Inning: 1 Detroit Donnie Hargrave pitching. Bert Brady grounds out to the second baseman. Claude Rice flies out to the center fielder. Gerry Shea grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Gene Womack pitching. Adrian Blank flies out to the left fielder. Benny Black walks. Jack Motton hits a home run. Benny Black scores. Mickey Abreu singles to left field. Jim Hundley singles past the shortstop. Boots Ontiveros singles to left field. Mickey Abreu uses his aggressiveness and scores. Dick Crider grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Bud Watson flies out to the right fielder. Dick Page grounds out to the shortstop. Ryan Gumpert walks. Luke Schult grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Frank McNamara strikes out. Donnie Hargrave singles to left field. Adrian Blank flies out to the center fielder. Benny Black strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Rube Bovee grounds out to the pitcher. Gene Womack grounds out to the pitcher. Bert Brady pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Jack Motton flies out to the center fielder. Mickey Abreu walks. Jim Hundley singles to left field. Boots Ontiveros doubles to center field. Mickey Abreu scores. Hal Kilroy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Crider strikes out. Frank McNamara walks. Donnie Hargrave flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Detroit Claude Rice grounds out to the second baseman. Gerry Shea singles to right field. Bud Watson strikes out. Gerry Shea steals second. Dick Page strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Adrian Blank pops out to the shortstop. Benny Black flies out to the right fielder. Jack Motton singles past the shortstop. Mickey Abreu doubles to center field. Jack Motton uses his aggressiveness and scores. Don James comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Hundley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Ryan Gumpert strikes out. Luke Schult flies out to the left fielder. Rube Bovee grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Boots Ontiveros flies out to the left fielder. Dick Crider pops out to the third baseman. Frank McNamara walks. Donnie Hargrave singles to right field. Adrian Blank doubles to center field. Frank McNamara scores. Bob Tobin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Benny Black flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Bob Tobin flies out to the right fielder. Bert Brady grounds out to the shortstop. Claude Rice singles to center field. Gerry Shea singles past the shortstop. Bud Watson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gerry Shea is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Boston Jack Motton pops out to the first baseman. Mickey Abreu flies out to the center fielder. Jim Hundley singles past the shortstop. Boots Ontiveros flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Dick Page reached on a fielding error by Jim Hundley. Ryan Gumpert flies out to the left fielder. Luke Schult strikes out. Dick Page steals second. Rube Bovee strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Dick Crider strikes out. Frank McNamara flies out to the right fielder. Donnie Hargrave pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Phenomenal Hairston is pinch hitting for Bob Tobin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Phenomenal Hairston flies out to the left fielder. Bert Brady flies out to the center fielder. Claude Rice strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Juan King pitching. Newt Clarke is pinch hitting for Adrian Blank. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Newt Clarke walks. Benny Black doubles to left field. Jack Motton grounds out to the shortstop. Newt Clarke scores. Benny Black advances to third on the play. Steve Lopez is pinch hitting for Mickey Abreu. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Steve Lopez reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bert Brady. Benny Black scores. Jim Hundley pops out to the second baseman. Boots Ontiveros pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Gerry Shea grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bud Watson grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Page walks. Ryan Gumpert grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 6 Boston total runners left on base: 10
Batting:2B - Adrian Blank (31), Benny Black (17), Mickey Abreu (9), Boots Ontiveros (14).HR - Jack Motton (16).GIDP - Dick Crider. Fielding: E - Jim Hundley.
Game Notes Donnie Hargrave is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Estel Green improves in contact_vs_righty James Lee improves in contact_vs_lefty Estel Green improves in speed Warren Dunn did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dan Owen did not respond to coaching in velocity Milt Butler did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ray Lazzeri improves in range Ed Hobbie did not respond to coaching in control Dick Hageman did not respond to coaching in control Tim Farrell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dick Hageman did not respond to coaching in control Dick Hageman did not respond to coaching in control