Win: Rube Brown (9-3) Loss: Mike Daniels (2-1)
Save: Howie Martinez (36)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ownie Oeschger pitching. Bruce Loucks strikes out. George Milner strikes out. Kurt Grover lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Bill Billy pitching. Clarence Dobens singles to center field. Bruce Burkle pops out to the third baseman. Ricardo Barker flies out to the left fielder. Archie Bauers grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Clarence Dobens is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Larry Houser flies out to the right fielder. Max Sconiers grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Bayless flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Kazuaki Sato grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Andersen flies out to the center fielder. Chikao Taguchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rodmy Perez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Al Watkins strikes out. Bill Billy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Masami Kojima grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Ownie Oeschger grounds out to the pitcher. Clarence Dobens strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bruce Loucks strikes out. George Milner reached on a fielding error by Joe Andersen. Kurt Grover grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Milner advances to second on the play. Larry Houser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Bruce Burkle flies out to the center fielder. Ricardo Barker strikes out. Archie Bauers doubles to center field. Kazuaki Sato walks. Joe Andersen singles to center field. Archie Bauers scores. Kazuaki Sato advances to third on the hit. Chikao Taguchi pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Max Sconiers walks. Gary Bayless singles to left field. Max Sconiers advances to third on the hit. Rodmy Perez strikes out. Al Watkins grounds out to the third baseman. Max Sconiers scores. Gary Bayless advances to second on the play. Bill Billy grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Masami Kojima grounds out to the shortstop. Ownie Oeschger strikes out. Clarence Dobens doubles past the center fielder. Bruce Burkle singles to center field. Clarence Dobens scores. Ricardo Barker grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bruce Burkle is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bruce Loucks grounds out to the third baseman. George Milner strikes out. Kurt Grover singles to left field. Larry Houser singles to center field. Max Sconiers strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Archie Bauers flies out to the left fielder. Kazuaki Sato grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Andersen grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Gary Bayless flies out to the left fielder. Rodmy Perez singles to left field. Al Watkins grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rodmy Perez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Billy Blackburn is pinch hitting for Bill Billy. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Billy Blackburn singles to center field. Al Watkins advances to third on the hit. Bruce Loucks hits an infield single to the third baseman. Al Watkins scores. George Milner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Rube Brown pitching. Chikao Taguchi singles past the third baseman. Masami Kojima flies out to the left fielder. Clay Sheridan is pinch hitting for Ownie Oeschger. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Clay Sheridan grounds out to the third baseman. Chikao Taguchi advances to second on the play. Clarence Dobens flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Mike Daniels pitching. Kurt Grover strikes out. Larry Houser hits a home run. Max Sconiers singles to left field. Gary Bayless grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Max Sconiers is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gary Bayless steals second. Rodmy Perez lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Bruce Burkle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ricardo Barker singles to right field. Archie Bauers flies out to the right fielder. Kazuaki Sato grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ricardo Barker is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Al Watkins walks. Ken Schriver is pinch hitting for Rube Brown. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Al Watkins is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Ken Schriver walks. Bruce Loucks walks. George Milner triples. Ken Schriver scores. Bruce Loucks scores. Osdanis Gavilan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kurt Grover strikes out. Larry Houser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Howie Martinez pitching. Marsh Callison enters the game as a defensive replacement for George Milner at CF. Rene Carey enters the game as a defensive replacement for Max Sconiers at C. Harvey Boggs enters the game as a defensive replacement for Al Watkins at 2B. Joe Andersen walks. Chikao Taguchi strikes out. Masami Kojima flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Don George is pinch hitting for Osdanis Gavilan. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Don George grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Joe Andersen is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Detroit total runners LOB: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Yeniet Perez did not respond to coaching in arm Julio Schulte did not respond to coaching in control Wheezer Schmitz did not respond to coaching in control Julio Schulte did not respond to coaching in velocity Bennie Jackson improves in power_vs_righty Jack Gabler did not respond to coaching in control
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jack Becker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bucky Bullock improves in arm Mike Shearer did not respond to coaching in control Cy Crawford did not respond to coaching in velocity Lu Johnson improves in speed Lu Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Joe Powers did not respond to coaching in SS