Inning: 1 Washington Gary Hague pitching. John Upright pops out to the shortstop. Jim Johnson singles to left field. Duane Upright flies out to the right fielder. Reggie Buckley grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Johnson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Heinie Meinie pitching. Jim Cuccinello grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Bochte grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Bluege flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Hal Kurowski flies out to the left fielder. Damon Corcoran grounds out to the second baseman. Pete Harper lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Denny Bankhead singles to right field. Russ Saunders grounds out to the shortstop. Denny Bankhead advances to second on the play. Snake Schilling grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! John Gomez singles to center field. Denny Bankhead scores. Jimmy Burkart singles to center field. John Gomez advances to third on the hit. Gary Hague flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Don Sheerin singles to right field. Heinie Meinie lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Upright strikes out. Jim Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim Cuccinello walks. John Bochte hits an infield single to the second baseman. Ed Bluege doubles to center field. Jim Cuccinello scores. Denny Bankhead hits a home run. John Bochte scores. Ed Bluege scores. Russ Saunders singles to left field. Snake Schilling pops out to the shortstop. John Gomez singles past the second baseman. Russ Saunders advances to third on the hit. Jimmy Burkart singles to center field. Russ Saunders scores. Gary Hague fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Gary Hague grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Jimmy Burkart is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jim Cuccinello singles to left field. John Gomez scores. Gary Hague advances to third on the hit. Kirk Bolton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Bochte grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Washington Duane Upright grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Reggie Buckley grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hal Kurowski grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ed Bluege hits a home run. Denny Bankhead grounds out to the third baseman. Russ Saunders hits a home run. Snake Schilling grounds out to the third baseman. John Gomez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Damon Corcoran grounds out to the shortstop. Pete Harper walks. Don Sheerin grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Jimmy Burkart singles to left field. Gary Hague lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jim Cuccinello grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! John Bochte flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Kirk Bolton strikes out. John Upright grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Johnson walks. Duane Upright strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Ed Bluege flies out to the center fielder. Denny Bankhead strikes out. Russ Saunders walks. Snake Schilling grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Reggie Buckley grounds out to the second baseman. Hal Kurowski flies out to the center fielder. Damon Corcoran singles past the shortstop. Damon Corcoran steals second. Pete Harper doubles to center field. Damon Corcoran scores. Don Sheerin grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City John Gomez walks. Jimmy Burkart singles to right field. John Gomez advances to third on the hit. Gary Hague doubles to left field. John Gomez scores. Jimmy Burkart uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jim Cuccinello flies out to the left fielder. John Bochte strikes out. Ed Bluege reached on a 2-base throwing error by Pete Harper. Gary Hague scores. Denny Bankhead singles past the shortstop. Ed Bluege scores. Jim Michaels comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Russ Saunders strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Greg Beard is pinch hitting for Jim Michaels. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Greg Beard doubles to right field. Kazuhiro Perez is pinch hitting for John Upright. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kazuhiro Perez walks. Jim Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Duane Upright pops out to the shortstop. Reggie Buckley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Bill Browning pitching. Snake Schilling singles to right field. Snake Schilling is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). John Gomez singles to right field. Jimmy Burkart walks. Leon Glade is pinch hitting for Gary Hague. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Leon Glade pops out to the second baseman. Jim Cuccinello grounds into a force play to the shortstop. John Gomez is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Washington Eddie Myers pitching. Hal Kurowski walks. Damon Corcoran doubles to right field. Pete Harper singles to right field. Hal Kurowski scores. Damon Corcoran scores. Don Sheerin walks. Bill Browning lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Kazuhiro Perez flies out to the left fielder. Jim Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Washington total runners left on base: 8 Kansas City total runners left on base: 9
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Grissom did not respond to coaching in arm Watty Wright improves in speed Tom Nixon did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Sherman Mercer improves in arm Harry Bongiovanni improves in LF
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Claude Veach improves in contact_vs_lefty Hunky Donovan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Al Slusarski did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hunky Donovan improves in power_vs_righty Claude Veach did not respond to coaching in CF