Win: Mark Farley (2-2) Loss: Mike Turner (3-6)
Save: Ricky Vaughn (7)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Mike Turner pitching. Pinch Palmero flies out to the left fielder. Doc Mullins walks. Norbert Belliard hits a home run. Doc Mullins scores. Leon Bordley flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Parisse strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Blunderbuss Billingsly pitching. Masami Fujimura grounds out to the shortstop. John McCandless singles to right field. Juan Torriente grounds out to the pitcher. John McCandless advances to second on the play. Masashi Go flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Jose Cicada strikes out. Mac Rochford grounds out to the second baseman. Spike Naehring strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Tomonori Katayama singles to center field. Eric Schemer singles to center field. Mike Moffitt singles to center field. Willie Dustice pops out to the first baseman. Mike Turner grounds out to the shortstop. Tomonori Katayama scores. Eric Schemer advances to third on the play. Mike Moffitt advances to second on the play. Masami Fujimura singles to right field. Eric Schemer scores. Mike Moffitt scores. Masami Fujimura steals second. John McCandless strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Blunderbuss Billingsly strikes out. Pinch Palmero reached on a 2-base fielding error by Juan Torriente. Doc Mullins reached on a 2-base throwing error by Masami Fujimura. Pinch Palmero scores. Norbert Belliard grounds out to the second baseman. Doc Mullins advances to third on the play. Leon Bordley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Juan Torriente grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Masashi Go strikes out. Tomonori Katayama walks. Eric Schemer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tomonori Katayama is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Charlie Parisse grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Jose Cicada pops out to the third baseman. Mac Rochford doubles to left field. Spike Naehring is hit by a pitch. Blunderbuss Billingsly singles to left field. Mac Rochford scores. Spike Naehring advances to third on the hit. Pinch Palmero strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Washington Mike Moffitt strikes out. Willie Dustice reached on a 2-base fielding error by Pinch Palmero. Mike Turner flies out to the right fielder. Masami Fujimura walks. John McCandless strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Cleveland Doc Mullins grounds out to the second baseman. Norbert Belliard walks. Leon Bordley hits a home run. Norbert Belliard scores. Takahiro Hayasaka comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Parisse singles to center field. Jose Cicada grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Parisse advances to second on the play. Mac Rochford grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Juan Torriente singles past the first baseman. Masashi Go strikes out. Tomonori Katayama doubles to right field. Juan Torriente uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mark Farley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eric Schemer reached on a fielding error by Jose Cicada. Mike Moffitt flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Tomonori Katayama scores. Eric Schemer is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Spike Naehring grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Farley pops out to the second baseman. Pinch Palmero strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Willie Dustice singles to right field. Mike Kemp is pinch hitting for Takahiro Hayasaka. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Mike Kemp flies out to the left fielder. Masami Fujimura grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Frank Tessmer pitching. Doc Mullins strikes out. Norbert Belliard hits a home run. Leon Bordley flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Parisse flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington John McCandless pops out to the catcher. Juan Torriente flies out to the center fielder. Masashi Go grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Tony Young comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jose Cicada flies out to the center fielder. Mac Rochford lines out to the first baseman. Spike Naehring grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Tomonori Katayama grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Schemer strikes out. Mike Moffitt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Jarvis Curley is pinch hitting for Mark Farley. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Jarvis Curley walks. Pinch Palmero strikes out. Doc Mullins singles to center field. Norbert Belliard singles to right field. Jarvis Curley scores. Moe Walsh comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Leon Bordley pops out to the second baseman. Charlie Parisse flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Washington Ricky Vaughn pitching. Willie Dustice flies out to the right fielder. George Parsons is pinch hitting for Moe Walsh. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George Parsons singles past the second baseman. Masami Fujimura singles to left field. George Parsons advances to third on the hit. John McCandless strikes out. Juan Torriente flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Cleveland total runners LOB: 6 Washington total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes George Parsons is injured and is expected to be out 37 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Crowley did not respond to coaching in velocity Pop Taveras did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pop Taveras improves in contact_vs_righty Earle Raffensberger did not respond to coaching in control Ozzie Wilke did not respond to coaching in 3B
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ken McMurtry did not respond to coaching in control Augie Escarrega improves in contact_vs_righty Joe Flitcraft improves in speed Ken Liddle did not respond to coaching in arm