Win: Tadashi Moriyama (4-3) Loss: Tom Noren (6-7)
Save: Chris Lee (23)
Inning: 1 Detroit Harry Cooper pitching. Clarence Gaston walks. Hank Aaron flies out to the center fielder. Prince Fielder grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clarence Gaston advances to second on the play. Chase Utley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Tom Noren pitching. Cliff Welteroth grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Knight singles past the third baseman. Charlie Knight is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Masayuki Moriyama walks. Ken McCardell grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Masayuki Moriyama is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Ron Freeman flies out to the right fielder. Gary Thomasson strikes out. Wayne Comer pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Vince Barnes pops out to the first baseman. Yoshinori Inoue pops out to the shortstop. Harry Baez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Bob Pye grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Noren walks. Clarence Gaston singles to center field. Hank Aaron grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Frank Kirk walks. Frank Kirk steals second. Hank Aaron throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Harry Cooper grounds out to the pitcher. Cliff Welteroth doubles to right field. Frank Kirk scores. Charlie Knight grounds out to the shortstop. Masayuki Moriyama walks. Ken McCardell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Prince Fielder walks. Chase Utley flies out to the center fielder. Ron Freeman strikes out. Gary Thomasson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Vince Barnes grounds out to the third baseman. Yoshinori Inoue pops out to the first baseman. Harry Baez singles to center field. Frank Kirk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Wayne Comer flies out to the right fielder. Bob Pye singles to left field. Tom Noren lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Clarence Gaston walks. Hank Aaron walks. Prince Fielder walks. Bob Pye scores. Chase Utley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Texas Harry Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Cliff Welteroth singles to center field. Cliff Welteroth is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Charlie Knight grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Ron Freeman flies out to the right fielder. Gary Thomasson strikes out. Wayne Comer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Masayuki Moriyama pops out to the third baseman. Ken McCardell flies out to the right fielder. Vince Barnes singles to left field. Yoshinori Inoue strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Bob Pye walks. Tom Noren lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Clarence Gaston walks. Randy Naylor 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. Hank Aaron grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Harry Baez grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Kirk grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Witt is pinch hitting for Randy Naylor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Witt lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Tadashi Moriyama pitching. Prince Fielder strikes out. Chase Utley flies out to the right fielder. Ron Freeman pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Cliff Welteroth walks. Charlie Knight walks. Masayuki Moriyama strikes out. Ken McCardell hits a home run. Cliff Welteroth scores. Charlie Knight scores. Vince Barnes grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshinori Inoue walks. Harry Baez doubles to center field. Frank Kirk strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Detroit Chris Lee comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Gary Thomasson singles to right field. Wayne Comer flies out to the right fielder. Bob Pye reached on a fielding error by Charlie Knight. Magglio Ordonez is pinch hitting for Tom Noren. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Magglio Ordonez strikes out. Clarence Gaston pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Detroit total runners left on base: 9 Texas total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Cliff Welteroth (5), Harry Baez (8).HR - Ken McCardell (11). Baserunning: SB - Frank Kirk (7).CS - Cliff Welteroth (5), Charlie Knight (5). Fielding: E - Charlie Knight.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: George Sanberg did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty George James did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty George James did not respond to coaching in arm Jamie Stivetts improves in contact_vs_lefty
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Rod Whitaker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Waite Buechele did not respond to coaching in velocity Art Hershiser improves in speed Charlie Taylor improves in range Cad Wright did not respond to coaching in CF