Win: Seth Ott (1-0) Loss: Ben Weiser (0-1)
Save: Clay Vuckovich (1)
Inning: 1 Detroit Seth Ott pitching. Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the third baseman. Kunio Togano grounds out to the shortstop. Herm Creel walks. Steve Brown hits a home run. Herm Creel scores. Jim Blowers singles past the third baseman. Lance Qualters singles to center field. Jim Blowers advances to third on the hit. Bill Raffensberger grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Toronto Ben Weiser pitching. Billy Rath strikes out. Ezra Alston lines out to the first baseman. Pepper Smith doubles to right field. Carter Dolan singles past the first baseman. Pepper Smith scores. John Madden pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Ken Gladd strikes out. Ben Weiser strikes out. Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Toronto Beauty Jones triples. Bill Cripe lines out to the second baseman. Frank Jaha singles to left field. Beauty Jones scores. Seth Ott lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Frank Jaha forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Billy Rath grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Kunio Togano reached on a 2-base throwing error by Billy Rath. Herm Creel strikes out. Steve Brown singles to right field. Kunio Togano scores. Jim Blowers flies out to the center fielder. Lance Qualters grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Steve Brown is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Toronto Ezra Alston triples. Pepper Smith singles to center field. Ezra Alston scores. Carter Dolan singles to center field. Pepper Smith advances to third on the hit. John Madden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pepper Smith scores. Carter Dolan advances to second on the play. Beauty Jones walks. Roland Short comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Passed ball. Carter Dolan advances to third. Beauty Jones advances to second. Bill Cripe singles to right field. Carter Dolan scores. Beauty Jones scores. Frank Jaha strikes out. Seth Ott flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Bill Raffensberger strikes out. Ken Gladd grounds out to the shortstop. Roland Short strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Toronto Billy Rath strikes out. Ezra Alston grounds out to the shortstop. Pepper Smith pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the third baseman. Kunio Togano is hit by a pitch. Herm Creel singles to right field. Kunio Togano advances to third on the hit. Herm Creel steals second. Steve Brown flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Kunio Togano scores. Jim Blowers walks. Lance Qualters singles to left field. Herm Creel is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Toronto Carter Dolan pops out to the third baseman. John Madden strikes out. Beauty Jones walks. Bill Cripe pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Bill Raffensberger strikes out. Ken Gladd flies out to the center fielder. Roland Short reached on a fielding error by Billy Rath. Tatsuya Mimura pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Toronto Frank Jaha flies out to the right fielder. Jake Midkiff is pinch hitting for Seth Ott. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Jake Midkiff reached on a fielding error by Ken Gladd. Billy Rath hits a home run. Jake Midkiff scores. Ezra Alston strikes out. Pepper Smith pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Hiroyuki Ozaki pitching. Kunio Togano lines out to the second baseman. Herm Creel walks. Steve Brown hits a home run. Herm Creel scores. Jim Blowers pops out to the shortstop. Lance Qualters singles to right field. Bill Raffensberger singles to left field. Lance Qualters advances to third on the hit. Ken Gladd pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Toronto Carter Dolan walks. Boris Pasternak comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Madden grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Beauty Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Bob Main is pinch hitting for Boris Pasternak. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Bob Main flies out to the right fielder. Clay Vuckovich 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. Tatsuya Mimura flies out to the left fielder. Kunio Togano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Toronto Pedro Williams pitching. Bill Cripe reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ken Gladd. Frank Jaha doubles to center field. Bill Cripe scores. Clay Vuckovich fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Clay Vuckovich flies out to the right fielder. Billy Rath strikes out. Frank Jaha gets picked off second (1-6). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Herm Creel singles to right field. Steve Brown grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Herm Creel is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jim Blowers singles to left field. Steve Brown advances to third on the hit. Lance Qualters strikes out. Bill Raffensberger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners left on base: 9 Toronto total runners left on base: 4
Batting:2B - Pepper Smith (3), Frank Jaha (1).3B - Ezra Alston (2), Beauty Jones (1).HR - Billy Rath (1).GIDP - John Madden. Fielding: E - Billy Rath 2.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chris Lefebvre did not respond to coaching in endurance Denny Phelps improves in control Bunny Wellman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Al Stiles improves in speed
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C- Improvements: Rex Gehrig improves in arm Bill Darby improves in control Ike King improves in range Bama Turner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Butch Cuellar did not respond to coaching in 1B