Inning: 1 New York Pedro Scarritt pitching. Harry Ruiz strikes out. Paul DiPietro grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Duncan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Charlie Buxton pitching. Laurie Webb singles to center field. Nino Bruyette reached on a fielding error by Paul DiPietro. Yoshio Asada grounds into a force play to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Nino Bruyette is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. German Witt walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Buddy Tillman strikes out. Don Vizquel singles to right field. Laurie Webb scores. Yoshio Asada scores. Billy Heise lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Al Howry flies out to the center fielder. Marsh Morgan grounds out to the pitcher. Rudy Mejia strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Ron Shea singles to right field. Pedro Scarritt lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Laurie Webb hits a home run. Ron Shea scores. Nino Bruyette grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshio Asada grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Jim Gillespie doubles to left field. Ed Wistert flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Buxton grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Ruiz walks. Paul DiPietro strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit German Witt strikes out. Buddy Tillman strikes out. Don Vizquel singles to left field. Billy Heise flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 New York Joe Duncan walks. Al Howry walks. Marsh Morgan flies out to the left fielder. Rudy Mejia doubles to left field. Joe Duncan scores. Al Howry is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Jim Gillespie reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ron Shea. Rudy Mejia scores. Ed Wistert walks. Charlie Buxton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Ron Shea singles to left field. Pedro Scarritt lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Ron Shea forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Laurie Webb singles to right field. Nino Bruyette flies out to the right fielder. Yoshio Asada walks. German Witt singles to left field. Pedro Scarritt scores. Laurie Webb scores. Buddy Tillman singles to center field. Yoshio Asada scores. Al Thompson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Don Vizquel strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 New York Harry Ruiz singles to center field. Paul DiPietro grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Ruiz advances to second on the play. Joe Duncan strikes out. Al Howry grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Billy Heise hits a home run. Luis Pechous comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ron Shea strikes out. Pedro Scarritt walks. Laurie Webb singles to center field. Pedro Scarritt advances to third on the hit. Nino Bruyette flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Pedro Scarritt is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 New York Marsh Morgan strikes out. Rudy Mejia flies out to the left fielder. Jim Gillespie grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Yoshio Asada flies out to the center fielder. German Witt strikes out. Buddy Tillman singles to left field. Don Vizquel walks. Billy Heise flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Allen Sharrott is pinch hitting for Ed Wistert. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Allen Sharrott singles to right field. Tony Ryan is pinch hitting for Luis Pechous. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tony Ryan grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Allen Sharrott is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Harry Ruiz walks. Paul DiPietro doubles to left field. Tony Ryan scores. Harry Ruiz is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Joe Duncan singles to right field. Paul DiPietro uses his aggressiveness and scores. Chief Hunt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Howry strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Fritz Larkin pitching. Ron Shea pops out to the shortstop. Jerry Mitchell is pinch hitting for Chief Hunt. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jerry Mitchell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Laurie Webb flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 New York Reid Hatcher pitching. Marsh Morgan walks. Rudy Mejia walks. Chris Ryba is pinch hitting for Jim Gillespie. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chris Ryba hits a home run. Marsh Morgan scores. Rudy Mejia scores. Hal Clemens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ron Medwick is pinch hitting for Allen Sharrott. Ron Medwick walks. Tim Davalillo is pinch hitting for Fritz Larkin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tim Davalillo doubles to left field. Ron Medwick uses his aggressiveness and scores. Harry Ruiz pops out to the third baseman. Paul DiPietro strikes out. Joe Duncan singles past the second baseman. Carlos Camelli comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Duncan is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Jim Ward pitching. Nino Bruyette singles to right field. Yoshio Asada grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Nino Bruyette is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Yoshio Asada steals second. German Witt strikes out. Buddy Tillman pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Al Howry hits a home run. Marsh Morgan lines out to the third baseman. Rudy Mejia grounds out to the pitcher. Chris Ryba flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Don Vizquel doubles to left field. Billy Heise strikes out. Ron Shea grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Sember is pinch hitting for Carlos Camelli. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ed Sember doubles to left field. Don Vizquel scores. Laurie Webb singles to left field. Ed Sember scores. New York total runners left on base: 7 Detroit total runners left on base: 9
Batting:2B - Paul DiPietro (6), Rudy Mejia (5), Jim Gillespie (8), Tim Davalillo (1).HR - Al Howry (2), Chris Ryba (2). Baserunning: CS - Joe Duncan (3). Fielding: E - Paul DiPietro.
Game Notes Joe Duncan is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Danny Sulik did not respond to coaching in arm Jeff Gazella improves in contact_vs_lefty Jeff Gazella did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dave McKee did not respond to coaching in velocity Danny Sulik did not respond to coaching in 1B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Roy Satriano improves in range George Sadek improves in range George Sadek improves in arm Eddie Klumpp improves in power_vs_lefty Pedro Savage did not respond to coaching in CF