Win: Johnny Rodriguez (9-18) Loss: Bill Marquis (14-10)
Save: Ace Throneberry (24)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Bill Marquis pitching. Red Keliher grounds out to the second baseman. Carlos Delgado strikes out. Eddie Mathews grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Johnny Rodriguez pitching. Jeff Bagwell walks. Tony Gwynn flies out to the center fielder. Salvi Vina flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Higginson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jeff Bagwell is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Dean Bush strikes out. Mike Metzler flies out to the left fielder. Frank Steevens grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Joe DiMaggio singles to right field. Matt Holliday grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Nelson Simmons flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Ben Onslow singles to right field. Roger Laudner flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Rodriguez pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Red Keliher hits an infield single to the second baseman. Carlos Delgado singles to center field. Ben Onslow uses his aggressiveness and scores. Eddie Mathews strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Joe Nolan strikes out. Bill Marquis strikes out. Jeff Bagwell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Dean Bush strikes out. Mike Metzler flies out to the center fielder. Frank Steevens strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Tony Gwynn strikes out. Salvi Vina singles to left field. Bobby Higginson singles to right field. Salvi Vina advances to third on the hit. Joe DiMaggio flies out to the left fielder. Matt Holliday grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Ben Onslow flies out to the right fielder. Roger Laudner flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Rodriguez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Nelson Simmons strikes out. Joe Nolan strikes out. Bill Marquis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Red Keliher singles to left field. Carlos Delgado walks. Eddie Mathews flies out to the center fielder. Dean Bush walks. Mike Metzler strikes out. Frank Steevens strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Detroit Jeff Bagwell grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Gwynn strikes out. Salvi Vina strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland James George is pinch hitting for Ben Onslow. James George grounds out to the second baseman. Roger Laudner grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Rodriguez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Bobby Higginson singles to center field. Joe DiMaggio grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bobby Higginson advances to second on the play. Lou Tepedino is pinch hitting for Matt Holliday. Lou Tepedino strikes out. Nelson Simmons walks. Joe Nolan lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Riley Greene enters the game as a defensive replacement for Lou Tepedino at RF. Red Keliher flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Delgado singles past the second baseman. Eddie Mathews grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Carlos Delgado is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Dean Bush flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Mike Piazza is pinch hitting for Bill Marquis. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Mike Piazza flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Bagwell grounds out to the second baseman. Tony Gwynn flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Rob Bohn pitching. Mike Metzler flies out to the left fielder. Frank Steevens walks. James George strikes out. Roger Laudner grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Frank Steevens is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Salvi Vina flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Higginson reached on a fielding error by Johnny Rodriguez. Joe DiMaggio singles to center field. Bobby Higginson advances to third on the hit. Ace Throneberry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 3rd. Riley Greene pops out to the shortstop. Nelson Simmons strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7 Detroit total runners LOB: 7
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Al Popovich improves in arm Tony Tenney did not respond to coaching in velocity Gus Triandos improves in power_vs_righty Tony Tenney improves in control
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Felix Jose did not respond to coaching in speed Carlos Velasquez did not respond to coaching in velocity Carlos Velasquez did not respond to coaching in control Paul Thormasgard did not respond to coaching in velocity Felix Jose did not respond to coaching in C