Win: Rube Smith (14-5) Loss: Ray Leonard (10-11)
Save: Ernie Rhines (10)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Rube Smith pitching. Charlie Steineder lines out to the shortstop. Eddie Aloma pops out to the second baseman. Ed Overmire grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Ray Leonard pitching. Ray Williamson singles to center field. Jerry Wallace grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Luke Sheely doubles past the third baseman. Jimmie Schmidt singles to center field. Luke Sheely scores. Art Schult reached on a fielding error by Ron Fowler. Jud Sowders walks. Jim Smith flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Baltimore Ron Fowler flies out to the right fielder. Dot Lutz strikes out. Elmer Shields strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Jose Kerr doubles to center field. Rube Smith fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Rube Smith strikes out. Ray Williamson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Kerr advances to third on the play. Jerry Wallace strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Gary Hoover flies out to the right fielder. Sam Ball grounds out to the pitcher. Ray Leonard singles to right field. Charlie Steineder triples. Ray Leonard scores. Eddie Aloma strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Luke Sheely walks. Jimmie Schmidt grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Luke Sheely is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Art Schult singles to right field. Jud Sowders singles past the third baseman. Jimmie Schmidt scores. Jim Smith flies out to the right fielder. Jose Kerr grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Baltimore Ed Overmire grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ron Fowler singles to center field. Dot Lutz strikes out. Ron Fowler is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Rube Smith flies out to the right fielder. Ray Williamson strikes out. Jerry Wallace grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Elmer Shields singles to center field. Gary Hoover grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Elmer Shields is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Sam Ball strikes out. Ray Leonard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Luke Sheely grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Jimmie Schmidt doubles to left field. Art Schult singles past the second baseman. Jimmie Schmidt scores. Jud Sowders strikes out. Jim Smith singles to right field. Art Schult advances to third on the hit. Jose Kerr flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Baltimore Charlie Steineder singles to left field. Charlie Steineder steals second. Eddie Aloma grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Steineder advances to third on the play. Ed Overmire strikes out. Ron Fowler walks. Dot Lutz pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Rube Smith strikes out. Ray Williamson strikes out. Jerry Wallace singles to center field. Luke Sheely reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ron Fowler. Jimmie Schmidt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Baltimore Elmer Shields grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Hoover singles to left field. Sam Ball flies out to the center fielder. Tony Lynch is pinch hitting for Ray Leonard. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Tony Lynch singles to right field. Charlie Steineder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Paul Macha pitching. Art Schult pops out to the second baseman. Jud Sowders walks. Jim Smith strikes out. Jose Kerr singles to center field. Jud Sowders advances to third on the hit. Rube Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Baltimore Eddie Aloma singles to center field. Ed Overmire singles to center field. Eddie Aloma advances to third on the hit. Ernie Rhines 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 2nd. Ed Overmire steals second. Ron Fowler flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Eddie Aloma scores. Dot Lutz strikes out. Elmer Shields flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Ray Williamson flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Wallace flies out to the left fielder. Luke Sheely flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Gary Hoover doubles to center field. Sam Ball flies out to the center fielder. Hector McGhee is pinch hitting for Paul Macha. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hector McGhee grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Steineder walks. Passed ball. Gary Hoover advances to third. Charlie Steineder advances to second. Eddie Aloma grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Baltimore total runners left on base: 9 Detroit total runners left on base: 12
Batting:2B - Gary Hoover (14).3B - Charlie Steineder (6).SF - Ron Fowler. Baserunning: SB - Charlie Steineder (18), Ed Overmire (21).CS - Ron Fowler (6). Fielding: E - Ron Fowler 2.
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Steve Chambers did not respond to coaching in endurance Kerby Bass did not respond to coaching in control Luther Sanderson improves in speed Ed McLaughlin did not respond to coaching in control
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Steve Wilkinson improves in contact_vs_righty Shawn Lillis did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Charlie Lowry improves in power_vs_lefty Dan Shellenback did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Frank Durham did not respond to coaching in 3B