Win: Billy Sunday (5-1) Loss: Steve C. Barr (1-1)
Save: Earl Fox (6)
Inning: 1 Texas Billy Sunday pitching. George Miller strikes out. Gene Clines strikes out. Takeshi Kamiguchi flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Tommy W. Boggs pitching. Vida Sheldon triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Khris Khikales pops out to the first baseman. The defense is playing the infield in. Lefty Sweet singles to right field. Vida Sheldon scores. Murphy Daniels strikes out. Markus Young singles to left field. Lefty Sweet advances to third on the hit. Alex Palica walks. Donny Donowitz doubles to left field. Lefty Sweet scores. Markus Young scores. Tom Carrigan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Roy Howell strikes out. Jim Sundberg strikes out. Jeff Burroughs singles to center field. Juan Beniquez grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jeff Burroughs is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Billy Sunday grounds out to the second baseman. Vida Sheldon grounds out to the shortstop. Khris Khikales strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Mike Hargrove singles to left field. Tommy W. Boggs lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. George Miller strikes out. Gene Clines walks. Takeshi Kamiguchi walks. Roy Howell reached on a 2-base fielding error by Alex Palica. Mike Hargrove scores. Gene Clines scores. Jim Sundberg grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Lefty Sweet doubles to right field. Murphy Daniels singles to center field. Lefty Sweet scores. Markus Young pops out to the third baseman. Alex Palica grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Murphy Daniels advances to second on the play. Donny Donowitz grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Jeff Burroughs grounds out to the second baseman. Juan Beniquez strikes out. Mike Hargrove grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Tom Carrigan flies out to the left fielder. Billy Sunday grounds out to the shortstop. Vida Sheldon grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Tommy W. Boggs reached on a fielding error by Khris Khikales. George Miller flies out to the left fielder. Gene Clines grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tommy W. Boggs advances to second on the play. Takeshi Kamiguchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Khris Khikales grounds out to the third baseman. Lefty Sweet doubles to center field. Murphy Daniels grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Markus Young grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Roy Howell walks. Jim Sundberg flies out to the left fielder. Jeff Burroughs singles past the shortstop. Roy Howell advances to third on the hit. Juan Beniquez strikes out. Mike Hargrove doubles to center field. Roy Howell scores. Jeff Burroughs uses his aggressiveness and scores. Tommy W. Boggs walks. George Miller flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Washington Alex Palica strikes out. Donny Donowitz strikes out. Tom Carrigan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Gene Clines singles to left field. Takeshi Kamiguchi grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Roy Howell walks. Passed ball. Roy Howell advances to second. Jim Sundberg grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Steve C. Barr comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Masayuki Akagi is pinch hitting for Billy Sunday. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Masayuki Akagi singles to center field. Masayuki Akagi steals second. Vida Sheldon strikes out. Khris Khikales strikes out. Lefty Sweet singles to left field. Masayuki Akagi scores. C.C. Sabathia comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Murphy Daniels grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Jimmy Campbell pitching. Jeff Burroughs strikes out. Juan Beniquez singles to center field. Mike Hargrove grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Markus Young strikes out. Alex Palica flies out to the center fielder. Donny Donowitz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Earl Fox comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Jim Fregosi is pinch hitting for C.C. Sabathia. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Fregosi grounds out to the shortstop. George Miller grounds out to the second baseman. Gene Clines singles to left field. Takeshi Kamiguchi grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners left on base: 8 Washington total runners left on base: 5
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Tony Fernandez did not respond to coaching in speed Danny Thompson improves in contact_vs_righty Russell Branyan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Stan Perzanowski did not respond to coaching in velocity Russell Branyan did not respond to coaching in C
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rick Engel improves in contact_vs_lefty Orval Nieman improves in control Pat Latham improves in velocity Harry Goliat did not respond to coaching in control Rick Engel did not respond to coaching in 3B