Win: Bill Reuschel (1-3) Loss: Dave Lavelle (5-10)
Save: Ervin Ollom (12)
Inning: 1 Detroit Dave Lavelle pitching. Barry Jackson is hit by a pitch. Salty Hassett pops out to the third baseman. Masataka Higashida singles to left field. John Spoljaric grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Barry Jackson is out at third base. Yulieski Cespedes walks. Bill Bowman hits a home run. Masataka Higashida scores. John Spoljaric scores. Yulieski Cespedes scores. Freddy Nyman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Osvaldo Moreno singles past the second baseman. Tom Leary strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles Bill Reuschel pitching. Lee Huffman lines out to the third baseman. Larry DiPietro lines out to the shortstop. Jack Royster walks. John Ayers flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Bill Reuschel pops out to the first baseman. Barry Jackson grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Salty Hassett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Bill Hernandez strikes out. Bob Kleinhans flies out to the left fielder. Larry Grantham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Masataka Higashida grounds out to the second baseman. John Spoljaric lines out to the shortstop. Yulieski Cespedes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Charlie Curtis singles to center field. Charlie Curtis steals second. Freddy Nyman pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Lee Huffman walks. Larry DiPietro flies out to the right fielder. Jack Royster grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Bill Bowman flies out to the right fielder. Osvaldo Moreno flies out to the center fielder. Tom Leary flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Los Angeles John Ayers doubles past the third baseman. Bill Hernandez grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! John Ayers advances to third on the play. Bob Kleinhans grounds out to the pitcher. Larry Grantham grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Bill Reuschel is hit by a pitch. Barry Jackson doubles past the first baseman. Salty Hassett singles to left field. Bill Reuschel scores. Mike Kelly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Salty Hassett is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Masataka Higashida walks. John Spoljaric grounds into a 3-6-3 double play - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Charlie Curtis grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Kelly doubles to center field. Mike Kelly is out trying to steal third. Lee Huffman pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Yulieski Cespedes strikes out. Bill Bowman singles to center field. Bill Bowman is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Osvaldo Moreno flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Larry DiPietro doubles to left field. Jack Royster lines out to the shortstop. Larry DiPietro is out trying to steal third. John Ayers singles to left field. Bill Hernandez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Tom Leary strikes out. Bill Reuschel strikes out. Barry Jackson lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Bob Kleinhans singles to center field. Larry Grantham hits a home run. Bob Kleinhans scores. Charlie Curtis grounds out to the shortstop. Buster Edenfield is pinch hitting for Mike Kelly. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Buster Edenfield lines out to the second baseman. Lee Huffman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Ulric Upshaw pitching. Salty Hassett pops out to the second baseman. Masataka Higashida strikes out. John Spoljaric strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Steve Alston enters the game as a defensive replacement for John Spoljaric at SS. Larry DiPietro doubles to center field. Ervin Ollom 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. Jack Royster strikes out. John Ayers pops out to the first baseman. Bill Hernandez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Yulieski Cespedes singles to right field. Bill Bowman pops out to the third baseman. Osvaldo Moreno reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bob Kleinhans. Tom Leary flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Yulieski Cespedes scores. Ervin Ollom grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Bob Kleinhans walks. Larry Grantham singles to right field. Bob Kleinhans is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Charlie Curtis flies out to the right fielder. John Nahorodny is pinch hitting for Ulric Upshaw. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Nahorodny grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Larry Grantham is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners LOB: 3 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Barry Jackson (7).HR - Bill Bowman (9).SF - Tom Leary.GIDP - John Spoljaric.HBP - Barry Jackson (2), Bill Reuschel (1). Baserunning: CS - Salty Hassett (9), Bill Bowman (9).
Batting:2B - Larry DiPietro 2 (10), John Ayers (9), Mike Kelly (1).HR - Larry Grantham (1). Baserunning: SB - Charlie Curtis (4).CS - Larry DiPietro (4), Mike Kelly (1). Fielding: E - Bob Kleinhans.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Jim Phillips did not respond to coaching in arm Hugh Loughlin did not respond to coaching in control Steve Bancroft improves in power_vs_righty Matty Lindsay did not respond to coaching in range Joe Crowley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Minnie Shields did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Frank Taylor did not respond to coaching in C
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Howard Gillespie did not respond to coaching in control Art Eaton improves in contact_vs_lefty Al Morel did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Cowens did not respond to coaching in speed Kiyohiko Morishita did not respond to coaching in control Sal Alderson did not respond to coaching in speed Yukio Hashino did not respond to coaching in 3B