Inning: 1 Detroit Frank Phillips pitching. Boots Bell singles to left field. Tom Leary strikes out. Boots Bell steals second. Johnny King doubles to right field. Boots Bell scores. Bill Bowman hits a home run. Johnny King scores. Salty Hassett grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Matty Lindsay strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Jim Kucks pitching. Murry Dunlap singles to right field. Reggie Thevenow singles to left field. Dave Caveney flies out to the left fielder. Preacher Skalski grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Lenny Chiles strikes out. Steve Alston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Kucks grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Bill Coleman strikes out. Don Dickshot pops out to the pitcher. Bobby Hamilton doubles to center field. Charlie Shoupe walks. Frank Phillips strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Boots Bell flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Tom Leary strikes out. Johnny King singles to right field. Bill Bowman grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Johnny King is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Murry Dunlap grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Reggie Thevenow flies out to the left fielder. Dave Caveney strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Salty Hassett pops out to the third baseman. Matty Lindsay flies out to the right fielder. Lenny Chiles grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Preacher Skalski strikes out. Bill Coleman flies out to the left fielder. Don Dickshot grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Steve Alston pops out to the pitcher. Jim Kucks strikes out. Boots Bell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Bobby Hamilton singles to right field. Charlie Shoupe grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bobby Hamilton advances to second on the play. Frank Phillips grounds out to the third baseman. Murry Dunlap flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Tom Leary flies out to the left fielder. Johnny King singles to center field. Bill Bowman flies out to the right fielder. Vince Varsho comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Salty Hassett walks. Matty Lindsay singles to center field. Johnny King scores. Lenny Chiles grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Washington Reggie Thevenow flies out to the center fielder. Dave Caveney singles to center field. Preacher Skalski grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Dave Caveney advances to second on the play. Bill Coleman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Steve Alston walks. Jim Kucks lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Boots Bell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Steve Alston advances to third on the play. Tom Leary hits a home run. Steve Alston scores. Johnny King flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Don Dickshot pops out to the second baseman. Bobby Hamilton strikes out. Charlie Shoupe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Bill Bowman flies out to the center fielder. Salty Hassett grounds out to the second baseman. Matty Lindsay singles to center field. Kiyoji Maegawa comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Matty Lindsay steals second. Lenny Chiles grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Angelo DiMentibelio is pinch hitting for Kiyoji Maegawa. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Angelo DiMentibelio hits a home run. Raul Rojas is pinch hitting for Murry Dunlap. Raul Rojas strikes out. Reggie Thevenow pops out to the second baseman. Dave Caveney hits a home run. Preacher Skalski walks. Baron Karza is pinch hitting for Bill Coleman. Preacher Skalski is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Al Cueto pitching. Vince Jacobs enters the game as a defensive replacement for Raul Rojas at LF. Steve Alston flies out to the center fielder. Jim Kucks flies out to the right fielder. Boots Bell hits a home run. Tom Leary singles past the second baseman. Johnny King doubles to center field. Tom Leary uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Bowman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Baron Karza singles to left field. Don Dickshot grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Baron Karza is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bobby Hamilton strikes out. Charlie Shoupe doubles to left field. Chico Maggert is pinch hitting for Al Cueto. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Chico Maggert hits a home run. Don Dickshot scores. Charlie Shoupe scores. Gene Catterson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Vince Jacobs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 5 Washington total runners LOB: 5
Game Notes Kiyoji Maegawa is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Minnie Shields did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jerry Porter improves in arm Joe Crowley did not respond to coaching in speed Fred Starr did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Fred Starr did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Fred Starr did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Frank Taylor did not respond to coaching in C
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Rafael Lipscomb did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ray Higgins did not respond to coaching in control Kevin Romano improves in contact_vs_lefty Ryan Moran did not respond to coaching in arm Ed Madden did not respond to coaching in control Steve Cain did not respond to coaching in range