Win: Vance Cooper (7-3) Loss: Sal Williams (10-2)
Save: Mike Whitney (11)
Inning: 1 Texas Sal Williams pitching. Wilfredo Sleater lines out to the third baseman. Jeff Dumovich grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Cummings singles to center field. Milt Ostendorf strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Vance Cooper pitching. Laurie Webb strikes out. Buddy Tillman lines out to the second baseman. Nino Bruyette singles to left field. Yoshio Asada grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Kelly Brown flies out to the right fielder. Jose Brewer flies out to the right fielder. Shovel Sanders grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Don Vizquel grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Heise grounds out to the third baseman. German Witt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas George McGah pops out to the third baseman. Vance Cooper grounds out to the shortstop. Wilfredo Sleater walks. Jeff Dumovich flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Ron Shea reached on a 2-base throwing error by Kelly Brown. Sal Williams lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Ron Shea is thrown out at third. Laurie Webb grounds out to the third baseman. Sal Williams advances to second on the play. Buddy Tillman grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Bob Cummings reached on a fielding error by Laurie Webb. Milt Ostendorf singles to right field. Kelly Brown singles to right field. Bob Cummings scores. Jose Brewer pops out to the shortstop. Shovel Sanders doubles to right field. Milt Ostendorf scores. Kelly Brown uses his aggressiveness and scores. George McGah grounds out to the second baseman. Shovel Sanders advances to third on the play. Vance Cooper grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Nino Bruyette flies out to the right fielder. Yoshio Asada grounds out to the third baseman. Don Vizquel flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Wilfredo Sleater grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Dumovich flies out to the center fielder. Bob Cummings singles to right field. Bob Cummings is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Billy Heise flies out to the left fielder. German Witt grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Shea reached on a 2-base throwing error by Kelly Brown. Sal Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Milt Ostendorf flies out to the center fielder. Kelly Brown grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Brewer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Laurie Webb strikes out. Buddy Tillman grounds out to the pitcher. Nino Bruyette hits a home run. Yoshio Asada grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Shovel Sanders grounds out to the shortstop. George McGah singles to left field. Vance Cooper pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Wilfredo Sleater flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Don Vizquel strikes out. Billy Heise flies out to the right fielder. German Witt lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Jeff Dumovich strikes out. Bob Cummings singles to center field. Milt Ostendorf flies out to the left fielder. Kelly Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Ron Shea singles to right field. Tommy Blackburn is pinch hitting for Sal Williams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tommy Blackburn pops out to the first baseman. Laurie Webb triples. Ron Shea scores. Jim Donnelly 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 2nd. Buddy Tillman strikes out. Nino Bruyette walks. Yoshio Asada strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas Hal Clemens pitching. Jose Brewer reached on a fielding error by Ron Shea. Shovel Sanders grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. George McGah grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Mike Whitney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Don Vizquel grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Heise grounds out to the shortstop. German Witt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 5 Detroit total runners LOB: 5
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Hal Hernandez did not respond to coaching in velocity Brent VanRobays improves in velocity Keith Castillo improves in contact_vs_lefty Eric Baker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lou Smith did not respond to coaching in control Steve Daniels did not respond to coaching in endurance Al Collins improves in control Matias Corriden did not respond to coaching in control Cliff Kellner improves in CF