Win: Bill Bowling (6-7) Loss: Tom Ryan (15-7)
Save: Howie Martinez (18)
Inning: 1 Detroit Daisaku Tezuka pitching. Clarence Dobens flies out to the center fielder. Bruce Burkle grounds out to the shortstop. Ricardo Barker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City John Houck pitching. Bruce Loucks strikes out. Kurt Grover flies out to the left fielder. Masaru Nishizawa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Archie Bauers flies out to the center fielder. Glenn Sprinz grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Andersen lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Billy Blackburn reached on a fielding error by Clarence Dobens. Billy Blackburn steals second. Billy Blackburn is out trying to steal third. Bennie Jackson singles past the second baseman. Bill Bokelmann walks. Rodmy Perez triples. Bennie Jackson scores. Bill Bokelmann scores. Gary Bayless pops out to the first baseman. Daisaku Tezuka flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Hugh Carpenter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chikao Taguchi lines out to the third baseman. John Houck singles to right field. Clarence Dobens lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Bruce Loucks singles to left field. Bruce Loucks steals second. Kurt Grover singles to left field. Bruce Loucks is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Masaru Nishizawa flies out to the center fielder. Billy Blackburn grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Bruce Burkle strikes out. Ricardo Barker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Archie Bauers pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bennie Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Bill Bokelmann grounds out to the shortstop. Rodmy Perez bunts for a base hit. Gary Bayless strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Glenn Sprinz flies out to the right fielder. Joe Andersen strikes out. Hugh Carpenter pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Daisaku Tezuka grounds out to the shortstop. Bruce Loucks singles to right field. Kurt Grover flies out to the left fielder. Masaru Nishizawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Chikao Taguchi grounds out to the third baseman. John Houck strikes out. Clarence Dobens walks. Bruce Burkle flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Billy Blackburn flies out to the center fielder. Bennie Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Bokelmann grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Ricardo Barker flies out to the right fielder. Archie Bauers singles past the third baseman. Glenn Sprinz singles to right field. Archie Bauers advances to third on the hit. Joe Andersen singles to center field. Archie Bauers scores. Glenn Sprinz advances to third on the hit. Hugh Carpenter flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Glenn Sprinz scores. Chikao Taguchi grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Joe Andersen is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Rodmy Perez lines out to the third baseman. Gary Bayless walks. Daisaku Tezuka lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bruce Loucks flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Dave Brucker is pinch hitting for John Houck. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Dave Brucker doubles to left field. Clarence Dobens grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Brucker advances to third on the play. Bruce Burkle strikes out. Ricardo Barker doubles past the first baseman. Dave Brucker scores. Archie Bauers singles to right field. Ricardo Barker scores. Bill Bowling comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Glenn Sprinz grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Tom Ryan pitching. Kurt Grover reached on a 2-base throwing error by Joe Andersen. Masaru Nishizawa doubles to center field. Kurt Grover scores. Billy Blackburn walks. Bennie Jackson doubles to left field. Masaru Nishizawa scores. Billy Blackburn scores. Joe Renko comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Bokelmann grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rodmy Perez singles to right field. Bennie Jackson scores. Gary Bayless flies out to the center fielder. Yadiel Bartolome is pinch hitting for Bill Bowling. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Rodmy Perez is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Howie Martinez pitching. Joe Andersen flies out to the center fielder. Hugh Carpenter grounds out to the shortstop. Chikao Taguchi lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 4 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Joe Zettlein improves in speed Rawly Kubenka did not respond to coaching in speed Ryoji Oshio did not respond to coaching in arm Rich Sparks improves in power_vs_lefty Chad Taber improves in range Rawly Kubenka did not respond to coaching in CF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Propst did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Herman Ward did not respond to coaching in velocity Charley Jones did not respond to coaching in velocity Bob Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed White did not respond to coaching in arm Pat Kirby did not respond to coaching in speed