Win: Eduardo Vina (11-6) Loss: Bunny Jurak (4-10)
Save: Rod Fritz (14)
Inning: 1 Detroit Eduardo Vina pitching. Luke Schult singles to right field. Zeke Scheffler grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Johnny Giallombardo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Bunny Jurak pitching. Joe Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Neis flies out to the right fielder. Otis Janeski walks. Otis Janeski is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Guy Haley flies out to the right fielder. Phenomenal Hairston grounds out to the shortstop. Rube Bovee grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Stan Morrissey hits a home run. Tsutomu Aihara flies out to the center fielder. Naoki Yokogawa hits a home run. Akira Matsuda flies out to the center fielder. Dinny Stanton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Alex Doll doubles to right field. Bud Watson singles to right field. Alex Doll scores. Bunny Jurak lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Luke Schult strikes out. Zeke Scheffler strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Eduardo Vina singles to center field. Joe Johnson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Eduardo Vina is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Neis hits an infield single to the second baseman. Otis Janeski singles to right field. Stan Morrissey walks. Joe Johnson scores. Tsutomu Aihara singles past the shortstop. Bob Neis scores. Otis Janeski scores. Stan Morrissey advances to third on the hit. Naoki Yokogawa strikes out. Akira Matsuda triples. Stan Morrissey scores. Tsutomu Aihara scores. Tony Goldy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dinny Stanton walks. Eduardo Vina strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Johnny Giallombardo grounds out to the shortstop. Guy Haley flies out to the left fielder. Phenomenal Hairston hits a home run. Rube Bovee flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Joe Johnson doubles to left field. Bob Neis grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Johnson advances to third on the play. Otis Janeski walks. Stan Morrissey grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Alex Doll singles to left field. Bud Watson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Alex Doll advances to second on the play. Tony Goldy flies out to the center fielder. Luke Schult walks. Zeke Scheffler singles to right field. Alex Doll scores. Luke Schult advances to third on the hit. Johnny Giallombardo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Tsutomu Aihara grounds out to the third baseman. Naoki Yokogawa walks. Akira Matsuda walks. Dinny Stanton walks. Blas Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Campbell is pinch hitting for Eduardo Vina. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. George Campbell flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Joe Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Detroit Atsushi Matsuba pitching. Guy Haley walks. Phenomenal Hairston walks. Rube Bovee singles to right field. Guy Haley scores. John Stripp comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Doll strikes out. Bud Watson flies out to the right fielder. Blas Jones singles to right field. Phenomenal Hairston is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Bob Neis flies out to the right fielder. Otis Janeski singles to center field. Stan Morrissey singles to center field. Tsutomu Aihara lines out to the shortstop. Naoki Yokogawa pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Luke Schult reached on a fielding error by Stan Morrissey. Zeke Scheffler doubles to left field. Johnny Giallombardo grounds out to the pitcher. Guy Haley strikes out. Phenomenal Hairston doubles to right field. Luke Schult scores. Zeke Scheffler scores. Rube Bovee flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Akira Matsuda walks. Dinny Stanton lines out to the third baseman. John Stripp lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Johnson singles to right field. Akira Matsuda scores. Joe Johnson steals second. Bob Neis doubles to center field. Joe Johnson scores. Otis Janeski flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Ron Thompson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Stan Morrissey at 3B. Alex Doll grounds out to the shortstop. Bud Watson singles to right field. Rod Fritz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Baker is pinch hitting for Blas Jones. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Bill Baker flies out to the center fielder. Luke Schult grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Jake Hampton pitching. Ron Thompson flies out to the right fielder. Tsutomu Aihara lines out to the shortstop. Naoki Yokogawa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Zeke Scheffler singles to right field. Johnny Giallombardo strikes out. Guy Haley strikes out. Phenomenal Hairston lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 7 Cleveland total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Joe Johnson (23), Bob Neis (17).3B - Akira Matsuda (8).HR - Stan Morrissey (16), Naoki Yokogawa (12).GIDP - Stan Morrissey. Baserunning: SB - Joe Johnson (20).CS - Otis Janeski (1). Fielding: E - Stan Morrissey.
Game Notes Bunny Jurak is injured and is expected to be out 4 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jim Giles improves in range Bugs Candini did not respond to coaching in speed Bill Griffin did not respond to coaching in speed Bob Pierro did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Gil Rufer improves in range Estel Green improves in contact_vs_righty
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Johnny Betts did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mark McQueen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Eiji Suzuki did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Johnny Betts improves in power_vs_lefty Jess LeJeune did not respond to coaching in velocity Jess LeJeune did not respond to coaching in velocity Monte Jones did not respond to coaching in 3B