Win: Billy Niebergall (8-4) Loss: Bill Reuschel (5-10)
Save: Doug Barnes (4)
Inning: 1 Detroit Billy Niebergall pitching. Bill Maul pops out to the second baseman. Tom Leary flies out to the left fielder. Osvaldo Moreno walks. Bill Bowman singles past the second baseman. Osvaldo Moreno advances to third on the hit. Salty Hassett walks. Butch Howard strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 New York Bill Reuschel pitching. Gus Meloan flies out to the center fielder. Cliff Moran flies out to the center fielder. Joe Brito grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Jerry Grove walks. Masataka Higashida singles to left field. Bill Reuschel lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bill Maul strikes out. Tom Leary singles to center field. Jerry Grove scores. Masataka Higashida scores. Osvaldo Moreno strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Dick Alexander doubles to right field. Steve Look reached on a fielding error by Osvaldo Moreno. Steve Look steals second. Rich Jones strikes out. Les Boles flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Dick Alexander scores. Joe Malone singles to right field. Steve Look is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Bill Bowman grounds out to the second baseman. Salty Hassett strikes out. Butch Howard flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Billy Niebergall strikes out. Gus Meloan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Cliff Moran walks. Joe Brito singles past the third baseman. Cliff Moran advances to third on the hit. Dick Alexander walks. Steve Look singles to left field. Cliff Moran scores. Joe Brito scores. Dick Alexander advances to third on the hit. Rich Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Jerry Grove grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Masataka Higashida pops out to the second baseman. Bill Reuschel grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Les Boles flies out to the center fielder. Joe Malone pops out to the first baseman. Billy Niebergall lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Bill Maul grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Tom Leary singles to left field. Passed ball. Tom Leary advances to second. Osvaldo Moreno flies out to the center fielder. Bill Bowman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 New York Gus Meloan singles to left field. Cliff Moran grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Joe Brito singles to right field. Joe Brito steals second. Dick Alexander lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Salty Hassett singles to center field. Butch Howard singles to center field. Jerry Grove grounds into a 1-6-3 double play - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Salty Hassett advances to third on the play. Masataka Higashida grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Steve Look singles to left field. Steve Look steals second. Salty Hassett throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Rich Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Les Boles grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Look scores. Joe Malone flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Bill Reuschel strikes out. Bill Maul strikes out. Tom Leary flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Billy Niebergall flies out to the right fielder. Gus Meloan singles past the first baseman. Cliff Moran singles to center field. Gus Meloan advances to third on the hit. Francisco McMullin 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. Cliff Moran steals second. Joe Brito walks. Dick Alexander grounds out to the second baseman. Gus Meloan scores. Cliff Moran advances to third on the play. Joe Brito advances to second on the play. Steve Look flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Osvaldo Moreno singles to center field. Doug Barnes 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. Bill Bowman grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Osvaldo Moreno is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Salty Hassett strikes out. Butch Howard grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bill Bowman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Rich Jones flies out to the center fielder. Les Boles strikes out. Joe Malone pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Jerry Grove flies out to the center fielder. Masataka Higashida strikes out. Johnny King is pinch hitting for Francisco McMullin. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Johnny King strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 7 New York total runners left on base: 6
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Fred Starr did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Phillips improves in contact_vs_lefty Frank Taylor did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lyn Kunkel did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Phillips did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Lenny Chiles did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Frank Taylor did not respond to coaching in C
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bobby Hardtke did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Hardtke did not respond to coaching in velocity Bobby Hardtke improves in control Bob Ryan improves in power_vs_lefty Tex Daniels did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bobby Hardtke improves in velocity