Win: Doug Torres (7-6) Loss: Dave Aulds (1-6)
Save: Chris Kirkland (5)
Inning: 1 Boston Katsumi Minagawa pitching. Eddie Benton walks. Rondell Donnelly grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Beau Auker grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Bob Thielman pitching. Jose Vidro strikes out. Jim Mellor grounds out to the catcher. Sebastian Compton Jr. grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Hiroshi Samata pops out to the third baseman. Duke Neel pops out to the shortstop. Dib Moore reached on a fielding error by Curtis Pride. Shooty Babbitt hits a home run. Dib Moore scores. Tony Nash doubles to center field. Bob Thielman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Bobby Rose singles to center field. Mike Martin pops out to the shortstop. Curtis Pride strikes out. Rich Fridley singles to center field. Lefty Cermak strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Eddie Benton grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rondell Donnelly grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Beau Auker grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Katsumi Minagawa strikes out. Jose Vidro flies out to the left fielder. Jim Mellor strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Hiroshi Samata flies out to the right fielder. Duke Neel flies out to the left fielder. Dib Moore strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Sebastian Compton Jr. flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Rose singles to right field. Mike Martin strikes out. Curtis Pride grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Shooty Babbitt walks. Tony Nash strikes out. Bob Thielman lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Eddie Benton singles to right field. Shooty Babbitt scores. Rondell Donnelly singles to right field. Beau Auker singles past the first baseman. Hiroshi Samata hits a home run. Eddie Benton scores. Rondell Donnelly scores. Beau Auker scores. Steve Grilli comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Duke Neel lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Rich Fridley grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Lefty Cermak grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Grilli flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Dib Moore pops out to the shortstop. Shooty Babbitt grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Nash singles to right field. Bob Thielman flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Jose Vidro walks. Jim Mellor singles past the shortstop. Jose Vidro is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Sebastian Compton Jr. strikes out. Jim Mellor steals second. Bobby Rose grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Eddie Benton grounds out to the pitcher. Rondell Donnelly singles to center field. Beau Auker singles to right field. Rondell Donnelly steals third. Hiroshi Samata strikes out. Duke Neel flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Washington Mike Martin triples. Curtis Pride singles to center field. Mike Martin scores. Rich Fridley walks. Lefty Cermak grounds out to the second baseman. Curtis Pride advances to third on the play. Rich Fridley advances to second on the play. Miguel Cabrera is pinch hitting for Steve Grilli. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Miguel Cabrera grounds out to the shortstop. Curtis Pride scores. Rich Fridley advances to third on the play. Jose Vidro triples. Rich Fridley scores. Jeff Larkin 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. Jim Mellor singles to right field. Jose Vidro scores. Sebastian Compton Jr. strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Dick Bradford pitching. Dib Moore singles to center field. Shooty Babbitt grounds out to the shortstop. Dib Moore advances to second on the play. Tony Nash strikes out. Bob Steevens is pinch hitting for Jeff Larkin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bob Steevens flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Julio Castro pitching. Bobby Rose strikes out. Mike Martin strikes out. Curtis Pride walks. Rich Fridley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Boston Eddie Benton singles to left field. Rondell Donnelly strikes out. Beau Auker singles to right field. Mark Besse comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states RP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Hiroshi Samata pops out to the second baseman. Duke Neel grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Washington Slow Joe Doyle comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Lefty Cermak flies out to the left fielder. Josh Hamilton is pinch hitting for Mark Besse. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Josh Hamilton walks. Jose Vidro flies out to the left fielder. Jim Mellor singles to left field. Josh Hamilton advances to third on the hit. Sebastian Compton Jr. hits a home run. Josh Hamilton scores. Jim Mellor scores. Doug Torres comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Rose grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Boston Dave Aulds pitching. Dib Moore strikes out. Shooty Babbitt singles to right field. Tony Nash hits a home run. Shooty Babbitt scores. Ubaldo Heredia comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Brickyard Jude is pinch hitting for Doug Torres. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Brickyard Jude singles to left field. Eddie Benton strikes out. Rondell Donnelly singles to center field. Brickyard Jude is thrown out trying to advance to third by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Washington Chris Kirkland pitching. Mike Martin flies out to the left fielder. Curtis Pride flies out to the center fielder. Rich Fridley grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Boston total runners LOB: 8 Washington total runners LOB: 6
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Hall did not respond to coaching in velocity Jason Zachary did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Ethan Lajoie improves in contact_vs_righty Jerry LeFlore did not respond to coaching in velocity
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jimmy Finn did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Joe Redmon improves in contact_vs_righty Tom Myers did not respond to coaching in arm Art Pointer improves in contact_vs_lefty