Win: Micah Nielsen (1-0) Loss: Joe Caldwell (3-1)
Save: George McMillan (9)
Inning: 1 Boston Barry Paniagua pitching. Joe Destrade singles to left field. Allen Schmidt strikes out. Mike Geary grounds out to the third baseman. Joe Destrade advances to second on the play. Kazuo Nakagawa singles past the third baseman. Joe Destrade scores. Hank Manville doubles to center field. Kazuo Nakagawa uses his aggressiveness and scores. Edgard Byerly strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Washington Joe Caldwell pitching. Kyle McGilvray hits a home run. Samuel Firova doubles to center field. Kenji Nakahigashi strikes out. Nate Sylvester flies out to the right fielder. Kenji Itakura grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Boston Don Strunk singles past the third baseman. Enrique Jantzen pops out to the catcher. Joe Caldwell lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Destrade pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Chick Walker lines out to the shortstop. Norm Gillis flies out to the right fielder. Roberto Ensberg singles to left field. Barry Paniagua flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Allen Schmidt flies out to the right fielder. Mike Geary flies out to the right fielder. Kazuo Nakagawa pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Kyle McGilvray strikes out. Samuel Firova grounds out to the third baseman. Kenji Nakahigashi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Hank Manville strikes out. Edgard Byerly strikes out. Don Strunk singles to left field. Enrique Jantzen strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Nate Sylvester walks. Kenji Itakura flies out to the center fielder. Nate Sylvester steals second. Chick Walker flies out to the center fielder. Norm Gillis walks. Roberto Ensberg grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Joe Caldwell flies out to the right fielder. Joe Destrade grounds out to the shortstop. Allen Schmidt bunts for a base hit. Mike Geary walks. Kazuo Nakagawa grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Barry Paniagua grounds out to the shortstop. Kyle McGilvray flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Samuel Firova grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Hank Manville pops out to the shortstop. Edgard Byerly grounds out to the shortstop. Don Strunk walks. Micah Nielsen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Enrique Jantzen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Kenji Nakahigashi doubles to right field. Nate Sylvester grounds out to the third baseman. Kenji Itakura grounds out to the third baseman. Hideaki Kimura is pinch hitting for Chick Walker. Hideaki Kimura reached on a fielding error by Allen Schmidt. Norm Gillis hits a home run. Kenji Nakahigashi scores. Hideaki Kimura scores. Roberto Ensberg grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Gary LeJeune enters the game as a defensive replacement for Hideaki Kimura at LF. Joe Caldwell strikes out. Joe Destrade doubles to right field. Allen Schmidt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Destrade advances to third on the play. Mike Geary strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Tom Balenti is pinch hitting for Micah Nielsen. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Balenti grounds out to the second baseman. Kyle McGilvray grounds out to the second baseman. Samuel Firova grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston George McMillan pitching. Kazuo Nakagawa strikes out. Hank Manville grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Edgard Byerly singles to right field. Don Strunk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Kenji Nakahigashi strikes out. Nate Sylvester grounds out to the shortstop. Kenji Itakura hits a home run. Gary LeJeune walks. Norm Gillis doubles to center field. Gary LeJeune scores. Roberto Ensberg flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Enrique Jantzen singles to right field. Dean Virtue is pinch hitting for Joe Caldwell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dean Virtue grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Enrique Jantzen is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joe Destrade walks. Allen Schmidt reached on a 2-base throwing error by Kyle McGilvray. Dean Virtue scores. Mike Geary grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Destrade scores. Allen Schmidt advances to third on the play. Kazuo Nakagawa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Boston total runners left on base: 9 Washington total runners left on base: 5
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bert Brock did not respond to coaching in range Hunky Wieghaus did not respond to coaching in control Jack Rosado did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hunky Wieghaus did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank Matuzak did not respond to coaching in 1B
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Joe Cimorelli did not respond to coaching in control Tommy Bowles did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Cimorelli did not respond to coaching in control Skinny Salazar improves in range Tommy Bowles did not respond to coaching in 2B