Inning: 1 Washington Tom Pierce pitching. Masami Fujimura strikes out. John McCandless strikes out. Juan Torriente grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland John Wagner pitching. Johnny Parrott hits a home run. John Mercado walks. Dave Metz walks. Joe Gordon doubles to center field. John Mercado scores. Dave Metz uses his aggressiveness and scores. Leo Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Lynn Leard grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Gordon advances to third on the play. Todd Sentell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington John Marsh flies out to the right fielder. Lizard Low grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Schemer hits a home run. Yoshiyuki Tamura grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Oakland Kevin Crisp singles to center field. Tom Pierce lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Johnny Parrott grounds out to the shortstop. John Mercado strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Willie Dustice pops out to the second baseman. John Wagner pops out to the shortstop. Masami Fujimura flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Dave Metz doubles to center field. Joe Gordon walks. Leo Johnson grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Dave Metz is out at third base. Lynn Leard doubles to right field. Joe Gordon scores. Leo Johnson uses his aggressiveness and scores. Todd Sentell hits a home run. Lynn Leard scores. Moe Walsh comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kevin Crisp singles to left field. Tom Pierce lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Johnny Parrott flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington John McCandless strikes out. Juan Torriente strikes out. John Marsh pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland John Mercado grounds out to the shortstop. Dave Metz singles past the second baseman. Dave Metz steals second. Joe Gordon walks. Leo Johnson strikes out. Lynn Leard walks. Todd Sentell pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Washington Lizard Low walks. Eric Schemer grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Lizard Low is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Yoshiyuki Tamura strikes out. Willie Dustice grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Oakland Kevin Crisp singles past the first baseman. Tom Pierce fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Tom Pierce flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Parrott pops out to the pitcher. Kevin Crisp steals second. John Mercado flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington George Parsons is pinch hitting for Moe Walsh. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. George Parsons walks. George Parsons is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Masami Fujimura lines out to the third baseman. John McCandless hits a home run. Juan Torriente walks. John Marsh triples. Juan Torriente scores. Lizard Low walks. Eric Schemer walks. Pat Lelivelt 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 1st. Yoshiyuki Tamura grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Oakland Tony Young pitching. Dave Metz flies out to the right fielder. Joe Gordon strikes out. Leo Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Willie Dustice grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Kemp is pinch hitting for Tony Young. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Mike Kemp doubles to left field. Masami Fujimura strikes out. John McCandless is hit by a pitch. Juan Torriente grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Oakland Rudeldis Tapia pitching. Lynn Leard singles to right field. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Todd Sentell singles to left field. Lynn Leard scores. Kevin Crisp grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Tony Scharein is pinch hitting for Pat Lelivelt. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tony Scharein grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Luis DeJesus pitching. Vic Nichting is pinch hitting for John Marsh. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Vic Nichting strikes out. Lizard Low grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Schemer hits a home run. Bill Ballard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Yoshiyuki Tamura singles to center field. Willie Dustice strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Frank Tessmer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Parrott walks. John Mercado doubles to left field. Johnny Parrott is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Dave Metz hits a home run. John Mercado scores. Takahiro Hayasaka comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Joe Gordon strikes out. Leo Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Takahiro Hayasaka grounds out to the second baseman. Masami Fujimura walks. John McCandless singles to right field. Masami Fujimura advances to third on the hit. Juan Torriente walks. Howard Schacht comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Vic Nichting strikes out. Lizard Low strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Washington total runners left on base: 10 Oakland total runners left on base: 7
Batting:2B - Mike Kemp (10).3B - John Marsh (2).HR - John McCandless (17), Eric Schemer 2 (20).HBP - John McCandless (1). Baserunning: CS - George Parsons (3).
Batting:2B - John Mercado (19), Dave Metz (18), Joe Gordon (16), Lynn Leard (26).HR - Johnny Parrott (17), Dave Metz (15), Todd Sentell (3).GIDP - Kevin Crisp. Baserunning: SB - Dave Metz (11), Kevin Crisp (3).
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jorge Civil improves in control Toshio Inokawa did not respond to coaching in arm Toshio Inokawa improves in arm Charlie Andrews did not respond to coaching in control
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lefty McCarthy improves in arm Bill Howard improves in power_vs_righty Charlie Brock did not respond to coaching in velocity Ron Key improves in arm John Meier did not respond to coaching in 1B