Win: Kris Bowler (10-8) Loss: Ray K Ozmer (10-11)
Save: Chuck Girard (19)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Kris Bowler pitching. Bill K Moore walks. Bill K Moore steals second. Bob K Fuller pops out to the third baseman. Don K McKain grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill K Moore advances to third on the play. Ed K Marshall strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Ray K Ozmer pitching. Morimichi Yano flies out to the left fielder. Steve Pyburn strikes out. Kiichiro Shimao walks. Nobuyuki Hirayama singles to right field. Marv Young strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Lemmy K Kilmeister singles to center field. Saul W Schappert flies out to the right fielder. Frank K Crosby grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Chick Karros singles to center field. George James strikes out. Chick Karros steals second. Lou Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Kris Bowler grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City George K Mattick walks. Ray K Ozmer lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill K Moore strikes out. Bob K Fuller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Morimichi Yano grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Steve Pyburn singles to center field. Kiichiro Shimao grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Don K McKain strikes out. Ed K Marshall strikes out. Lemmy K Kilmeister flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Nobuyuki Hirayama grounds out to the shortstop. Marv Young singles to right field. Chick Karros triples. Marv Young scores. George James doubles to right field. Chick Karros scores. Lou Brown singles to left field. Kris Bowler strikes out. Morimichi Yano flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Saul W Schappert strikes out. Frank K Crosby grounds out to the second baseman. George K Mattick singles to right field. Ray K Ozmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Steve Pyburn singles to right field. Kiichiro Shimao pops out to the second baseman. Nobuyuki Hirayama flies out to the right fielder. Marv Young grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Steve Pyburn is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bill K Moore walks. Bob K Fuller pops out to the second baseman. Don K McKain strikes out. Bill K Moore steals second. Ed K Marshall strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Chick Karros flies out to the center fielder. George James hits a home run. Lou Brown strikes out. Kris Bowler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Lemmy K Kilmeister singles to right field. Saul W Schappert lines out to the shortstop. Frank K Crosby reached on a 2-base throwing error by Chick Karros. George K Mattick strikes out. Ray K Ozmer singles to right field. Lemmy K Kilmeister scores. Frank K Crosby scores. Ray K Ozmer steals second. Art Sepkowski 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 2nd. Bill K Moore grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Morimichi Yano singles to right field. Morimichi Yano steals second. Steve Pyburn singles to left field. Morimichi Yano scores. Joe K Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kiichiro Shimao doubles to right field. Steve Pyburn is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Nobuyuki Hirayama strikes out. Marv Young singles to center field. Kiichiro Shimao is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob K Fuller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Don K McKain strikes out. Ed K Marshall grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Chick Karros pops out to the shortstop. George James grounds out to the shortstop. Lou Brown grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Chuck Girard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Lemmy K Kilmeister grounds out to the second baseman. Saul W Schappert grounds out to the third baseman. Frank K Crosby grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5 Detroit total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Chick Karros is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rufus Sprout did not respond to coaching in arm Rufus Sprout improves in range Doug K Varney improves in velocity Harry K Cromer did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Johnson improves in contact_vs_righty Merv K McManus improves in contact_vs_lefty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lew McRae did not respond to coaching in control Lew McRae did not respond to coaching in endurance Gary Klinger did not respond to coaching in control Ken Davison did not respond to coaching in velocity Mel Anderson did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Brown did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dixie Maddox improves in LF