Win: Don Thornton (7-7) Loss: Hugh Law (2-10)
Save: Allie Belliard (20)
Inning: 1 Baltimore Don Thornton pitching. Jorge Cater flies out to the right fielder. Rickey Cohen strikes out. Jonah Merritt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Hugh Law pitching. Satoshi Nishi flies out to the left fielder. Doug Kearns reached on a 2-base fielding error by Jonah Merritt. Jim Hershberger walks. John Fink grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Hershberger is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Arturo Ramirez grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Baltimore Mark Haas singles to center field. Gene Duser singles to left field. Pasqual Clanton grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gene Duser is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Steve Blaemire flies out to the right fielder. Mack Leius grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Washington Tom Ballenger walks. Tom Ballenger steals second. Yoshinari Ono flies out to the left fielder. Bill Leiter singles to center field. Tom Ballenger scores. Don Thornton fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Don Thornton pops out to the second baseman. Satoshi Nishi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Baltimore Hugh Law grounds out to the shortstop. Jorge Cater flies out to the center fielder. Rickey Cohen singles to center field. Jonah Merritt grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Doug Kearns flies out to the left fielder. Jim Hershberger grounds out to the second baseman. John Fink doubles to center field. Arturo Ramirez singles to right field. John Fink scores. Tom Ballenger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Baltimore Mark Haas singles to center field. Gene Duser pops out to the first baseman. Pasqual Clanton flies out to the center fielder. Steve Blaemire grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mark Haas is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Yoshinari Ono walks. Bill Leiter grounds out to the third baseman. Yoshinari Ono advances to second on the play. Don Thornton grounds out to the shortstop. Satoshi Nishi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Baltimore Mack Leius reached on a fielding error by Yoshinari Ono. Hugh Law lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jorge Cater grounds out to the second baseman. Mack Leius advances to third on the play. Rickey Cohen walks. Jonah Merritt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Doug Kearns walks. Doug Kearns is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Jim Hershberger flies out to the left fielder. John Fink strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Baltimore Mark Haas flies out to the center fielder. Gene Duser strikes out. Pasqual Clanton singles to center field. Steve Blaemire walks. Bill Taylor 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. Mack Leius flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Washington Arturo Ramirez grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Ballenger grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshinari Ono grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Baltimore Shintaro Nagao is pinch hitting for Hugh Law. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Shintaro Nagao strikes out. Jorge Cater grounds out to the shortstop. Rickey Cohen singles to center field. Jonah Merritt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Bill Lintz pitching. Bill Leiter flies out to the right fielder. Joe Meridith is pinch hitting for Bill Taylor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Joe Meridith flies out to the center fielder. Satoshi Nishi hits a home run. Doug Kearns strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Baltimore Kerby Derry pitching. Kerry Bergman enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Hershberger at CF. Mark Haas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gene Duser walks. Pasqual Clanton grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Kerry Bergman singles to center field. John Fink grounds out to the pitcher. Kerry Bergman advances to second on the play. Arturo Ramirez triples. Kerry Bergman scores. Tom Ballenger flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Arturo Ramirez scores. Yoshinari Ono grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Baltimore Steve Blaemire triples. Mack Leius strikes out. Randy Hardin is pinch hitting for Bill Lintz. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Randy Hardin doubles to center field. Steve Blaemire scores. Ray Sin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jorge Cater grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Randy Hardin advances to third on the play. Rickey Cohen singles to left field. Randy Hardin scores. Allie Belliard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jonah Merritt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Baltimore total runners left on base: 10 Washington total runners left on base: 5
Baltimore Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lee Knouff did not respond to coaching in control Elton Tincup improves in velocity Harvey Mabry improves in velocity Bill Drake did not respond to coaching in velocity Slim Hudson did not respond to coaching in velocity Bo Johnson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bo Johnson did not respond to coaching in C
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Suds Erickson improves in velocity Ace Bogle improves in contact_vs_righty Doug Brown did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Dave Krug did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mike Vaughn did not respond to coaching in control Dan Lawrence did not respond to coaching in velocity