Win: John Houck (6-1) Loss: Les Grove (3-6)
Save: Tom Ryan (14)
Inning: 1 Kansas City John Houck pitching. John Mathewson pops out to the shortstop. Rodmy Perez flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Bill Bokelmann flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Les Grove pitching. Ricardo Barker singles to center field. Clarence Dobens grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ricardo Barker advances to second on the play. Glenn Sprinz flies out to the right fielder. Bruce Burkle flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bennie Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Alex McClure grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Foster strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Archie Bauers doubles to left field. Billy Timlin strikes out. Joe Andersen grounds out to the pitcher. Ricardo Lastre strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Billy Blackburn strikes out. Gary Bayless grounds out to the shortstop. Les Grove grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit John Houck grounds out to the shortstop. Ricardo Barker hits a home run. Clarence Dobens grounds out to the second baseman. Glenn Sprinz pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City John Mathewson grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rodmy Perez grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Bokelmann grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Bruce Burkle strikes out. Archie Bauers grounds out to the third baseman. Billy Timlin singles to right field. Joe Andersen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Bennie Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Alex McClure strikes out. Billy Foster grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Ricardo Lastre grounds out to the third baseman. John Houck strikes out. Ricardo Barker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Billy Blackburn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Bayless lines out to the second baseman. Les Grove strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Clarence Dobens singles to center field. Glenn Sprinz walks. Bruce Burkle strikes out. Archie Bauers grounds out to the shortstop. Clarence Dobens advances to third on the play. Glenn Sprinz advances to second on the play. Billy Timlin grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City John Mathewson singles to right field. Rodmy Perez doubles to left field. The defense is playing the infield in. Bill Bokelmann walks. The defense is playing the corners in. Bennie Jackson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. John Mathewson scores. Rodmy Perez advances to third on the play. Alex McClure grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Joe Andersen singles to center field. Ricardo Lastre flies out to the left fielder. Dave Brucker is pinch hitting for John Houck. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Dave Brucker singles to left field. Ricardo Barker doubles to center field. Joe Andersen scores. Dave Brucker uses his aggressiveness and scores. Clarence Dobens walks. Glenn Sprinz grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Clarence Dobens is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bruce Burkle reached on a fielding error by Bill Bokelmann. Ricardo Barker scores. Archie Bauers strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Tom Ryan pitching. Billy Foster grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Blackburn grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Bayless strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Billy Timlin flies out to the right fielder. Joe Andersen grounds out to the shortstop. Ricardo Lastre strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Kurt Grover is pinch hitting for Les Grove. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Kurt Grover flies out to the right fielder. John Mathewson flies out to the right fielder. Rodmy Perez pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 7
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rich Mills did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Herman Ward did not respond to coaching in velocity Leroy Babe did not respond to coaching in control Leroy Babe did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Lovelace did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Mutz Lemaster did not respond to coaching in control
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ryoji Oshio did not respond to coaching in arm Lu Johnson did not respond to coaching in range Roy Siglin did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Raziano improves in arm Chad Taber did not respond to coaching in arm Bucky Bullock did not respond to coaching in range Rawly Kubenka did not respond to coaching in CF