Win: Snipe Breazeale (11-14) Loss: John Houck (20-7)
Save: Jim Ray (29)
Inning: 1 Detroit Snipe Breazeale pitching. Clarence Dobens singles to right field. Bruce Burkle walks. Ricardo Barker grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Clarence Dobens advances to third on the play. Archie Bauers lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Cleveland John Houck pitching. Joe Pena doubles to left field. Lenny Dessens doubles to center field. Joe Pena scores. Jay Hoffman grounds out to the pitcher. Michel Concepcion strikes out. Ab Clabaugh reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ricardo Barker. Lenny Dessens scores. Elmer Guzman grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Glenn Sprinz strikes out. Joe Andersen strikes out. Billy Timlin singles to center field. Ricardo Lastre strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Chuck Armas strikes out. Akiro Nakamura singles to right field. Snipe Breazeale lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Pena grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit John Houck flies out to the center fielder. Clarence Dobens strikes out. Bruce Burkle walks. Ricardo Barker grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bruce Burkle is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Lenny Dessens reached on a 2-base throwing error by Joe Andersen. Jay Hoffman strikes out. Michel Concepcion singles past the second baseman. Lenny Dessens scores. Ab Clabaugh singles to center field. Michel Concepcion is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Elmer Guzman singles to center field. Ab Clabaugh advances to third on the hit. Chuck Armas singles to left field. Ab Clabaugh scores. Elmer Guzman is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Archie Bauers doubles to center field. Glenn Sprinz grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Andersen flies out to the left fielder. Billy Timlin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Akiro Nakamura flies out to the right fielder. Snipe Breazeale grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Pena singles to right field. Lenny Dessens pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Ricardo Lastre strikes out. John Houck singles past the shortstop. Clarence Dobens flies out to the left fielder. Bruce Burkle strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Jay Hoffman grounds out to the second baseman. Michel Concepcion walks. Ab Clabaugh strikes out. Elmer Guzman singles to center field. Michel Concepcion advances to third on the hit. Chuck Armas singles to center field. Michel Concepcion scores. Akiro Nakamura pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Ricardo Barker grounds out to the second baseman. Archie Bauers flies out to the right fielder. Glenn Sprinz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Snipe Breazeale strikes out. Joe Pena grounds out to the shortstop. Lenny Dessens doubles to center field. Jay Hoffman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Joe Andersen grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Timlin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ricardo Lastre grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Michel Concepcion grounds out to the catcher. Ab Clabaugh grounds out to the second baseman. Elmer Guzman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Hiromitsu Hayashida comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Masami Kojima is pinch hitting for John Houck. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Masami Kojima strikes out. John Blanco is pinch hitting for Clarence Dobens. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. John Blanco strikes out. Joe Powers is pinch hitting for Bruce Burkle. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Powers reached on a fielding error by Lenny Dessens. Ricardo Barker doubles to right field. Joe Powers uses his aggressiveness and scores. Archie Bauers grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Mike Daniels pitching. Chuck Armas strikes out. Akiro Nakamura walks. Tony Smith is pinch hitting for Hiromitsu Hayashida. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tony Smith lines out to the shortstop. Joe Pena grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Akiro Nakamura is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Herm Driscoll pitching. Glenn Sprinz walks. Joe Andersen hits a home run. Glenn Sprinz scores. Jim Ray comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Billy Timlin singles to right field. Ricardo Lastre strikes out. Koichi Ariyoshi is pinch hitting for Mike Daniels. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Billy Timlin steals second. Koichi Ariyoshi reached on a 2-base fielding error by Ab Clabaugh. Billy Timlin scores. John Blanco grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Powers walks. Ricardo Barker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners left on base: 8 Cleveland total runners left on base: 8
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rich Sparks did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bob Mullin improves in control Erik Watt did not respond to coaching in speed Neal Loes did not respond to coaching in range Erik Watt did not respond to coaching in range Erik Watt did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Paul Raziano did not respond to coaching in SS
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Goodfellow improves in control Steve Cairo did not respond to coaching in velocity Aubrey Alexander improves in velocity Steve Cairo did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Goodfellow did not respond to coaching in control Emil Brewer improves in power_vs_righty