Win: Rick Bridges (10-5) Loss: Takayuki Miyade (8-10)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Glen Herrin pitching. John Bochte lines out to the shortstop. Shuji Uchi singles to left field. Shuji Uchi steals second. Nate Tenace triples. Shuji Uchi scores. Max Carey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Russ Saunders grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Washington Takayuki Miyade pitching. Jerry Habyan grounds out to the pitcher. Harry Bongiovanni lines out to the shortstop. Sherman Mercer triples. Urbane Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Stu Karger grounds out to the second baseman. Kurt Guzman grounds out to the second baseman. John Service singles to right field. Takayuki Miyade pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Claude Veach pops out to the second baseman. Bill Grissom walks. Tom Nixon strikes out. Kazuhiro Perez reached on a fielding error by Stu Karger. Glen Herrin triples. Bill Grissom scores. Kazuhiro Perez scores. Jerry Habyan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City John Bochte singles to left field. Shuji Uchi strikes out. Nate Tenace hits a home run. John Bochte scores. Max Carey strikes out. Russ Saunders strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Harry Bongiovanni flies out to the right fielder. Sherman Mercer strikes out. Urbane Jackson lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Stu Karger strikes out. Kurt Guzman pops out to the first baseman. John Service hits an infield single to the shortstop. Takayuki Miyade grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Claude Veach walks. Bill Grissom singles to right field. Claude Veach advances to third on the hit. Bill Grissom steals second. Tom Nixon pops out to the second baseman. Kazuhiro Perez singles to left field. Claude Veach scores. Bill Grissom scores. Glen Herrin lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jerry Habyan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City John Bochte singles to left field. John Bochte steals second. Shuji Uchi strikes out. Rick Bridges 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 1st. Nate Tenace grounds out to the second baseman. John Bochte advances to third on the play. Max Carey flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Harry Bongiovanni walks. Sherman Mercer singles to center field. Harry Bongiovanni advances to third on the hit. Urbane Jackson pops out to the shortstop. Claude Veach flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Harry Bongiovanni is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Russ Saunders strikes out. Stu Karger strikes out. Kurt Guzman flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Bill Grissom triples. Tom Nixon hits an infield single to the third baseman. Bill Grissom scores. Yoanny Chirino comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kazuhiro Perez grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Nixon advances to second on the play. Rick Bridges flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Habyan singles to center field. Harry Bongiovanni walks. Sherman Mercer hits a home run. Tom Nixon scores. Jerry Habyan scores. Harry Bongiovanni scores. Charlie Bigelow comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Urbane Jackson singles to left field. Claude Veach singles to center field. Urbane Jackson advances to third on the hit. Bill Grissom doubles to left field. Urbane Jackson scores. Claude Veach is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City John Service grounds out to the shortstop. Charlie Bigelow singles to center field. John Bochte grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Charlie Bigelow advances to second on the play. Shuji Uchi grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Tom Nixon grounds out to the second baseman. Kazuhiro Perez singles to left field. Biff Ownbey is pinch hitting for Rick Bridges. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Biff Ownbey strikes out. Jerry Habyan flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City George Ross pitching. Nate Tenace singles to left field. Max Carey singles to right field. Russ Saunders walks. Stu Karger singles to right field. Nate Tenace scores. Max Carey is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Russ Saunders advances to third on the play. Stu Karger is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Kurt Guzman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Kirk Bolton comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Bongiovanni flies out to the right fielder. Sherman Mercer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Urbane Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City John Service strikes out. Snake Schilling is pinch hitting for Kirk Bolton. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Snake Schilling flies out to the left fielder. John Bochte walks. Shuji Uchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7 Washington total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes John Bochte is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Sharpe did not respond to coaching in control Jeff Brickley did not respond to coaching in speed Dave Monterey improves in power_vs_lefty Greg Naylor improves in power_vs_lefty Jess Lefebvre did not respond to coaching in 2B
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ryan Anderson improves in contact_vs_righty Steve Wright did not respond to coaching in velocity Cuckoo Rodriguez improves in power_vs_righty Cuckoo Rodriguez improves in contact_vs_righty