Win: Shigenori Aoyama (1-0) Loss: Pat Deviney (0-2)
Inning: 1 Detroit Shigenori Aoyama pitching. Tatsuya Mimura strikes out. Jaime Welch strikes out. Herm Creel singles to left field. Steve Brown walks. Bob Main flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Toronto Pat Deviney pitching. Ezra Alston grounds out to the second baseman. Pepper Smith singles to right field. Bill Link grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Pepper Smith is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Madden hits a home run. Bill Link scores. Bill Cripe singles past the third baseman. Jake Midkiff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Kazuo Nakajima strikes out. Bill Raffensberger strikes out. Ken Gladd grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Toronto Frank Jaha flies out to the center fielder. Dick Burchart strikes out. Shigenori Aoyama grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Pat Deviney walks. Tatsuya Mimura strikes out. Jaime Welch singles to left field. Pat Deviney advances to third on the hit. Herm Creel doubles to center field. Pat Deviney scores. Steve Brown flies out to the center fielder. Bob Main walks. Kazuo Nakajima grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Toronto Ezra Alston hits a home run. Pepper Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Link strikes out. John Madden flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Bill Raffensberger pops out to the second baseman. Ken Gladd strikes out. Pat Deviney singles to right field. Tatsuya Mimura grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pat Deviney is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Toronto Bill Cripe flies out to the left fielder. Jake Midkiff strikes out. Frank Jaha pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Jaime Welch reached on a fielding error by Bill Link. Herm Creel flies out to the center fielder. Steve Brown singles to center field. Bob Main walks. Kazuo Nakajima strikes out. Bill Raffensberger strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Toronto Dick Burchart reached on a 2-base fielding error by Kazuo Nakajima. Shigenori Aoyama lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Dick Burchart is thrown out at third. Ezra Alston strikes out. Pepper Smith lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Ken Gladd strikes out. Pat Deviney flies out to the center fielder. Tatsuya Mimura grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Toronto Bill Link walks. John Madden reached on a fielding error by Bill Raffensberger. Bill Cripe walks. Jake Midkiff strikes out. Frank Jaha walks. Bill Link scores. Dick Burchart grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Madden scores. Bill Cripe advances to third on the play. Frank Jaha advances to second on the play. Shigenori Aoyama flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Jaime Welch singles to center field. Herm Creel singles to center field. Steve Brown lines out to the shortstop. Bob Main grounds into a 3-6-3 double play - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Toronto Boris Pasternak comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ezra Alston strikes out. Pepper Smith flies out to the left fielder. Bill Link strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Babe Hoffman comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Kazuo Nakajima singles past the second baseman. Bill Raffensberger singles to center field. Kazuo Nakajima is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Ken Gladd strikes out. Jim Blowers is pinch hitting for Boris Pasternak. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Jim Blowers grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Toronto Bryan Onis pitching. John Madden strikes out. Bill Cripe strikes out. Jake Midkiff pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Tatsuya Mimura flies out to the center fielder. Jaime Welch grounds out to the third baseman. Herm Creel singles to left field. Steve Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 12 Toronto total runners left on base: 4
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Reggie Morris did not respond to coaching in control Max Houston did not respond to coaching in control Bill White did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Burton improves in endurance
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Darby improves in velocity Pep Misuraca improves in arm Jim Robinson did not respond to coaching in control Rex Gehrig did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pep Misuraca did not respond to coaching in 2B