Win: Pete Saenz (1-1) Loss: Lee Hoag (2-3)
Save: Dave Ritchie (7)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Eddie Hendricks pitching. Hiromasa Fujio strikes out. Jerry Lum strikes out. Bill Graff flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Mark Gearin pitching. Nobuyuki Matsumoto strikes out. Jim Young grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Ritchie flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Bug Manno grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Lutz singles to left field. Warren Flaherty flies out to the center fielder. Charlie Knight walks. Johnny Warren grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Washington Mike Donlin pops out to the second baseman. Bill Rosario grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Cox strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Mark Gearin grounds out to the third baseman. Hiromasa Fujio flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Lum flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Bill Hernandez pops out to the shortstop. Dick Myrick flies out to the right fielder. Eddie Hendricks grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Bill Graff flies out to the right fielder. Bug Manno flies out to the left fielder. Steve Lutz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Nobuyuki Matsumoto doubles to right field. Jim Young grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Ritchie triples. Nobuyuki Matsumoto scores. Mike Donlin flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Johnny Ritchie scores. Bill Rosario walks. Bill Cox singles to left field. Bill Rosario advances to third on the hit. Bill Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Warren Flaherty strikes out. Charlie Knight flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Warren strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Dick Myrick walks. Eddie Hendricks lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Nobuyuki Matsumoto grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Young grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Mark Gearin grounds out to the shortstop. Hiromasa Fujio pops out to the first baseman. Jerry Lum singles to center field. Bill Graff strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Johnny Ritchie hits a home run. Mike Donlin strikes out. Bill Rosario grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Cox grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Bug Manno pops out to the catcher. Steve Lutz grounds out to the shortstop. Warren Flaherty reached on a fielding error by Eddie Hendricks. Charlie Knight singles to right field. Johnny Warren singles to center field. Warren Flaherty scores. Charlie Knight advances to third on the hit. Jim Cash is pinch hitting for Mark Gearin. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Jim Cash hits an infield single to the third baseman. Charlie Knight scores. Hiromasa Fujio singles past the first baseman. Johnny Warren scores. George Webster 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 Lum grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Washington Pete Saenz pitching. Bill Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Myrick strikes out. Carroll Habenicht is pinch hitting for George Webster. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Carroll Habenicht doubles to left field. Nobuyuki Matsumoto grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Lee Hoag pitching. Bill Graff grounds out to the pitcher. Bug Manno singles to left field. Steve Lutz walks. Warren Flaherty flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Knight singles to center field. Bug Manno scores. Johnny Warren walks. Pete Saenz pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Washington Jim Young flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Ritchie singles to center field. Mike Donlin singles to center field. Johnny Ritchie advances to third on the hit. Bill Rosario walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Bill Cox strikes out. Bill Hernandez grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Phil Esasky comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hiromasa Fujio walks. Jerry Lum singles to center field. Hiromasa Fujio aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bill Graff strikes out. Bug Manno doubles to center field. Hiromasa Fujio scores. Jerry Lum uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bruce Bush comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Steve Lutz flies out to the left fielder. Warren Flaherty strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Hilly Naragon enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jerry Lum at CF. Dave Ritchie comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dick Myrick strikes out. Dave Frascatore is pinch hitting for Bruce Bush. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dave Frascatore strikes out. Nobuyuki Matsumoto reached on a 2-base throwing error by Bill Graff. Jim Young grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 9 Washington total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Nobuyuki Matsumoto (2), Carroll Habenicht (1).3B - Johnny Ritchie (3).HR - Johnny Ritchie (2).SF - Mike Donlin. Fielding: E - Eddie Hendricks.
Game Notes Eddie Hendricks is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Marv Almanza did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Lou Twombly did not respond to coaching in control John Riggert did not respond to coaching in control Billy Deal improves in range Carden Twitchell did not respond to coaching in arm Marty Mintz did not respond to coaching in speed Billy Deal did not respond to coaching in 1B
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lefty Berry did not respond to coaching in control Mike Hoffman did not respond to coaching in control George Culp improves in power_vs_righty Barbaro Lind improves in speed Mike Hoffman did not respond to coaching in control Brian Finley improves in power_vs_righty Brian Finley did not respond to coaching in C