Win: Toru Uemura (7-2) Loss: John Falcon (5-4)
Save: Tom Sharpe (2)
Inning: 1 Detroit Glen Herrin pitching. Desi Kerr walks. Dick Thunderbird grounds out to the second baseman. Desi Kerr advances to second on the play. Butch Mustang singles to left field. Desi Kerr scores. Butch Mustang steals second. Trace Bronco flies out to the center fielder. Butch Mustang steals third. Pat Grampp strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Washington Manuel Parklane pitching. Claude Veach strikes out. Miller Jacquez flies out to the left fielder. Urbane Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Bill Grissom reached on a fielding error by Joe Cloude. Bill Grissom is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Red Spurgeon walks. Carroll Shelby singles past the shortstop. Manuel Parklane lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Desi Kerr walks. Dick Thunderbird grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Washington Tom Nixon singles to right field. Jerry Habyan lines out to the third baseman. Joe Cloude strikes out. Watty Wright singles to center field. Minoru Fujii walks. Glen Herrin pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Detroit Butch Mustang lines out to the third baseman. Trace Bronco grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Grampp grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Claude Veach flies out to the left fielder. Miller Jacquez strikes out. Urbane Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Bill Grissom triples. Red Spurgeon grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Grissom scores. Carroll Shelby singles to left field. Manuel Parklane fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Manuel Parklane pops out to the second baseman. Desi Kerr singles to center field. Carroll Shelby advances to third on the hit. Dick Thunderbird singles to left field. Carroll Shelby scores. Butch Mustang grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Washington Tom Nixon strikes out. Jerry Habyan singles to center field. Joe Cloude singles to left field. Jerry Habyan advances to third on the hit. Watty Wright walks. Minoru Fujii strikes out. Glen Herrin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Detroit Trace Bronco pops out to the second baseman. Pat Grampp flies out to the center fielder. Bill Grissom pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Claude Veach triples. Miller Jacquez strikes out. Urbane Jackson strikes out. Tom Nixon grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Red Spurgeon flies out to the left fielder. Carroll Shelby lines out to the shortstop. Bob Gulley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Manuel Parklane lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Jerry Habyan walks. Joe Cloude singles to left field. Watty Wright grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Jerry Habyan advances to third on the play. Minoru Fujii pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Desi Kerr grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Thunderbird lines out to the second baseman. Butch Mustang pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Jason Agbayani is pinch hitting for Bob Gulley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jason Agbayani singles to center field. Claude Veach flies out to the left fielder. Miller Jacquez singles past the second baseman. Jason Agbayani advances to third on the hit. Urbane Jackson strikes out. Tom Nixon walks. John Falcon 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. Jerry Habyan singles past the second baseman. Jason Agbayani scores. Miller Jacquez scores. Tom Nixon advances to third on the hit. Joe Cloude strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Toru Uemura pitching. Trace Bronco grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Grampp grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Grissom doubles to center field. Red Spurgeon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Watty Wright singles to right field. Harry Bongiovanni is pinch hitting for Minoru Fujii. Harry Bongiovanni hits a home run. Watty Wright scores. Jesse Focus comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sherman Mercer is pinch hitting for Toru Uemura. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sherman Mercer strikes out. Claude Veach singles to right field. Miller Jacquez walks. Urbane Jackson singles to right field. Tom Nixon singles in front of the right fielder. Claude Veach scores. Miller Jacquez scores. Ken Cougar comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Habyan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Tom Sharpe pitching. Hal Lopata enters the game as a defensive replacement for Harry Bongiovanni at C. Hunky Donovan enters the game as a defensive replacement for Claude Veach at SS. Carroll Shelby grounds out to the third baseman. John Ranchero is pinch hitting for Ken Cougar. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Ranchero grounds out to the third baseman. Desi Kerr singles to left field. Dick Thunderbird grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Desi Kerr is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Detroit total runners left on base: 8 Washington total runners left on base: 11
Game Notes Glen Herrin is injured and is expected to be out 21 days.
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Johnny Tourneo improves in contact_vs_righty Louis Aerostar did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Freda improves in range Johnny Tourneo improves in power_vs_lefty Roy Econoline did not respond to coaching in 3B
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: John Strickland did not respond to coaching in speed Billy Henderson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Terry Kainer improves in control Gene 'The Mutant' Embrey did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Al Elliott did not respond to coaching in 1B