Win: Isidro Pezzullo (4-23) Loss: Larry Ausmus (9-11)
Save: Bill Leonard (1)
Inning: 1 Washington Larry Ausmus pitching. Jose Vidro hits a home run. Jim Mellor singles to left field. Mike Martin grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jim Mellor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gil Ryan walks. Tom Myers singles to center field. Mike Martin uses his aggressiveness and scores. Rich Fridley grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Isidro Pezzullo pitching. Hiroshi Samata flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Benton lines out to the shortstop. Jason Zachary flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Charlie Lesley strikes out. Harry Rippelmeyer flies out to the right fielder. Isidro Pezzullo grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Rondell Donnelly strikes out. Cliff Lyons strikes out. Dib Moore grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Jose Vidro grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Mellor reached on a fielding error by Cliff Lyons . Mike Martin pops out to the third baseman. Gil Ryan walks. Tom Myers grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Gil Ryan is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Harry Michaels flies out to the center fielder. Brickyard Jude strikes out. Larry Ausmus grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Rich Fridley grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Lesley grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Rippelmeyer walks. Isidro Pezzullo singles to right field. Harry Rippelmeyer advances to third on the hit. Jose Vidro singles to center field. Harry Rippelmeyer scores. Jim Mellor singles to center field. Mike Martin singles to center field. Isidro Pezzullo scores. Jose Vidro scores. Gil Ryan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Boston Hiroshi Samata flies out to the center fielder. Eddie Benton flies out to the center fielder. Jason Zachary grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Julio Castro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tom Myers singles to center field. Rich Fridley flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Lesley singles to center field. Harry Rippelmeyer strikes out. Isidro Pezzullo grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Boston Rondell Donnelly strikes out. Cliff Lyons flies out to the right fielder. Dib Moore grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Jose Vidro singles to right field. Jim Mellor flies out to the left fielder. Mike Martin hits a home run. Jose Vidro scores. Jeff Larkin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gil Ryan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tom Myers pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Harry Michaels singles to right field. Brickyard Jude flies out to the right fielder. Bob Steevens is pinch hitting for Jeff Larkin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bob Steevens singles to center field. Harry Michaels is out trying to steal third. Hiroshi Samata singles to left field. Bob Steevens aggressively advances to third on the hit. Eddie Benton singles to right field. Bob Steevens scores. Hiroshi Samata advances to third on the hit. Jason Zachary strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Washington Richie McDill pitching. Rich Fridley flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Lesley reached on a 2-base throwing error by Cliff Lyons . Harry Rippelmeyer walks. Isidro Pezzullo fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Isidro Pezzullo grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Rondell Donnelly grounds out to the pitcher. Cliff Lyons walks. Dib Moore strikes out. Harry Michaels grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Jose Vidro singles to center field. Chippy Heath is pinch hitting for Jim Mellor. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Chippy Heath grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dan Hanyzewski is pinch hitting for Mike Martin. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Dan Hanyzewski flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Brickyard Jude doubles to right field. Ron May is pinch hitting for Richie McDill. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Ron May grounds out to the second baseman. Brickyard Jude advances to third on the play. Hiroshi Samata grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Brickyard Jude scores. Eddie Benton grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Chris Kirkland pitching. Lefty Cermak is pinch hitting for Gil Ryan. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Lefty Cermak grounds out to the pitcher. Tom Myers grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rich Fridley flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Jason Zachary singles past the shortstop. Rondell Donnelly pops out to the second baseman. Cliff Lyons doubles to right field. Dib Moore hits a home run. Jason Zachary scores. Cliff Lyons scores. Bill Leonard comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Harry Michaels grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Brickyard Jude singles to center field. Tony Nash is pinch hitting for Chris Kirkland. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tony Nash grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Washington total runners LOB: 8 Boston total runners LOB: 4
Game Notes Lefty Cermak is injured and is expected to be out 55 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Roger Newell improves in power_vs_lefty Mike Goodman improves in contact_vs_righty Mark Rabb did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Nap Seybold did not respond to coaching in range
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sam Acker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Yasutaka Nishida improves in range Ron McMillon improves in power_vs_lefty Nick Hutchison did not respond to coaching in control Ike Conway did not respond to coaching in LF