Win: Vic Bancroft (19-2) Loss: Bob Virgil (9-8)
Save: Ed Milligan (5)
Inning: 1 Detroit Bob Virgil pitching. Luke Schult grounds out to the third baseman. Zeke Scheffler grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Giallombardo singles to right field. Guy Haley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland Vic Bancroft pitching. Joe Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Neis doubles to left field. Tsutomu Aihara strikes out. Doc Day flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Phenomenal Hairston grounds out to the third baseman. Rube Bovee doubles to right field. Gerry Shea flies out to the center fielder. Bud Watson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Bob Lipski doubles to left field. Otis Janeski strikes out. Naoki Yokogawa grounds out to the third baseman. Chip Glenn grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Vic Bancroft strikes out. Luke Schult doubles to center field. Zeke Scheffler singles to right field. Johnny Giallombardo pops out to the first baseman. Guy Haley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Bob Virgil grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Bob Neis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Phenomenal Hairston flies out to the center fielder. Rube Bovee flies out to the right fielder. Gerry Shea strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Tsutomu Aihara singles to center field. Doc Day singles to center field. Tsutomu Aihara advances to third on the hit. Bob Lipski pops out to the second baseman. Otis Janeski grounds out to the pitcher. Doc Day advances to second on the play. Naoki Yokogawa grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Bud Watson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Vic Bancroft flies out to the right fielder. Luke Schult strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Chip Glenn grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Virgil flies out to the center fielder. Joe Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Zeke Scheffler grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Giallombardo lines out to the pitcher. Guy Haley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bob Neis singles to right field. Tsutomu Aihara singles to right field. Bob Neis is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Doc Day strikes out. Bob Lipski strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Phenomenal Hairston grounds out to the third baseman. Rube Bovee flies out to the center fielder. Gerry Shea flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Otis Janeski flies out to the left fielder. Naoki Yokogawa singles to center field. Chip Glenn grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Naoki Yokogawa is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Virgil flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Bud Watson strikes out. Luis Leiter is pinch hitting for Vic Bancroft. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Luis Leiter singles to left field. Luke Schult hits a home run. Luis Leiter scores. Zeke Scheffler reached on a fielding error by Bob Virgil. Johnny Giallombardo pops out to the first baseman. Guy Haley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ed Milligan pitching. Joe Johnson doubles to left field. Bob Neis grounds out to the pitcher. Tsutomu Aihara pops out to the second baseman. Doc Day grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Phenomenal Hairston singles to center field. Rube Bovee grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Phenomenal Hairston is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gerry Shea strikes out. Bud Watson walks. John Stripp 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. Ed Milligan grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bud Watson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Bob Lipski grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Otis Janeski grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Naoki Yokogawa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 7 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lou Welchonce improves in arm Lou Keeton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bob Stump did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ryan Gumpert did not respond to coaching in speed Dick Winkelsas improves in speed Chris Pettis improves in range
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Mark McQueen improves in arm Bill Hetki did not respond to coaching in velocity Yui Kawagoe did not respond to coaching in control Pete May did not respond to coaching in speed Eiji Suzuki did not respond to coaching in range Monte Jones improves in speed Dinny Stanton did not respond to coaching in 3B