Win: Bill Bonner (3-1) Loss: Bill Corcel (0-1)
Save: Jerry Winston (1)
Inning: 1 Washington Al Brown pitching. Jerry Habyan strikes out. Bill Grissom grounds out to the shortstop. Reggie Buckley singles to right field. Claude Veach flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Sled Office pitching. Marty Hunter grounds out to the pitcher. Lloyd Waner grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Lowery flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Curtis Poulsen singles to left field. Pete Harper pops out to the second baseman. Don Sheerin grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Henry Wells grounds out to the second baseman. Shuji Uchi grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bud Relaford singles to center field. Kaname Miyawaki walks. John Papi strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Kazuhiro Perez grounds out to the second baseman. Sled Office grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Habyan singles to center field. Bill Grissom singles past the third baseman. Reggie Buckley strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Al Brown singles to right field. Marty Hunter doubles to left field. Lloyd Waner singles to center field. Al Brown scores. Marty Hunter is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Bill Lowery strikes out. Henry Wells singles to center field. Shuji Uchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Washington Claude Veach grounds out to the third baseman. Curtis Poulsen strikes out. Pete Harper strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Detroit Bud Relaford flies out to the right fielder. Kaname Miyawaki walks. John Papi singles to center field. Al Brown lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Marty Hunter walks. Lloyd Waner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Washington Don Sheerin strikes out. Kazuhiro Perez hits a home run. Sled Office walks. Jerry Habyan singles to left field. Sled Office is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Bill Grissom flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Detroit Bill Lowery strikes out. Henry Wells grounds out to the third baseman. Shuji Uchi singles to center field. Bud Relaford grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Shuji Uchi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Reggie Buckley grounds out to the shortstop. Claude Veach singles to right field. Curtis Poulsen grounds out to the shortstop. Claude Veach advances to second on the play. Pete Harper singles in front of the left fielder. Claude Veach scores. Don Sheerin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Kaname Miyawaki strikes out. John Papi pops out to the shortstop. Al Brown grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Kazuhiro Perez singles to right field. Sled Office fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Sled Office flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Habyan grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Marty Hunter singles to left field. Lloyd Waner hits an infield single to the shortstop. Kirk Bolton 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 1st. Bill Lowery doubles to left field. Marty Hunter scores. Henry Wells pops out to the first baseman. Shuji Uchi walks. Bud Relaford walks. Lloyd Waner scores. Kaname Miyawaki strikes out. John Papi singles to left field. Bill Lowery scores. Shuji Uchi scores. Bud Relaford advances to third on the hit. Bill Browning comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pat Garcia is pinch hitting for Al Brown. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Pat Garcia strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Washington Paul Holmes pitching. Bill Grissom walks. Reggie Buckley singles to left field. Claude Veach strikes out. Curtis Poulsen singles to right field. Bill Grissom scores. Reggie Buckley aggressively advances to third on the hit. Bill Corcel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pete Harper doubles to right field. Reggie Buckley scores. Curtis Poulsen scores. Don Sheerin walks. Kazuhiro Perez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pete Harper is out at third base. Damon Corcoran is pinch hitting for Bill Browning. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Damon Corcoran strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Bill Bonner pitching. Marty Hunter grounds out to the second baseman. Lloyd Waner singles to left field. Bill Lowery grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Lloyd Waner advances to second on the play. Henry Wells grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Jerry Habyan strikes out. Bill Grissom reached on a fielding error by Marty Hunter. Reggie Buckley flies out to the right fielder. Bill Grissom steals second. Claude Veach singles to center field. Bill Grissom scores. Claude Veach is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Shuji Uchi singles to center field. Bud Relaford grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Shuji Uchi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Kaname Miyawaki reached on a fielding error by Bill Bonner. Jerry Winston 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. John Papi grounds out to the second baseman. Bud Relaford advances to third on the play. Kaname Miyawaki advances to second on the play. David Collins is pinch hitting for Bill Corcel. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. David Collins grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Washington total runners LOB: 7 Detroit total runners LOB: 13
Batting:2B - Pete Harper (6).HR - Kazuhiro Perez (6).GIDP - Jerry Habyan, Don Sheerin. Baserunning: SB - Bill Grissom (4).CS - Claude Veach (1). Fielding: E - Bill Bonner.
Game Notes Damon Corcoran is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Kevin Mitchell improves in speed Hal Lopata did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Dave Wilkerson did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Nixon improves in range
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Elliot Hassler improves in range Strick Crestline improves in contact_vs_righty Jack Acosta did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Garland Del Rio improves in arm