Win: Shigenori Aoyama (10-9) Loss: Pat Deviney (8-17)
Inning: 1 Toronto Pat Deviney pitching. Jake Midkiff singles to center field. Bob Gonzalez singles to left field. Jake Midkiff advances to third on the hit. Bob Gonzalez steals second. Ezra Alston triples. Jake Midkiff scores. Bob Gonzalez scores. Gary Walberg grounds out to the second baseman. Ezra Alston scores. Pepper Smith doubles to center field. Bill Link grounds out to the shortstop. John Madden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Shigenori Aoyama pitching. Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Main walks. Bob Main is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Herm Creel singles to right field. Bill Raffensberger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Toronto Anthony Speece singles to center field. Shigenori Aoyama lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jake Midkiff flies out to the left fielder. Bob Gonzalez flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Steve Brown strikes out. Kazuo Nakajima strikes out. Lance Qualters grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Toronto Ezra Alston flies out to the right fielder. Gary Walberg doubles to center field. Pepper Smith doubles to center field. Gary Walberg scores. Bill Link singles to right field. Pepper Smith scores. Gary Owens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Madden pops out to the second baseman. Bill Link is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Ken Gladd flies out to the left fielder. Gary Owens strikes out. Tatsuya Mimura walks. Bob Main flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Toronto Anthony Speece singles to center field. Shigenori Aoyama fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Shigenori Aoyama singles to right field. Jake Midkiff lines out to the shortstop. Bob Gonzalez singles to center field. Anthony Speece scores. Ezra Alston strikes out. Gary Walberg lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Herm Creel flies out to the right fielder. Bill Raffensberger pops out to the second baseman. Steve Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Toronto Pepper Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Link walks. Ham Northrup comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Madden grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Link advances to second on the play. Anthony Speece grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Kazuo Nakajima singles past the first baseman. Lance Qualters grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ken Gladd flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Toronto Shigenori Aoyama grounds out to the shortstop. Jake Midkiff strikes out. Bob Gonzalez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Ham Northrup grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tatsuya Mimura singles to left field. Bob Main pops out to the third baseman. Herm Creel singles past the third baseman. Tatsuya Mimura advances to third on the hit. Bill Raffensberger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Toronto Ezra Alston hits a home run. Gary Walberg flies out to the right fielder. Pepper Smith walks. Bill Link flies out to the center fielder. John Madden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Steve Brown singles to right field. Kazuo Nakajima walks. Lance Qualters flies out to the left fielder. Ken Gladd hits an infield single to the second baseman. Ham Northrup strikes out. Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Toronto Anthony Speece triples. Shigenori Aoyama grounds out to the shortstop. Anthony Speece scores. Jake Midkiff singles to left field. Bob Gonzalez pops out to the shortstop. Jake Midkiff is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Bob Main reached on a 2-base fielding error by Pepper Smith. Herm Creel lines out to the third baseman. Bobby Rakers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Bill Raffensberger grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Toronto Ezra Alston flies out to the center fielder. Gary Walberg strikes out. Pepper Smith singles to left field. Pepper Smith is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Kazuo Nakajima grounds out to the second baseman. Jaime Welch is pinch hitting for Lance Qualters. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jaime Welch flies out to the left fielder. Ken Gladd reached on a 2-base fielding error by Pepper Smith. Jim Blowers is pinch hitting for Ham Northrup. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Blowers walks. Alex Meeler is pinch hitting for Tatsuya Mimura. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Alex Meeler walks. Bob Main singles to left field. Ken Gladd scores. Herm Creel grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Jim Blowers is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Toronto total runners LOB: 6 Detroit total runners LOB: 11
Batting:2B - Gary Walberg (31), Pepper Smith 2 (25).3B - Ezra Alston (5), Anthony Speece (3).HR - Ezra Alston (17). Baserunning: SB - Bob Gonzalez (40).CS - Jake Midkiff (20), Pepper Smith (14), Bill Link (7). Fielding: E - Pepper Smith 2.
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: D Improvements: Bill Cripe did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Doug Cassini did not respond to coaching in arm Butch Cuellar did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rex Gehrig did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pep Misuraca did not respond to coaching in 2B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Stiles did not respond to coaching in speed Yank Howard did not respond to coaching in control Dick Reynolds improves in power_vs_lefty Yank Howard improves in control Masao Santo did not respond to coaching in 1B