Win: Don Brookens (1-3) Loss: Miguel Knepper (2-4)
Save: Frank Carty (1)
Inning: 1 Detroit Don Brookens pitching. Randy Hunt strikes out. Bobby Villanueva grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Nyls Brown walks. Passed ball. Nyls Brown advances to second. Leo Cardenas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Miguel Knepper pitching. Johnnie Gwosdz flies out to the center fielder. Don Reis walks. Rafael Crawford hits a home run. Don Reis scores. Dude Cooper grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Brett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Randy Nabors strikes out. Matt Arnold singles to right field. Matt Arnold steals second. Ed Shinnick strikes out. Vic Bonness pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Pete Ventura strikes out. Lloyd Troy grounds out to the shortstop. Elmer Aldred singles to left field. Don Brookens flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Miguel Knepper grounds out to the third baseman. Randy Hunt strikes out. Bobby Villanueva strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Johnnie Gwosdz grounds out to the shortstop. Don Reis strikes out. Rafael Crawford walks. Dude Cooper singles to center field. Rafael Crawford advances to third on the hit. Joe Brett grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Nyls Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Leo Cardenas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy Nabors singles to right field. Matt Arnold singles to right field. Randy Nabors advances to third on the hit. Ed Shinnick flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Pete Ventura flies out to the center fielder. Lloyd Troy walks. Elmer Aldred singles to center field. Don Brookens lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Johnnie Gwosdz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lloyd Troy scores. Elmer Aldred advances to third on the play. Don Brookens advances to second on the play. Don Reis lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Vic Bonness singles to right field. Miguel Knepper lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Randy Hunt grounds out to the third baseman. Bobby Villanueva pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Rafael Crawford grounds out to the shortstop. Dude Cooper singles to right field. Joe Brett grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Nyls Brown strikes out. Leo Cardenas strikes out. Randy Nabors walks. Matt Arnold singles to right field. Randy Nabors advances to third on the hit. Ed Shinnick doubles to center field. Randy Nabors scores. Vic Bonness flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Pete Ventura strikes out. Lloyd Troy doubles to right field. Elmer Aldred strikes out. Don Brookens grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Miguel Knepper strikes out. Randy Hunt flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Villanueva grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Johnnie Gwosdz strikes out. Don Reis flies out to the right fielder. Rafael Crawford strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Nyls Brown flies out to the left fielder. Leo Cardenas flies out to the left fielder. Randy Nabors singles to center field. Frank Carty comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Matt Arnold grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Randy Nabors is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Dude Cooper walks. Joe Garcia is pinch hitting for Joe Brett. Joe Garcia strikes out. Pete Ventura flies out to the center fielder. Lloyd Troy pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Ed Shinnick grounds out to the pitcher. Vic Bonness hits a home run. Bump Brunsberg is pinch hitting for Miguel Knepper. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bump Brunsberg is hit by a pitch. Randy Hunt flies out to the center fielder. Bump Brunsberg is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 8 Minnesota total runners left on base: 7
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Red Blake improves in power_vs_righty Rene Hoff did not respond to coaching in speed Gene Swacina did not respond to coaching in control Buddy Yount did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Carlos Twombly improves in contact_vs_righty Frank Collins improves in range Tommy Giles did not respond to coaching in velocity Emil Brenton improves in range Frank Collins did not respond to coaching in C