Win: Kazuo Takemura (10-10) Loss: Ken Easterday (13-7)
Inning: 1 Washington Ken Easterday pitching. Al Ely flies out to the center fielder. Tom White lines out to the shortstop. Tom Groh strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Kazuo Takemura pitching. Makoto Kaneyoshi singles to right field. Jacura Hernandez strikes out. Sloppy Jones walks. Charlie Picciuto grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Manny Sanford grounds out to the second baseman. Lon Weaver doubles to left field. Bob LaCock grounds out to the third baseman. Art Henninger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hanson Grimes grounds out to the shortstop. Sam High grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Beckmann pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Jim Scalzi grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuo Takemura pops out to the third baseman. Al Ely singles to right field. Al Ely steals second. Tom White singles to center field. Al Ely scores. Tom Groh singles to center field. Tom White advances to third on the hit. Manny Sanford singles to center field. Tom White scores. Tom Groh advances to third on the hit. Lon Weaver strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Steve Cooper flies out to the left fielder. Ken Easterday reached on a fielding error by Jim Scalzi. Makoto Kaneyoshi grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Ken Easterday is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jacura Hernandez singles to left field. Makoto Kaneyoshi advances to third on the hit. Sloppy Jones flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Washington Bob LaCock flies out to the center fielder. Art Henninger strikes out. Jim Scalzi flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Charlie Picciuto singles to center field. Hanson Grimes grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Charlie Picciuto is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Sam High grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Kazuo Takemura strikes out. Al Ely flies out to the left fielder. Tom White strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Paul Beckmann grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Cooper grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Ken Easterday strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Tom Groh strikes out. Manny Sanford singles to left field. Lon Weaver flies out to the left fielder. Bob LaCock pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Makoto Kaneyoshi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jacura Hernandez flies out to the center fielder. Sloppy Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Art Henninger strikes out. Jim Scalzi grounds out to the third baseman. Kazuo Takemura grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Charlie Picciuto strikes out. Hanson Grimes grounds out to the second baseman. Sam High grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Al Ely singles to center field. Tom White grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Gary Johnson 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. Tom Groh grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Paul Beckmann strikes out. Steve Cooper strikes out. Yoshiyuki Moritani is pinch hitting for Gary Johnson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Yoshiyuki Moritani strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Floyd Lacy pitching. Manny Sanford bunts for a base hit. Lon Weaver singles to right field. Manny Sanford advances to third on the hit. Bob LaCock strikes out. Art Henninger singles to left field. Manny Sanford scores. Jim Scalzi walks. Dennis Holborow comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Heathcliff Chitren is pinch hitting for Kazuo Takemura. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Heathcliff Chitren strikes out. Al Ely singles past the shortstop. Lon Weaver scores. Art Henninger scores. Tom White flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Alex Smith pitching. Makoto Kaneyoshi flies out to the left fielder. Jacura Hernandez strikes out. Sloppy Jones flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 3
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Douglass did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Billy Hawes improves in power_vs_righty Danny Payton improves in contact_vs_lefty Alex Abbott did not respond to coaching in control
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ben Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Barfield did not respond to coaching in velocity Howie Bergeron did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Barfield did not respond to coaching in velocity Jerry McGeary did not respond to coaching in CF