Win: Scott Daniels (1-3) Loss: Balki Bartokomos (0-4)
Save: Chris Taylor (3)
Inning: 1 Washington Scott Daniels pitching. Tatsuya Ono grounds out to the shortstop. Shoji Ishikawa singles to right field. Yasutaka Watanabe grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Balki Bartokomos pitching. Rodney Rowland grounds out to the second baseman. Skeeter Coleman strikes out. Johnny Hemming walks. Hoyt Kubiak flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Lisdey Delgado strikes out. Charlie James flies out to the left fielder. Gary Williams walks. Gary Williams steals second. Walter Oana strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Melido Menefee pops out to the shortstop. Cesar Beckett singles to center field. Vulcan Vollmer walks. Doug Stuart strikes out. Scott Daniels grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Vulcan Vollmer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Tomohiro Ogihara strikes out. Balki Bartokomos grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tatsuya Ono flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Rodney Rowland singles to center field. Skeeter Coleman singles to center field. Rodney Rowland advances to third on the hit. Johnny Hemming grounds out to the third baseman. Skeeter Coleman advances to second on the play. Hoyt Kubiak walks. Melido Menefee grounds out to the second baseman. Rodney Rowland scores. Skeeter Coleman advances to third on the play. Hoyt Kubiak advances to second on the play. Cesar Beckett grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Washington Shoji Ishikawa strikes out. Yasutaka Watanabe strikes out. Lisdey Delgado pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Vulcan Vollmer flies out to the center fielder. Doug Stuart reached on a 2-base throwing error by Charlie James. Scott Daniels strikes out. Rodney Rowland grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Charlie James grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gary Williams strikes out. Walter Oana singles to center field. Walter Oana is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Skeeter Coleman grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Hemming flies out to the right fielder. Hoyt Kubiak walks. Melido Menefee grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hoyt Kubiak is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Tomohiro Ogihara grounds out to the shortstop. Balki Bartokomos strikes out. Tatsuya Ono flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Cesar Beckett grounds out to the shortstop. Vulcan Vollmer pops out to the first baseman. Doug Stuart flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Shoji Ishikawa singles to center field. Yasutaka Watanabe flies out to the right fielder. Shoji Ishikawa steals second. Lisdey Delgado grounds out to the second baseman. Shoji Ishikawa advances to third on the play. Charlie James flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Jim Harrell is pinch hitting for Scott Daniels. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Jim Harrell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Rodney Rowland singles to left field. Skeeter Coleman walks. Osvaldo Mendez 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. Johnny Hemming strikes out. Hoyt Kubiak grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Washington Chris Taylor pitching. Gary Williams grounds out to the second baseman. Walter Oana strikes out. Tomohiro Ogihara grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Melido Menefee strikes out. Cesar Beckett strikes out. Vulcan Vollmer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Blackie Manush is pinch hitting for Osvaldo Mendez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Blackie Manush strikes out. Tatsuya Ono grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Shoji Ishikawa grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners left on base: 2 Oakland total runners left on base: 9
Game Notes Tatsuya Ono is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Julio Larkin improves in contact_vs_lefty Otis Raney did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ramon Delhi did not respond to coaching in speed Pug Ferguson did not respond to coaching in control Pug Ferguson improves in control Willie Callahan improves in power_vs_righty
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Dave Jackson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tommy Leard improves in contact_vs_lefty Paul Chiozza did not respond to coaching in velocity Pete Sprague improves in contact_vs_lefty Al McGraw improves in contact_vs_lefty Art Lindsay improves in power_vs_lefty Bob Hoover did not respond to coaching in 2B