Win: Bill Lamanno (12-9) Loss: Tomofumi Akaike (10-8)
Inning: 1 Detroit Bill Lamanno pitching. Patsy Gick grounds out to the shortstop. John Magrini grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Chad Hunt doubles to right field. Walter Tiegen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Tomofumi Akaike pitching. Blaine Vangilder pops out to the second baseman. Jerry Arnold grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Odom strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Scott Hunt grounds out to the second baseman. Al Kerr strikes out. Suds Sperring flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Alex Sullivan flies out to the left fielder. Eric Nold walks. Bill Jurak strikes out. Harry Armstrong strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Jeff Charton grounds out to the shortstop. Tomofumi Akaike strikes out. Patsy Gick grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Brian Kane singles to right field. Bill Lamanno lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Blaine Vangilder singles to right field. Brian Kane scores. Jerry Arnold singles to center field. Blaine Vangilder advances to third on the hit. Steve Odom singles to center field. Blaine Vangilder scores. Jerry Arnold advances to third on the hit. Alex Sullivan grounds out to the third baseman. Steve Odom advances to second on the play. Eric Nold pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit John Magrini strikes out. Chad Hunt grounds out to the third baseman. Walter Tiegen pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bill Jurak doubles to right field. Harry Armstrong flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Brian Kane grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Lamanno walks. Blaine Vangilder strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Scott Hunt strikes out. Al Kerr flies out to the right fielder. Suds Sperring strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jerry Arnold grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Odom singles to center field. Alex Sullivan strikes out. Steve Odom is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Jeff Charton pops out to the shortstop. Tomofumi Akaike flies out to the center fielder. Patsy Gick grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Eric Nold flies out to the left fielder. Bill Jurak grounds out to the pitcher. Harry Armstrong singles to left field. Brian Kane grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit John Magrini singles to left field. Chad Hunt strikes out. Walter Tiegen grounds into a force play to the second baseman. John Magrini is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Scott Hunt singles to right field. Al Kerr grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Scott Hunt is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Bill Lamanno grounds out to the second baseman. Blaine Vangilder pops out to the catcher. Jerry Arnold grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Suds Sperring lines out to the second baseman. Jeff Charton grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Paul Ray is pinch hitting for Tomofumi Akaike. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Paul Ray flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Al Lindsey pitching. Steve Odom singles to center field. Alex Sullivan singles to center field. Steve Odom advances to third on the hit. Eric Nold doubles to center field. Steve Odom scores. Alex Sullivan is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Bill Jurak singles to center field. Eric Nold scores. Willie Sutton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Armstrong singles to right field. Bill Jurak advances to third on the hit. Bill Jurak gets picked off third. Harry Armstrong steals second. Jeff Charton throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Brian Kane singles to center field. Harry Armstrong scores. Bill Lamanno grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Brian Kane is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Patsy Gick walks. Patsy Gick steals second. John Magrini grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Chad Hunt singles to center field. Patsy Gick scores. Walter Tiegen flies out to the right fielder. Chad Hunt steals second. Tom Munger 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. Scott Hunt triples. Chad Hunt scores. Al Kerr flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 4 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Chick Pride improves in range Steve Weimer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rick Sheehan improves in contact_vs_righty Ted Lugo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ed Brown did not respond to coaching in velocity George Parker did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Brown improves in endurance Jeff Greene improves in contact_vs_righty Ernie Reames did not respond to coaching in LF