Win: German Stewart (8-5) Loss: Hunter Meeks (3-3)
Inning: 1 Detroit Travis Brown pitching. Sig Sweasy strikes out. John Quirk strikes out. Mike McGillen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Eric Schulz pitching. Edifus Fitzgerald grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Sam McAndrew singles to right field. Tony Brewer triples. Sam McAndrew scores. Ed Berran strikes out. Dick Kamp grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Gene Shirley grounds out to the second baseman. Herb Wortham strikes out. Tommy Anderson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Gil Murff doubles to left field. Bill Murray pops out to the first baseman. Rocky Brooks hits a home run. Gil Murff scores. Travis Brown strikes out. Edifus Fitzgerald walks. Sam McAndrew flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Lep Pascual hits an infield single to the catcher. Robinson Johnson grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Eric Schulz singles to center field. Sig Sweasy flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Tony Brewer strikes out. Ed Berran walks. Dick Kamp grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ed Berran advances to second on the play. Gil Murff singles to left field. Ed Berran scores. Gil Murff steals second. Bill Murray walks. Shin Kondo comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rocky Brooks strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit John Quirk walks. Mike McGillen flies out to the left fielder. Gene Shirley pops out to the shortstop. Herb Wortham pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Travis Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Edifus Fitzgerald flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Sam McAndrew singles to right field. Tony Brewer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Tommy Anderson strikes out. Lep Pascual hits a home run. Robinson Johnson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Shin Kondo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ed Berran strikes out. Dick Kamp flies out to the center fielder. Gil Murff doubles to left field. Bill Murray strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Sig Sweasy walks. John Quirk flies out to the center fielder. Sig Sweasy steals second. Mike McGillen singles to center field. Sig Sweasy scores. Gene Shirley singles to left field. Mike McGillen advances to third on the hit. Herb Wortham grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Rocky Brooks flies out to the center fielder. Travis Brown grounds out to the second baseman. Michel Garcia comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Edifus Fitzgerald strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Tommy Anderson singles to center field. Tommy Anderson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Lep Pascual walks. Ed Ledbetter is pinch hitting for Robinson Johnson. Ed Ledbetter grounds out to the third baseman. Lep Pascual advances to second on the play. German Stewart comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Baby Green is pinch hitting for Michel Garcia. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Baby Green singles to left field. Lep Pascual scores. Sig Sweasy singles to center field. Baby Green advances to third on the hit. John Quirk singles to right field. Baby Green scores. Sig Sweasy advances to third on the hit. Mike McGillen walks. Gene Shirley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Cleveland Hunter Meeks pitching. Kim Camper enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ed Ledbetter at C. Sam McAndrew singles to left field. Tony Brewer singles to left field. Sam McAndrew advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Tony Brewer is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). The defense is playing the infield in. Ed Berran lines out to the pitcher. Dick Kamp singles to right field. Sam McAndrew scores. Bobby Yeager comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Kamp steals second. Gil Murff hits a home run. Dick Kamp scores. Doc Linares comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Murray flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Herb Wortham walks. Tommy Anderson grounds out to the second baseman. Herb Wortham advances to second on the play. Lep Pascual flies out to the left fielder. Kim Camper strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Rocky Brooks singles to right field. Rocky Brooks steals second. German Stewart lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Edifus Fitzgerald strikes out. Sam McAndrew walks. Sam McAndrew steals second. Tony Brewer singles to left field. Rocky Brooks scores. Sam McAndrew scores. Al Kubek comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Berran strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Tom Sebra is pinch hitting for Al Kubek. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tom Sebra pops out to the third baseman. Sig Sweasy strikes out. Jerry Joyce is pinch hitting for John Quirk. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Jerry Joyce doubles to center field. Mike McGillen singles to right field. Jerry Joyce scores. Gene Shirley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 8 Cleveland total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Gil Murff 2 (25).3B - Tony Brewer (6).HR - Gil Murff (24), Rocky Brooks (10). Baserunning: SB - Sam McAndrew (37), Dick Kamp (31), Gil Murff (31), Rocky Brooks (11).CS - Tony Brewer (22).
Game Notes Jerry Joyce is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Hi Reardon did not respond to coaching in velocity Koji Otake did not respond to coaching in range Takahiro Abe did not respond to coaching in velocity Don Fallon improves in power_vs_lefty Walt Egan did not respond to coaching in 2B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rheal Baird improves in contact_vs_righty Wally Testaverde did not respond to coaching in control Hidetaka Nakamura did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Kotaro Satoh improves in power_vs_lefty Rheal Baird did not respond to coaching in SS