Inning: 1 Washington War Magee pitching. Ripper Collins flies out to the center fielder. Rogers Hornsby reached on a fielding error by Frank Rauch. Skip Jutze grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Justin Verlander pitching. Al Smith flies out to the center fielder. Bill Garrison grounds out to the third baseman. Jay Rolen singles to center field. Aaron Doyle singles to left field. Jay Rolen advances to third on the hit. Aaron Doyle is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington George Brett strikes out. Rafael Devers pops out to the shortstop. Onix Concepcion singles past the shortstop. Ronald Acuna Jr. grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Onix Concepcion is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Greg Garrison strikes out. Frank Rauch strikes out. Sam Bielaski flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Matt Holliday walks. Justin Verlander fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Justin Verlander pops out to the shortstop. Ripper Collins lines out to the second baseman. Rogers Hornsby triples. Matt Holliday scores. Skip Jutze flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Randy Stratton flies out to the center fielder. War Magee flies out to the center fielder. Al Smith singles past the shortstop. Bill Garrison grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington George Brett flies out to the right fielder. Rafael Devers flies out to the right fielder. Onix Concepcion grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Jay Rolen grounds out to the second baseman. Aaron Doyle walks. Aaron Doyle is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Greg Garrison singles to center field. Greg Garrison steals second. Frank Rauch singles to right field. Sam Bielaski singles to left field. Greg Garrison scores. Frank Rauch advances to third on the hit. Randy Stratton singles to center field. Frank Rauch scores. War Magee strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Ronald Acuna Jr. grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Holliday strikes out. Justin Verlander grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Al Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Garrison grounds out to the shortstop. Jay Rolen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Ripper Collins walks. Rogers Hornsby reached on a fielding error by War Magee. Skip Jutze walks. George Brett singles to left field. Ripper Collins scores. Rafael Devers reached on a 2-base throwing error by Frank Rauch. Rogers Hornsby scores. Skip Jutze scores. Onix Concepcion walks. Ronald Acuna Jr. strikes out. Matt Holliday flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, George Brett scores. Justin Verlander strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Aaron Doyle singles past the second baseman. Greg Garrison grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Aaron Doyle is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Frank Rauch singles to left field. Greg Garrison advances to third on the hit. Sam Bielaski strikes out. Randy Stratton flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Washington Ripper Collins doubles to right field. Rogers Hornsby walks. Skip Jutze strikes out. George Brett flies out to the left fielder. Rafael Devers grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City War Magee strikes out. Al Smith singles to left field. Bill Garrison flies out to the right fielder. Jay Rolen flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Onix Concepcion strikes out. Ronald Acuna Jr. walks. Matt Holliday singles to center field. Ronald Acuna Jr. advances to third on the hit. Bill Tomanek comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Matt Holliday steals second. Passed ball. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores. Matt Holliday advances to third. Justin Verlander strikes out. Ripper Collins grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Aaron Doyle hits a home run. Greg Garrison strikes out. Frank Rauch grounds out to the third baseman. Sam Bielaski pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Rogers Hornsby grounds out to the third baseman. Skip Jutze grounds out to the second baseman. George Brett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Buddy Solomon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Randy Stratton strikes out. Josh Reynolds is pinch hitting for Bill Tomanek. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Josh Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop. Al Smith grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners LOB: 7 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jerry Tabb improves in contact_vs_righty Ichiro Suzuki did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Mark Newfield improves in power_vs_lefty Bill Haselman did not respond to coaching in range Home Run Baker did not respond to coaching in SS
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Wilkinson did not respond to coaching in speed Larry Keener improves in range Butch Kennedy did not respond to coaching in control Sparky Manning improves in power_vs_righty Rick Pasquella did not respond to coaching in SS