Win: Oyster Collins (5-3) Loss: Harry Jimenez (3-6)
Inning: 1 Detroit Oyster Collins pitching. Ed Ledbetter grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Herb Wortham strikes out. Ed Bowen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Harry Jimenez pitching. Edifus Fitzgerald hits a home run. Sam McAndrew flies out to the right fielder. Kevin Melillo strikes out. Tony Brewer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Gene Shirley grounds out to the second baseman. Baby Green strikes out. Tommy Anderson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Ed Berran strikes out. Dick Kamp triples. Gil Murff strikes out. Bill Murray walks. Bill Murray steals second. Oyster Collins pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Walt Egan flies out to the center fielder. Robinson Johnson singles to center field. Harry Jimenez fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Harry Jimenez grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Edifus Fitzgerald grounds out to the pitcher. Sam McAndrew walks. Kevin Melillo flies out to the center fielder. Tony Brewer hits a home run. Sam McAndrew scores. Ed Berran walks. Dick Kamp strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Ed Ledbetter singles to center field. Herb Wortham strikes out. Ed Bowen strikes out. Gene Shirley singles to left field. Ed Ledbetter advances to third on the hit. Baby Green grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Gil Murff flies out to the center fielder. Bill Murray hits a home run. Oyster Collins strikes out. Edifus Fitzgerald flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Tommy Anderson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Walt Egan flies out to the right fielder. Robinson Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Sam McAndrew flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Kevin Melillo walks. Eric Weyhing comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Brewer grounds out to the pitcher. Kevin Melillo advances to second on the play. Ed Berran pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Lep Pascual is pinch hitting for Eric Weyhing. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Lep Pascual flies out to the right fielder. Ed Ledbetter singles in front of the left fielder. Herb Wortham strikes out. Ed Ledbetter steals second. Ed Bowen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Alfredo Cano pitching. Dick Kamp flies out to the right fielder. Gil Murff walks. Gil Murff is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bill Murray grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Gene Shirley pops out to the shortstop. Baby Green hits a home run. Tommy Anderson grounds out to the shortstop. Walt Egan singles to center field. Robinson Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Oyster Collins lines out to the pitcher. Edifus Fitzgerald walks. Edifus Fitzgerald steals second. Sam McAndrew pops out to the first baseman. Kevin Melillo singles to left field. Edifus Fitzgerald scores. Rusty Richardson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kevin Melillo steals second. Tony Brewer hits a home run. Kevin Melillo scores. Ed Berran singles to left field. Dick Kamp grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ed Berran is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Jeff Starrette is pinch hitting for Rusty Richardson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Jeff Starrette grounds out to the pitcher. German Stewart 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. Ed Ledbetter flies out to the center fielder. Herb Wortham grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Doc Linares pitching. Gil Murff doubles past the left fielder. Bill Murray grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Gil Murff advances to third on the play. Junior Caceres is pinch hitting for German Stewart. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Junior Caceres flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Gil Murff scores. Edifus Fitzgerald strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Scott Bailey pitching. Ed Bowen singles to left field. Sig Sweasy is pinch hitting for Gene Shirley. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Sig Sweasy doubles to left field. Ed Bowen uses his aggressiveness and scores. Baby Green grounds out to the shortstop. Tommy Anderson flies out to the right fielder. Walt Egan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 5 Cleveland total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Gil Murff (7).3B - Dick Kamp (3).HR - Edifus Fitzgerald (10), Tony Brewer 2 (10), Bill Murray (5).SF - Junior Caceres. Baserunning: SB - Edifus Fitzgerald (15), Kevin Melillo (7), Bill Murray (13).CS - Gil Murff (7).
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jimmy Sele did not respond to coaching in range Harry Huenke did not respond to coaching in control Duke Kocher did not respond to coaching in range Ralph Branyan improves in range
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ricardo Malleta did not respond to coaching in range Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Greg Dupree improves in power_vs_righty Bobby Glazner did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Rheal Baird did not respond to coaching in SS