Win: Roy Willhite (11-8) Loss: Bob Tobin (6-7)
Save: Russ Seminara (35)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Bob Tobin pitching. Brothers McMullen hits a home run. Alejandro Smith walks. Alex Coluccio doubles past the third baseman. Alejandro Smith is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Jeff Matos grounds out to the pitcher. Jack Tomney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Roy Willhite pitching. George Pedre lines out to the first baseman. Zeke Scheffler grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Johnny Giallombardo flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Gene Graham pops out to the first baseman. Joe Slagle strikes out. Emmett Peden walks. Roy Willhite singles to center field. Emmett Peden advances to third on the hit. Brothers McMullen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Guy Haley strikes out. Bill Baker flies out to the left fielder. Luis Leiter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Alejandro Smith singles to left field. Alex Coluccio flies out to the right fielder. Alejandro Smith steals second. Jeff Matos flies out to the left fielder. Jack Tomney lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Alex Doll walks. Bud Watson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bob Tobin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Gene Graham strikes out. Joe Slagle singles to center field. Emmett Peden singles to center field. Joe Slagle advances to third on the hit. Roy Willhite flies out to the right fielder. Brothers McMullen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit George Pedre strikes out. Zeke Scheffler grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Giallombardo walks. Guy Haley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Alejandro Smith singles past the first baseman. Alejandro Smith steals second. Alex Coluccio strikes out. Jeff Matos grounds out to the second baseman. Alejandro Smith advances to third on the play. Jack Tomney strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Bill Baker flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Luis Leiter grounds out to the catcher. Alex Doll strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Gene Graham singles to right field. Kim Spencer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Slagle singles to center field. Gene Graham advances to third on the hit. Emmett Peden walks. Roy Willhite singles to left field. Gene Graham scores. Brothers McMullen grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Slagle scores. Emmett Peden advances to third on the play. Roy Willhite advances to second on the play. Vic Bancroft comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Alejandro Smith singles to left field. Emmett Peden scores. Alejandro Smith steals second. Alex Coluccio reached on a 2-base throwing error by Johnny Giallombardo. Roy Willhite scores. Alejandro Smith scores. Jeff Matos grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Coluccio advances to third on the play. Jack Tomney singles to left field. Alex Coluccio scores. Gene Graham grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Bud Watson flies out to the left fielder. Vic Bancroft grounds out to the shortstop. George Pedre singles to right field. Zeke Scheffler singles to left field. George Pedre advances to third on the hit. Johnny Giallombardo singles to right field. George Pedre scores. Guy Haley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Joe Slagle flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Emmett Peden flies out to the left fielder. Roy Willhite grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Bill Baker strikes out. Luis Leiter flies out to the left fielder. Alex Doll singles to center field. Bud Watson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Alex Doll is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Brothers McMullen walks. Brothers McMullen steals second. Alejandro Smith strikes out. Alex Coluccio singles to left field. Brothers McMullen scores. Jeff Matos flies out to the right fielder. Alex Coluccio is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Gerry Shea is pinch hitting for Vic Bancroft. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Gerry Shea strikes out. George Pedre reached on a fielding error by Emmett Peden. Bob DeVoy 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. Zeke Scheffler reached on a 2-base throwing error by Brothers McMullen. Johnny Giallombardo doubles to center field. George Pedre scores. Zeke Scheffler scores. Guy Haley strikes out. Bill Baker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Pat Waldbauer pitching. Jack Tomney walks. Gene Graham grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jack Tomney is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Joe Slagle grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Luis Leiter flies out to the center fielder. Alex Doll flies out to the left fielder. Bud Watson singles to center field. Puppy Mills is pinch hitting for Pat Waldbauer. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Puppy Mills is hit by a pitch. George Pedre singles to center field. Russ Seminara comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Zeke Scheffler strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Kansas City total runners LOB: 8 Detroit total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Bob Tobin is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ramon Sullivan did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Pabor improves in arm Bill Carney did not respond to coaching in control George Bergamo did not respond to coaching in control Bill Leverette did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty George Bergamo did not respond to coaching in velocity
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Harry Tennant did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bubba Ruszkowski improves in power_vs_righty Bubba Ruszkowski did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Claude Rice did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Gene Miller did not respond to coaching in arm Carl Service improves in contact_vs_lefty