Win: John Cooney (1-0) Loss: Yuset Gorguet (0-3)
Save: Ray Begley (6)
Inning: 1 Washington Pop Zernial pitching. Hiroki Akimitsu grounds out to the third baseman. Jose Hughes flies out to the center fielder. Andres Bowler grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Gil Coulson pitching. Bob Hoak hits a home run. Ricardo Orlando grounds out to the shortstop. King Collins grounds out to the shortstop. Jim Fitzgerald flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Johnny Garcia flies out to the center fielder. Bo Waters strikes out. Lute Donalds singles to center field. Art Gogolewski flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Jim Jacoby doubles past the first baseman. Eddie Frisella hits a home run. Jim Jacoby scores. So Inoue lines out to the shortstop. Footer Allen singles to left field. Pop Zernial lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Hoak grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Steve May singles to center field. Gil Coulson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hiroki Akimitsu strikes out. Jose Hughes grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Ricardo Orlando grounds out to the second baseman. King Collins hits a home run. Jim Fitzgerald doubles to left field. Jim Jacoby hits an infield single to the shortstop. Jim Jacoby steals second. Eddie Frisella flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jim Fitzgerald is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Andres Bowler strikes out. Johnny Garcia pops out to the first baseman. Bo Waters strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland So Inoue grounds out to the second baseman. Footer Allen singles to left field. Steve Boehringer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pop Zernial lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bob Hoak singles to center field. Footer Allen scores. Ricardo Orlando flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Lute Donalds singles to center field. Art Gogolewski doubles to right field. Steve May hits an infield single to the third baseman. Lute Donalds scores. Steve Boehringer strikes out. Hiroki Akimitsu singles to right field. Art Gogolewski scores. Jose Hughes flies out to the center fielder. Andres Bowler walks. Johnny Garcia pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Oakland King Collins lines out to the second baseman. Jim Fitzgerald grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jim Jacoby strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Bo Waters grounds out to the pitcher. Lute Donalds grounds out to the shortstop. Art Gogolewski grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Eddie Frisella grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! So Inoue doubles to right field. Footer Allen doubles to center field. So Inoue scores. Pop Zernial grounds out to the second baseman. Footer Allen advances to third on the play. Bob Hoak grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Steve May flies out to the right fielder. Steve Boehringer flies out to the right fielder. Hiroki Akimitsu singles to right field. Jose Hughes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Ricardo Orlando walks. Ricardo Orlando is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). King Collins pops out to the catcher. Jim Fitzgerald grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Andres Bowler singles to center field. Andres Bowler gets picked off first. Johnny Garcia pops out to the first baseman. Bo Waters strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Jim Jacoby singles to center field. John Cooney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eddie Frisella grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! So Inoue triples. Footer Allen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Lute Donalds hits a home run. Yuset Gorguet comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Art Gogolewski singles to center field. Steve May singles to center field. Horacio Naragon is pinch hitting for John Cooney. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Horacio Naragon bunts for a base hit. Hiroki Akimitsu strikes out. Jose Hughes grounds out to the second baseman. Art Gogolewski scores. Steve May advances to third on the play. Horacio Naragon advances to second on the play. Andres Bowler singles to center field. Steve May scores. Horacio Naragon scores. Buck Sewell comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Garcia doubles to left field. Andres Bowler uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bo Waters singles to left field. Johnny Garcia scores. Lute Donalds singles past the shortstop. Bo Waters advances to third on the hit. Art Gogolewski strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Ray Begley pitching. Bill Kokos is pinch hitting for Buck Sewell. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Bill Kokos walks. Bob Hoak grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Ricardo Orlando lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Jim Fitzgerald (5), Jim Jacoby (5), So Inoue (6), Footer Allen (5).3B - So Inoue (3).HR - Bob Hoak (9), King Collins (6), Eddie Frisella (3).GIDP - Bob Hoak, Eddie Frisella. Baserunning: SB - Jim Jacoby (12).CS - Ricardo Orlando (7).
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Redleg Keegan did not respond to coaching in control Mike Bell did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Lindeman improves in contact_vs_lefty Tim Datz did not respond to coaching in control Ed Lindeman did not respond to coaching in C
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Herb Gibbs did not respond to coaching in speed Andy Ferry did not respond to coaching in speed Roger Andrews did not respond to coaching in control Jack Zito improves in power_vs_righty