The Detroit Rockets ace, Roger Clemens, became the 2nd Baseball Maelstrom pitcher, and the 1st in the American League, to win 4 games, allowing 1 run and 9 hits in 8 innings, striking out 9. Meanwhile, New York Swats starter, Stan Coveleski, fell to 0-2, allowing 8 runs and 10 hits in 5 innings. Detroit batted around in the 4th, scoring 6 of their runs, including two bases-loaded walks by Coveleski. The Swats lineup was dealing with illness and injury. Alan Trammell was starting at short in place of Lou Boudreau, who was out of the lineup with an illness. Harold Baines started the game in rightfield when Harry Heilmann was injured during batting practice. In the 2nd inning, Roberto Alomar was injured sliding into 2nd on a stolen base attempt. Detroit improved to 11-9 with the win, while New York fell to 9-11.