Win: King Rivera (1-0) Loss: Kazuhiko Haraguchi (1-2)
Save: Paul Kirkpatrick (5)
Inning: 1 Washington Herb Palmer pitching. Henry Torriente grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Terry Gladden flies out to the right fielder. Vito Gilmore singles to left field. Rip Rensa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Luis Lade pitching. George Treadway grounds out to the shortstop. Rudy Hayes singles to center field. John Bonner strikes out. Yuichi Aikawa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Jack Capron grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Red Rogalski grounds out to the catcher. Al McBean singles to center field. Juan McCrea strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Otto Bennett flies out to the left fielder. Ron Gagne grounds out to the third baseman. Julius Anschutz walks. Butch Kruk singles to right field. Herb Palmer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Luis Lade singles to left field. Henry Torriente strikes out. Terry Gladden doubles to right field. Luis Lade uses his aggressiveness and scores. Vito Gilmore strikes out. Rip Rensa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City George Treadway singles to center field. Rudy Hayes walks. George Treadway steals third. John Bonner singles to right field. George Treadway scores. Yuichi Aikawa strikes out. Otto Bennett flies out to the left fielder. Ron Gagne walks. Julius Anschutz strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Washington Jack Capron walks. Red Rogalski walks. Al McBean singles in front of the left fielder. Jack Capron scores. Juan McCrea grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Red Rogalski advances to third on the play. Luis Lade doubles past the left fielder. Red Rogalski scores. Henry Torriente singles to left field. Terry Gladden strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Kansas City Butch Kruk singles to center field. Herb Palmer fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Herb Palmer singles to right field. George Treadway pops out to the first baseman. Rudy Hayes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Butch Kruk advances to third on the play. Herb Palmer advances to second on the play. John Bonner grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Vito Gilmore pops out to the second baseman. Rip Rensa doubles to left field. Rip Rensa is out trying to steal third. Jack Capron strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Yuichi Aikawa reached on a 2-base throwing error by Luis Lade. Otto Bennett hits a home run. Yuichi Aikawa scores. Ron Gagne singles to right field. Julius Anschutz singles to center field. Butch Kruk grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ron Gagne advances to third on the play. Herb Palmer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Red Rogalski grounds out to the shortstop. Al McBean grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Juan McCrea singles to right field. Luis Lade flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City George Treadway grounds out to the third baseman. Rudy Hayes pops out to the second baseman. John Bonner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Henry Torriente grounds out to the third baseman. Terry Gladden strikes out. Vito Gilmore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Yuichi Aikawa strikes out. Otto Bennett singles to center field. Ron Gagne strikes out. Julius Anschutz singles to center field. King Rivera comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Butch Kruk grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Julius Anschutz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Washington Rip Rensa flies out to the center fielder. Jack Capron singles to left field. Red Rogalski strikes out. Al McBean strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bob Rolison is pinch hitting for Herb Palmer. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Bob Rolison pops out to the third baseman. George Treadway walks. Rudy Hayes grounds into a force play to the second baseman. George Treadway is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. John Bonner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Kazuhiko Haraguchi pitching. Juan McCrea grounds out to the third baseman. Doug James is pinch hitting for King Rivera. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Doug James singles to right field. Henry Torriente flies out to the right fielder. Doug James steals second. Terry Gladden singles to left field. Terry Gladden steals second. Vito Gilmore reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rudy Hayes. Doug James scores. Terry Gladden scores. Rip Rensa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Paul Kirkpatrick pitching. Yuichi Aikawa flies out to the left fielder. Otto Bennett strikes out. Ron Gagne flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 12
Batting:2B - Terry Gladden (6), Rip Rensa (1), Luis Lade (1).GIDP - Juan McCrea. Baserunning: SB - Terry Gladden (7), Doug James (1).CS - Rip Rensa (2). Fielding: E - Luis Lade.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Francesco Davide improves in arm Johnny Rodgers improves in contact_vs_righty Hal Jackson did not respond to coaching in velocity Willie Tasby improves in power_vs_righty Francesco Davide did not respond to coaching in LF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tommie Fraser improves in velocity Mike Maclin improves in arm Hideyuki Sasaki did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Kuranosuke Chiba did not respond to coaching in control