Inning: 1 Washington Benito Beltre pitching. Larry Cox walks. Chet Moolic flies out to the right fielder. George Lyons grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Ron Clemons pitching. Art Stanton flies out to the left fielder. Masato Kinoshita flies out to the right fielder. Alec Aaron singles to right field. Roberto Randall pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Paddy Babcock grounds out to the shortstop. Guy Mitterwald hits a home run. Vic Gonzalez pops out to the second baseman. Al Hampton pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Kip Kreitner doubles to center field. Bruce Bowers flies out to the center fielder. Clyde Cliburn singles to left field. Kip Kreitner scores. Clyde Cliburn steals second. Walker Judd flies out to the center fielder. Benito Beltre flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Bobo Lajeskie grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Clemons grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Cox singles to right field. Chet Moolic grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Larry Cox is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Art Stanton strikes out. Masato Kinoshita strikes out. Alec Aaron hits a home run. Roberto Randall walks. Kip Kreitner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington George Lyons grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Paddy Babcock triples. Guy Mitterwald strikes out. Vic Gonzalez singles to center field. Paddy Babcock scores. Al Hampton walks. Bobo Lajeskie singles to center field. Vic Gonzalez scores. Al Hampton advances to third on the hit. Ron Clemons grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Cleveland Bruce Bowers singles to center field. Clyde Cliburn flies out to the left fielder. Bruce Bowers steals second. Walker Judd flies out to the left fielder. Benito Beltre pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Larry Cox doubles to center field. Chet Moolic reached on a fielding error by Masato Kinoshita. Chet Moolic steals second. George Lyons strikes out. Paddy Babcock flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Larry Cox scores. Guy Mitterwald strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Cleveland Art Stanton singles past the second baseman. Masato Kinoshita strikes out. Alec Aaron flies out to the center fielder. Roberto Randall pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Vic Gonzalez flies out to the right fielder. Al Hampton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bobo Lajeskie doubles to center field. Ron Clemons strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Kip Kreitner singles to right field. Bruce Bowers singles to right field. Clyde Cliburn grounds out to the second baseman. Kip Kreitner advances to third on the play. Bruce Bowers advances to second on the play. Walker Judd strikes out. Benito Beltre strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Washington Larry Cox grounds out to the catcher. Chet Moolic strikes out. George Lyons singles to center field. George Lyons steals second. Paddy Babcock pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Art Stanton triples. Mike Galvin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Masato Kinoshita flies out to the right fielder. Alec Aaron flies out to the left fielder. Roberto Randall triples. Art Stanton scores. Kip Kreitner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Eli Evers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Guy Mitterwald singles past the shortstop. Guy Mitterwald is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Vic Gonzalez hits a home run. Al Hampton grounds out to the second baseman. Sam Stone is pinch hitting for Bobo Lajeskie. Sam Stone pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Cleveland Colin Syskel enters the game as a defensive replacement for Sam Stone at C. Bruce Bowers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clyde Cliburn doubles to right field. Walker Judd grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Clyde Cliburn advances to third on the play. Harvey Escobar is pinch hitting for Eli Evers. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harvey Escobar grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Bob Lambert pitching. Ruden Sanchez is pinch hitting for Mike Galvin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Ruden Sanchez grounds out to the second baseman. Larry Cox triples. Chet Moolic singles to left field. Larry Cox scores. George Lyons doubles to left field. Chet Moolic uses his aggressiveness and scores. Buddy McKinney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Paddy Babcock grounds out to the third baseman. Guy Mitterwald walks. Vic Gonzalez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Guy Mitterwald is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Cleveland Norm Stewart pitching. Art Stanton grounds out to the second baseman. Masato Kinoshita strikes out. Alec Aaron grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners LOB: 8 Cleveland total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Alec Aaron is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Keith Tate did not respond to coaching in velocity Jose Millies did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Manny Toporcer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ken Casanova improves in range Buster Hosley did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Vic Hernandez did not respond to coaching in velocity Manny Toporcer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Horace LaCorte improves in velocity Bobby Ravel improves in contact_vs_lefty Bob Billings improves in contact_vs_righty Bobby Ravel did not respond to coaching in C
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Ken Connell improves in arm Amari Alexander did not respond to coaching in velocity Palestine Walling improves in contact_vs_righty Kraig Kittle improves in control Joey James improves in contact_vs_lefty Bill Murray did not respond to coaching in endurance Paul Buckels improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Murray did not respond to coaching in control Mike Chamberlain did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Willie Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Major Mahomes did not respond to coaching in 1B