Win: Garry Stone Loss: Nelson Swift
Save: Al Gettel
Inning: 1 Washington Garry Stone pitching. Vito Gilmore grounds out to the pitcher. John Godwin strikes out. Doug James grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Nelson Swift pitching. Rusty Sightmark grounds out to the shortstop. Rudy Hayes hits a home run. John Bonner strikes out. Mike Sabo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Gary Brickell strikes out. Juan McCrea strikes out. Red Rogalski singles to right field. Carmen McCloskey singles to right field. Jim Cascarella grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Butch Kruk hits a home run. Julius Anschutz strikes out. Otto Bennett singles to right field. Cory Weiss flies out to the center fielder. Garry Stone reached on a 2-base throwing error by Doug James. Rusty Sightmark flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Nelson Swift strikes out. Vito Gilmore strikes out. John Godwin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Rudy Hayes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Bonner walks. Mike Sabo flies out to the right fielder. Butch Kruk grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Doug James grounds out to the third baseman. Gary Brickell grounds out to the pitcher. Juan McCrea grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Julius Anschutz grounds out to the shortstop. Otto Bennett strikes out. Cory Weiss strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Red Rogalski singles to right field. Carmen McCloskey singles to right field. Red Rogalski advances to third on the hit. Jim Cascarella flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Red Rogalski scores. Nelson Swift fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Nelson Swift grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Garry Stone strikes out. Rusty Sightmark hits an infield single to the second baseman. Rudy Hayes grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rusty Sightmark is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. John Bonner walks. Mike Sabo triples. Rudy Hayes scores. John Bonner scores. Butch Kruk grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Vito Gilmore singles to left field. John Godwin grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Doug James flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Julius Anschutz strikes out. Otto Bennett singles to left field. Otto Bennett is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Cory Weiss lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Gary Brickell walks. Juan McCrea singles to left field. Gary Brickell advances to third on the hit. Red Rogalski singles to right field. Gary Brickell scores. Carmen McCloskey grounds into a 3-6-3 double play - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Juan McCrea advances to third on the play. Jim Cascarella grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Alex Baumgartner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Garry Stone strikes out. Rusty Sightmark flies out to the center fielder. Rudy Hayes lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Gary Kavanagh is pinch hitting for Alex Baumgartner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Gary Kavanagh singles to left field. Vito Gilmore singles to center field. Ernie Reulbach 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. John Godwin strikes out. Doug James lines out to the first baseman. Gary Brickell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Dave Shealy pitching. John Bonner flies out to the right fielder. Mike Sabo singles to center field. Butch Kruk grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Sabo advances to second on the play. Julius Anschutz singles to right field. Mike Sabo scores. Otto Bennett grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Kazuhiro Igarashi enters the game as a defensive replacement for Julius Anschutz at LF. Al Gettel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Juan McCrea grounds out to the shortstop. Red Rogalski strikes out. Carmen McCloskey singles to right field. Carmen McCloskey is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners left on base: 5 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5