Inning: 1 Washington Rey Busby pitching. Jerry Habyan flies out to the left fielder. Reggie Buckley strikes out. Sherman Mercer lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Chet Kunkel pitching. Andy Shanner walks. Ben Anderson walks. Jeff Bullock flies out to the center fielder. Derrick Tate singles to left field. Andy Shanner scores. Ben Anderson advances to third on the hit. Fred Maxwell strikes out. Harry Jones flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Washington Urbane Jackson doubles to center field. Damon Corcoran pops out to the second baseman. Hal Lopata grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Nixon grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York Rags Jones singles to left field. Freddy Slapnicka grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Rags Jones is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rey Busby fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Rey Busby reached on a 2-base throwing error by Urbane Jackson. Andy Shanner singles to center field. Freddy Slapnicka scores. Rey Busby scores. Ben Anderson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Andy Shanner is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jeff Bullock strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Kazuhiro Perez flies out to the right fielder. Chet Kunkel grounds out to the pitcher. Jerry Habyan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Derrick Tate doubles to right field. Fred Maxwell singles to left field. Derrick Tate scores. Harry Jones singles to center field. Rags Jones walks. Freddy Slapnicka flies out to the center fielder. Rey Busby flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Fred Maxwell scores. Andy Shanner singles to right field. Harry Jones scores. Ben Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Washington Reggie Buckley grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Sherman Mercer strikes out. Urbane Jackson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 New York Jeff Bullock strikes out. Derrick Tate hits a home run. Fred Maxwell hits a home run. Harry Jones flies out to the center fielder. Rags Jones grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Damon Corcoran grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Hal Lopata grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tom Nixon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Freddy Slapnicka walks. Rey Busby lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Andy Shanner grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Anderson hits a home run. Freddy Slapnicka scores. Ike Rogers comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Jeff Bullock singles to center field. Derrick Tate grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jeff Bullock is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Kazuhiro Perez grounds out to the third baseman. Ike Rogers grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Habyan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Fred Maxwell flies out to the center fielder. Harry Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rags Jones flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Reggie Buckley flies out to the center fielder. Sherman Mercer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Urbane Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York Freddy Slapnicka flies out to the center fielder. Rey Busby strikes out. Andy Shanner flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Damon Corcoran grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Don Mondesi comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Hal Lopata singles to right field. Tom Nixon flies out to the center fielder. Pete Harper is pinch hitting for Kazuhiro Perez. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pete Harper grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hal Lopata is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Ben Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Jeff Bullock grounds out to the shortstop. Derrick Tate grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Curtis Poulsen is pinch hitting for Ike Rogers. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Curtis Poulsen walks. Jerry Habyan strikes out. Reggie Buckley walks. Sherman Mercer singles to left field. Urbane Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Curtis Poulsen scores. Reggie Buckley advances to third on the play. Sherman Mercer advances to second on the play. Damon Corcoran grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Washington total runners left on base: 4 New York total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Tom Nixon is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Harry Bongiovanni improves in contact_vs_lefty Jay Magee improves in arm Jason Agbayani improves in range Arlie Crane did not respond to coaching in control
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: John Smith improves in range Joe Cloude improves in speed Felix Zitzmann did not respond to coaching in range Buck Holm improves in contact_vs_righty Jesse Crosby did not respond to coaching in LF