Win: Clay Vuckovich (6-2) Loss: Roland Short (3-5)
Save: Don Relic (11)
Inning: 1 Detroit Sadao Shiraishi pitching. Tatsuya Mimura flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Kunio Togano hits an infield single to the pitcher. Kunio Togano steals second. Herm Creel singles past the third baseman. Kunio Togano scores. Steve Brown grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Toronto Pat Deviney pitching. Billy Rath grounds out to the second baseman. Ezra Alston singles to right field. Pepper Smith flies out to the center fielder. Bill Link strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Kazuo Nakajima flies out to the left fielder. Lance Qualters flies out to the center fielder. Bill Raffensberger reached on a 2-base fielding error by Bill Cripe. Ken Gladd pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Toronto John Madden hits a home run. Beauty Jones flies out to the center fielder. Bill Cripe grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Frank Jaha strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Pat Deviney strikes out. Tatsuya Mimura is hit by a pitch. Kunio Togano flies out to the left fielder. Herm Creel singles to center field. Tatsuya Mimura advances to third on the hit. Herm Creel is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Toronto Sadao Shiraishi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Billy Rath flies out to the left fielder. Ezra Alston grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Steve Brown strikes out. Kazuo Nakajima grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Lance Qualters grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Toronto Pepper Smith walks. Bill Link grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Pepper Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. John Madden doubles to left field. Beauty Jones singles to center field. Bill Link scores. John Madden is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Bill Cripe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Bill Raffensberger grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Gladd pops out to the pitcher. Pat Deviney grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Toronto Frank Jaha hits a home run. Sadao Shiraishi strikes out. Billy Rath hits a home run. Ezra Alston strikes out. Pepper Smith singles to left field. Roland Short comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Link grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Pepper Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Tatsuya Mimura strikes out. Kunio Togano walks. Bobby Rakers 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. Herm Creel singles to right field. Kunio Togano advances to third on the hit. Herm Creel steals second. Steve Brown strikes out. Kazuo Nakajima strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Toronto John Madden flies out to the right fielder. Beauty Jones strikes out. Bill Cripe walks. Frank Jaha strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Lance Qualters grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Raffensberger singles to right field. Ken Gladd doubles to right field. Roland Short grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Raffensberger scores. Ken Gladd advances to third on the play. Tatsuya Mimura strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Toronto Jake Midkiff is pinch hitting for Bobby Rakers. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jake Midkiff grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Rath grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ezra Alston pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Hiroyuki Ozaki pitching. Kunio Togano grounds out to the pitcher. Herm Creel grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Steve Brown hits a home run. Kazuo Nakajima hits a home run. Clay Vuckovich comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Lance Qualters strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Toronto Pepper Smith singles to center field. Bill Link flies out to the left fielder. John Madden doubles to right field. Boris Pasternak 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 1st. Beauty Jones singles to left field. Pepper Smith scores. Bill Cripe grounds out to the second baseman. John Madden scores. Beauty Jones advances to second on the play. Frank Jaha grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Don Relic comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Bill Raffensberger strikes out. Ken Gladd singles to right field. Bob Main is pinch hitting for Boris Pasternak. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bob Main flies out to the right fielder. Tatsuya Mimura grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ken Gladd is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 6 Toronto total runners left on base: 5
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Don Burch did not respond to coaching in arm Jerry Cuccinello improves in speed Julian Chambliss improves in range Charlie Wells improves in contact_vs_righty
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jim Robinson did not respond to coaching in control Angel Murtaugh improves in contact_vs_lefty Doug Cassini did not respond to coaching in arm Masaru Minami did not respond to coaching in arm Ramon Parent did not respond to coaching in 1B