Win: Buck Russell (1-1) Loss: Trevor Castillo (1-1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Trevor Castillo pitching. Al Embree pops out to the third baseman. Rube Harris walks. Mac Falls strikes out. Minnie Stiely walks. Wes McMahan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Detroit Buck Russell pitching. Tommie Converse grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Pladson grounds out to the pitcher. Max Jackson singles to right field. Max Jackson steals second. Art Jakucki singles to right field. Max Jackson scores. Alex Locklear flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Romeo Hobbs strikes out. Cap Jennings singles to center field. Jack Sutherland grounds into a 6-4-3 double play - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Jose Pfund doubles to left field. Sol Spongberg grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Pfund advances to third on the play. Hank Tabor triples. Jose Pfund scores. Trevor Castillo strikes out. Tommie Converse strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Buck Russell strikes out. Al Embree doubles to left field. Rube Harris grounds out to the pitcher. Mac Falls singles to right field. Al Embree scores. Minnie Stiely flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Pat Pladson strikes out. Max Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Art Jakucki is hit by a pitch. Alex Locklear grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Art Jakucki is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Wes McMahan grounds out to the shortstop. Romeo Hobbs grounds out to the second baseman. Cap Jennings hits a home run. Jack Sutherland grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Jose Pfund singles to left field. Sol Spongberg walks. Hank Tabor pops out to the third baseman. Trevor Castillo lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tommie Converse grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Kansas City Buck Russell flies out to the center fielder. Al Embree walks. Al Embree is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Rube Harris strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Pat Pladson strikes out. Max Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Art Jakucki is hit by a pitch. Alex Locklear strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Mac Falls doubles to right field. Minnie Stiely flies out to the left fielder. Wes McMahan grounds out to the second baseman. Mac Falls advances to third on the play. Romeo Hobbs doubles to left field. Mac Falls scores. Cap Jennings doubles to center field. Romeo Hobbs scores. Jack Sutherland singles to right field. Buck Russell hits an infield single to the third baseman. Cap Jennings scores. Dennis Murphy comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Embree singles to right field. Rube Harris strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Detroit Jose Pfund flies out to the center fielder. Sol Spongberg flies out to the center fielder. Hank Tabor pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Mac Falls hits a home run. Minnie Stiely doubles to center field. Wes McMahan singles to center field. Minnie Stiely scores. Ed Richardson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Romeo Hobbs grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Wes McMahan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Cap Jennings strikes out. Jack Sutherland grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Romeo Hobbs is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Milton McGinn is pinch hitting for Ed Richardson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Milton McGinn walks. Tommie Converse flies out to the left fielder. Pat Pladson singles to center field. Milton McGinn advances to third on the hit. Max Jackson strikes out. Art Jakucki flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Heath pitching. Buck Russell flies out to the left fielder. Troy Rollins is pinch hitting for Al Embree. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Troy Rollins walks. Rube Harris grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Alex Locklear reached on a 2-base throwing error by Troy Rollins. Clarence Singleton is pinch hitting for Jose Pfund. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Clarence Singleton pops out to the pitcher. Sol Spongberg flies out to the right fielder. Hank Tabor strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Mac Falls singles to center field. Lou Dodge is pinch hitting for Minnie Stiely. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lou Dodge strikes out. Wes McMahan singles to left field. Brian Carsey is pinch hitting for Romeo Hobbs. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Brian Carsey walks. Cap Jennings flies out to the left fielder. Jack Sutherland grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Detroit Jim Gerlach comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Gene Hart is pinch hitting for Bob Heath. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Gene Hart walks. Charley Essegian is pinch hitting for Tommie Converse. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Charley Essegian grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Gene Hart is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Pat Pladson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 10 Detroit total runners LOB: 9
Batting:2B - Al Embree (2), Mac Falls (1), Minnie Stiely (1), Romeo Hobbs (3), Cap Jennings (2).HR - Mac Falls (3), Cap Jennings (1).GIDP - Rube Harris, Jack Sutherland. Baserunning: CS - Al Embree (2). Fielding: E - Troy Rollins.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Nick Fisher did not respond to coaching in velocity Gene Surhoff did not respond to coaching in control Doug Eaton improves in arm Kevin Riley improves in velocity Nelson Kelb improves in LF
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Fred Milner did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Grilli improves in power_vs_righty Jim Morris improves in arm Juan Kinsella did not respond to coaching in range