Win: Willie Nelson (8-5) Loss: Hidekazu Narita (1-3)
Inning: 1 Cleveland Ken Kuboosh pitching. Ducky Mallard singles to right field. Buddy Holly singles to right field. Zachary Taylor singles to left field. Frank Marth grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Ducky Mallard is out at home. Jerry Douglas strikes out. Hiroshi Ota strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Washington Tom Vargus pitching. Hernan Cortez walks. Claude Blum flies out to the center fielder. Fred Toney strikes out. Rabbit Morris flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Cleveland Darin Cohen walks. Dan Rijo singles to center field. Tom Vargus lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ducky Mallard walks. Buddy Holly strikes out. Zachary Taylor flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Washington Fester Addams singles to left field. Don Cooper grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Clay Croushore strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Cleveland Frank Marth walks. Jerry Douglas singles to left field. Hiroshi Ota grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Frank Marth advances to third on the play. Darin Cohen doubles to right field. Frank Marth scores. Dan Rijo flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Ralph Ausanio grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken Kuboosh strikes out. Hernan Cortez doubles to center field. Claude Blum grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Tom Vargus grounds out to the shortstop. Ducky Mallard grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Buddy Holly flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Fred Toney hits a home run. Rabbit Morris strikes out. Fester Addams grounds out to the second baseman. Don Cooper strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Zachary Taylor flies out to the right fielder. Frank Marth flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Douglas strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Clay Croushore grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Ralph Ausanio flies out to the center fielder. Ken Kuboosh strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Cleveland Hiroshi Ota grounds out to the second baseman. Darin Cohen grounds out to the third baseman. Dan Rijo grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Hernan Cortez singles to right field. Claude Blum strikes out. Hernan Cortez is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Fred Toney flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Tom Vargus grounds out to the third baseman. Ducky Mallard grounds out to the shortstop. Buddy Holly grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Rabbit Morris pops out to the first baseman. Fester Addams singles to right field. Don Cooper strikes out. Clay Croushore grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Cleveland Zachary Taylor grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Frank Marth flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Douglas grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Ralph Ausanio grounds out to the pitcher. Ken Kuboosh strikes out. Hernan Cortez lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland Hiroshi Ota grounds out to the third baseman. Darin Cohen flies out to the center fielder. Dan Rijo lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Claude Blum walks. Fred Toney flies out to the right fielder. Rabbit Morris singles to left field. Claude Blum advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the infield in. Fester Addams grounds out to the pitcher. Rabbit Morris advances to second on the play. Don Cooper walks. Clay Croushore grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 10 Cleveland Tom Vargus grounds out to the shortstop. Ducky Mallard flies out to the right fielder. Buddy Holly walks. Zachary Taylor hits a home run. Buddy Holly scores. Willie Nelson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Frank Marth grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Washington Hidekazu Narita comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Mason Jar is pinch hitting for Ralph Ausanio. Mason Jar singles to left field. Sky King is pinch hitting for Willie Nelson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Sky King strikes out. Hernan Cortez singles to center field. Mason Jar advances to third on the hit. Claude Blum pops out to the third baseman. Fred Toney hits a home run. Mason Jar scores. Hernan Cortez scores. Cleveland total runners left on base: 7 Washington total runners left on base: 6
Game Notes Clay Croushore is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rich Calderon did not respond to coaching in speed Johnny McCaskill did not respond to coaching in control Craig Eichelberger improves in arm Trevor Todd did not respond to coaching in speed
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Wally Griffey improves in power_vs_righty Clint Anderson improves in speed Joe Reynolds improves in power_vs_righty Bill Dusak improves in power_vs_lefty