Win: Tommy Fanovich (2-0) Loss: Andy Wright (9-15)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Andy Wright pitching. Doc Perezchica strikes out. Juan Fox flies out to the center fielder. Bill Connolly flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Moxie Charles pitching. Roberto Luis_Medina singles to right field. Clarence Gaston grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Mike Morales singles to center field. Prince Fielder flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Mike Andre walks. Mike Jordan grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mike Andre is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Doc Stirnweiss strikes out. Mike Jordan steals second. Josh Hamilton hits a home run. Mike Jordan scores. Steve Peters flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Gary Thomasson singles to left field. Wayne Comer singles to center field. Gary Carter singles to left field. Gary Thomasson scores. Wayne Comer advances to third on the hit. Ivan Rodriguez strikes out. Andy Wright reached on a fielding error by Moxie Charles. Wayne Comer scores. Roberto Luis_Medina grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Moxie Charles reached on a 2-base throwing error by Gary Carter. Doc Perezchica grounds out to the third baseman. Juan Fox grounds out to the second baseman. Moxie Charles advances to third on the play. Bill Connolly singles to right field. Moxie Charles scores. Mike Andre singles past the second baseman. Bill Connolly advances to third on the hit. Mike Jordan walks. Doc Stirnweiss walks. Bill Connolly scores. Josh Hamilton singles to center field. Mike Andre scores. Mike Jordan scores. Doc Stirnweiss advances to third on the hit. Steve Peters strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Clarence Gaston strikes out. Mike Morales strikes out. Prince Fielder grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Moxie Charles strikes out. Doc Perezchica grounds out to the shortstop. Juan Fox flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Gary Thomasson pops out to the second baseman. Wayne Comer grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Carter flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Bill Connolly singles to right field. Mike Andre singles to center field. Bill Connolly advances to third on the hit. Mike Andre steals second. Mike Jordan strikes out. Doc Stirnweiss strikes out. Josh Hamilton reached on a 2-base throwing error by Gary Carter. Bill Connolly scores. Mike Andre scores. Steve Peters walks. Moxie Charles grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Steve Peters is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Ivan Rodriguez grounds out to the shortstop. Andy Wright singles to center field. Roberto Luis_Medina strikes out. Clarence Gaston walks. Mike Morales walks. Prince Fielder hits a home run. Andy Wright scores. Clarence Gaston scores. Mike Morales scores. Tommy Fanovich comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gary Thomasson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Doc Perezchica walks. Doc Perezchica steals second. Juan Fox singles to right field. Doc Perezchica uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Connolly doubles to right field. Mike Andre singles to left field. Juan Fox scores. Bill Connolly scores. Jose Suche comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Jordan singles to center field. Mike Andre advances to third on the hit. Doc Stirnweiss grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Jordan advances to second on the play. Josh Hamilton flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Mike Andre scores. Steve Peters walks. Vince Shantz is pinch hitting for Tommy Fanovich. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Vince Shantz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Jay Price pitching. Wayne Comer grounds out to the third baseman. Gary Carter singles to right field. Ivan Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder. Jose Suche grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Doc Perezchica strikes out. Wally Cook is pinch hitting for Juan Fox. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Wally Cook singles to left field. Bill Connolly singles to center field. Wally Cook advances to third on the hit. Bill Connolly steals second. Mike Andre strikes out. Mike Jordan lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Roberto Luis_Medina singles to center field. Clarence Gaston flies out to the right fielder. Mike Morales singles to left field. Roberto Luis_Medina steals third. Prince Fielder flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Roberto Luis_Medina scores. Johnny Reilly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gary Thomasson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Doc Stirnweiss singles past the third baseman. Josh Hamilton strikes out. Steve Peters grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Wayne Comer strikes out. Gary Carter singles to left field. Ivan Rodriguez strikes out. Magglio Ordonez is pinch hitting for Jose Suche. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Magglio Ordonez grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gary Carter is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Jeff Davis pitching. Bill Fine is pinch hitting for Johnny Reilly. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bill Fine grounds out to the pitcher. Doc Perezchica strikes out. Wally Cook strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Bobby Johnson pitching. Roberto Luis_Medina walks. Clarence Gaston pops out to the first baseman. Bob Pye is pinch hitting for Mike Morales. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bob Pye flies out to the left fielder. Prince Fielder grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners LOB: 8 Detroit total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Bill Connolly (27).HR - Josh Hamilton (3).SF - Josh Hamilton.GIDP - Steve Peters. Baserunning: SB - Doc Perezchica (5), Bill Connolly (23), Mike Andre (24), Mike Jordan (26). Fielding: E - Moxie Charles.
Batting:HR - Prince Fielder (19).SF - Prince Fielder.GIDP - Roberto Luis_Medina, Clarence Gaston. Baserunning: SB - Roberto Luis_Medina (23). Fielding: E - Gary Carter 2.
Game Notes Wally Cook is injured and is expected to be out 54 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Fornieles did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Antone Nevers did not respond to coaching in range Fred Conwell improves in contact_vs_righty Buster Higgins did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Fornieles did not respond to coaching in CF
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Carl Woodman did not respond to coaching in endurance Carl Woodman did not respond to coaching in endurance Earl Rye did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Durr did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty