Inning: 1 Texas Wally Guzman pitching. Jayson Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Eiichi Okamoto strikes out. Tsugio Suzuki singles to right field. Steve Croucher walks. John Humphreys grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Washington Yoshi Ohno pitching. Bill Cox grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Young strikes out. Bill Rosario strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Terry Ball strikes out. Koki Kono strikes out. Jake Lonnett reached on a fielding error by Bill Rosario. Yoshi Ohno grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Brian Finley pops out to the shortstop. Pat Briggs grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Hernandez singles to center field. Ben Cater strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Jayson Miller grounds out to the pitcher. Eiichi Okamoto flies out to the center fielder. Tsugio Suzuki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Barbaro Lind strikes out. Wally Guzman strikes out. Bill Cox flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Steve Croucher strikes out. John Humphreys pops out to the shortstop. Terry Ball strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Jim Young flies out to the left fielder. Bill Rosario grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brian Finley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Koki Kono strikes out. Jake Lonnett singles to left field. Yoshi Ohno lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jayson Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Pat Briggs singles to right field. Bill Hernandez singles to right field. Ben Cater singles to right field. Pat Briggs scores. Bill Hernandez advances to third on the hit. Barbaro Lind grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Hernandez scores. Ben Cater advances to second on the play. Wally Guzman flies out to the left fielder. Bill Cox grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Eiichi Okamoto singles to right field. Tsugio Suzuki walks. Steve Croucher singles to right field. Eiichi Okamoto scores. John Humphreys singles past the shortstop. Tsugio Suzuki scores. Steve Croucher advances to third on the hit. John Humphreys steals second. Terry Ball flies out to the right fielder. Koki Kono grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Croucher scores. John Humphreys advances to third on the play. Jake Lonnett grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Jim Young grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Rosario pops out to the first baseman. Brian Finley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Yoshi Ohno flies out to the center fielder. Jayson Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Eiichi Okamoto grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Pat Briggs hits a home run. Jamal Duncan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Bill Hernandez grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Cater flies out to the left fielder. Barbaro Lind grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Tsugio Suzuki singles to left field. Steve Croucher hits an infield single to the second baseman. John Humphreys grounds out to the shortstop. Tsugio Suzuki advances to third on the play. Steve Croucher advances to second on the play. Ed Doscher 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. Terry Ball singles to center field. Tsugio Suzuki scores. Steve Croucher scores. Walton Wayde is pinch hitting for Koki Kono. Walton Wayde grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Terry Ball advances to second on the play. Jake Lonnett reached on a fielding error by Bill Rosario. Ferg Ross is pinch hitting for Jamal Duncan. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ferg Ross flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Washington Tim Hardy pitching. Scott Bridges enters the game as a defensive replacement for Walton Wayde at 3B. Bill Rhodes is pinch hitting for Ed Doscher. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Rhodes grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Cox grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Young doubles to left field. Bill Rosario grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Lee Hoag pitching. Jayson Miller strikes out. Eiichi Okamoto grounds out to the second baseman. Tsugio Suzuki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Brian Finley strikes out. Pat Briggs grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 7 Washington total runners LOB: 3
Game Notes Yoshi Ohno is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ray Conway did not respond to coaching in range Billy McGraw did not respond to coaching in control Herb Masters did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jeff Rineer improves in range Art Nevers did not respond to coaching in range Chuck Ardoin did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Luis Charlton did not respond to coaching in 3B
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Mike Hoffman improves in velocity John Goodwin improves in speed Matt McWilliams did not respond to coaching in range Hersh Kreitz improves in power_vs_righty Matt McWilliams did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mike Hoffman did not respond to coaching in control