Win: Charlie Copeland (4-4) Loss: Rube Manning (4-3)
Save: Steve Floyd (15)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Rube Manning pitching. Dan Smith singles to left field. George Sothern hits a home run. Dan Smith scores. Mike Rodriguez strikes out. Bobby Schneider grounds out to the second baseman. Johnnie Stryker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Charlie Copeland pitching. Andy Fox flies out to the right fielder. Earle Gardner flies out to the center fielder. Bob Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Ed Kipper grounds out to the third baseman. Stephen Runyan walks. Elmer Horn strikes out. Charlie Copeland grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Kobar Tower walks. Bernie Williams. singles to center field. Jose DiMaggio grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Kobar Tower advances to third on the play. Pat Maloney. strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Dan Smith singles to center field. Dan Smith steals second. George Sothern grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Rodriguez singles to left field. Dan Smith scores. Bobby Schneider strikes out. Johnnie Stryker hits a home run. Mike Rodriguez scores. Terry Rowe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Kipper strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Chet Goldsmith strikes out. Terry Rowe walks. Andy Fox grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Terry Rowe is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Earle Gardner walks. Bob Taylor singles to right field. Andy Fox scores. Earle Gardner advances to third on the hit. Kobar Tower flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Stephen Runyan singles to right field. Stephen Runyan steals second. Elmer Horn grounds out to the second baseman. Stephen Runyan advances to third on the play. Charlie Copeland pops out to the third baseman. Dan Smith singles to left field. Stephen Runyan scores. George Sothern flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Bernie Williams. singles to left field. Bernie Williams. is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jose DiMaggio grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Pat Maloney. grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mike Rodriguez strikes out. Bobby Schneider walks. Johnnie Stryker grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bobby Schneider is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed Kipper strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Chet Goldsmith strikes out. Terry Rowe strikes out. Andy Fox singles to center field. Earle Gardner flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Stephen Runyan walks. Elmer Horn hits a home run. Stephen Runyan scores. Frank Hickey comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Copeland grounds out to the pitcher. Dan Smith lines out to the shortstop. George Sothern strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Bob Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Kobar Tower strikes out. Bernie Williams. triples. Jose DiMaggio flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Mike Rodriguez strikes out. Bobby Schneider grounds out to the pitcher. Johnnie Stryker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Pat Maloney. singles past the third baseman. Chet Goldsmith doubles to left field. Pat Maloney. uses his aggressiveness and scores. Akira Tanaka is pinch hitting for Frank Hickey. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Akira Tanaka grounds out to the shortstop. Andy Fox walks. Earle Gardner flies out to the center fielder. Bob Taylor singles to right field. Kobar Tower grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Kansas City Andy O`Connor pitching. Ed Kipper grounds out to the pitcher. Stephen Runyan grounds out to the second baseman. Elmer Horn singles to center field. Charlie Copeland strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Bernie Williams. doubles to right field. Jose DiMaggio singles to right field. Bernie Williams. scores. Pat Maloney. flies out to the right fielder. Chet Goldsmith flies out to the left fielder. Homer Elliott is pinch hitting for Andy O`Connor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Homer Elliott flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Dan Tobin pitching. Dan Smith triples. Ron Murphy is pinch hitting for George Sothern. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Ron Murphy singles to right field. Dan Smith scores. Mike Rodriguez hits a home run. Ron Murphy scores. Bobby Schneider grounds out to the second baseman. Johnnie Stryker flies out to the left fielder. Ed Kipper flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Andy Fox flies out to the center fielder. Earle Gardner hits a home run. Bob Taylor singles to right field. Kobar Tower walks. Bernie Williams. singles to center field. Bob Taylor scores. Kobar Tower advances to third on the hit. Jose DiMaggio singles to right field. Kobar Tower scores. Bernie Williams. advances to third on the hit. Pat Maloney. grounds out to the second baseman. Bernie Williams. scores. Jose DiMaggio advances to second on the play. Eddie Sunkel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chet Goldsmith walks. Steve Floyd comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dan Tobin reached on a fielding error by Ed Kipper. Andy Fox grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4 Detroit total runners LOB: 12
Batting:3B - Dan Smith (2).HR - George Sothern (9), Mike Rodriguez (8), Johnnie Stryker (4), Elmer Horn (2). Baserunning: SB - Dan Smith (8), Stephen Runyan (5). Fielding: E - Ed Kipper.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Buck Rowdon improves in arm Johnny Smith did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Greg Caraballo improves in range George Burns improves in contact_vs_righty Johnny Smith did not respond to coaching in LF
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ray Fisher did not respond to coaching in velocity Ray Fisher did not respond to coaching in velocity Art Shantz improves in range Carl Thompson did not respond to coaching in velocity Alvin Pape did not respond to coaching in LF