Win: Paul Meyer (6-2) Loss: Tadashi Tezuka (4-5)
Save: Pedro Williams (11)
Inning: 1 Detroit Tadashi Tezuka pitching. Tatsuya Mimura strikes out. Kunio Togano hits a home run. Herm Creel singles to right field. Steve Brown flies out to the right fielder. Kazuo Nakajima flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Paul Meyer pitching. J.C. Heintzelman strikes out. Juan Martin singles to left field. Juan Martin steals second. Bob Dashiell grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Montalvo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Lance Qualters grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Raffensberger strikes out. Ken Gladd strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Alan Castino grounds out to the pitcher. Marty Sargent flies out to the center fielder. Peter Anderson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Paul Meyer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tatsuya Mimura pops out to the shortstop. Kunio Togano strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bobby Kiefer singles to center field. Tadashi Tezuka lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. J.C. Heintzelman singles to center field. Bobby Kiefer scores. J.C. Heintzelman is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Juan Martin pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Herm Creel singles to right field. Steve Brown grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Herm Creel is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Steve Brown is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Kazuo Nakajima singles to right field. Lance Qualters grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kazuo Nakajima is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bob Dashiell grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Montalvo walks. Alan Castino strikes out. Marty Sargent strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Bill Raffensberger flies out to the center fielder. Ken Gladd walks. Paul Meyer fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Paul Meyer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Peter Anderson. Tatsuya Mimura singles to center field. Ken Gladd scores. Kunio Togano singles to left field. Paul Meyer scores. Tatsuya Mimura advances to third on the hit. Herm Creel flies out to the left fielder. Steve Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Peter Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Kiefer singles to center field. Tadashi Tezuka lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Bobby Kiefer forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). J.C. Heintzelman pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Kazuo Nakajima grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Lance Qualters strikes out. Bill Raffensberger walks. Ken Gladd singles to left field. Paul Meyer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Juan Martin grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Dashiell singles to center field. Ron Montalvo grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Tatsuya Mimura walks. Kunio Togano singles to center field. Tatsuya Mimura advances to third on the hit. Herm Creel strikes out. Steve Brown walks. Kazuo Nakajima walks. Tatsuya Mimura scores. Denis Paredes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lance Qualters flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Kunio Togano scores. Bill Raffensberger walks. Ken Gladd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Kansas City Alan Castino grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marty Sargent flies out to the right fielder. Peter Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Paul Meyer singles to left field. Tatsuya Mimura is hit by a pitch. Kunio Togano strikes out. Herm Creel strikes out. Passed ball. Paul Meyer advances to third. Tatsuya Mimura advances to second. Steve Brown walks. Kazuo Nakajima grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bobby Kiefer grounds out to the pitcher. Robert Congalton is pinch hitting for Denis Paredes. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Robert Congalton flies out to the right fielder. J.C. Heintzelman pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Dallas Gullic pitching. Lance Qualters flies out to the center fielder. Bill Raffensberger grounds out to the third baseman. Ken Gladd grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Juan Martin walks. Boris Pasternak comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 1st. Bob Dashiell grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Juan Martin is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ron Montalvo walks. Pedro Williams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Alan Castino flies out to the right fielder. Marty Sargent strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners LOB: 12 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sparky Harper improves in velocity Bill White did not respond to coaching in control Dick Reynolds did not respond to coaching in range Bill White improves in velocity
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Chris Miller improves in range Eddie Trinkle improves in contact_vs_righty Chuck Sharrott did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Del Bagby did not respond to coaching in velocity