Win: John Eyrich (6-6) Loss: Joe Hagerman (4-2)
Save: Gene Catterson (1)
Inning: 1 Detroit Paulie Fullis pitching. Steve Bancroft walks. Tom Leary doubles to center field. Steve Bancroft uses his aggressiveness and scores. Barry Jackson flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Bill Bowman doubles to left field. Tom Leary scores. Salty Hassett flies out to the right fielder. Matty Lindsay flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Los Angeles John Eyrich pitching. Buster Edenfield singles past the second baseman. Rocky Garbey hits a home run. Buster Edenfield scores. Johnny Blasingame strikes out. Yukio Hashino singles past the first baseman. Yukio Hashino steals second. Harry Leach walks. Scott Smith grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Lenny Chiles strikes out. Jim Schultz flies out to the center fielder. John Eyrich flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Wilbur Asadoor grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Larry DiPietro grounds out to the third baseman. Paulie Fullis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Steve Bancroft flies out to the right fielder. Tom Leary flies out to the center fielder. Barry Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Buster Edenfield grounds out to the second baseman. Rocky Garbey strikes out. Johnny Blasingame grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Bill Bowman walks. Salty Hassett strikes out. Matty Lindsay strikes out. Lenny Chiles singles to left field. Jim Schultz singles to right field. John Eyrich flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Yukio Hashino walks. Harry Leach singles to left field. Scott Smith flies out to the center fielder. Wilbur Asadoor strikes out. Larry DiPietro strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Steve Bancroft singles to center field. Tom Leary walks. Joe Hagerman 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 2nd. Barry Jackson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Steve Bancroft advances to third on the play. Bill Bowman flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Joe Hagerman pops out to the second baseman. Buster Edenfield grounds out to the second baseman. Rocky Garbey walks. Johnny Blasingame grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Salty Hassett strikes out. Matty Lindsay singles to center field. Lenny Chiles pops out to the shortstop. Jim Schultz flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Yukio Hashino singles to center field. Harry Leach singles to center field. Scott Smith strikes out. Wilbur Asadoor strikes out. Larry DiPietro flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit John Spoljaric is pinch hitting for John Eyrich. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. John Spoljaric singles to center field. Steve Bancroft singles to center field. John Spoljaric advances to third on the hit. Tom Leary walks. Barry Jackson reached on a fielding error by Harry Leach. John Spoljaric scores. Bill Bowman grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Steve Bancroft scores. Tom Leary advances to third on the play. Kemp Murray comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Salty Hassett flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Tom Hughes pitching. Kemp Murray flies out to the center fielder. Buster Edenfield singles to right field. Buster Edenfield steals second. Rocky Garbey flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Blasingame walks. Yukio Hashino grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Johnny Blasingame is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Matty Lindsay reached on a 2-base throwing error by Johnny Blasingame. Lenny Chiles strikes out. Jim Schultz walks. Johnny King is pinch hitting for Tom Hughes. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Johnny King singles to right field. Steve Bancroft strikes out. Tom Leary grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Matty Lindsay is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Gene Catterson pitching. Harry Leach grounds out to the shortstop. John Nahorodny is pinch hitting for Scott Smith. John Nahorodny singles to right field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Wilbur Asadoor pops out to the third baseman. Larry DiPietro doubles to right field. John Nahorodny scores. Bob Kleinhans is pinch hitting for Kemp Murray. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Bob Kleinhans singles to center field. Larry DiPietro is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Mike Kelly pitching. Barry Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Bill Bowman walks. Salty Hassett flies out to the right fielder. Matty Lindsay grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bill Bowman is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Buster Edenfield singles to center field. Rocky Garbey grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Johnny Blasingame flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners LOB: 11 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Barry Jackson is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Balor Aaron did not respond to coaching in arm Pinky Northey did not respond to coaching in control Frank Taylor did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jerry Blanco improves in contact_vs_righty Frank Taylor did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bill Maul did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Frank Taylor did not respond to coaching in C
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Art Eaton did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rusty Donahue improves in contact_vs_righty Steve Kisinger did not respond to coaching in control Amby Higgins did not respond to coaching in velocity Steve Mamaux did not respond to coaching in speed Al Morel improves in velocity Ole Suche did not respond to coaching in 2B