Inning: 1 Washington Bud Travers pitching. Rube Schreiber grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Ballenger grounds out to the second baseman. Shoji Ishikawa flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Orlando Rives pitching. Curt Branca hits a home run. Alex Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Harper flies out to the right fielder. Earl Shinall grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Jim Owens singles to center field. Gus Armstrong walks. Gary Williams singles to center field. Jim Owens scores. Jim Hershberger walks. Walter Oana flies out to the left fielder. Orlando Rives pops out to the third baseman. Rube Schreiber singles to left field. Gus Armstrong scores. Tom Ballenger singles to center field. Gary Williams scores. Jim Hershberger scores. Shoji Ishikawa singles to center field. Rube Schreiber scores. Tom Ballenger advances to third on the hit. Jim Owens grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Hector McGuire singles to left field. Ed Peterson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hector McGuire is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed Peterson steals second. Pi Schwert singles to right field. Ed Peterson scores. Juan Vasquez singles to left field. Pi Schwert advances to third on the hit. Bud Travers strikes out. Juan Vasquez steals second. Curt Branca flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Gus Armstrong singles to left field. Gary Williams walks. Jim Hershberger grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Gus Armstrong advances to third on the play. Walter Oana singles to right field. Gus Armstrong scores. Al Geary comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Orlando Rives doubles to center field. Walter Oana is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Alex Miller flies out to the center fielder. Matt Harper grounds out to the shortstop. Earl Shinall grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Rube Schreiber grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Ballenger reached on a fielding error by Pi Schwert. Shoji Ishikawa walks. Jim Owens grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Ballenger advances to third on the play. Shoji Ishikawa advances to second on the play. Gus Armstrong singles to right field. Tom Ballenger scores. Shoji Ishikawa scores. Gary Williams grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gus Armstrong is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Hector McGuire doubles to center field. Ed Peterson flies out to the left fielder. Pi Schwert walks. Juan Vasquez singles to center field. Hector McGuire scores. Al Geary fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Al Geary strikes out. Curt Branca singles to center field. Pi Schwert scores. Alex Miller singles to right field. Juan Vasquez scores. Matt Harper strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Jim Hershberger singles to left field. Walter Oana singles to center field. Jim Hershberger advances to third on the hit. Eddie DeBerry is pinch hitting for Orlando Rives. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Eddie DeBerry grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jim Hershberger scores. Ed Clark comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rube Schreiber grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Gary Tischinski pitching. Earl Shinall strikes out. Hector McGuire grounds out to the second baseman. Ed Peterson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Tom Ballenger walks. Shoji Ishikawa strikes out. Jim Owens grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Ballenger advances to second on the play. Gus Armstrong singles to right field. Tom Ballenger is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Pi Schwert flies out to the left fielder. Juan Vasquez hits a home run. Dan Lawrence comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Clark flies out to the right fielder. Curt Branca triples. Alex Miller singles to center field. Curt Branca scores. Matt Harper grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Alex Miller is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Gary Williams grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Hershberger walks. Walter Oana strikes out. Dave Krug is pinch hitting for Dan Lawrence. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Hershberger steals second. Dave Krug singles to center field. Jim Hershberger scores. George Pujols comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rube Schreiber flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Roger Minarcin pitching. Earl Shinall strikes out. Hector McGuire walks. Hughie Wright is pinch hitting for Ed Peterson. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Hughie Wright walks. Angel Whitaker is pinch hitting for Pi Schwert. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Angel Whitaker strikes out. Juan Vasquez walks. Mickey McNulty is pinch hitting for George Pujols. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Mickey McNulty singles to left field. Hector McGuire scores. Hughie Wright scores. Harry Chaney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Curt Branca grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Washington Barry Morris pitching. Tom Ballenger grounds out to the second baseman. Shoji Ishikawa walks. Shoji Ishikawa steals second. Jim Owens grounds out to the shortstop. Gus Armstrong singles past the third baseman. Shoji Ishikawa scores. Gary Williams grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Alex Miller grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Matt Harper singles past the second baseman. Earl Shinall strikes out. Hector McGuire grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Matt Harper is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Rick Porzio comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Hershberger flies out to the right fielder. Walter Oana grounds out to the second baseman. Melvin Honeycutt is pinch hitting for Harry Chaney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Melvin Honeycutt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Ryosuke Inui pitching. Hughie Wright grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Angel Whitaker singles to left field. Juan Vasquez strikes out. Rick Porzio strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Washington total runners LOB: 7 Detroit total runners LOB: 9
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Flint Sparks did not respond to coaching in speed Don Bowman did not respond to coaching in speed Harry Flohr did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ad Abernathie improves in power_vs_lefty Rangel Olivera did not respond to coaching in range Art Milnar did not respond to coaching in arm
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Danny Ramirez did not respond to coaching in control Ben Smith improves in contact_vs_lefty Ab Espinoza improves in arm Ken King did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Ben Smith improves in arm Ben Smith improves in speed Bunty Simba did not respond to coaching in 1B