Win: Red Sutton (18-2) Loss: Shane Bittle (13-7)
Save: Jose Daly (25)
Inning: 1 Detroit Red Sutton pitching. Sumpter Mesa strikes out. Scott Guillen grounds out to the third baseman. Cal Longmire strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Toronto Shane Bittle pitching. Bill Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Jose Glass flies out to the right fielder. Bill Paper Bagby grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Donavan McMaster strikes out. Reggie Rubber flies out to the center fielder. Bob Bodie grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Toronto Todd Jones singles to left field. Amaury Koufax flies out to the right fielder. Bump Andrus flies out to the left fielder. Andy Blackburn grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Dewey Sizzle pops out to the third baseman. Denny Freeman singles to center field. Shane Bittle lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Sumpter Mesa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Toronto Ed Gonzalez singles to left field. Red Sutton lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Ed Gonzalez forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Bill Hernandez pops out to the catcher. Jose Glass doubles to right field. Bill Paper Bagby grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Scott Guillen flies out to the left fielder. Cal Longmire flies out to the center fielder. Donavan McMaster grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Toronto Todd Jones pops out to the shortstop. Amaury Koufax grounds out to the shortstop. Bump Andrus singles to center field. Andy Blackburn hits a home run. Bump Andrus scores. Ed Gonzalez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Reggie Rubber flies out to the center fielder. Bob Bodie flies out to the right fielder. Dewey Sizzle singles to center field. Denny Freeman pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Toronto Red Sutton strikes out. Bill Hernandez singles to right field. Jose Glass flies out to the right fielder. Bill Paper Bagby grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Shane Bittle strikes out. Sumpter Mesa hits a home run. Scott Guillen flies out to the center fielder. Cal Longmire grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Toronto Todd Jones walks. Amaury Koufax strikes out. Bump Andrus singles to center field. Todd Jones advances to third on the hit. Andy Blackburn reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cal Longmire. Todd Jones scores. Ed Gonzalez flies out to the right fielder. Red Sutton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Donavan McMaster strikes out. Reggie Rubber flies out to the center fielder. Bob Bodie grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Toronto Bill Hernandez strikes out. Jose Glass grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Paper Bagby grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Dewey Sizzle walks. Denny Freeman lines out to the second baseman. Jim Pitlock is pinch hitting for Shane Bittle. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jim Pitlock walks. Ralph Stone 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. Sumpter Mesa flies out to the left fielder. Scott Guillen grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Dewey Sizzle is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Toronto Kiko Horstmann pitching. Todd Jones pops out to the first baseman. Amaury Koufax grounds out to the second baseman. Bump Andrus strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Jose Daly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Cal Longmire strikes out. Donavan McMaster grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Reggie Rubber walks. Bob Bodie grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 5 Toronto total runners left on base: 6
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Gerald Altizer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Frank Lundgren did not respond to coaching in control Garrett Salazar did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ray Eubank did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Frankie Stein did not respond to coaching in control Yasunaga Kasuga did not respond to coaching in range Mike Mercedes did not respond to coaching in SS
Toronto Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bitsy Suche improves in contact_vs_lefty Cap Gehrig did not respond to coaching in velocity Dale Alcantara did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dwight Diering did not respond to coaching in control Duane Machado did not respond to coaching in control Cap Gehrig did not respond to coaching in velocity