Win: Opie Otterby (13-7) Loss: Snipe Breazeale (8-14)
Save: Tom Ryan (41)
Inning: 1 Detroit Snipe Breazeale pitching. Clarence Dobens strikes out. Ricardo Barker strikes out. Glenn Sprinz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Opie Otterby pitching. Joe Pena flies out to the center fielder. Dennis Northey lines out to the shortstop. Lenny Dessens grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Archie Bauers doubles to right field. Kazuaki Sato flies out to the left fielder. Clay Sheridan flies out to the right fielder. Don George singles to center field. Archie Bauers scores. Osdanis Gracial grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Don George is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Cloy Janowicz grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Michaelson strikes out. Chris Oliver grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Opie Otterby grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Clarence Dobens strikes out. Ricardo Barker grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Mule Diaz flies out to the center fielder. Tony Smith flies out to the left fielder. Snipe Breazeale strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Glenn Sprinz flies out to the right fielder. Archie Bauers strikes out. Kazuaki Sato singles to left field. Clay Sheridan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Joe Pena is hit by a pitch. Dennis Northey strikes out. Lenny Dessens walks. Cloy Janowicz walks. Jerry Michaelson strikes out. Chris Oliver doubles to right field. Joe Pena scores. Lenny Dessens scores. Cloy Janowicz is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Don George strikes out. Osdanis Gracial singles to left field. Opie Otterby 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 walks. Ricardo Barker singles to left field. Osdanis Gracial scores. Clarence Dobens advances to third on the hit. Glenn Sprinz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Mule Diaz strikes out. Tony Smith grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Snipe Breazeale grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Archie Bauers singles to center field. Kazuaki Sato strikes out. Clay Sheridan singles to center field. Archie Bauers advances to third on the hit. Don George flies out to the left fielder. Osdanis Gracial grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Cleveland Joe Pena grounds out to the pitcher. Dennis Northey grounds out to the third baseman. Lenny Dessens pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Masami Kojima is pinch hitting for Opie Otterby. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Masami Kojima grounds out to the second baseman. Clarence Dobens singles to left field. Ricardo Barker hits a home run. Clarence Dobens scores. Herm Driscoll comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Glenn Sprinz walks. Archie Bauers walks. Kazuaki Sato doubles to center field. Glenn Sprinz scores. Archie Bauers uses his aggressiveness and scores. Joe McLeod comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Clay Sheridan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Don George grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Joe Renko pitching. Cloy Janowicz singles to right field. Jerry Michaelson hits a home run. Cloy Janowicz scores. Mike Daniels comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chris Oliver singles to center field. Mule Diaz singles to left field. Tony Smith strikes out. Akiro Nakamura is pinch hitting for Joe McLeod. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Akiro Nakamura bunts for a base hit. Joe Pena pops out to the shortstop. Dennis Northey flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Detroit Carlos Drumright pitching. Osdanis Gracial grounds out to the third baseman. Brian Williams is pinch hitting for Mike Daniels. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Brian Williams singles to center field. Clarence Dobens flies out to the right fielder. Ricardo Barker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Tom Ryan pitching. Lenny Dessens grounds out to the shortstop. Cloy Janowicz strikes out. Elmer Guzman is pinch hitting for Jerry Michaelson. Elmer Guzman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Glenn Sprinz strikes out. Archie Bauers lines out to the first baseman. Kazuaki Sato flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Chris Oliver grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Mule Diaz walks. Tony Smith doubles to left field. Michel Concepcion is pinch hitting for Carlos Drumright. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Michel Concepcion grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Pena grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners LOB: 8 Cleveland total runners LOB: 6
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Billy Timlin improves in speed Paul Raziano did not respond to coaching in speed Sig MacDonald improves in power_vs_lefty Paul Raziano did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Joe Powers did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Hy Dean improves in arm Joe Powers did not respond to coaching in 2B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Tom Beech did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Steve Cairo did not respond to coaching in control Steve Cairo did not respond to coaching in velocity Tony Lipski did not respond to coaching in range Tim Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Terry Santorini did not respond to coaching in velocity Justin Potter did not respond to coaching in 3B