Win: Ray Burdette (2-2) Loss: John Piatt (1-3)
Save: Joe Phillips (4)
Inning: 1 Detroit Ray Burdette pitching. Tom Bates grounds out to the third baseman. Richie Marquis flies out to the left fielder. Martin Piktuzis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota John Piatt pitching. Yoshihiro Numata hits a home run. Doc Sprite singles to center field. Tex Cruz flies out to the right fielder. Sammy Fitzgerald walks. Frank Riesgo grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Jose Eayrs flies out to the left fielder. Jack Munoz grounds out to the second baseman. Don Easterly flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Walt Gilbert walks. Kite Squires strikes out. Bill Rader hits a home run. Walt Gilbert scores. Ray Burdette strikes out. Yoshihiro Numata singles to left field. Doc Sprite grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Jerry Bues grounds out to the shortstop. Ike Wilber lines out to the pitcher. John Piatt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Tex Cruz strikes out. Sammy Fitzgerald grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Riesgo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Tom Bates strikes out. Richie Marquis singles to left field. Martin Piktuzis singles to left field. Richie Marquis advances to third on the hit. Jose Eayrs strikes out. Martin Piktuzis steals second. Jack Munoz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Walt Gilbert walks. Kite Squires reached on a fielding error by Jack Munoz. Bill Rader triples. Walt Gilbert scores. Kite Squires scores. Ray Burdette flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bill Rader scores. Sammy Lonnett comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yoshihiro Numata flies out to the center fielder. Doc Sprite strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Don Easterly grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jerry Bues pops out to the first baseman. Ike Wilber reached on a 2-base throwing error by Kite Squires. Sammy Lonnett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Tex Cruz grounds out to the second baseman. Sammy Fitzgerald singles to center field. Frank Riesgo flies out to the center fielder. Walt Gilbert singles to center field. Sammy Fitzgerald advances to third on the hit. Kite Squires triples. Sammy Fitzgerald scores. Walt Gilbert scores. Bill Rader pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Tom Bates strikes out. Richie Marquis singles to center field. Martin Piktuzis strikes out. Jose Eayrs singles to center field. Jack Munoz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ray Burdette singles to left field. Yoshihiro Numata strikes out. Doc Sprite flies out to the center fielder. Tex Cruz grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ray Burdette is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Don Easterly singles to center field. Jerry Bues walks. Ike Wilber singles to left field. Don Easterly scores. Jerry Bues advances to third on the hit. Franco Harris is pinch hitting for Sammy Lonnett. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Franco Harris singles to right field. Jerry Bues scores. Tom Bates singles to left field. Ike Wilber scores. Franco Harris advances to third on the hit. Skinny Zahniser comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 3rd. Tom Bates gets picked off first. Richie Marquis strikes out. Martin Piktuzis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Gary Leeper pitching. Sammy Fitzgerald singles to left field. Frank Riesgo strikes out. Walt Gilbert grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Sammy Fitzgerald is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Kite Squires flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Jose Eayrs grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Jack Munoz grounds out to the second baseman. Don Easterly strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bill Rader strikes out. Willie McCabe is pinch hitting for Skinny Zahniser. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Willie McCabe hits a home run. Yoshihiro Numata strikes out. Doc Sprite grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Dave Kenworthy pitching. Jerry Bues flies out to the right fielder. Ike Wilber singles past the second baseman. John Gharrity is pinch hitting for Gary Leeper. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Gharrity walks. Tom Bates doubles to center field. Ike Wilber scores. John Gharrity uses his aggressiveness and scores. Keith Heitmuller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Richie Marquis strikes out. Martin Piktuzis singles to right field. Tom Bates scores. Joe Phillips comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jose Eayrs grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Martin Piktuzis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 7 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ed Schmidt did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Schepner did not respond to coaching in control Bob Breeden improves in control Dwayne Demeter improves in power_vs_lefty Joe Okrie did not respond to coaching in 1B
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Kazuya Sugawara did not respond to coaching in velocity Abner Moseby did not respond to coaching in velocity Rich Youngblood did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Andy Mackanin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty