Win: Guy Bertaina (4-4) Loss: Don Sasser (9-9)
Save: Bucky Glenn (4)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Don Sasser pitching. Oddibe Knoll flies out to the right fielder. Chuck Kaiser grounds out to the pitcher. Rick Fisher strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Guy Bertaina pitching. Mike Smith grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Ricci grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Kekich pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tim Tate reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bob Kekich. Butts Girardi singles to left field. Tim Tate scores. Clarence Hernandez walks. Eddie Bateman singles to right field. Butts Girardi is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Clarence Hernandez advances to third on the play. Steve Ritterson flies out to the center fielder. Guy Bertaina strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Ricardo Hargrave triples. Larry Webster singles to left field. Ricardo Hargrave scores. Vicente Aragon flies out to the right fielder. Sam Stone singles to center field. Larry Webster advances to third on the hit. Bob Schmidt flies out to the right fielder. Don Sasser grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Oddibe Knoll strikes out. Chuck Kaiser doubles to right field. Rick Fisher flies out to the left fielder. Tim Tate singles to left field. Chuck Kaiser scores. Butts Girardi pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Mike Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Ricci grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Kekich grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Clarence Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Eddie Bateman flies out to the left fielder. Steve Ritterson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Ricardo Hargrave grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Webster grounds out to the second baseman. Vicente Aragon grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Guy Bertaina pops out to the shortstop. Oddibe Knoll walks. Chuck Kaiser walks. Rick Fisher walks. Tim Tate strikes out. Butts Girardi grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Oddibe Knoll is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Detroit Sam Stone singles to center field. Bob Schmidt grounds out to the shortstop. Sam Stone advances to second on the play. Sam Stone steals third. Don Sasser grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Clarence Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Eddie Bateman hits an infield single to the pitcher. Steve Ritterson flies out to the center fielder. Guy Bertaina walks. Oddibe Knoll flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Tom Ricci grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bob Kekich strikes out. Ricardo Hargrave grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Chuck Kaiser hits a home run. Rick Fisher triples. Russ Ley 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. Tim Tate singles to right field. Rick Fisher scores. Butts Girardi doubles to center field. Clarence Hernandez grounds out to the third baseman. Eddie Bateman flies out to the left fielder. Steve Ritterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Larry Webster flies out to the left fielder. Vicente Aragon grounds out to the shortstop. Sam Stone singles to right field. Bob Schmidt grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Sam Stone is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Joe Just is pinch hitting for Guy Bertaina. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Joe Just flies out to the left fielder. Oddibe Knoll doubles to right field. Chuck Kaiser pops out to the shortstop. Rick Fisher strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Bucky Glenn pitching. Todd Ballenger is pinch hitting for Russ Ley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Todd Ballenger grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Smith strikes out. Tom Ricci grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Brady Barrett pitching. Tim Tate singles to left field. Butts Girardi flies out to the right fielder. Clarence Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Tate advances to second on the play. Eddie Bateman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Bob Kekich singles to right field. Bob Kekich steals second. Ricardo Hargrave singles to right field. Bob Kekich scores. Larry Webster singles to center field. Leo Teed is pinch hitting for Vicente Aragon. Leo Teed grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ricardo Hargrave advances to third on the play. Sam Stone singles to right field. Ricardo Hargrave scores. Bob Schmidt reached on a 2-base throwing error by Tim Tate. Tom Demery is pinch hitting for Brady Barrett. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Demery grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners LOB: 12 Detroit total runners LOB: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jose Ford improves in contact_vs_lefty Ralph Cipriani improves in power_vs_righty Hank Penn improves in range Scott Torres did not respond to coaching in range Brad Didier did not respond to coaching in C
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jim Wenz did not respond to coaching in control Hal Smoltz did not respond to coaching in control Otto Vidal did not respond to coaching in control Otto Vidal did not respond to coaching in velocity Joel Collins did not respond to coaching in SS