Win: Charlie Clarkson (1-0) Loss: Nook Laloosh (0-1)
Save: Danny Wheeler (1)
Inning: 1 Texas Charlie Clarkson pitching. Tiger Mizeu strikes out. Wyatt Rains flies out to the left fielder. Benton Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Nook Laloosh pitching. Matt Leshnock singles to right field. Mike Smith grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Steve Congalton walks. Bob Kekich singles to left field. Steve Congalton is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Jake Bradford singles to right field. Rocky Heat grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jake Bradford is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Cianfrocco hits a home run. Rocky Heat scores. Slater Blue grounds out to the second baseman. Pop Eusebio pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Larry Webster flies out to the right fielder. Ricardo Hargrave flies out to the right fielder. Rudy Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Nook Laloosh strikes out. Tiger Mizeu singles to left field. Wyatt Rains strikes out. Benton Johnson singles to center field. Tiger Mizeu aggressively advances to third on the hit. Jake Bradford strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Vicente Aragon flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Clarkson grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Leshnock grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Rocky Heat flies out to the left fielder. Bob Cianfrocco strikes out. Slater Blue flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Mike Smith singles to right field. Steve Congalton grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Mike Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bob Kekich walks. Larry Webster flies out to the center fielder. Ricardo Hargrave flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Pop Eusebio grounds out to the second baseman. Nook Laloosh singles to center field. Tiger Mizeu grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Rudy Brown hits a home run. Vicente Aragon flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Clarkson pops out to the first baseman. Matt Leshnock walks. Matt Leshnock steals second. Mike Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Wyatt Rains flies out to the right fielder. Benton Johnson singles to right field. Benton Johnson steals second. Jake Bradford strikes out. Rocky Heat grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Steve Congalton strikes out. Bob Kekich grounds out to the shortstop. Larry Webster pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Bob Cianfrocco grounds out to the third baseman. Slater Blue singles to right field. Pop Eusebio grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Slater Blue advances to second on the play. Nook Laloosh flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Ricardo Hargrave singles to left field. Rudy Brown triples. Ricardo Hargrave scores. Vicente Aragon grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Clarkson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rudy Brown scores. Matt Leshnock walks. Humbo Bragg 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. Mike Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Tiger Mizeu reached on a 2-base throwing error by Larry Webster. Wyatt Rains pops out to the catcher. Benton Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Jake Bradford walks. Rocky Heat lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Steve Congalton singles to left field. Bob Kekich singles to center field. Steve Congalton advances to third on the hit. Larry Webster grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Steve Congalton scores. Ricardo Hargrave grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Danny Wheeler comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bob Cianfrocco walks. Slater Blue grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Cianfrocco is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pop Eusebio flies out to the right fielder. Zeb Brody is pinch hitting for Humbo Bragg. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Zeb Brody grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Slater Blue is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners left on base: 7 Detroit total runners left on base: 5
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Artie Allen improves in power_vs_righty Henry Blades did not respond to coaching in control Artie Allen improves in arm Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Flip Wilder did not respond to coaching in SS
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Hal Smoltz did not respond to coaching in control Jim Wenz did not respond to coaching in velocity George Ferreira did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Davis did not respond to coaching in control Otis Ferraro did not respond to coaching in 1B