Win: Hank Mota (11-2) Loss: Butch Balsamo (8-5)
Save: Bill Shoun (2)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Kerby Derry pitching. Doug Nicholson flies out to the right fielder. Dutch Mayflower strikes out. Will Kazak strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Hank Mota pitching. Pretzel Burkett grounds out to the pitcher. Faneuil Hall strikes out. Adonis Lara singles to left field. Shintaro Nagao walks. Jonah Merritt singles to right field. Adonis Lara scores. Shintaro Nagao advances to third on the hit. Jonah Merritt steals second. George Roque singles to left field. Shintaro Nagao scores. Jonah Merritt scores. Shigeru Ukari grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Butch Keety Jr. grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Xander Montero pops out to the shortstop. Kevin Reese walks. Kevin Reese steals second. Shigeru Ukari throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Max Bryant strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Gene Ginter grounds out to the third baseman. Kerby Derry grounds out to the shortstop. Pretzel Burkett grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Fuego Rojo grounds out to the second baseman. Hank Mota strikes out. Doug Nicholson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Faneuil Hall lines out to the second baseman. Adonis Lara singles to center field. Shintaro Nagao walks. Jonah Merritt grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Dutch Mayflower strikes out. Will Kazak strikes out. Butch Keety Jr. grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington George Roque grounds out to the third baseman. Shigeru Ukari singles to right field. Gene Ginter flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Kerby Derry grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Xander Montero pops out to the shortstop. Kevin Reese strikes out. Max Bryant walks. Fuego Rojo grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Pretzel Burkett grounds out to the second baseman. Faneuil Hall grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Adonis Lara strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Hank Mota walks. Doug Nicholson singles to center field. Dutch Mayflower singles to center field. Will Kazak singles to center field. Hank Mota scores. Doug Nicholson is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Dutch Mayflower advances to third on the play. Butch Keety Jr. walks. Xander Montero strikes out. Kevin Reese singles to center field. Dutch Mayflower scores. Will Kazak scores. Butch Balsamo 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. Max Bryant grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Washington Shintaro Nagao grounds out to the shortstop. Jonah Merritt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). George Roque grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Fuego Rojo walks. Mike Shokes is pinch hitting for Hank Mota. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Fuego Rojo steals second. Mike Shokes hits a home run. Fuego Rojo scores. Gary Steiner comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Doug Nicholson flies out to the center fielder. Dutch Mayflower walks. Will Kazak singles past the second baseman. Dutch Mayflower advances to third on the hit. Butch Keety Jr. flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Dutch Mayflower scores. Xander Montero grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Will Kazak is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Bill Shoun pitching. Shigeru Ukari doubles to right field. Gene Ginter grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Miller is pinch hitting for Gary Steiner. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Shigeru Ukari steals third. Gene Miller flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Shigeru Ukari is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Tink Clark pitching. Kevin Reese grounds out to the second baseman. Max Bryant grounds out to the third baseman. Fuego Rojo flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Pretzel Burkett strikes out. Faneuil Hall reached on a fielding error by Butch Keety Jr. . Adonis Lara grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Faneuil Hall is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Adonis Lara steals second. Shintaro Nagao flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Bill Shoun strikes out. Doug Nicholson singles to left field. Dutch Mayflower flies out to the left fielder. Will Kazak singles to center field. Butch Keety Jr. grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Washington Jonah Merritt strikes out. George Roque singles to right field. Shigeru Ukari pops out to the catcher. Gene Ginter lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7 Washington total runners LOB: 5
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Aries Rubra improves in power_vs_lefty Ron Gilbert improves in control Red Oaks did not respond to coaching in velocity Jennings Davis did not respond to coaching in speed Irv Faries did not respond to coaching in control Dave Hairston improves in range Jacoby Cera did not respond to coaching in 2B
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Fink did not respond to coaching in range Don Lamabe did not respond to coaching in control Randy Hardin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Don Lamabe did not respond to coaching in velocity Kerry Bergman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Don Lamabe improves in control