Win: Drew Rodriguez (1-1) Loss: Tom Veil (4-7)
Save: John Lamline (1)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Elmer Mondesi pitching. Gil Jones singles to center field. Syl Siebler grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Wes Niekro lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Yuniel Melian pitching. Ed Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Kip Johnson singles to left field. Chris Trout singles to left field. Kip Johnson aggressively advances to third on the hit. Ray Wortham pops out to the first baseman. Harry Elliott flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Baltimore Basher Tarr grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bob Williams strikes out. Jason Aspromonte flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Bill Wathan singles to left field. Fernando Torres walks. Nobuhiro Koike strikes out. Elmer Mondesi fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Elmer Mondesi singles to right field. Bill Wathan scores. Fernando Torres aggressively advances to third on the hit. Ed Jackson singles to center field. Fernando Torres scores. Kip Johnson pops out to the first baseman. Chris Trout walks. Ray Wortham flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Baltimore Warren Campbell grounds out to the third baseman. Doug Akers grounds out to the second baseman. Yuniel Melian strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Harry Elliott grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Wathan doubles past the right fielder. Fernando Torres hits a home run. Bill Wathan scores. Nobuhiro Koike grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Elmer Mondesi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Baltimore Gil Jones reached on a fielding error by Elmer Mondesi. Syl Siebler grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gil Jones is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Syl Siebler is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Wes Niekro pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Ed Jackson walks. Kip Johnson singles past the shortstop. Ed Jackson advances to third on the hit. Chris Trout flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Ed Jackson scores. Dave Reese comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ray Wortham grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Baltimore Basher Tarr singles to left field. Basher Tarr steals second. Bob Williams singles to right field. Basher Tarr scores. Jason Aspromonte pops out to the first baseman. Warren Campbell flies out to the left fielder. Doug Akers singles past the second baseman. Bob Williams advances to third on the hit. Dave Reese grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Harry Elliott lines out to the shortstop. Bill Wathan grounds out to the pitcher. Fernando Torres strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Gil Jones bunts for a base hit. Syl Siebler hits a home run. Gil Jones scores. Wes Niekro walks. Basher Tarr doubles to center field. Wes Niekro uses his aggressiveness and scores. George Narron comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bob Williams flies out to the center fielder. Jason Aspromonte pops out to the shortstop. Dave Brady is pinch hitting for Warren Campbell. Dave Brady flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Larry Barrios enters the game as a defensive replacement for Dave Brady at LF. Nobuhiro Koike pops out to the second baseman. George Narron grounds out to the pitcher. Ed Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Doug Akers strikes out. Harry Smith is pinch hitting for Dave Reese. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Smith walks. Gil Jones lines out to the first baseman. Syl Siebler grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Harry Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Jack Lumpe pitching. Kip Johnson strikes out. Chris Trout strikes out. Ray Wortham strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Wes Niekro flies out to the center fielder. Basher Tarr singles to right field. Bob Williams walks. Doug Busse comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Jason Aspromonte strikes out. Larry Barrios grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Timo Roman is pinch hitting for Harry Elliott. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Timo Roman strikes out. Bill Wathan grounds out to the third baseman. Fernando Torres grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Doug Akers walks. Dan Marolewski is pinch hitting for Jack Lumpe. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dan Marolewski doubles to center field. Doug Akers uses his aggressiveness and scores. Slick Foster comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gil Jones singles to center field. Dan Marolewski scores. Gil Jones steals second. Syl Siebler strikes out. Wes Niekro grounds out to the second baseman. Gil Jones advances to third on the play. Basher Tarr grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Drew Rodriguez pitching. Nobuhiro Koike doubles to center field. Walt Calvert is pinch hitting for Slick Foster. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Walt Calvert strikes out. Glen Wohlers is pinch hitting for Ed Jackson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Glen Wohlers flies out to the center fielder. Kip Johnson singles to right field. Chris Trout singles to right field. Nobuhiro Koike scores. Kip Johnson advances to third on the hit. Ray Wortham grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 10 Baltimore Tom Veil pitching. Bob Williams triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Jason Aspromonte singles to right field. Bob Williams scores. Roy Wallace comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Larry Barrios flies out to the right fielder. Doug Akers flies out to the right fielder. Drew Rodriguez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Detroit Timo Roman singles to left field. Bill Wathan flies out to the right fielder. Timo Roman steals second. Fernando Torres grounds out to the second baseman. Timo Roman advances to third on the play. John Lamline comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Nobuhiro Koike strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Baltimore total runners LOB: 8 Detroit total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Bill Wathan (8), Nobuhiro Koike (5).HR - Fernando Torres (3).SF - Chris Trout.GIDP - Ray Wortham. Baserunning: SB - Timo Roman (2). Fielding: E - Elmer Mondesi.
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Rob Brock improves in control Amaury Houck improves in contact_vs_righty Rick Grimsley improves in contact_vs_righty Amaury Houck improves in power_vs_righty George Cash did not respond to coaching in CF
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Murfee improves in power_vs_righty Bill Rusie improves in contact_vs_lefty Mike Dillman did not respond to coaching in speed Bobby Lyons did not respond to coaching in speed Mike Dillman did not respond to coaching in 3B