Win: Taisuke Hitomi (2-1) Loss: Mel Anderson (1-2)
Inning: 1 Detroit Taisuke Hitomi pitching. Bill Coble strikes out. Lou Brown singles past the second baseman. Chick Karros singles to left field. Lou Brown is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Pat Yowell pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Mel Anderson pitching. Ray Trimble singles to right field. Ray Trimble steals second. Balor Helms singles to center field. Ray Trimble scores. Vance Cromer singles to right field. Balor Helms advances to third on the hit. Mike Roque strikes out. Vance Cromer steals second. Jimmy Kelly grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Balor Helms scores. Vance Cromer advances to third on the play. Gary Stanhouse singles to right field. Vance Cromer scores. Chris Jefferson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gary Stanhouse is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Jim Haney grounds out to the shortstop. Julio Tavarez strikes out. Stan Lucas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ed Vollmer flies out to the center fielder. Taisuke Hitomi grounds out to the shortstop. Ray Trimble singles past the third baseman. Balor Helms grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Rudy Tomer strikes out. Mel Anderson flies out to the left fielder. Bill Coble strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Vance Cromer walks. Mike Roque singles to center field. Vance Cromer advances to third on the hit. Mike Roque steals second. Jimmy Kelly strikes out. Gary Stanhouse singles to left field. Vance Cromer scores. Mike Roque scores. Bill Lis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chris Jefferson flies out to the center fielder. Ed Vollmer hits a home run. Gary Stanhouse scores. Paul Thompson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Taisuke Hitomi pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Lou Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Chick Karros strikes out. Pat Yowell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ray Trimble grounds out to the second baseman. Balor Helms lines out to the third baseman. Vance Cromer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Jim Haney strikes out. Julio Tavarez grounds out to the shortstop. Stan Lucas grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Mike Roque grounds out to the shortstop. Jimmy Kelly strikes out. Gary Stanhouse strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Rudy Tomer singles to left field. Paul Thompson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Paul Thompson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bill Coble walks. Lou Brown grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bill Coble is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Chris Jefferson singles to left field. Ed Vollmer strikes out. Taisuke Hitomi fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Taisuke Hitomi walks. Ray Trimble singles to center field. Chris Jefferson scores. Taisuke Hitomi advances to third on the hit. Ray Trimble is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Balor Helms singles to center field. Taisuke Hitomi scores. Vance Cromer singles to right field. Mike Roque grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Chick Karros flies out to the left fielder. Pat Yowell strikes out. Jim Haney triples. Julio Tavarez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jimmy Kelly doubles to center field. Gary Stanhouse pops out to the shortstop. Chris Jefferson strikes out. Ed Vollmer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Nobuyuki Hirayama is pinch hitting for Stan Lucas. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Nobuyuki Hirayama strikes out. Rudy Tomer grounds out to the second baseman. Toshimi Sugi is pinch hitting for Paul Thompson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Toshimi Sugi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Ken Davison pitching. Taisuke Hitomi pops out to the second baseman. Ray Trimble flies out to the right fielder. Balor Helms flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Bill Coble flies out to the right fielder. Lou Brown singles to center field. Jim Banks 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 1st. Chick Karros strikes out. Pat Yowell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 4 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bernie Friberg improves in range Lixan Johnson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed Kerfeld did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bernie Friberg improves in range Bernie Friberg did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ted Powers did not respond to coaching in speed Ted Powers did not respond to coaching in 3B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Paul Grigsby did not respond to coaching in control Bill Valera did not respond to coaching in control Ed Scott did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Scott did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Grigsby improves in control Dick Chetkovich did not respond to coaching in range