Inning: 1 Detroit Bob Hofferth pitching. George Torrez strikes out. Eddie Brown doubles to right field. Bernie Salkeld pops out to the first baseman. Toshio Horiuchi singles past the third baseman. Eddie Brown scores. Toshio Horiuchi gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Seattle Troy Kazak pitching. Astyanax Luebber singles to left field. Masatoshi Sugiuchi singles to left field. Astyanax Luebber advances to third on the hit. Bill Burris grounds out to the second baseman. Astyanax Luebber scores. Masatoshi Sugiuchi advances to second on the play. Hideyuki Satozaki grounds out to the third baseman. Roberto Kenworthy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Creepy Crider grounds out to the shortstop. Rod Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Rip Schmidt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Seattle Jim Langsford strikes out. Ray West singles to center field. Steve Fischer flies out to the right fielder. Bob Hofferth flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Harry Page lines out to the shortstop. Troy Kazak strikes out. George Torrez walks. George Torrez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Seattle Astyanax Luebber singles to center field. Masatoshi Sugiuchi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Astyanax Luebber advances to second on the play. Bill Burris grounds out to the pitcher. Hideyuki Satozaki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Eddie Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Bernie Salkeld flies out to the right fielder. Toshio Horiuchi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Seattle Roberto Kenworthy strikes out. Jim Langsford flies out to the left fielder. Ray West grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Creepy Crider grounds out to the pitcher. Rod Johnson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rip Schmidt walks. Harry Page grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rip Schmidt is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Seattle Steve Fischer walks. Bob Hofferth lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Astyanax Luebber strikes out. Masatoshi Sugiuchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Troy Kazak singles to right field. George Torrez doubles to left field. Eddie Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Troy Kazak scores. George Torrez advances to third on the play. Bernie Salkeld flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, George Torrez scores. Toshio Horiuchi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Seattle Bill Burris grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hideyuki Satozaki strikes out. Roberto Kenworthy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Creepy Crider walks. Don Jones 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 1st. Rod Johnson doubles to right field. Creepy Crider uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rip Schmidt grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Johnson advances to third on the play. Harry Page triples. Rod Johnson scores. Dan Merullo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Troy Kazak flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Harry Page scores. George Torrez singles to right field. Eddie Brown lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Seattle Jim Langsford grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ray West flies out to the left fielder. Steve Fischer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Bernie Salkeld doubles to right field. Toshio Horiuchi strikes out. Creepy Crider flies out to the left fielder. Rod Johnson singles to center field. Bernie Salkeld scores. Rip Schmidt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Seattle Bill Granger is pinch hitting for Dan Merullo. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bill Granger singles to center field. Astyanax Luebber grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Granger advances to second on the play. Masatoshi Sugiuchi singles to left field. Bill Granger scores. Bill Burris singles to left field. Herb Jackson 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. Hideyuki Satozaki flies out to the center fielder. Roberto Kenworthy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Detroit Phil Green pitching. Harry Page hits a home run. Takeshi Takahashi is pinch hitting for Herb Jackson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Takeshi Takahashi flies out to the left fielder. George Torrez flies out to the right fielder. Eddie Brown triples. Bernie Salkeld grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Seattle Cal Killebrew pitching. Jim Langsford grounds out to the shortstop. Ray West strikes out. Steve Fischer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 4 Seattle total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - George Torrez (23), Eddie Brown (24), Bernie Salkeld (28), Rod Johnson (25).3B - Eddie Brown (6), Harry Page (6).HR - Harry Page (16).SF - Bernie Salkeld, Troy Kazak. Baserunning: CS - George Torrez (12).
Game Notes George Torrez is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Harrell did not respond to coaching in range Mark Hopp did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mark Hopp did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Mark Hopp did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Hal Wallis improves in control Jeff Ribant did not respond to coaching in velocity Mark Hopp did not respond to coaching in CF
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Candy Vuckovich did not respond to coaching in control Candy Vuckovich did not respond to coaching in control Jon Kolstad improves in contact_vs_lefty Mike Roth did not respond to coaching in range Ernie Strahs did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Layden did not respond to coaching in range