Win: Don Thornton (6-2) Loss: Royal Beech (3-4)
Save: Rondell Butland (19)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Naoto Iwasaki pitching. Dutch Mayflower grounds out to the pitcher. Mitch Gudboi singles to right field. Doug Nicholson grounds out to the third baseman. Mitch Gudboi advances to second on the play. Max Bryant bunts for a base hit. Xander Montero strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Washington Royal Beech pitching. Pretzel Burkett hits a home run. Faneuil Hall reached on a 2-base throwing error by Max Bryant. Adonis Lara hits a home run. Faneuil Hall scores. Shintaro Nagao singles to left field. Satoshi Nishi triples. Shintaro Nagao scores. George Roque singles to left field. Satoshi Nishi scores. Shigeru Ukari walks. Doug Kearns strikes out. Naoto Iwasaki lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Pretzel Burkett strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Cleveland Kevin Reese lines out to the shortstop. Rip Davis singles to center field. Will Kazak grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Rip Davis is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Royal Beech flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Faneuil Hall flies out to the center fielder. Adonis Lara strikes out. Shintaro Nagao grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Dutch Mayflower flies out to the left fielder. Mitch Gudboi grounds out to the shortstop. Doug Nicholson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Satoshi Nishi walks. George Roque grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Shigeru Ukari singles to left field. Shigeru Ukari is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Cleveland Max Bryant pops out to the shortstop. Xander Montero singles to right field. Kevin Reese doubles to right field. Xander Montero uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rip Davis grounds out to the third baseman. Will Kazak flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Doug Kearns strikes out. Naoto Iwasaki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pretzel Burkett grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Royal Beech flies out to the center fielder. Dutch Mayflower singles to right field. Dutch Mayflower steals second. Don Thornton 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. Mitch Gudboi walks. Doug Nicholson walks. Max Bryant grounds out to the shortstop. Dutch Mayflower scores. Mitch Gudboi advances to third on the play. Doug Nicholson advances to second on the play. Xander Montero strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Faneuil Hall grounds out to the third baseman. Adonis Lara grounds out to the second baseman. Shintaro Nagao singles to center field. Shintaro Nagao is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Kevin Reese grounds out to the second baseman. Rip Davis grounds out to the second baseman. Will Kazak walks. Butch Keety Jr. is pinch hitting for Royal Beech. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Butch Keety Jr. grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Brent Musburger pitching. Satoshi Nishi grounds out to the shortstop. George Roque grounds out to the shortstop. Shigeru Ukari walks. Shigeru Ukari steals second. Doug Kearns walks. Don Thornton walks. Pretzel Burkett grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Cleveland Dutch Mayflower flies out to the right fielder. Mitch Gudboi strikes out. Doug Nicholson singles to center field. Max Bryant strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Faneuil Hall doubles to right field. Adonis Lara singles to center field. Faneuil Hall scores. Adonis Lara steals second. Shintaro Nagao grounds out to the pitcher. Satoshi Nishi strikes out. George Roque walks. Shigeru Ukari walks. Doug Kearns flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Cleveland Xander Montero grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kevin Reese grounds out to the pitcher. Rip Davis triples. Will Kazak pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Gene Miller is pinch hitting for Don Thornton. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gene Miller strikes out. Pretzel Burkett walks. Faneuil Hall walks. Lee Van Cleef comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Adonis Lara strikes out. Shintaro Nagao grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pretzel Burkett is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Butch Balsamo pitching. Fuego Rojo is pinch hitting for Lee Van Cleef. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Fuego Rojo strikes out. Dutch Mayflower hits an infield single to the pitcher. Mitch Gudboi reached on a 2-base throwing error by Shintaro Nagao. Rondell Butland comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Doug Nicholson reached on a fielding error by George Roque. Dutch Mayflower scores. Max Bryant strikes out. Xander Montero strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Cleveland total runners left on base: 11 Washington total runners left on base: 10
Game Notes Adonis Lara is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dave Hairston improves in power_vs_righty Jennings Davis improves in arm Tex Bejma did not respond to coaching in speed Jennings Davis did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Fern Cora did not respond to coaching in velocity Aries Rubra did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jacoby Cera did not respond to coaching in 2B
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Leiter did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Don Lamabe improves in velocity Don Bowman improves in power_vs_lefty Randy Hardin improves in arm John Fink did not respond to coaching in speed John Fink did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty