Win: Fuzz James (4-1) Loss: Henry Sturdivant (0-2)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Mototoshi Nishimura pitching. Nixey Caballero strikes out. John Wyrostek reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bernie Uglesich. Fred Myers grounds out to the third baseman. Don Renteria singles to left field. John Wyrostek is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Don Crumpler pitching. Eddie Decker strikes out. Manuel Garcia-Castellon flies out to the right fielder. Al Cueto hits a home run. Bartolo Torres singles to right field. Bernie Uglesich strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Doug Barrios grounds out to the third baseman. George Brown doubles past the third baseman. Tom Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Nino Ackley flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Mo Greene flies out to the left fielder. Chris Harding singles to center field. Takashi Ohtsuka grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Don Crumpler grounds out to the second baseman. Nixey Caballero triples. The defense is playing the corners in. John Wyrostek strikes out. Fred Myers grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Mototoshi Nishimura pops out to the first baseman. Eddie Decker grounds out to the third baseman. Manuel Garcia-Castellon singles in front of the left fielder. Al Cueto grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Manuel Garcia-Castellon is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Don Renteria strikes out. Doug Barrios doubles to center field. George Brown pops out to the catcher. Tom Taylor grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Bartolo Torres strikes out. Bernie Uglesich grounds out to the third baseman. Mo Greene strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Nino Ackley strikes out. Don Crumpler grounds out to the third baseman. Nixey Caballero pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Chris Harding grounds out to the shortstop. Takashi Ohtsuka strikes out. Mototoshi Nishimura grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City John Wyrostek singles to left field. Fred Myers strikes out. Don Renteria flies out to the center fielder. Doug Barrios walks. George Brown grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Detroit Eddie Decker strikes out. Manuel Garcia-Castellon singles to left field. Al Cueto strikes out. Bartolo Torres flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Maurice Karow is pinch hitting for Tom Taylor. Maurice Karow singles to left field. Nino Ackley singles to center field. Don Crumpler lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Nixey Caballero flies out to the center fielder. John Wyrostek pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Detroit Dick Poloni enters the game as a defensive replacement for Maurice Karow at 3B. Bernie Uglesich strikes out. Jim Warner is pinch hitting for Mo Greene. Jim Warner flies out to the center fielder. Wally Larkin is pinch hitting for Chris Harding. Wally Larkin doubles to center field. Stan Palagyi 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. Takashi Ohtsuka grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Clay Baker enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Warner at LF. Fred Myers grounds out to the third baseman. Don Renteria grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Barrios hits a home run. George Brown walks. Hensley Tising 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 1st. Dick Poloni doubles to right field. Ed Peasley is pinch hitting for Nino Ackley. Ed Peasley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Mark Stein is pinch hitting for Hensley Tising. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mark Stein lines out to the second baseman. Eddie Decker doubles to center field. Manuel Garcia-Castellon singles to center field. The defense is playing the infield in. Manuel Garcia-Castellon is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Al Cueto grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Fuzz James pitching. Charlie Cary is pinch hitting for Stan Palagyi. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Charlie Cary lines out to the second baseman. Nixey Caballero grounds out to the pitcher. John Wyrostek singles to center field. Fred Myers flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Henry Sturdivant pitching. Bartolo Torres hits a home run. Kansas City total runners left on base: 11 Detroit total runners left on base: 5
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mark Remneas did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Muniz did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Muniz did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Muniz did not respond to coaching in control
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Tom McMillan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dick Dunn did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Brady did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Glenn Mann improves in speed