Win: Hoot Aragon (12-5) Loss: Tommy Williamson (9-13)
Save: Tom Bere (15)
Inning: 1 Boston Tommy Williamson pitching. John Chapman flies out to the right fielder. Bob Tracy singles to right field. Jack Yoshii flies out to the right fielder. D Wills walks. John Meekin singles to left field. Bob Tracy scores. D Wills is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Hoot Aragon pitching. Dick Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Gyselman flies out to the center fielder. Bob Smith singles to center field. Urbane Cummings reached on a 2-base throwing error by Hideo Sogabe. Effie Kiser flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Boston Charlie Mackenzie singles to left field. Ray Brown walks. Hideo Sogabe singles to left field. Charlie Mackenzie uses his aggressiveness and scores. Hoot Aragon lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Ray Brown is thrown out at third. Hideo Sogabe advances to second on the play. Hideo Sogabe advances to second on the play. John Chapman singles past the first baseman. Hideo Sogabe scores. Stan Spence comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Tracy flies out to the center fielder. Jack Yoshii doubles to center field. Hoot Aragon scores. John Chapman uses his aggressiveness and scores. D Wills lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Yunier Rives singles to center field. Yunier Rives steals second. Bill Knoop flies out to the right fielder. Peter Wiggin strikes out. Stan Spence grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston John Meekin grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Mackenzie singles to center field. Ray Brown strikes out. Hideo Sogabe singles to center field. Hoot Aragon grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Dick Brown flies out to the left fielder. Ron Gyselman flies out to the left fielder. Bob Smith pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston John Chapman grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Tracy strikes out. Jack Yoshii grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Urbane Cummings grounds out to the third baseman. Effie Kiser grounds out to the third baseman. Yunier Rives strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston D Wills grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Tooley 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. John Meekin singles to left field. Charlie Mackenzie grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Bill Knoop is hit by a pitch. Bill Knoop steals second. Peter Wiggin grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Tooley strikes out. Dick Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Ray Brown strikes out. Hideo Sogabe flies out to the center fielder. Hoot Aragon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Ron Gyselman flies out to the right fielder. Bob Smith strikes out. Urbane Cummings grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston John Chapman flies out to the left fielder. Bob Tracy strikes out. Jack Yoshii flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Effie Kiser grounds out to the third baseman. Yunier Rives singles to left field. Bill Knoop flies out to the right fielder. Peter Wiggin grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Yunier Rives is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston D Wills singles to center field. John Meekin strikes out. Joe Whitehouse is pinch hitting for Charlie Mackenzie. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Whitehouse singles to right field. D Wills is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Ray Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Bill Tooley flies out to the center fielder. Joe Smith is pinch hitting for Dick Brown. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Gyselman singles to left field. Bob Smith singles to center field. Ron Gyselman advances to third on the hit. Bill Milstead 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. Urbane Cummings hits a home run. Ron Gyselman scores. Bob Smith scores. Effie Kiser walks. Yunier Rives doubles to center field. Effie Kiser uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Knoop walks. Tom Bere comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Peter Wiggin strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Hideo Sogabe singles to left field. Tom Bere lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Chapman singles to left field. Hideo Sogabe scores. Bob Tracy flies out to the right fielder. Jack Yoshii grounds into a force play to the second baseman. John Chapman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Jim Blong is pinch hitting for Bill Tooley. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Blong reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bob Tracy. Joe Smith pops out to the second baseman. Ron Gyselman grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Bob Smith hits an infield single to the pitcher. Urbane Cummings grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Boston total runners LOB: 6 Detroit total runners LOB: 9
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Stu Donovan did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Howard did not respond to coaching in speed Dan Grace did not respond to coaching in speed Paddy Kirsch improves in range Danny Smith did not respond to coaching in 1B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Monte Mercker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Early Stephenson improves in power_vs_lefty Early Stephenson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jeff Drake improves in arm Early Stephenson did not respond to coaching in 3B