Win: Larry Mendoza (3-0) Loss: Frank Mazzilli (1-1)
Inning: 1 Detroit Larry Mendoza pitching. Frank Frazetta strikes out. Dan Handiboe strikes out. Tracy Aase strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Frank Mazzilli pitching. Bert James grounds out to the shortstop. Tarrik Kleinke flies out to the center fielder. Joe Cedeno singles past the third baseman. Bunny Roth grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Cedeno is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit B.J. Neibauer grounds out to the second baseman. Lou Doyle reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bert James. Clete Radford grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lou Doyle advances to third on the play. Greg Estes grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Harry Jackson walks. Rick Cooke flies out to the center fielder. Harry Jackson steals second. Yadil Delgado singles to right field. Harry Jackson scores. Yadil Delgado is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Joe DeShields singles to center field. Larry Mendoza singles to center field. Bert James singles to right field. Joe DeShields scores. Tarrik Kleinke grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Alan Johnson pops out to the shortstop. Frank Mazzilli flies out to the left fielder. Frank Frazetta flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Joe Cedeno walks. Joe Cedeno steals second. Bunny Roth grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Cedeno advances to third on the play. Harry Jackson walks. Rick Cooke walks. Yadil Delgado flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Cedeno scores. Israel Spillner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe DeShields strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Dan Handiboe flies out to the center fielder. Tracy Aase strikes out. B.J. Neibauer singles to right field. B.J. Neibauer steals second. Lou Doyle grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Larry Mendoza strikes out. Bert James walks. Bert James steals second. Tarrik Kleinke strikes out. Joe Cedeno doubles to center field. Bert James scores. Bunny Roth pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Clete Radford grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Estes singles to left field. Alan Johnson strikes out. Israel Spillner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Harry Jackson strikes out. Rick Cooke flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Yadil Delgado flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Frank Frazetta strikes out. Dan Handiboe strikes out. Tracy Aase strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Joe DeShields flies out to the left fielder. Larry Mendoza lines out to the second baseman. Bert James walks. Bert James steals second. Tarrik Kleinke grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit B.J. Neibauer strikes out. Lou Doyle strikes out. Clete Radford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Joe Cedeno singles to right field. Bunny Roth doubles to center field. Harry Jackson walks. Rick Cooke grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Cedeno scores. Bunny Roth advances to third on the play. Harry Jackson advances to second on the play. Yadil Delgado strikes out. Joe DeShields flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Greg Estes flies out to the right fielder. Alan Johnson strikes out. Israel Spillner strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Larry Mendoza grounds out to the shortstop. Bert James singles past the shortstop. Tarrik Kleinke singles past the third baseman. Bert James advances to third on the hit. Joe Cedeno strikes out. Bunny Roth hits a home run. Bert James scores. Tarrik Kleinke scores. Dick Larkin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Relief pitcher has given up 5 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Harry Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Frank Frazetta strikes out. Dan Handiboe singles to center field. Tracy Aase strikes out. B.J. Neibauer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bert James. Boyd Podbielan is pinch hitting for Lou Doyle. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Boyd Podbielan flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 9
Game Notes Clete Radford is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Randy Gandil did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Kent Remy did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Jones improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Jones improves in range Ed Ollom did not respond to coaching in range Ed Ollom improves in contact_vs_righty Nomar Williamson did not respond to coaching in 1B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Brian Brainerd did not respond to coaching in control Yorelvis Poll did not respond to coaching in range Yorelvis Poll did not respond to coaching in range Takahiro Amakawa did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Reid improves in endurance Harry Macha improves in contact_vs_righty Alex Unser did not respond to coaching in 2B