Win: John Houck (4-1) Loss: Fred Currie (1-1)
Save: Tom Ryan (9)
Inning: 1 Cleveland John Houck pitching. Dave Campanis strikes out. Joe Pena grounds out to the pitcher. Dave McNulty strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Steve Cairo pitching. Clarence Dobens flies out to the left fielder. Ricardo Barker grounds out to the second baseman. Archie Bauers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Jay Hoffman flies out to the left fielder. Michel Concepcion flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Ab Clabaugh grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Glenn Sprinz flies out to the center fielder. Ricardo Lastre walks. Dave Brucker flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Himes flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Elmer Guzman singles to left field. Bernie Johnson strikes out. Steve Cairo lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dave Campanis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Joe Powers grounds out to the second baseman. John Houck walks. Clarence Dobens singles to left field. John Houck advances to third on the hit. Ricardo Barker strikes out. Archie Bauers pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Joe Pena grounds out to the third baseman. Dave McNulty strikes out. Jay Hoffman singles to left field. Michel Concepcion strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Glenn Sprinz singles to center field. Ricardo Lastre flies out to the right fielder. Dave Brucker grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Glenn Sprinz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jeff Himes lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ab Clabaugh flies out to the left fielder. Elmer Guzman singles to right field. Bernie Johnson strikes out. Steve Cairo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Joe Powers walks. John Houck fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. John Houck strikes out. Clarence Dobens flies out to the center fielder. Ricardo Barker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Dave Campanis doubles to center field. Joe Pena flies out to the left fielder. Dave McNulty grounds out to the shortstop. Jay Hoffman doubles to center field. Dave Campanis scores. Michel Concepcion grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Archie Bauers flies out to the right fielder. Glenn Sprinz singles past the third baseman. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Ricardo Lastre pops out to the second baseman. Dave Brucker doubles to right field. Glenn Sprinz scores. Jeff Himes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Ab Clabaugh flies out to the center fielder. Elmer Guzman flies out to the center fielder. Bernie Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Joe Powers pops out to the shortstop. Fred Currie comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Hugh Carpenter is pinch hitting for John Houck. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Hugh Carpenter singles past the shortstop. Clarence Dobens singles to center field. Hugh Carpenter advances to third on the hit. Ricardo Barker hits a home run. Hugh Carpenter scores. Clarence Dobens scores. Hiromitsu Hayashida comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Archie Bauers grounds out to the third baseman. Glenn Sprinz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Tom Ryan pitching. Chuck Armas is pinch hitting for Hiromitsu Hayashida. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Chuck Armas strikes out. Dave Campanis flies out to the center fielder. Joe Pena walks. Dave McNulty singles to left field. Jay Hoffman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Carlos Drumright pitching. Ricardo Lastre singles to center field. Dave Brucker singles to left field. Jeff Himes walks. Joe Powers doubles to left field. Ricardo Lastre scores. Dave Brucker scores. Jeff Himes uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Ray comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Ryan lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hy Dean is pinch hitting for Clarence Dobens. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hy Dean walks. Sig MacDonald is pinch hitting for Ricardo Barker. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Sig MacDonald walks. Archie Bauers walks. Joe Powers scores. Glenn Sprinz flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Hy Dean scores. Ricardo Lastre strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Tony Smith is pinch hitting for Michel Concepcion. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Tony Smith singles to left field. Nippy Kenders is pinch hitting for Ab Clabaugh. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Nippy Kenders flies out to the left fielder. Ellie Jones is pinch hitting for Elmer Guzman. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ellie Jones flies out to the right fielder. Thad Maddox is pinch hitting for Bernie Johnson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Thad Maddox hits a home run. Tony Smith scores. Pete Townsend is pinch hitting for Jim Ray. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Pete Townsend grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Cleveland total runners left on base: 6 Detroit total runners left on base: 8
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ken Theiss did not respond to coaching in control Hub Candaele improves in range Emil Brewer improves in power_vs_lefty Jesse Rainey did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bud Herrera did not respond to coaching in range Jesse Rainey improves in power_vs_righty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bucky Bullock did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Maikel Rivas did not respond to coaching in velocity Everett Pressnell did not respond to coaching in arm Rich Sparks did not respond to coaching in range Paul Raziano did not respond to coaching in range Paul Raziano did not respond to coaching in arm Rawly Kubenka did not respond to coaching in CF