Win: Paulo Alcantara (9-4) Loss: Mike Nelson (6-4)
Save: Bubber Cunningham (18)
Inning: 1 Washington Paulo Alcantara pitching. Kyle McGilvray grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Gary LeJeune pops out to the second baseman. Kenji Nakahigashi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Mike Nelson pitching. Jeff Lomon grounds out to the shortstop. Allen Schmidt flies out to the right fielder. Mike Geary singles to center field. Kazuo Nakagawa singles to center field. Mike Geary advances to third on the hit. Dean Virtue walks. Don Strunk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Washington Kenji Itakura strikes out. Asniel Solano lines out to the shortstop. Samuel Firova grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Edgard Byerly grounds out to the shortstop. Mudcat McKinley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paulo Alcantara flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Ossie Marquis singles past the first baseman. Nate Sylvester grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Ossie Marquis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Nelson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Mike Nelson flies out to the right fielder. Kyle McGilvray grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Nate Sylvester is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Boston Jeff Lomon singles to right field. Allen Schmidt pops out to the second baseman. Mike Geary singles to center field. Jeff Lomon advances to third on the hit. Kazuo Nakagawa grounds out to the shortstop. Jeff Lomon scores. Mike Geary advances to second on the play. Dean Virtue walks. Don Strunk grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Washington Gary LeJeune grounds out to the shortstop. Kenji Nakahigashi strikes out. Kenji Itakura singles to center field. Asniel Solano flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Edgard Byerly reached on a 2-base fielding error by Kenji Itakura. Mudcat McKinley grounds out to the pitcher. Paulo Alcantara strikes out. Jeff Lomon singles to right field. Allen Schmidt pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Samuel Firova singles to left field. Ossie Marquis grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Nate Sylvester singles to center field. Mike Nelson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Mike Geary doubles to left field. Kazuo Nakagawa strikes out. Dean Virtue pops out to the shortstop. Don Strunk strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Kyle McGilvray grounds out to the second baseman. Gary LeJeune grounds out to the shortstop. Kenji Nakahigashi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Edgard Byerly walks. Mudcat McKinley singles to center field. Paulo Alcantara lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Edgard Byerly is thrown out at third. Mudcat McKinley advances to second on the play. Mudcat McKinley advances to second on the play. Jeff Lomon singles to center field. Mudcat McKinley scores. Paulo Alcantara advances to third on the hit. Allen Schmidt doubles to right field. Paulo Alcantara scores. Jeff Lomon uses his aggressiveness and scores. Art Vico comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Geary grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuo Nakagawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Kenji Itakura singles to center field. Asniel Solano pops out to the shortstop. Hideaki Kimura is pinch hitting for Samuel Firova. Hideaki Kimura grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Kenji Itakura is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ossie Marquis grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Dean Virtue grounds out to the second baseman. Don Strunk walks. Edgard Byerly grounds out to the pitcher. Don Strunk advances to second on the play. Mudcat McKinley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Nate Sylvester hits a home run. Tom Balenti is pinch hitting for Art Vico. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Balenti flies out to the left fielder. Kyle McGilvray walks. Gary LeJeune flies out to the right fielder. Kenji Nakahigashi grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kyle McGilvray is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Dave Richbourg pitching. Paul White is pinch hitting for Paulo Alcantara. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Paul White flies out to the right fielder. Jeff Lomon grounds out to the shortstop. Allen Schmidt pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Bubber Cunningham pitching. Kenji Itakura grounds out to the shortstop. Asniel Solano grounds out to the second baseman. Hideaki Kimura flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners left on base: 5 Boston total runners left on base: 10
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tommy Bowles did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Yelle did not respond to coaching in control Tommy Bowles did not respond to coaching in range Tommy Bowles did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Johnny McKnight improves in 1B
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bob Martinez improves in range Bert Brock did not respond to coaching in speed Joe Downs improves in power_vs_lefty Troy Jones improves in velocity Jim Bittiger did not respond to coaching in CF