Inning: 1 Washington Taku Teramae pitching. Mike Paxton grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Gehrig grounds out to the shortstop. Lefty Cox grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Rich Denny pitching. Jim Kane strikes out. Rex Steevens hits an infield single to the pitcher. Walt Jones singles to left field. Herb Masters walks. Steve Cipriani strikes out. Jim Gomez grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Rex Steevens is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Washington Ed Rudi singles to center field. George Culp strikes out. Matt McWilliams strikes out. Connie Sundberg singles to right field. Brian Finley grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Kansas City Dave Pena flies out to the center fielder. Connie Brinkman grounds out to the shortstop. Taku Teramae flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Rich Denny singles to center field. Mike Paxton singles to center field. Rich Denny advances to third on the hit. Mike Gehrig grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Rich Denny scores. Mike Paxton advances to second on the play. Lefty Cox lines out to the second baseman. Ed Rudi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Jim Kane grounds out to the second baseman. Rex Steevens flies out to the center fielder. Walt Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington George Culp grounds out to the shortstop. Matt McWilliams pops out to the first baseman. Connie Sundberg grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Herb Masters grounds out to the pitcher. Steve Cipriani grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Gomez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Brian Finley flies out to the left fielder. Rich Denny grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Paxton singles to left field. Mike Paxton is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Dave Pena grounds out to the third baseman. Connie Brinkman flies out to the left fielder. Taku Teramae strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Mike Gehrig singles to center field. Lefty Cox singles to left field. Mike Gehrig advances to third on the hit. Ed Rudi flies out to the right fielder. George Culp doubles to left field. Mike Gehrig scores. Lefty Cox uses his aggressiveness and scores. Matt McWilliams flies out to the left fielder. Connie Sundberg flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Jim Kane walks. Rex Steevens walks. Walt Jones walks. Herb Masters strikes out. Steve Cipriani flies out to the center fielder. Jim Gomez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 7 Washington Brian Finley doubles to center field. Rich Denny lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Mike Paxton strikes out. Mike Gehrig strikes out. Lefty Cox walks. Dave Siebert 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. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Brian Finley scores. Ed Rudi strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Dave Pena strikes out. Connie Brinkman singles to left field. Connie Brinkman steals second. Dave Siebert grounds out to the second baseman. Connie Brinkman advances to third on the play. Carl Stewart 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. Jim Kane grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington George Culp strikes out. Matt McWilliams grounds out to the pitcher. Connie Sundberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rex Steevens walks. Walt Jones hits a home run. Rex Steevens scores. Duke Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Herb Masters walks. Steve Cipriani flies out to the left fielder. Jim Gomez strikes out. Dave Pena grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Herb Masters is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Brian Finley singles to left field. Freddie Young is pinch hitting for Duke Taylor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Freddie Young singles to center field. Brian Finley advances to third on the hit. Mike Paxton grounds out to the shortstop. Brian Finley scores. Freddie Young advances to second on the play. Mike Gehrig walks. Lefty Cox hits an infield single to the pitcher. Ed Rudi grounds out to the shortstop. Freddie Young scores. Mike Gehrig advances to third on the play. Lefty Cox advances to second on the play. Darrell Taylor comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Culp pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Steve Loiselle pitching. Connie Brinkman strikes out. Jerry Tolan is pinch hitting for Darrell Taylor. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jerry Tolan walks. Jim Kane pops out to the third baseman. Rex Steevens grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Washington total runners LOB: 8 Kansas City total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Walt Jones is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Rabbit Comellas did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Harry Everitt improves in contact_vs_righty Homer Flood did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Markland did not respond to coaching in velocity Jack Aleno did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Wooten did not respond to coaching in velocity
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dixie Guinn improves in arm Jim Taylor did not respond to coaching in range Greg Sheely did not respond to coaching in control George Griffin improves in control Charlie Escobar improves in arm Earl Powell did not respond to coaching in speed