Win: Micah Nielsen (1-0) Loss: Mike Jaster (7-11)
Save: Dave Richbourg (7)
Inning: 1 Washington Mike Jaster pitching. Kyle McGilvray singles past the shortstop. Gary LeJeune grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Kenji Itakura strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Micah Nielsen pitching. Hoot Harnisch grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Joe Houston strikes out. Hideki Sakaguchi singles to left field. Hideki Sakaguchi is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Asniel Solano singles to center field. Asniel Solano steals second. Ossie Marquis hits an infield single to the first baseman. Samuel Firova flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Asniel Solano scores. Chick Walker grounds out to the shortstop. Ossie Marquis advances to second on the play. Randy Lindstrom lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Al Parker flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Billy French grounds out to the second baseman. Freddy Vohol strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Micah Nielsen strikes out. Kyle McGilvray flies out to the right fielder. Gary LeJeune singles past the third baseman. Kenji Itakura grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Chuck Danning strikes out. John Reyes pops out to the shortstop. Mike Jaster walks. Hoot Harnisch doubles to center field. Joe Houston flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Washington Asniel Solano walks. Asniel Solano steals second. Ossie Marquis strikes out. Samuel Firova flies out to the right fielder. Chick Walker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Hideki Sakaguchi strikes out. Al Parker strikes out. Billy French grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Randy Lindstrom grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Micah Nielsen singles to right field. Kyle McGilvray grounds out to the shortstop. Micah Nielsen advances to second on the play. Gary LeJeune flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Freddy Vohol singles to right field. Chuck Danning singles to center field. John Reyes strikes out. Mike Jaster lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hoot Harnisch grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Washington Kenji Itakura walks. Kenji Itakura is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Asniel Solano singles to left field. Ossie Marquis singles to center field. Asniel Solano advances to third on the hit. Hideaki Kimura is pinch hitting for Samuel Firova. Hideaki Kimura grounds out to the shortstop. Asniel Solano scores. Ossie Marquis advances to second on the play. Tom Balenti is pinch hitting for Chick Walker. Tom Balenti reached on a fielding error by Mike Jaster. Randy Lindstrom walks. Micah Nielsen grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Cleveland Joe Houston strikes out. Hideki Sakaguchi strikes out. Al Parker singles to left field. Billy French grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Al Parker is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Kyle McGilvray singles to left field. Kyle McGilvray steals second. Gary LeJeune flies out to the center fielder. Kenji Itakura walks. Asniel Solano grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kyle McGilvray advances to third on the play. Kenji Itakura advances to second on the play. Ossie Marquis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Cleveland Freddy Vohol strikes out. Chuck Danning grounds out to the second baseman. John Reyes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Hideaki Kimura flies out to the left fielder. Tom Balenti walks. Tom Balenti steals second. Frank Rondeau 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. Randy Lindstrom walks. Micah Nielsen lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kyle McGilvray singles to center field. Tom Balenti scores. Randy Lindstrom scores. Gary LeJeune pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Ossie Stanek is pinch hitting for Frank Rondeau. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Ossie Stanek walks. Hoot Harnisch walks. Joe Houston grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ossie Stanek advances to third on the play. Hoot Harnisch advances to second on the play. Hideki Sakaguchi grounds out to the second baseman. Ossie Stanek scores. Hoot Harnisch advances to third on the play. Al Parker singles to right field. Hoot Harnisch scores. Dave Richbourg comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Billy French grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Al Parker is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Bruce Davenport pitching. Kenji Itakura pops out to the shortstop. Asniel Solano flies out to the center fielder. Ossie Marquis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Freddy Vohol grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chuck Danning singles to right field. John Reyes singles to left field. John Kennedy is pinch hitting for Bruce Davenport. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Kennedy flies out to the center fielder. Hoot Harnisch singles to center field. Chuck Danning scores. Joe Houston lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Washington total runners LOB: 10 Cleveland total runners LOB: 8
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Coco Wilson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ben Dye did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Doggie Klages did not respond to coaching in velocity Tommy Bowles improves in arm Coco Wilson did not respond to coaching in 1B
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Hock did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Archie Roberts improves in arm Ted Babington did not respond to coaching in control Juan Brewer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Juan Brewer did not respond to coaching in C