Win: Jim Speed (7-9) Loss: Ernie Belk (2-3)
Save: Cal Killebrew (28)
Inning: 1 Chicago Jim Speed pitching. John Prokopec singles to center field. Les Spindel walks. Zeke Diaz flies out to the left fielder. Earl Wood singles to right field. John Prokopec scores. Les Spindel advances to third on the hit. Harry Alvarez strikes out. Les Pettini grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Detroit Ernie Belk pitching. Harry Page flies out to the left fielder. Rip Schmidt pops out to the first baseman. Bernie Salkeld flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Chicago Lee Grover singles to center field. Jim Washburn flies out to the left fielder. Ernie Belk lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Prokopec strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Art Dean flies out to the left fielder. Toshio Horiuchi strikes out. Creepy Crider doubles to center field. Rod Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Chicago Les Spindel flies out to the right fielder. Zeke Diaz flies out to the right fielder. Earl Wood flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit George Torrez walks. Jim Speed lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Page strikes out. Rip Schmidt walks. George Torrez is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Chicago Harry Alvarez walks. Les Pettini singles to right field. Lee Grover singles past the shortstop. Harry Alvarez scores. Les Pettini advances to third on the hit. Jim Washburn singles to left field. Les Pettini scores. Lee Grover advances to third on the hit. Jim Washburn steals second. Ernie Belk strikes out. John Prokopec pops out to the third baseman. Les Spindel lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Bernie Salkeld triples. Art Dean hits a home run. Bernie Salkeld scores. Toshio Horiuchi strikes out. Creepy Crider grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Chicago Zeke Diaz grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Earl Wood walks. Harry Alvarez singles to left field. Les Pettini strikes out. Lee Grover singles to center field. Jim Washburn flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Detroit George Torrez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Les Spindel. Jim Speed lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Page walks. Rip Schmidt strikes out. Bernie Salkeld singles to left field. George Torrez scores. Harry Page advances to third on the hit. Bernie Salkeld steals second. Art Dean hits a home run. Harry Page scores. Bernie Salkeld scores. Toshio Horiuchi singles to left field. Creepy Crider grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Toshio Horiuchi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Chicago Ernie Belk grounds out to the third baseman. John Prokopec grounds out to the shortstop. Les Spindel walks. Zeke Diaz lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Rod Johnson walks. George Torrez reached on a 2-base fielding error by John Prokopec. Jim Speed grounds out to the second baseman. Rod Johnson scores. George Torrez advances to third on the play. Harry Page flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, George Torrez is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Chicago Earl Wood pops out to the third baseman. Harry Alvarez flies out to the center fielder. Herb Jackson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Les Pettini strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Rip Schmidt flies out to the right fielder. Bernie Salkeld reached on a 2-base fielding error by Jim Washburn. Art Dean strikes out. Toshio Horiuchi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Chicago Lee Grover singles to left field. Jim Washburn walks. Dick Bayless is pinch hitting for Ernie Belk. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dick Bayless grounds out to the shortstop. Lee Grover advances to third on the play. Jim Washburn advances to second on the play. John Prokopec flies out to the right fielder. John Katt is pinch hitting for Les Spindel. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Katt singles past the shortstop. Lee Grover scores. Jim Washburn scores. Zeke Diaz grounds into a force play to the third baseman. John Katt is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Fred Schulz pitching. Creepy Crider flies out to the right fielder. Rod Johnson hits a home run. George Torrez strikes out. Ben Dees is pinch hitting for Herb Jackson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ben Dees flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Chicago Cal Killebrew pitching. Earl Wood grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Harry Alvarez lines out to the first baseman. Les Pettini flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Chicago total runners left on base: 10 Detroit total runners left on base: 4
Game Notes Art Dean is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
Chicago Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ed Bradford did not respond to coaching in control Neal Robinson improves in control Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Owen Legg did not respond to coaching in control Craig Kostal improves in speed Mike Heffernan did not respond to coaching in endurance
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ernie Haydel did not respond to coaching in speed Fred Jourdan improves in arm Roy Creeden improves in contact_vs_lefty Roy Creeden did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Fred Jourdan improves in contact_vs_righty Ernie Haydel did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Eddie Brown did not respond to coaching in SS