Win: Hunter Meeks (4-4) Loss: Greg Jackson (11-10)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Greg Jackson pitching. Edifus Fitzgerald flies out to the left fielder. Kaiser Myers pops out to the second baseman. Kevin Melillo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Al Armstrong pitching. Cornelius Marsh hits a home run. Glenn McAuley flies out to the left fielder. Jax Popplewell hits a home run. Chris White triples. Steve Maloney pops out to the catcher. Joe Brady doubles to left field. Chris White scores. Yasuo Takiuchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Gil Murff grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Hammer grounds out to the third baseman. Sam McAndrew strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Dan Rice doubles to left field. Greg Jackson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Greg Jackson singles to left field. Cornelius Marsh strikes out. Glenn McAuley strikes out. Jax Popplewell doubles to center field. Dan Rice scores. Chris White grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Ed Berran strikes out. Russ Davis strikes out. Al Armstrong grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Steve Maloney pops out to the third baseman. Joe Brady hits a home run. Yasuo Takiuchi grounds out to the second baseman. Dan Rice strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Edifus Fitzgerald reached on a 2-base throwing error by Joe Brady. Kaiser Myers singles to center field. Edifus Fitzgerald scores. Kevin Melillo hits a home run. Kaiser Myers scores. Gil Murff singles to center field. Jack Hammer singles to center field. Gil Murff advances to third on the hit. Sam McAndrew grounds out to the second baseman. Gil Murff scores. Jack Hammer advances to second on the play. Ed Berran walks. Russ Davis singles to right field. Jack Hammer scores. Sterling Christenbury comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Belk is pinch hitting for Al Armstrong. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Jack Belk walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Edifus Fitzgerald singles to left field. Ed Berran scores. Russ Davis scores. Jack Belk advances to third on the hit. Edifus Fitzgerald steals second. Kaiser Myers flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Jack Belk scores. Kevin Melillo singles past the second baseman. Edifus Fitzgerald scores. Gil Murff strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Hunter Meeks pitching. Sterling Christenbury strikes out. Cornelius Marsh walks. Glenn McAuley flies out to the left fielder. Jax Popplewell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Jack Hammer strikes out. Sam McAndrew strikes out. Ed Berran flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Chris White flies out to the center fielder. Steve Maloney pops out to the catcher. Joe Brady grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Russ Davis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hunter Meeks singles to right field. Edifus Fitzgerald triples. Hunter Meeks scores. Arlie Wright comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kaiser Myers grounds out to the third baseman. Edifus Fitzgerald scores. Kevin Melillo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Yasuo Takiuchi singles to right field. Dan Rice grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Chico Mahler is pinch hitting for Arlie Wright. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Chico Mahler strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Dick May pitching. Gil Murff pops out to the shortstop. Jack Hammer flies out to the center fielder. Sam McAndrew flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Cornelius Marsh grounds out to the shortstop. Glenn McAuley grounds out to the second baseman. Jax Popplewell lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ed Berran strikes out. Russ Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Hinrichs is pinch hitting for Hunter Meeks. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Brian Hinrichs pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Colby Clemens pitching. Chris White grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Maloney grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Joyce is pinch hitting for Joe Brady. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Joyce singles to left field. Yasuo Takiuchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Edifus Fitzgerald grounds out to the second baseman. Kaiser Myers strikes out. Kevin Melillo doubles to right field. Gil Murff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Dan Rice pops out to the first baseman. Ensign Cardenal is pinch hitting for Dick May. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ensign Cardenal walks. Cornelius Marsh flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! John Quirk is pinch hitting for Glenn McAuley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Quirk flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners LOB: 2 Detroit total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Jax Popplewell (30), Joe Brady (27), Dan Rice (20).3B - Chris White (7).HR - Cornelius Marsh (20), Jax Popplewell (20), Joe Brady (14).GIDP - Dan Rice. Fielding: E - Joe Brady.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike McGillen improves in range Lep Pascual did not respond to coaching in speed Mike McGillen did not respond to coaching in arm Henry Davis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Tony Brewer did not respond to coaching in 2B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Gene Shirley improves in power_vs_righty Jeff Easton did not respond to coaching in range Jeff Easton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tommy Anderson improves in speed