Brian Hinrichs triples. Kaiser Myers scores. Luis Howard singles to right field. Brian Hinrichs scores. Hal Burnside singles to center field. Jack Belk is pinch hitting for Walt Stephens. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jack Belk singles to center field. Lee Mason flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Luis Howard scores. Edifus Fitzgerald grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jack Belk is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Roy Handley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Ed Francona pitching. Jax Popplewell flies out to the left fielder. Ted Deal grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Dan Rice flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Jeff Starrette enters the game as a defensive replacement for Steve Maloney at 2B. Gil Murff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kaiser Myers grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Hinrichs hits a home run. Luis Howard walks. Hal Burnside doubles to center field. Charlie Hillis is pinch hitting for Ed Francona. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Charlie Hillis singles to center field. Luis Howard scores. Lee Mason pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Tetsuya Yoshikawa pitching. Jeff Easton strikes out. Jeff Starrette grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Ritter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Edifus Fitzgerald strikes out. Roy Handley strikes out. Gil Murff walks. Kaiser Myers flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Sam Kerr comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Yasuo Takiuchi is pinch hitting for Damon Spratt. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Yasuo Takiuchi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chris White walks. Glenn McAuley walks. Jax Popplewell strikes out. Ted Deal hits a home run. Chris White scores. Glenn McAuley scores. Cleveland total runners left on base: 9 Detroit total runners left on base: 7
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Oyster Collins did not respond to coaching in control Dick Kamp improves in range Oyster Collins did not respond to coaching in velocity Kevin Melillo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Tony Brewer did not respond to coaching in 2B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Butler did not respond to coaching in speed Masato Watanabe did not respond to coaching in velocity Marty Jones did not respond to coaching in range Magglio Webster improves in power_vs_lefty Gene Shirley did not respond to coaching in 1B