Win: Sugar Cain (13-15) Loss: Charlie Samuels (4-13)
Save: Stephen Strasburg (19)
Inning: 1 Washington Charlie Samuels pitching. Joe DiMaggio singles to right field. Bob Bailor grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Joe DiMaggio is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bob Bailor steals second. Bruce Spongberg throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Klondike Douglass grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Bailor scores. Roberto Mejia walks. Roberto Mejia steals second. Manny Ramirez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Kansas City Sugar Cain pitching. Greg Garrison flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Sam Bielaski lines out to the third baseman. Josh Reynolds singles to center field. Bruce Spongberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Johnny Damon strikes out. Takashi Sasaki flies out to the center fielder. Onix Concepcion strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Kansas City Frank Rauch singles to left field. Randy Stratton flies out to the right fielder. Babe Greenwell triples. Frank Rauch scores. Ed Ryan grounds out to the third baseman. Babe Greenwell scores. Charlie Samuels pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Sugar Cain strikes out. Joe DiMaggio walks. Bob Bailor flies out to the right fielder. Joe DiMaggio steals second. Klondike Douglass grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Greg Garrison pops out to the first baseman. Sam Bielaski flies out to the left fielder. Josh Reynolds flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Roberto Mejia hits a home run. Manny Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Damon is hit by a pitch. Takashi Sasaki grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Bruce Spongberg grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Rauch singles to right field. Randy Stratton strikes out. Babe Greenwell hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ed Ryan grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Babe Greenwell is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Onix Concepcion flies out to the right fielder. Sugar Cain strikes out. Joe DiMaggio doubles to right field. Bob Bailor singles to center field. Joe DiMaggio scores. Klondike Douglass grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bob Bailor is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Charlie Samuels grounds out to the second baseman. Greg Garrison flies out to the center fielder. Sam Bielaski hits an infield single to the first baseman. Josh Reynolds pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Roberto Mejia pops out to the third baseman. Manny Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Damon flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Bruce Spongberg walks. Frank Rauch grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Bruce Spongberg is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Frank Rauch steals second. Randy Stratton strikes out. Babe Greenwell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Takashi Sasaki flies out to the center fielder. Onix Concepcion singles to center field. Sugar Cain lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Yusmel Ramirez 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. Joe DiMaggio strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ed Ryan flies out to the right fielder. Frank Wilhelm is pinch hitting for Yusmel Ramirez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Wilhelm grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Greg Garrison flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Bill Pryor pitching. Bob Bailor flies out to the center fielder. Klondike Douglass grounds out to the second baseman. Roberto Mejia flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Sam Bielaski grounds out to the second baseman. Josh Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop. Bruce Spongberg lines out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Manny Ramirez grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Damon pops out to the second baseman. Takashi Sasaki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Stephen Strasburg comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Frank Rauch strikes out. Randy Stratton flies out to the right fielder. Babe Greenwell flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners LOB: 4 Kansas City total runners LOB: 5
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Justin Verlander did not respond to coaching in control Rogers Hornsby improves in contact_vs_righty Tim Hosley improves in range Buddy Bell did not respond to coaching in arm Skip Jutze did not respond to coaching in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sparky Manning did not respond to coaching in arm Bob Taylor improves in arm Bob Slattery improves in contact_vs_righty Al Reed improves in speed Rick Pasquella did not respond to coaching in SS