Inning: 1 Texas Herman McGee pitching. Fred Rucker singles to right field. Wayne Wedge grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Fred Rucker is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Gene Baker walks. Billy Linares flies out to the left fielder. Al Grodzicki singles to right field. Wayne Wedge scores. Walt Morman singles to center field. Gene Baker scores. Al Grodzicki advances to third on the hit. Danny Walker flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Detroit Art Shoupe pitching. John Jones flies out to the center fielder. Dick Brown singles to center field. Effie Kiser flies out to the center fielder. Greg Leonard singles to right field. Dick Brown advances to third on the hit. Bob Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Joe Moore singles to left field. Art Shoupe fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Art Shoupe strikes out. Fred Rucker flies out to the center fielder. Wayne Wedge singles to center field. Joe Moore advances to third on the hit. Gene Baker singles to center field. Joe Moore scores. Wayne Wedge advances to third on the hit. Gene Baker steals second. Billy Linares strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Curtis Byrd singles past the third baseman. Bill Knoop grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Urbane Cummings strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Al Grodzicki grounds out to the second baseman. Walt Morman flies out to the left fielder. Danny Walker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Herman McGee strikes out. John Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Joe Moore singles to center field. Art Shoupe lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Rucker flies out to the right fielder. Wayne Wedge pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Effie Kiser grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Leonard strikes out. Bob Smith singles to right field. Bob Smith is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Gene Baker grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Linares hits a home run. Al Grodzicki hits a home run. Walt Morman walks. Danny Walker flies out to the center fielder. Joe Moore is hit by a pitch. Art Shoupe pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Curtis Byrd reached on a 2-base fielding error by Wayne Wedge. Passed ball. Curtis Byrd advances to third. Bill Knoop reached on a fielding error by Walt Morman. Curtis Byrd scores. Urbane Cummings flies out to the center fielder. Herman McGee lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Jones singles to left field. Bill Knoop scores. Dick Brown singles to right field. Effie Kiser flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Fred Rucker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Wayne Wedge singles past the second baseman. Gene Baker flies out to the center fielder. Billy Linares doubles to center field. Wayne Wedge uses his aggressiveness and scores. Al Grodzicki hits a home run. Billy Linares scores. Yukihiro Ono comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Walt Morman grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Greg Leonard grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Bob Smith flies out to the right fielder. Curtis Byrd flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Danny Walker reached on a fielding error by Yukihiro Ono. Joe Moore walks. Art Shoupe lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to third for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. Joe Moore advances to second on the play. Joe Moore advances to second on the play. Fred Rucker grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Bill Knoop strikes out. Urbane Cummings singles to left field. Yukihiro Ono lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Jones grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Carlos Devine is pinch hitting for Wayne Wedge. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Carlos Devine singles to center field. Gene Baker grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Carlos Devine is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Billy Linares flies out to the right fielder. Al Grodzicki strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Dick Brown triples. Effie Kiser singles to left field. Dick Brown scores. Aramis Jurak 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. Greg Leonard lines out to the shortstop. Bob Smith hits a home run. Effie Kiser scores. Hank Freehan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Curtis Byrd singles past the shortstop. Bill Knoop flies out to the left fielder. Urbane Cummings strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Walt Morman flies out to the center fielder. Danny Walker strikes out. Joe Moore flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Lee Scharein enters the game as a defensive replacement for Carlos Devine at CF. Scott Brown comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Leon Kotke is pinch hitting for Yukihiro Ono. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Leon Kotke strikes out. John Jones walks. Dick Brown singles to left field. John Jones advances to third on the hit. Effie Kiser walks. Greg Leonard hits a home run. John Jones scores. Dick Brown scores. Effie Kiser scores. Texas total runners left on base: 9 Detroit total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Billy Linares (32).HR - Billy Linares (18), Al Grodzicki 2 (9).GIDP - Fred Rucker.HBP - Joe Moore (5). Baserunning: SB - Gene Baker (16). Fielding: E - Wayne Wedge, Walt Morman.PB - Danny Walker.
Game Notes Wayne Wedge is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Paul Griffin did not respond to coaching in speed Don Madden improves in speed Paul Griffin improves in speed Brandy Verble improves in power_vs_lefty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Honus Harstad did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Johnny Westlake improves in arm Don Haddix did not respond to coaching in velocity Scott Block did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Early Stephenson did not respond to coaching in 1B