Win: Doug Busse (1-0) Loss: Ed Hockette (1-1)
Save: Bill Hernandez (2)
Inning: 1 Detroit Larry Munch pitching. Bill Wathan grounds out to the shortstop. Russell Telgheder pops out to the shortstop. Marcus Pinn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Del Lennox pitching. Jack Sims strikes out. Chuck Fried strikes out. Tom Simon doubles to left field. Tommy Cash singles to center field. Tom Simon scores. Manny Champion grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Walt Calvert flies out to the center fielder. Don Zimmerman doubles to center field. George Appier flies out to the center fielder. Bill Higbee flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Dan Hitt singles to center field. Tim Hack strikes out. Buddy Pevey hits a home run. Dan Hitt scores. Larry Munch grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Sims flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Glen Wohlers hits a home run. Nobuhiro Koike is pinch hitting for Del Lennox. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Nobuhiro Koike singles to left field. Bill Wathan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Russell Telgheder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York George Narron pitching. Chuck Fried grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Simon walks. Tommy Cash flies out to the left fielder. Manny Champion strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Marcus Pinn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walt Calvert strikes out. Don Zimmerman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Dan Hitt grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Tim Hack grounds out to the third baseman. Buddy Pevey grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit George Appier hits a home run. Bill Higbee triples. Glen Wohlers singles to left field. Bill Higbee scores. Ed Jackson is pinch hitting for George Narron. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ed Jackson singles to right field. Bill Wathan grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Jackson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Russell Telgheder grounds out to the second baseman. Glen Wohlers scores. Bill Wathan advances to second on the play. Marcus Pinn hits a home run. Bill Wathan scores. Mickey Tavarez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Walt Calvert lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Roy Wallace pitching. Mickey Tavarez flies out to the right fielder. Jack Sims strikes out. Chuck Fried strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Don Zimmerman flies out to the left fielder. George Appier singles to left field. Bill Higbee grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Tom Simon walks. Tom Simon steals second. Tommy Cash grounds out to the shortstop. Manny Champion walks. Dan Hitt hits a home run. Tom Simon scores. Manny Champion scores. Tom Veil comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tim Hack pops out to the catcher. Buddy Pevey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Eric Ortegas is pinch hitting for Glen Wohlers. Eric Ortegas grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Sam Kirk is pinch hitting for Tom Veil. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sam Kirk grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Wathan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Doug Busse pitching. Bobby Lyons enters the game as a defensive replacement for Eric Ortegas at LF. Toyo Kageura is pinch hitting for Mickey Tavarez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Toyo Kageura grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Sims flies out to the right fielder. Chuck Fried flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Ed Hockette pitching. Russell Telgheder singles to left field. Marcus Pinn singles to left field. Walt Calvert strikes out. Don Zimmerman walks. George Appier flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Russell Telgheder scores. Bill Higbee singles to left field. Marcus Pinn scores. Marino Phillips comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Lyons strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Tom Simon flies out to the center fielder. Tommy Cash strikes out. Manny Champion strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Doug Busse flies out to the left fielder. Bill Wathan flies out to the left fielder. Russell Telgheder singles to left field. Marcus Pinn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Dan Hitt doubles to center field. Tim Hack grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Hernandez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Buddy Pevey walks. Ron Perry is pinch hitting for Marino Phillips. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ron Perry reached on a fielding error by Bill Wathan. Jack Sims singles to center field. Dan Hitt scores. The defense is playing the corners in. Chuck Fried strikes out. Tom Simon flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Detroit total runners LOB: 4 New York total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Don Zimmerman (1).3B - Bill Higbee (1).HR - Marcus Pinn (4), George Appier (1), Glen Wohlers (1).SF - George Appier.GIDP - Bill Wathan, Bill Higbee. Fielding: E - Bill Wathan.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Rusie improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Lavender improves in control Mike Dillman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Murfee improves in power_vs_righty Harry Kaiser did not respond to coaching in 3B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Caraway did not respond to coaching in velocity John Shepherd did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Shepherd improves in power_vs_lefty Victor Mack improves in contact_vs_lefty Hiroshi Morita did not respond to coaching in 1B