Inning: 1 Washington Lou Thompson pitching. Jerry Habyan flies out to the left fielder. Harry Bongiovanni strikes out. Watty Wright pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Boston Rick Bridges pitching. Art Stallings singles to center field. Craig Willis grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Art Stallings is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Dick Speaker hits an infield single to the pitcher. Reggie Lepcio strikes out. Ozzie Ayers grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Dick Speaker is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Washington Urbane Jackson hits a home run. Tom Nixon strikes out. Jason Agbayani grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hal Lopata grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Hal Dowse strikes out. Nick Meyers strikes out. Kuniyuki Saionji strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Claude Veach strikes out. Rick Bridges grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Jerry Habyan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Lou Thompson grounds out to the shortstop. Art Stallings pops out to the shortstop. Craig Willis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Harry Bongiovanni flies out to the left fielder. Watty Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Urbane Jackson hits a home run. Tom Nixon singles to left field. Jason Agbayani singles to right field. Hal Lopata is hit by a pitch. Claude Veach grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Boston Dick Speaker flies out to the left fielder. Reggie Lepcio singles to center field. Ozzie Ayers flies out to the left fielder. Reggie Lepcio steals second. Hal Dowse grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Rick Bridges flies out to the left fielder. Jerry Habyan grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Harry Bongiovanni grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Boston Nick Meyers singles past the third baseman. Kuniyuki Saionji strikes out. Lou Thompson fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Lou Thompson strikes out. Art Stallings singles to left field. Nick Meyers advances to third on the hit. Craig Willis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Washington Watty Wright grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Urbane Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Tom Nixon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Dick Speaker grounds out to the second baseman. Reggie Lepcio grounds out to the pitcher. Ozzie Ayers hits a home run. Hal Dowse flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Jason Agbayani walks. Hal Lopata pops out to the second baseman. Jason Agbayani steals second. Claude Veach strikes out. Rick Bridges strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Nick Meyers singles past the second baseman. Bob Gulley 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 1st. Kuniyuki Saionji lines out to the third baseman. Bill Boardman is pinch hitting for Lou Thompson. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bill Boardman singles to center field. Art Stallings walks. Craig Willis grounds into a fielders choice to the third baseman. Nick Meyers is out at home. Dick Speaker strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Washington Matt Gaines pitching. Jerry Habyan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Harry Bongiovanni pops out to the second baseman. Watty Wright singles to center field. Urbane Jackson hits an infield single to the first baseman. Tom Nixon singles to center field. Watty Wright is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Boston Reggie Lepcio walks. Reggie Lepcio steals second. Ozzie Ayers strikes out. Hal Dowse strikes out. Nick Meyers singles to center field. Reggie Lepcio scores. Toru Uemura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Kuniyuki Saionji strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Steve Schulte comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jason Agbayani grounds out to the pitcher. Hal Lopata grounds out to the shortstop. Claude Veach flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Boston Ken Strange is pinch hitting for Steve Schulte. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 5 inning. Ken Strange hits a home run. Washington total runners left on base: 5 Boston total runners left on base: 9
Game Notes Rick Bridges is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jorge Kay did not respond to coaching in control Mike Gross did not respond to coaching in control Terry Kainer did not respond to coaching in velocity Dave Wilkerson did not respond to coaching in control Cuckoo Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in CF
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Danny Sulik did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dave Creeden did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Carden Chapman improves in arm Danny Sulik did not respond to coaching in arm