Inning: 1 Washington Takayuki Miyade pitching. Jerry Habyan grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Bongiovanni grounds out to the pitcher. Sherman Mercer grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Glen Herrin pitching. John Bochte flies out to the center fielder. Shuji Uchi pops out to the second baseman. Nate Tenace pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Urbane Jackson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Claude Veach singles to center field. Bill Grissom strikes out. Tom Nixon singles to center field. Kazuhiro Perez grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tom Nixon is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Doyle Johnson lines out to the pitcher. Russ Saunders grounds out to the second baseman. Stu Karger doubles to center field. Kurt Guzman grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Glen Herrin strikes out. Jerry Habyan grounds out to the second baseman. Harry Bongiovanni grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City John Service lines out to the shortstop. Takayuki Miyade grounds out to the shortstop. John Bochte grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Sherman Mercer hits a home run. Urbane Jackson strikes out. Claude Veach hits a home run. Bill Grissom grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Nixon strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Shuji Uchi pops out to the third baseman. Nate Tenace grounds out to the second baseman. Doyle Johnson flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Kazuhiro Perez strikes out. Glen Herrin grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Habyan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Russ Saunders walks. Russ Saunders steals second. Stu Karger lines out to the shortstop. Kurt Guzman strikes out. John Service walks. Takayuki Miyade strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Washington Harry Bongiovanni grounds out to the second baseman. Sherman Mercer walks. Urbane Jackson doubles to left field. Claude Veach singles to center field. Sherman Mercer scores. Urbane Jackson scores. Bill Grissom walks. Tom Nixon grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City John Bochte reached on a 2-base fielding error by Tom Nixon. Shuji Uchi grounds out to the second baseman. John Bochte advances to third on the play. 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 walks. Doyle Johnson strikes out. Russ Saunders singles to right field. John Bochte scores. Stu Karger grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Washington Yoanny Chirino comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kazuhiro Perez walks. 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 flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Habyan strikes out. Harry Bongiovanni grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Kazuhiro Perez is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City George Ross pitching. Kurt Guzman strikes out. John Service hits a home run. Yoanny Chirino strikes out. John Bochte flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Sherman Mercer singles to right field. Urbane Jackson strikes out. Claude Veach flies out to the right fielder. Bill Grissom grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Jerry Winston comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Shuji Uchi doubles to left field. Nate Tenace grounds out to the second baseman. Shuji Uchi advances to third on the play. Doyle Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Shuji Uchi scores. Russ Saunders hits an infield single to the third baseman. Stu Karger strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Tom Nixon grounds out to the pitcher. Kazuhiro Perez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry Winston reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Service. Pete Harper is pinch running for Jerry Winston on 2nd base. Jerry Habyan pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Bill Bonner pitching. Max Carey is pinch hitting for Kurt Guzman. Max Carey strikes out. John Service hits an infield single to the shortstop. Snake Schilling is pinch hitting for Yoanny Chirino. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Snake Schilling strikes out. John Service is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Shuji Uchi (27), Stu Karger (21).HR - John Service (21). Baserunning: SB - Russ Saunders (42).CS - John Service (11). Fielding: E - John Service.
Game Notes Nate Tenace is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Cuckoo Rodriguez improves in power_vs_righty Mellie Benton did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Gross did not respond to coaching in velocity Jason Agbayani improves in range
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Sharpe did not respond to coaching in control Greg Naylor improves in contact_vs_righty Tom Baker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Nels McNeely improves in velocity Al Slusarski did not respond to coaching in SS