Win: Greg Pollux (2-4) Loss: Ormand von Kleigstadt (2-7)
Save: Darrell Taylor (6)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Ormand von Kleigstadt pitching. Mike Shuba walks. Dixie Guinn grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike Shuba is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi walks. Tom Wood singles to left field. Dixie Guinn scores. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi advances to third on the hit. Bip Conine flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Yasuyuki Hamaguchi scores. Boom-Boom Grubb singles to center field. Tom Wood advances to third on the hit. Red Maddox strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Detroit Greg Pollux pitching. Richie Nitz grounds out to the shortstop. Ken Wyrostek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Miguel Boken walks. Jack Hadley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Willie Campbell singles to right field. Greg Pollux lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Willie Campbell forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Mike Shuba flies out to the center fielder. Dixie Guinn flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Al Hansen walks. Bob Verhoeven is hit by a pitch. Al Butler walks. Red Williams flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Al Hansen scores. Ormand von Kleigstadt fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ormand von Kleigstadt walks. Richie Nitz grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Bob Verhoeven is out at home. Ken Wyrostek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Kansas City Yasuyuki Hamaguchi strikes out. Tom Wood singles to center field. Bip Conine singles to right field. Tom Wood advances to third on the hit. Boom-Boom Grubb reached on a fielding error by Bob Verhoeven. Tom Wood scores. Red Maddox walks. Willie Campbell walks. Bip Conine scores. Lawson Millbarge comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Greg Pollux grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Miguel Boken singles to right field. Jack Hadley flies out to the center fielder. Al Hansen strikes out. Bob Verhoeven grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Mike Shuba grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dixie Guinn pops out to the first baseman. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Al Butler flies out to the right fielder. Red Williams grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Lawson Millbarge pops out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tom Wood strikes out. Bip Conine grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Boom-Boom Grubb flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Richie Nitz grounds out to the second baseman. Ken Wyrostek grounds out to the second baseman. Miguel Boken strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Red Maddox flies out to the center fielder. Willie Campbell strikes out. Greg Pollux strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Jack Hadley flies out to the left fielder. Al Hansen flies out to the right fielder. Bob Verhoeven flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Mike Shuba flies out to the left fielder. Dixie Guinn is hit by a pitch. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dixie Guinn is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tom Wood grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Al Butler flies out to the right fielder. Red Williams hits a home run. Goose Kores is pinch hitting for Lawson Millbarge. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Goose Kores strikes out. Richie Nitz doubles to right field. Ken Wyrostek grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Shane Berra pitching. Bip Conine reached on a 2-base throwing error by Red Williams. Boom-Boom Grubb strikes out. Red Maddox flies out to the center fielder. Willie Campbell singles to center field. Bip Conine scores. Greg Pollux grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Miguel Boken singles to left field. Miguel Boken steals second. Darrell Taylor 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. Jack Hadley strikes out. Al Hansen flies out to the right fielder. Bob Verhoeven flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Mike Shuba strikes out. Dixie Guinn pops out to the third baseman. Yasuyuki Hamaguchi flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Al Butler walks. Red Williams doubles to right field. Al Butler uses his aggressiveness and scores. Shane Berra lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Richie Nitz strikes out. Ken Wyrostek grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Detroit total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Richie Nitz (3), Red Williams (2).HR - Red Williams (3).SF - Red Williams.HBP - Bob Verhoeven (1). Baserunning: SB - Miguel Boken (7). Fielding: E - Bob Verhoeven, Red Williams.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: LaReace Tibault did not respond to coaching in endurance Red Sprowl improves in power_vs_righty Irv Baldwin did not respond to coaching in arm George Hilgendorf improves in contact_vs_righty Bill Todd did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Red Sprowl did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Todd did not respond to coaching in 2B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Leo Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Pop-Boy Grube did not respond to coaching in velocity Roger Cecil did not respond to coaching in arm Pop-Boy Grube did not respond to coaching in velocity Pop-Boy Grube did not respond to coaching in control Jim Louden did not respond to coaching in arm