Win: Kelly Ford (3-0) Loss: Tom Mattingly (1-4)
Save: Tom Cox (6)
Inning: 1 Detroit Kelly Ford pitching. Jim Blong grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Gyselman strikes out. Urbane Cummings strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Tom Mattingly pitching. Al Moore pops out to the third baseman. Paddy Kirsch flies out to the center fielder. Bob Tracy singles to center field. D Wills walks. John Chapman strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Ben Lillard grounds out to the shortstop. Effie Kiser strikes out. Peter Wiggin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Dan Grace walks. Dan Grace steals second. John Weiss singles to left field. Dan Grace scores. Dee Puig flies out to the center fielder. John Weiss steals second. Kelly Ford grounds out to the third baseman. Al Moore grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Joe Smith strikes out. Yunier Rives singles to center field. Tom Mattingly pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Jim Blong pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Paddy Kirsch strikes out. Bob Tracy pops out to the second baseman. D Wills singles past the first baseman. John Chapman hits a home run. D Wills scores. Dan Grace grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Ron Gyselman flies out to the right fielder. Urbane Cummings strikes out. Ben Lillard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston John Weiss singles to right field. Dee Puig grounds out to the second baseman. John Weiss advances to second on the play. Kelly Ford flies out to the center fielder. Al Moore grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Effie Kiser flies out to the left fielder. Peter Wiggin grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Paddy Kirsch grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Tracy strikes out. D Wills strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Yunier Rives flies out to the right fielder. Tom Mattingly singles to right field. Jim Blong flies out to the right fielder. Ron Gyselman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston John Chapman singles past the third baseman. John Chapman steals second. Dan Grace flies out to the center fielder. John Weiss pops out to the shortstop. Dee Puig grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Urbane Cummings flies out to the center fielder. Ben Lillard flies out to the center fielder. Effie Kiser strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Kelly Ford strikes out. Al Moore strikes out. Paddy Kirsch grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Peter Wiggin reached on a fielding error by D Wills. Joe Smith singles to center field. Peter Wiggin advances to third on the hit. Yunier Rives doubles to left field. Peter Wiggin scores. Monte Mercker is pinch hitting for Tom Mattingly. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Monte Mercker lines out to the pitcher. Marv Speier 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. Jim Blong grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Smith scores. Yunier Rives advances to third on the play. Ron Gyselman lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Bill Tooley pitching. Bob Tracy singles to left field. D Wills flies out to the center fielder. John Chapman hits a home run. Bob Tracy scores. Stan Spence comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dan Grace walks. Dan Grace steals second. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. John Weiss strikes out. Dee Puig grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Tom Cox comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Urbane Cummings grounds out to the second baseman. Ben Lillard strikes out. Effie Kiser strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Detroit total runners left on base: 3 Boston total runners left on base: 6
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rick Wilson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Early Stephenson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rick Wilson improves in power_vs_lefty Kunimitsu Inoue did not respond to coaching in velocity
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Chris Kurtz did not respond to coaching in velocity Danny Smith did not respond to coaching in range Danny Smith did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Kevin Smith improves in range Lorenzo Sojo did not respond to coaching in 2B