Win: Pat Guerrier (3-3) Loss: Masahiro Nakamura (1-3)
Inning: 1 Washington Tommy Middleton pitching. Jordan Orrell singles to center field. Dwayne Durham flies out to the right fielder. Gregg Dorsett grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bob Ballard pitching. Victorino Vizquel pops out to the second baseman. Val Henry strikes out. Domingo El Duque flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Shane Barton walks. Hal Nunez grounds out to the pitcher. Shane Barton advances to second on the play. Jeff Cruz flies out to the right fielder. Gil Hicks pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Chuck Luque hits a home run. Webster Brink flies out to the center fielder. Dick Woods singles to center field. Dick Easterwood flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Pickrel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Charlie Funk flies out to the center fielder. Bob Ballard strikes out. Jordan Orrell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Tommy Middleton grounds out to the pitcher. Victorino Vizquel singles to left field. Victorino Vizquel steals second. Val Henry singles to right field. Victorino Vizquel scores. Val Henry steals second. Domingo El Duque grounds out to the second baseman. Val Henry advances to third on the play. Chuck Luque flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Dwayne Durham doubles to center field. Gregg Dorsett strikes out. Shane Barton strikes out. Hal Nunez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Kansas City Webster Brink flies out to the center fielder. Dick Woods grounds out to the pitcher. Dick Easterwood singles to left field. Charlie Pickrel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Jeff Cruz singles to right field. Gil Hicks pops out to the shortstop. Jeff Cruz steals second. Charlie Funk strikes out. Bob Ballard strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Tommy Middleton strikes out. Victorino Vizquel walks. Val Henry pops out to the catcher. Domingo El Duque grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Victorino Vizquel is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Jordan Orrell singles to center field. Dwayne Durham strikes out. Gregg Dorsett singles to right field. Shane Barton strikes out. Hal Nunez grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gregg Dorsett is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Chuck Luque grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Webster Brink flies out to the right fielder. Dick Woods grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington George Clarke enters the game as a defensive replacement for Webster Brink at 3B. Jeff Cruz pops out to the third baseman. Gil Hicks singles in front of the right fielder. Charlie Funk strikes out. Icehouse Meadows is pinch hitting for Bob Ballard. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Gil Hicks steals second. Icehouse Meadows hits a home run. Gil Hicks scores. Jordan Orrell walks. Dwayne Durham strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ken Pozo pitching. Kevin Miksis is pinch hitting for Dick Easterwood. Kevin Miksis pops out to the shortstop. Charlie Pickrel singles to center field. Tommy Middleton lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Buck Weaver is pinch hitting for Victorino Vizquel. Buck Weaver strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Gregg Dorsett strikes out. Shane Barton is hit by a pitch. Hal Nunez triples. Shane Barton scores. Pat Guerrier comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jeff Cruz flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Hal Nunez is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Val Henry strikes out. Domingo El Duque singles to center field. Chuck Luque walks. George Clarke walks. Dick Woods grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Washington Gil Hicks strikes out. Charlie Funk walks. Gary Varitek is pinch hitting for Ken Pozo. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Gary Varitek grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Funk advances to second on the play. Jordan Orrell strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Masahiro Nakamura pitching. Kevin Miksis walks. Charlie Pickrel reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dwayne Durham. Tyler Simmons is pinch hitting for Pat Guerrier. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tyler Simmons walks. Buck Weaver strikes out. Val Henry walks. Kevin Miksis scores. Domingo El Duque walks. Charlie Pickrel scores. Washington total runners left on base: 7 Kansas City total runners left on base: 7
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bob Muir improves in power_vs_righty Cass McGann improves in power_vs_lefty Pee-Wee Ruffing improves in arm John Shea did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Erve Basgall improves in 3B
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ralph Lynch did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Lyn Madison did not respond to coaching in velocity Phil Dumont did not respond to coaching in velocity Blaise Palmer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jason Bell did not respond to coaching in 1B