Win: Ben Weiser (7-14) Loss: Shigenori Aoyama (8-16)
Save: Gary Owens (5)
Inning: 1 Detroit Shigenori Aoyama pitching. Tatsuya Mimura walks. Kunio Togano singles to center field. Herm Creel flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brown flies out to the left fielder. Jaime Welch singles to center field. Tatsuya Mimura is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Toronto Ben Weiser pitching. Ezra Alston flies out to the center fielder. Bill Link doubles to center field. Carter Dolan singles to left field. Bill Link scores. John Madden grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carter Dolan advances to second on the play. Jake Midkiff grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Kazuo Nakajima pops out to the first baseman. Bill Raffensberger doubles to center field. Ken Gladd strikes out. Ben Weiser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Toronto Hank Alberts flies out to the center fielder. Frank Jaha grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Burchart strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Tatsuya Mimura flies out to the left fielder. Kunio Togano strikes out. Herm Creel lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Toronto Shigenori Aoyama grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Ezra Alston strikes out. Bill Link flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Steve Brown hits a home run. Jaime Welch strikes out. Kazuo Nakajima walks. Bill Raffensberger doubles to left field. Kazuo Nakajima uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ken Gladd flies out to the left fielder. Ben Weiser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Toronto Carter Dolan grounds out to the second baseman. John Madden pops out to the second baseman. Jake Midkiff walks. Hank Alberts grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Tatsuya Mimura flies out to the center fielder. Kunio Togano singles to left field. Kunio Togano steals second. Herm Creel flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brown singles to center field. Kunio Togano scores. Jaime Welch pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Toronto Frank Jaha walks. Dick Burchart flies out to the left fielder. Shigenori Aoyama fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Shigenori Aoyama strikes out. Ezra Alston strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Kazuo Nakajima reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Jaha. Bill Raffensberger singles to right field. Kazuo Nakajima scores. Ken Gladd pops out to the second baseman. Ben Weiser 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 flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Toronto Bill Link strikes out. Carter Dolan strikes out. John Madden doubles to center field. Jake Midkiff grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Kunio Togano flies out to the left fielder. Herm Creel grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Brown doubles to left field. Jaime Welch grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Toronto Hank Alberts grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Jaha hits a home run. Dick Burchart flies out to the center fielder. Bob Gonzalez is pinch hitting for Shigenori Aoyama. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Bob Gonzalez singles to left field. Bob Gonzalez steals second. Ezra Alston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Clay Vuckovich pitching. Kazuo Nakajima pops out to the second baseman. Bill Raffensberger doubles past the first baseman. Ken Gladd strikes out. Passed ball. Bill Raffensberger advances to third. Ben Weiser strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Toronto Bill Link strikes out. Carter Dolan grounds out to the shortstop. John Madden flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Tatsuya Mimura singles to center field. Kunio Togano singles to center field. Herm Creel pops out to the shortstop. Steve Brown strikes out. Jaime Welch grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kunio Togano is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Toronto Gary Owens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jake Midkiff grounds out to the pitcher. Hank Alberts strikes out. Frank Jaha grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 9 Toronto total runners LOB: 5
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Yank Howard did not respond to coaching in control Yank Howard did not respond to coaching in control Chris Lefebvre improves in velocity Charlie Wells improves in range
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Butch Cuellar improves in range Ramon Parent did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ramon Parent did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Masaru Minami did not respond to coaching in range Doug Cassini did not respond to coaching in CF