Win: Red Taylor (7-9) Loss: Sammy Dotterer (13-10)
Save: Al Batiste (12)
Inning: 1 Washington Red Taylor pitching. Mike Gehrig strikes out. Matt DeFreitas walks. Ed Rudi strikes out. Hersh Kreitz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Sammy Dotterer pitching. Chuck Ardoin walks. Masao Fukuzawa pops out to the third baseman. Rusney Pupo flies out to the right fielder. Terry Ball grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Jim Kampouris grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Paxton singles to left field. Dell Pesky flies out to the right fielder. Matt McWilliams doubles to left field. Mike Paxton uses his aggressiveness and scores. Sammy Dotterer singles to right field. Matt McWilliams scores. Mike Gehrig strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Dennis Doyle grounds out to the pitcher. Art Nevers strikes out. John Powers flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Matt DeFreitas grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Rudi pops out to the shortstop. Hersh Kreitz hits a home run. Jim Kampouris singles to left field. Mike Paxton strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Toby Carter singles to right field. Red Taylor lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Chuck Ardoin pops out to the third baseman. Masao Fukuzawa grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Dell Pesky grounds out to the shortstop. Matt McWilliams grounds out to the pitcher. Sammy Dotterer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Rusney Pupo singles to right field. Terry Ball triples. Rusney Pupo scores. Dennis Doyle singles to center field. Terry Ball scores. Art Nevers strikes out. John Powers walks. Toby Carter grounds out to the second baseman. Dennis Doyle advances to third on the play. John Powers advances to second on the play. Red Taylor strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Mike Gehrig flies out to the center fielder. Matt DeFreitas grounds out to the third baseman. Ed Rudi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Chuck Ardoin strikes out. Masao Fukuzawa strikes out. Rusney Pupo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Hersh Kreitz strikes out. Jim Kampouris strikes out. Mike Paxton grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Terry Ball strikes out. Dennis Doyle grounds out to the shortstop. Art Nevers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Dell Pesky flies out to the right fielder. Matt McWilliams grounds out to the shortstop. Sammy Dotterer flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas John Powers grounds out to the third baseman. Toby Carter hits a home run. Derek Theiss is pinch hitting for Red Taylor. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Derek Theiss flies out to the right fielder. Chuck Ardoin doubles to left field. Masao Fukuzawa singles to right field. Chuck Ardoin scores. Fred Pillion comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rusney Pupo pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Al Batiste pitching. Mike Gehrig walks. Matt DeFreitas flies out to the right fielder. Ed Rudi strikes out. Hersh Kreitz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Terry Ball strikes out. Dennis Doyle grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Art Nevers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Jim Kampouris flies out to the center fielder. Mike Paxton grounds out to the third baseman. Dell Pesky grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners left on base: 4 Texas total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Mike Paxton is injured and is expected to be out 18 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Homer Flood did not respond to coaching in range Harry Everitt improves in range John Goodwin did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Phil Adams improves in contact_vs_righty Cot Sewell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Homer Flood did not respond to coaching in speed Ed Masters did not respond to coaching in 2B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Dick Pavano did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tony Scott did not respond to coaching in speed Tony Scott did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty George Moore did not respond to coaching in control Joe Schomberg did not respond to coaching in control George Rose improves in power_vs_righty Vincent Van Poppel did not respond to coaching in 1B