Win: Andy Cardenas (10-4) Loss: Bugs Swanson (2-10)
Inning: 1 Detroit Bugs Swanson pitching. Clarence Dobens triples. Bruce Burkle doubles to center field. Clarence Dobens scores. Ricardo Barker flies out to the left fielder. Glenn Sprinz walks. Archie Bauers strikes out. Kazuaki Sato singles to left field. Bruce Burkle scores. Glenn Sprinz advances to third on the hit. Joe Andersen strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Seattle Andy Cardenas pitching. George Riles pops out to the first baseman. George Knoblauch grounds out to the second baseman. Smoky Kramer singles to left field. Dave Brucker flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Chikao Taguchi singles to left field. Andy Cardenas lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Clarence Dobens strikes out. Bruce Burkle grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Seattle Jeff Himes strikes out. Joe Johnson singles to center field. Hugh Carpenter singles to center field. Tito Garibaldi flies out to the right fielder. Bugs Swanson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Ricardo Barker strikes out. Glenn Sprinz singles to left field. Archie Bauers flies out to the right fielder. Kazuaki Sato singles past the shortstop. Glenn Sprinz advances to third on the hit. Joe Andersen walks. Chikao Taguchi singles to center field. Glenn Sprinz scores. Johnny Montoyo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Andy Cardenas flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Seattle George Riles lines out to the shortstop. George Knoblauch singles to center field. Smoky Kramer strikes out. Dave Brucker strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Clarence Dobens strikes out. Bruce Burkle walks. Ricardo Barker grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Seattle Jeff Himes strikes out. Joe Johnson flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Hugh Carpenter singles to center field. Tito Garibaldi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Glenn Sprinz singles to center field. Archie Bauers singles to left field. Glenn Sprinz advances to third on the hit. Kazuaki Sato pops out to the shortstop. Passed ball. Glenn Sprinz scores. Archie Bauers advances to second. Joe Andersen singles to center field. Archie Bauers scores. Jim Henry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Passed ball. Joe Andersen advances to second. Chikao Taguchi flies out to the left fielder. Andy Cardenas singles past the shortstop. Joe Andersen scores. Clarence Dobens doubles to left field. Bruce Burkle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Seattle Jim Henry grounds out to the shortstop. George Riles grounds out to the shortstop. George Knoblauch flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Ricardo Barker strikes out. Glenn Sprinz grounds out to the shortstop. Archie Bauers flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Seattle Smoky Kramer grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Brucker strikes out. Jeff Himes pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Kazuaki Sato flies out to the center fielder. Joe Andersen singles to right field. Chikao Taguchi hits an infield single to the shortstop. Masami Kojima is pinch hitting for Andy Cardenas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Masami Kojima reached on a fielding error by Jim Henry. Clarence Dobens singles to left field. Joe Andersen scores. Chikao Taguchi scores. Masami Kojima aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bruce Burkle walks. Ricardo Barker triples. Masami Kojima scores. Clarence Dobens scores. Bruce Burkle scores. Glenn Sprinz singles to center field. Ricardo Barker scores. Buck Barkley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Relief pitcher has given up 5 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Archie Bauers strikes out. Kazuaki Sato strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Seattle Joe Renko pitching. Joe Johnson strikes out. Hugh Carpenter flies out to the right fielder. Tito Garibaldi flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Joe Andersen strikes out. Chikao Taguchi grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Koichi Ariyoshi is pinch hitting for Joe Renko. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Koichi Ariyoshi singles to center field. Clarence Dobens doubles to right field. Koichi Ariyoshi uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bruce Burkle walks. Ricardo Barker singles to center field. Clarence Dobens scores. Bruce Burkle advances to third on the hit. Glenn Sprinz hits a home run. Bruce Burkle scores. Ricardo Barker scores. Archie Bauers doubles to right field. Kazuaki Sato doubles to right field. Archie Bauers scores. Joe Andersen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Seattle Mike Daniels pitching. Nobuhiro Nakamura is pinch hitting for Buck Barkley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Nobuhiro Nakamura grounds out to the shortstop. George Riles flies out to the center fielder. George Knoblauch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Kim Whisenton pitching. Chikao Taguchi doubles to center field. Clay Sheridan is pinch hitting for Mike Daniels. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Clay Sheridan strikes out. Clarence Dobens grounds out to the shortstop. Bruce Burkle singles to center field. Chikao Taguchi uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ricardo Barker singles to center field. Bruce Burkle advances to third on the hit. Glenn Sprinz singles to center field. Bruce Burkle scores. Archie Bauers flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Seattle Cy Crawford pitching. Smoky Kramer strikes out. Dave Brucker singles to left field. Jeff Himes walks. Joe Johnson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jeff Himes is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Hugh Carpenter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners LOB: 12 Seattle total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Nobuhiro Nakamura is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mike Shearer did not respond to coaching in velocity Joe Powers did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Paul Raziano did not respond to coaching in range Joe Powers did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Hy Dean improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Powers did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Powers did not respond to coaching in 2B
Seattle Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jermaine Corkins did not respond to coaching in velocity Ernie Manville did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Gus Evans improves in range Elmer Mowry improves in range Erik Matuzak did not respond to coaching in speed Frank Wendell did not respond to coaching in velocity