Win: Mike Smith (4-4) Loss: Eric Weyhing (5-16)
Save: Hank Lieberthal (10)
Inning: 1 Boston Eric Weyhing pitching. Junior Latham doubles to right field. Dave Dietzel walks. Bob Boyd strikes out. Cy Silvera triples. Junior Latham scores. Dave Dietzel scores. Newt Wentzel walks. Bubba Martin strikes out. Scott McVey strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Detroit Mike Smith pitching. John Quirk flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Joyce strikes out. Herb Wortham grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Alex Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Mike Smith flies out to the center fielder. Junior Latham flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Gene Shirley grounds out to the second baseman. Mike McGillen strikes out. Baby Green grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Dave Dietzel strikes out. Bob Boyd walks. Cy Silvera grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Lep Pascual strikes out. Yoshiharu Fujii hits an infield single to the pitcher. Eric Weyhing lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Quirk walks. Jerry Joyce grounds into a force play to the third baseman. John Quirk is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Newt Wentzel reached on a fielding error by Herb Wortham. Newt Wentzel steals second. Bubba Martin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Newt Wentzel advances to third on the play. Scott McVey flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Newt Wentzel scores. Alex Johnson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Herb Wortham singles to center field. Gene Shirley flies out to the center fielder. Mike McGillen walks. Baby Green strikes out. Lep Pascual grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Mike Smith flies out to the right fielder. Junior Latham walks. Dave Dietzel walks. Bob Boyd strikes out. Cy Silvera hits an infield single to the third baseman. Newt Wentzel is hit by a pitch. Junior Latham scores. Shin Kondo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bubba Martin grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Detroit Yoshiharu Fujii grounds out to the shortstop. Shin Kondo grounds out to the second baseman. John Quirk grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Scott McVey grounds out to the shortstop. Alex Johnson strikes out. Mike Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Jerry Joyce pops out to the first baseman. Herb Wortham reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mike Smith. Gene Shirley flies out to the center fielder. Mike McGillen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Junior Latham grounds out to the pitcher. Dave Dietzel singles to center field. Dave Dietzel steals second. Bob Boyd flies out to the center fielder. Cy Silvera flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Baby Green grounds out to the third baseman. Lep Pascual pops out to the shortstop. Yoshiharu Fujii flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Newt Wentzel singles to center field. Newt Wentzel steals second. Bubba Martin walks. Chuck Biemiller 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. Scott McVey triples. Newt Wentzel scores. Bubba Martin scores. Alex Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Scott McVey scores. Mike Smith doubles to right field. Junior Latham singles past the third baseman. Mike Smith scores. Harry Almada is pinch hitting for Dave Dietzel. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Harry Almada walks. Bob Boyd pops out to the first baseman. Kid Baker is pinch hitting for Cy Silvera. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kid Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Ed Ledbetter is pinch hitting for Chuck Biemiller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Ed Ledbetter walks. Yasuhiko Odano is pinch hitting for John Quirk. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ed Ledbetter steals second. Yasuhiko Odano singles to left field. Ed Ledbetter scores. Tom Sebra is pinch hitting for Jerry Joyce. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tom Sebra singles to center field. Yasuhiko Odano advances to third on the hit. Tom Sebra steals second. Herb Wortham doubles to right field. Yasuhiko Odano scores. Tom Sebra scores. Gene Shirley flies out to the left fielder. Mike McGillen singles to center field. Herb Wortham scores. Baby Green singles to right field. Lep Pascual grounds out to the second baseman. Mike McGillen advances to third on the play. Baby Green advances to second on the play. Yoshiharu Fujii doubles to left field. Mike McGillen scores. Baby Green scores. Hank Lieberthal comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Ledbetter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Len Southworth pitching. Newt Wentzel flies out to the left fielder. Bubba Martin doubles to left field. Scott McVey grounds out to the second baseman. Bubba Martin advances to third on the play. Alex Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Yasuhiko Odano strikes out. Tom Sebra strikes out. Herb Wortham grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 9 Detroit total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Junior Latham (26), Bubba Martin (9), Mike Smith (1).3B - Cy Silvera (1), Scott McVey (1).SF - Scott McVey, Alex Johnson.GIDP - Cy Silvera.HBP - Newt Wentzel (1). Baserunning: SB - Dave Dietzel (19), Newt Wentzel 2 (5). Fielding: E - Mike Smith.
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jeff Sheldon improves in arm Ron Adams did not respond to coaching in velocity John Cooper did not respond to coaching in control Carl Pignatano did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jim Brusstar did not respond to coaching in SS
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Harry Jimenez improves in control Robinson Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Einar Valentin improves in velocity Hal White did not respond to coaching in arm Floyd Hall did not respond to coaching in SS