Win: Minoru Kanazawa (5-1) Loss: Dick Cook (4-2)
Save: Steve Breckinridge (11)
Inning: 1 Detroit Minoru Kanazawa pitching. Clarence Dobens pops out to the shortstop. Bruce Burkle walks. Ricardo Barker flies out to the center fielder. Don George singles to right field. Kazuaki Sato grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bruce Burkle is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Dick Cook pitching. Count Johnston grounds out to the shortstop. Hiroshi Igawa grounds out to the third baseman. Casey Spooner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Joe Andersen grounds out to the second baseman. Glenn Sprinz grounds out to the third baseman. Jackie Marshall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Herman Shean walks. Charlie Stanley hits an infield single to the third baseman. Alex Petty singles to right field. Herman Shean scores. Rudy Jacobs strikes out. Bud Lawson strikes out. Minoru Kanazawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Dick Cook strikes out. Clarence Dobens pops out to the third baseman. Bruce Burkle flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Count Johnston flies out to the left fielder. Hiroshi Igawa strikes out. Casey Spooner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Ricardo Barker singles to center field. Don George grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ricardo Barker advances to second on the play. Kazuaki Sato doubles to center field. Ricardo Barker scores. Joe Andersen doubles to center field. Kazuaki Sato scores. Glenn Sprinz strikes out. Jackie Marshall flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Herman Shean grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Stanley flies out to the center fielder. Alex Petty flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Dick Cook pops out to the first baseman. Clarence Dobens grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bruce Burkle walks. Ricardo Barker grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bruce Burkle is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Rudy Jacobs grounds out to the shortstop. Bud Lawson singles to center field. Minoru Kanazawa fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Minoru Kanazawa grounds out to the shortstop. Bud Lawson advances to second on the play. Count Johnston flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Don George flies out to the left fielder. Kazuaki Sato grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Andersen reached on a fielding error by Alex Petty. Glenn Sprinz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Hiroshi Igawa strikes out. Casey Spooner singles to right field. Herman Shean reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dick Cook. Charlie Stanley hits a home run. Casey Spooner scores. Herman Shean scores. Alex Petty singles to right field. Alex Petty steals second. Rudy Jacobs grounds out to the shortstop. Bud Lawson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Stefan Kimble 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. Jackie Marshall walks. Clay Sheridan is pinch hitting for Dick Cook. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Clay Sheridan lines out to the second baseman. Clarence Dobens grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Jackie Marshall advances to second on the play. Bruce Burkle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Andy Cardenas pitching. Dee Williams is pinch hitting for Stefan Kimble. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dee Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Count Johnston walks. Hiroshi Igawa flies out to the right fielder. Casey Spooner singles to left field. Count Johnston advances to third on the hit. Herman Shean lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Garland Rozema pitching. Ricardo Barker doubles to center field. Don George grounds out to the pitcher. Kazuaki Sato pops out to the third baseman. Joe Andersen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Charlie Stanley walks. Charlie Stanley steals second. Alex Petty flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Stanley steals third. Rudy Jacobs flies out to the center fielder. Bud Lawson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Steve Breckinridge comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Glenn Sprinz flies out to the center fielder. Jackie Marshall flies out to the left fielder. Brian Williams is pinch hitting for Andy Cardenas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Brian Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 7 Minnesota total runners left on base: 7
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Billy Timlin did not respond to coaching in speed Paul Raziano did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bucky Bullock did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Paul Raziano improves in power_vs_lefty Rawly Kubenka improves in arm Paul Raziano did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Powers did not respond to coaching in SS
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Hugh Veryzer improves in range Mike Sodd did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Scipio Wilson did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Corbett did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Scipio Wilson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Yo-Yo Catalanotto did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Terry did not respond to coaching in RF