Win: Charlie McCaskill (1-1) Loss: Yoshio Fukui (1-1)
Inning: 1 Washington Daryl Werle pitching. Kevin Piet strikes out. Sam Otey singles to left field. Denney Smith flies out to the right fielder. Hisashi Nagashima singles in front of the right fielder. Sam Otey advances to third on the hit. F.P. Rhiel reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Howell. Sam Otey scores. Stan Harper bunts for a base hit. Hisashi Nagashima scores. Mike Seelbach strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Ben Gabrielson pitching. Dick Anderson walks. Joji Otomo flies out to the center fielder. Tex Tyack walks. Allen Sutton singles to center field. Dick Anderson scores. Frank Howell grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Allen Sutton is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jack Bartling walks. Paul Grieve singles past the shortstop. Tex Tyack scores. Frank Howell scores. Jack Bartling advances to third on the hit. Valerio Hooten flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Washington Hajime Taira grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Gabrielson pops out to the catcher. Kevin Piet flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Daryl Werle grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Joji Otomo grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Sam Otey doubles to left field. Denney Smith strikes out. Hisashi Nagashima grounds out to the third baseman. F.P. Rhiel walks. Stan Harper singles to left field. Sam Otey scores. F.P. Rhiel advances to third on the hit. Stan Harper is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Tex Tyack flies out to the right fielder. Allen Sutton grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Howell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Mike Seelbach walks. Hajime Taira flies out to the center fielder. Ben Gabrielson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kevin Piet grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Jack Bartling singles to right field. Paul Grieve flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Valerio Hooten walks. Daryl Werle lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dick Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Sam Otey doubles to center field. Denney Smith grounds out to the shortstop. Hisashi Nagashima singles to left field. Sam Otey scores. F.P. Rhiel grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hisashi Nagashima is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Stan Harper grounds into a force play to the second baseman. F.P. Rhiel is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Joji Otomo doubles to left field. Tex Tyack singles to left field. Joji Otomo scores. Allen Sutton walks. Frank Howell grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Allen Sutton is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jack Bartling strikes out. Paul Grieve grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Washington Mike Seelbach singles to center field. Hajime Taira strikes out. Ben Gabrielson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ben Gabrielson strikes out. Kevin Piet flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Valerio Hooten singles to center field. Mike Perry is pinch hitting for Daryl Werle. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Mike Perry grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Valerio Hooten advances to second on the play. Dick Anderson doubles to right field. Valerio Hooten scores. Joji Otomo singles to right field. Dick Anderson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rube Shocker comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joji Otomo gets picked off first. Tex Tyack strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Geoff Cox pitching. Sam Otey reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dick Anderson. Denney Smith hits an infield single to the pitcher. Hisashi Nagashima doubles to right field. Sam Otey scores. Denney Smith uses his aggressiveness and scores. F.P. Rhiel walks. Stan Harper strikes out. Mike Seelbach singles to left field. Hisashi Nagashima scores. F.P. Rhiel advances to third on the hit. Charlie McCaskill comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hajime Taira strikes out. Ronald McCraw is pinch hitting for Rube Shocker. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ronald McCraw grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Yoshio Fukui pitching. Allen Sutton is hit by a pitch. Charlie Christian is pinch hitting for Frank Howell. Charlie Christian singles to right field. Jack Bartling reached on a 2-base throwing error by Mike Seelbach. Allen Sutton scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Paul Grieve grounds out to the pitcher. The defense is playing the infield in. Jack Pierce is pinch hitting for Valerio Hooten. Jack Pierce walks. The defense is playing the corners in. Jack Huckleberry comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie McCaskill singles to right field. Charlie Christian scores. Dick Anderson grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Bartling scores. Jack Pierce advances to third on the play. Charlie McCaskill advances to second on the play. Joji Otomo pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Washington Rick Goodwin enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jack Pierce at LF. Kevin Piet singles to right field. Sam Otey singles to center field. Kevin Piet is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Denney Smith strikes out. Hisashi Nagashima grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Sam Otey is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Tex Tyack hits an infield single to the shortstop. Allen Sutton walks. Rick Holbrook comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Christian singles to center field. Tex Tyack scores. Allen Sutton advances to third on the hit. Jack Bartling grounds out to the second baseman. Allen Sutton scores. Charlie Christian advances to second on the play. Paul Grieve walks. Rick Goodwin singles to left field. Charlie Christian scores. Paul Grieve advances to third on the hit. Harry Sadowski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie McCaskill strikes out. Dick Anderson walks. Joji Otomo walks. Paul Grieve scores. Tex Tyack singles to right field. Rick Goodwin scores. Dick Anderson scores. Allen Sutton grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tex Tyack is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Washington F.P. Rhiel doubles to right field. Stan Harper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). F.P. Rhiel advances to third on the play. Mike Seelbach walks. Hajime Taira strikes out. Abe Rios is pinch hitting for Harry Sadowski. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Abe Rios walks. Kevin Piet grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Washington total runners left on base: 12 Tampa Bay total runners left on base: 10
Game Notes Ronald McCraw is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Buddy Bayne did not respond to coaching in speed Nate Carlyle did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Gullic improves in arm Dwayne Lee improves in control Hi Enders did not respond to coaching in 1B
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Pena did not respond to coaching in velocity Jeff Cisco improves in power_vs_lefty Vic Sorensen did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty George Bransfield improves in speed Jay Worthington did not respond to coaching in CF