Win: Rick Bridges (6-3) Loss: Yoanny Chirino (4-4)
Save: George Ross (3)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Al Kelly pitching. John Bochte singles to center field. Shuji Uchi strikes out. Desi Kerr grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Luis Rodriguez pitching. Jerry Habyan pops out to the second baseman. Harry Bongiovanni hits a home run. Urbane Jackson walks. Claude Veach grounds out to the second baseman. Urbane Jackson advances to second on the play. Bill Grissom reached on a fielding error by Nate Tenace. Tom Nixon strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Nate Tenace strikes out. Doyle Johnson grounds out to the shortstop. Stu Karger flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Pete Harper strikes out. Joe Cloude hits a home run. Al Kelly grounds out to the shortstop. Jerry Habyan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Mike Breitenstein singles to center field. Kurt Guzman singles to left field. Luis Rodriguez lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. John Bochte singles past the second baseman. Mike Breitenstein scores. Shuji Uchi flies out to the right fielder. Desi Kerr singles to left field. Kurt Guzman scores. Nate Tenace grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Harry Bongiovanni singles to right field. Harry Bongiovanni steals second. Urbane Jackson hits a home run. Harry Bongiovanni scores. Claude Veach strikes out. Bill Grissom flies out to the right fielder. Tom Nixon flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Doyle Johnson strikes out. Stu Karger singles to right field. Stu Karger steals second. Mike Breitenstein flies out to the center fielder. Kurt Guzman grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Pete Harper grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Joe Cloude flies out to the left fielder. Al Kelly flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Luis Rodriguez strikes out. John Bochte singles to center field. Shuji Uchi hits a home run. John Bochte scores. Desi Kerr flies out to the left fielder. Nate Tenace walks. Doyle Johnson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Jerry Habyan walks. Harry Bongiovanni doubles to left field. Jerry Habyan is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Urbane Jackson strikes out. Claude Veach grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Stu Karger strikes out. Mike Breitenstein pops out to the shortstop. Kurt Guzman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Bill Grissom grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Nixon grounds out to the third baseman. Pete Harper lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Rick Bridges comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Russ Saunders is pinch hitting for Luis Rodriguez. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Russ Saunders pops out to the first baseman. John Bochte strikes out. Shuji Uchi pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Yoanny Chirino pitching. Joe Cloude singles to right field. Sherman Mercer is pinch hitting for Rick Bridges. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Sherman Mercer pops out to the shortstop. Jerry Habyan doubles to center field. Joe Cloude uses his aggressiveness and scores. Harry Bongiovanni grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Habyan advances to third on the play. Urbane Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City George Ross pitching. Desi Kerr flies out to the right fielder. Nate Tenace pops out to the third baseman. Doyle Johnson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Claude Veach grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Grissom triples. Tom Nixon reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Bochte. Bill Grissom scores. Pete Harper flies out to the center fielder. Joe Cloude singles to center field. Tom Nixon scores. Karl Ash comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Ross walks. Jerry Habyan singles to right field. Joe Cloude scores. Harry Bongiovanni grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Stu Karger walks. Mike Breitenstein flies out to the right fielder. Kurt Guzman walks. John Grant is pinch hitting for Karl Ash. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Grant grounds out to the pitcher. Stu Karger advances to third on the play. Kurt Guzman advances to second on the play. John Bochte pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners left on base: 6 Washington total runners left on base: 6
Batting:2B - Jerry Habyan (15), Harry Bongiovanni (14).3B - Bill Grissom (3).HR - Harry Bongiovanni (7), Urbane Jackson (11), Joe Cloude (2). Baserunning: SB - Harry Bongiovanni (5).
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Otis Amos did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Otis Amos did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jeff Brickley improves in power_vs_lefty Jeff Brickley improves in arm Al Slusarski did not respond to coaching in SS
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mickey Griner improves in range Mellie Benton did not respond to coaching in endurance Jason Agbayani improves in contact_vs_lefty Mike Gross did not respond to coaching in velocity