Win: Bobby Rakers (10-5) Loss: Roy Riske (3-8)
Save: Don Relic (19)
Inning: 1 Detroit Dean Long pitching. Tatsuya Mimura singles to right field. Kunio Togano strikes out. Herm Creel grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Toronto Roy Riske pitching. Billy Rath pops out to the second baseman. Ezra Alston grounds out to the second baseman. Pepper Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Steve Brown singles in front of the center fielder. Lance Qualters hits a home run. Steve Brown scores. Kazuo Nakajima strikes out. Bill Raffensberger singles to right field. Ken Gladd flies out to the center fielder. Roy Riske grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Toronto Bill Link strikes out. Carter Dolan flies out to the center fielder. John Madden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the second baseman. Kunio Togano strikes out. Herm Creel strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Toronto Beauty Jones doubles to left field. Bill Cripe strikes out. Dean Long strikes out. Billy Rath singles to left field. Beauty Jones uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ezra Alston grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Steve Brown flies out to the left fielder. Lance Qualters flies out to the left fielder. Kazuo Nakajima hits a home run. Bill Raffensberger singles to left field. 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. Ken Gladd flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Toronto Pepper Smith doubles to right field. Bill Link walks. Carter Dolan hits a home run. Pepper Smith scores. Bill Link scores. John Madden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Beauty Jones singles to left field. Bill Cripe strikes out. Bobby Rakers grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Roy Riske pops out to the shortstop. Tatsuya Mimura reached on a fielding error by Bill Link. Tatsuya Mimura steals second. Kunio Togano strikes out. Herm Creel pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Toronto Billy Rath doubles past the center fielder. Ezra Alston strikes out. Pepper Smith singles to center field. Billy Rath scores. Bryan Onis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Link hits an infield single to the second baseman. Carter Dolan flies out to the right fielder. John Madden flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Steve Brown pops out to the first baseman. Lance Qualters grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Kazuo Nakajima hits a home run. Bill Raffensberger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Toronto Beauty Jones grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Bill Cripe singles to center field. Passed ball. Bill Cripe advances to second. Bobby Rakers grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Rath hits a home run. Bill Cripe scores. Roland Short comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ezra Alston reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ken Gladd. Pepper Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Ken Gladd singles to center field. Roland Short lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Tatsuya Mimura doubles to right field. Ken Gladd scores. Kunio Togano flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Herm Creel singles to right field. Tatsuya Mimura scores. Hiroyuki Ozaki comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Toronto Bill Link lines out to the shortstop. Carter Dolan strikes out. John Madden strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Lance Qualters grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuo Nakajima flies out to the right fielder. Bill Raffensberger singles to center field. Ken Gladd pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Toronto Beauty Jones singles to right field. Bill Cripe hits a home run. Beauty Jones scores. Jake Midkiff is pinch hitting for Hiroyuki Ozaki. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jake Midkiff flies out to the right fielder. Billy Rath singles to center field. Gary Owens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ezra Alston flies out to the center fielder. Billy Rath is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Don Relic pitching. Bob Main is pinch hitting for Gary Owens. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bob Main flies out to the center fielder. Tatsuya Mimura hits a home run. Kunio Togano strikes out. Herm Creel doubles past the third baseman. Steve Brown walks. Lance Qualters strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners left on base: 7 Toronto total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Billy Rath (22), Pepper Smith (18), Beauty Jones (14).HR - Billy Rath (19), Carter Dolan (15), Bill Cripe (17). Baserunning: CS - Billy Rath (12). Fielding: E - Bill Link.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dave Pollet did not respond to coaching in speed Jerry Cuccinello improves in arm Sparky Harper did not respond to coaching in control Al Stiles did not respond to coaching in speed
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bill Darby did not respond to coaching in control Doug Cassini did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Robinson did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Robinson did not respond to coaching in velocity Pep Misuraca did not respond to coaching in 2B