Win: Will Dempsey (7-10) Loss: Scott Thomas (8-4)
Save: Turkey Page (25)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Tom Giggie pitching. Dick Chetkovich strikes out. Balor Helms strikes out. Ray Trimble walks. March Roberge grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ray Trimble is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Rube Grate pitching. Mule Grich singles to left field. Mule Grich steals second. Bernie Friberg singles past the second baseman. Mule Grich scores. Bernie Friberg steals second. Jim Haney flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Lawton singles to left field. Bernie Friberg scores. Bronson Kennedy strikes out. Elbert Aust strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Vance Cromer grounds out to the shortstop. Chris Jefferson walks. Chris Jefferson is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Todd Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Dixie Maddox pops out to the third baseman. Billy Crouch grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Giggie grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Fred Krause grounds out to the second baseman. Rube Grate singles to left field. Dick Chetkovich triples. Rube Grate scores. Balor Helms strikes out. Ray Trimble singles to left field. Dick Chetkovich scores. March Roberge singles to center field. Ray Trimble advances to third on the hit. Vance Cromer pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Mule Grich grounds out to the shortstop. Bernie Friberg triples. Jim Haney flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bernie Friberg scores. Charlie Lawton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Chris Jefferson flies out to the left fielder. Todd Smith doubles to center field. Fred Krause walks. Rube Grate fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Rube Grate singles to right field. Todd Smith is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Fred Krause advances to third on the play. Dick Chetkovich grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Bronson Kennedy grounds out to the second baseman. Elbert Aust grounds out to the third baseman. Dixie Maddox grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Balor Helms grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ray Trimble strikes out. March Roberge grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Billy Crouch strikes out. Tom Giggie grounds out to the shortstop. Mule Grich doubles to left field. Bernie Friberg flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Vance Cromer strikes out. Chris Jefferson flies out to the center fielder. Todd Smith flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Jim Haney grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Lawton flies out to the left fielder. Bronson Kennedy grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Fred Krause flies out to the right fielder. Buck Brickell is pinch hitting for Rube Grate. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Buck Brickell flies out to the center fielder. Dick Chetkovich flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Scott Thomas pitching. Elbert Aust strikes out. Dixie Maddox flies out to the center fielder. Billy Crouch pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Will Dempsey 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. Balor Helms singles past the shortstop. Ray Trimble strikes out. March Roberge reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bernie Friberg. The defense is playing the infield in. Vance Cromer flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Balor Helms scores. Chris Jefferson walks. Todd Smith flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Mack Campbell is pinch hitting for Will Dempsey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mack Campbell grounds out to the second baseman. Mule Grich hits a home run. Bernie Friberg pops out to the shortstop. Jim Haney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Turkey Page pitching. Fred Krause grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Ragan is pinch hitting for Scott Thomas. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Mike Ragan walks. Billy Perdue is pinch running for Mike Ragan on 1st base. Dick Chetkovich grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Perdue advances to second on the play. Balor Helms flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8 Detroit total runners left on base: 2
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Phil Lint did not respond to coaching in velocity Rudy Hausmann did not respond to coaching in control Fritz Guzman did not respond to coaching in velocity John Collins improves in velocity Lefty Scott did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Pat Miller did not respond to coaching in velocity
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Shinya Maruo improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Tate improves in arm Buck Ramirez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dave Hemsley did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Buck Ramirez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jack Borbon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Art Lamabe did not respond to coaching in C