Win: Manuel Saffell (9-11) Loss: Thornton Donovan (14-9)
Inning: 1 Detroit Thornton Donovan pitching. Bill Coble strikes out. Chick Karros singles to right field. Pat Yowell singles to center field. Chick Karros advances to third on the hit. Jim Haney hits a home run. Chick Karros scores. Pat Yowell scores. Julio Tavarez strikes out. Stan Lucas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Manuel Saffell pitching. Jimmy Kelly lines out to the shortstop. Chris Hutchison flies out to the left fielder. Mike Pierce hits a home run. Mike Roque flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit George James doubles to left field. Rudy Tomer flies out to the right fielder. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Manuel Saffell grounds out to the third baseman. George James scores. Frank Pfister comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Coble singles to left field. Chick Karros walks. Pat Yowell grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ed Vollmer strikes out. Roy Roseman grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Stanhouse flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Jim Haney lines out to the third baseman. Julio Tavarez singles to center field. Stan Lucas singles to right field. Julio Tavarez advances to third on the hit. George James pops out to the second baseman. Rudy Tomer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Wayne Henry flies out to the center fielder. Frank Pfister singles to center field. Jimmy Kelly grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Frank Pfister is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Chris Hutchison flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Manuel Saffell flies out to the right fielder. Bill Coble flies out to the right fielder. Chick Karros grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Mike Pierce strikes out. Mike Roque strikes out. Ed Vollmer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Pat Yowell flies out to the left fielder. Jim Haney flies out to the center fielder. Julio Tavarez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Roy Roseman strikes out. Gary Stanhouse hits a home run. Wayne Henry strikes out. Frank Pfister grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Stan Lucas reached on a fielding error by Mike Pierce. George James grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Stan Lucas is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rudy Tomer triples. George James scores. Manuel Saffell flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Rudy Tomer scores. Bill Coble grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Jimmy Kelly grounds out to the third baseman. Chris Hutchison grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Pierce grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Chick Karros walks. Pat Yowell doubles to center field. Chick Karros uses his aggressiveness and scores. George Demaree comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Haney grounds out to the third baseman. Julio Tavarez grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Stan Lucas singles to right field. Pat Yowell scores. George James pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mike Roque strikes out. Ed Vollmer hits a home run. Roy Roseman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Stanhouse walks. Gary Stanhouse steals second. Pedro W Peploski 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. Wayne Henry singles to center field. Gary Stanhouse is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Rudy Tomer flies out to the right fielder. Kiichiro Shimao is pinch hitting for Pedro W Peploski. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Kiichiro Shimao singles to center field. Bill Coble walks. Chick Karros pops out to the first baseman. Pat Yowell singles to left field. Kiichiro Shimao scores. Jim Haney flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Art Sepkowski pitching. Nomar Green is pinch hitting for George Demaree. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Nomar Green flies out to the center fielder. Jimmy Kelly grounds out to the second baseman. Chris Hutchison singles to left field. Mike Pierce hits a home run. Chris Hutchison scores. George Patterson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Roque flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Abe Kennedy pitching. Julio Tavarez grounds out to the third baseman. Nobuyuki Hirayama is pinch hitting for Stan Lucas. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Nobuyuki Hirayama flies out to the right fielder. George James grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Ed Vollmer singles to left field. Roy Roseman strikes out. Ed Vollmer gets picked off first. Gary Stanhouse grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 7 Minnesota total runners LOB: 2
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bronson Kennedy did not respond to coaching in speed Bernie Friberg improves in arm Jose Brown did not respond to coaching in range Yuya Kiyama did not respond to coaching in velocity Kojiro Okamoto did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jose Brown did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ted Powers did not respond to coaching in 3B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Joe Foley did not respond to coaching in control Ray Trimble did not respond to coaching in arm Balor Helms improves in arm March Roberge improves in power_vs_lefty Tom Giggie did not respond to coaching in control Tom Giggie did not respond to coaching in control