Win: Dwight Brown (1-0) Loss: Jim Kucks (0-1)
Save: Maria Reis (1)
Inning: 1 Los Angeles Jim Kucks pitching. Rocky Garbey hits a home run. Charlie Curtis flies out to the left fielder. Lee Huffman pops out to the first baseman. Harry Leach singles to left field. John Ayers lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Dwight Brown pitching. Boots Bell strikes out. Tom Leary walks. Barry Jackson flies out to the right fielder. Doug Ferguson singles to center field. Tom Leary advances to third on the hit. Salty Hassett pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Los Angeles Buster Edenfield pops out to the third baseman. Jack Royster singles to right field. Jack Royster steals second. Wilbur Asadoor grounds out to the shortstop. Dwight Brown walks. Rocky Garbey walks. Charlie Curtis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Detroit Matty Lindsay pops out to the second baseman. Lenny Chiles lines out to the shortstop. Jim Schultz flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Los Angeles Lee Huffman flies out to the right fielder. Harry Leach grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! John Ayers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Jim Kucks strikes out. Boots Bell singles to right field. Boots Bell steals second. Tom Leary grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Boots Bell advances to third on the play. Barry Jackson singles to left field. Boots Bell scores. Doug Ferguson singles to center field. Salty Hassett grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Doug Ferguson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Los Angeles Buster Edenfield grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Royster singles to right field. Wilbur Asadoor doubles to center field. Jack Royster scores. Dwight Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Rocky Garbey walks. Charlie Curtis grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Wilbur Asadoor is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Matty Lindsay strikes out. Lenny Chiles grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Schultz lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Los Angeles Lee Huffman singles to left field. Lee Huffman steals second. Harry Leach singles to right field. Lee Huffman scores. Harry Leach is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). John Ayers reached on a 2-base fielding error by Boots Bell. Buster Edenfield walks. Jack Royster pops out to the shortstop. Wilbur Asadoor flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Detroit Jim Kucks grounds out to the second baseman. Boots Bell flies out to the right fielder. Tom Leary walks. Barry Jackson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Tom Leary is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Los Angeles Dwight Brown singles to center field. Rocky Garbey singles to right field. Lyn Kunkel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Curtis strikes out. Lee Huffman singles to left field. Harry Leach singles to right field. Dwight Brown scores. Rocky Garbey scores. Lee Huffman advances to third on the hit. John Ayers strikes out. Buster Edenfield strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Doug Ferguson flies out to the center fielder. Salty Hassett strikes out. Matty Lindsay grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Los Angeles Jack Royster grounds out to the shortstop. Wilbur Asadoor grounds out to the second baseman. Dwight Brown strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Lenny Chiles grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Schultz hits an infield single to the second baseman. John Spoljaric is pinch hitting for Lyn Kunkel. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. John Spoljaric strikes out. Jim Schultz steals second. Kiyohiko Morishita 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. Boots Bell doubles to center field. Jim Schultz scores. Tom Leary strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Los Angeles Hideki Bailey pitching. Rocky Garbey strikes out. Charlie Curtis strikes out. Lee Huffman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Barry Jackson hits a home run. Doug Ferguson flies out to the center fielder. Salty Hassett singles to right field. Mike Kelly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Matty Lindsay grounds out to the pitcher. Salty Hassett advances to second on the play. Lenny Chiles grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Los Angeles Harry Leach grounds out to the pitcher. John Ayers singles to center field. Buster Edenfield pops out to the shortstop. John Ayers is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Maria Reis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Schultz grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny King is pinch hitting for Hideki Bailey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Johnny King flies out to the left fielder. Boots Bell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Los Angeles total runners LOB: 10 Detroit total runners LOB: 7
Los Angeles Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mike Lord did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Fansler did not respond to coaching in range Arnie Friberg improves in power_vs_righty Arnie Friberg improves in arm Pat Cromer did not respond to coaching in control Arnie Friberg improves in power_vs_righty Ole Suche improves in SS
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Maul did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jerry Porter did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jim Phillips did not respond to coaching in arm Jerry Blanco improves in speed Balor Aaron did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Fernando Bruce did not respond to coaching in range Frank Taylor did not respond to coaching in C