Win: Steve Wright (12-6) Loss: Don Mondesi (6-4)
Save: Bob Gulley (11)
Inning: 1 Washington Tony Eilers pitching. Jerry Habyan pops out to the shortstop. Tom Nixon pops out to the second baseman. Sherman Mercer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 New York Travis Sullivan pitching. Andy Shanner grounds out to the shortstop. Ben Anderson strikes out. Jeff Bullock hits an infield single to the pitcher. Jeff Bullock steals second. Derrick Tate singles to center field. Jeff Bullock scores. Jesse Crosby walks. Chuck Stock grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Washington Harry Bongiovanni flies out to the left fielder. Jason Agbayani singles to right field. Watty Wright flies out to the right fielder. Hal Lopata grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 New York John Smith strikes out. Rich Schaefer strikes out. Tony Eilers flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Joe Cloude singles to left field. Travis Sullivan lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jerry Habyan pops out to the second baseman. Tom Nixon hits a home run. Joe Cloude scores. Sherman Mercer pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Andy Shanner flies out to the left fielder. Ben Anderson strikes out. Jeff Bullock flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Harry Bongiovanni singles to left field. Jason Agbayani strikes out. Watty Wright singles to center field. Hal Lopata walks. Joe Cloude strikes out. Travis Sullivan strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 New York Derrick Tate strikes out. Jesse Crosby grounds out to the shortstop. Chuck Stock flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Jerry Habyan flies out to the center fielder. Tom Nixon strikes out. Sherman Mercer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York John Smith grounds out to the second baseman. Rich Schaefer singles to right field. Tony Eilers lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Andy Shanner flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Harry Bongiovanni walks. Jason Agbayani strikes out. Watty Wright flies out to the right fielder. Hal Lopata singles to left field. Harry Bongiovanni aggressively advances to third on the hit. Joe Cloude walks. Travis Sullivan strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 New York Ben Anderson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff Bullock singles to left field. Jeff Bullock steals second. Derrick Tate singles to left field. Jeff Bullock scores. Jesse Crosby pops out to the shortstop. Chuck Stock flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Jerry Habyan flies out to the right fielder. Tom Nixon singles to left field. Tom Nixon is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Sherman Mercer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 New York John Smith walks. Rich Schaefer grounds into a force play to the pitcher. John Smith is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Harry Jones is pinch hitting for Tony Eilers. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Harry Jones strikes out. Steve Wright 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. Andy Shanner grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Don Mondesi pitching. Harry Bongiovanni singles to left field. Jason Agbayani walks. Watty Wright lines out to the second baseman. Hal Lopata walks. Joe Cloude flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Harry Bongiovanni scores. Urbane Jackson is pinch hitting for Steve Wright. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Urbane Jackson singles to center field. Jason Agbayani scores. Jerry Habyan strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 New York Bob Gulley pitching. Ben Anderson lines out to the shortstop. Jeff Bullock singles to left field. Derrick Tate strikes out. Jesse Crosby strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Tom Nixon flies out to the center fielder. Sherman Mercer triples. Harry Bongiovanni singles to center field. Sherman Mercer scores. Jason Agbayani pops out to the third baseman. Watty Wright grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Harry Bongiovanni is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 New York Chuck Stock doubles to left field. John Smith grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Chuck Stock advances to third on the play. George Sweeney is pinch hitting for Rich Schaefer. George Sweeney walks. Ryan Thomas is pinch hitting for Don Mondesi. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ryan Thomas strikes out. Andy Shanner grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Washington total runners LOB: 10 New York total runners LOB: 8
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Roberto Ruth did not respond to coaching in control Cuckoo Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Al Elliott improves in arm Bill Surhoff improves in speed Cuckoo Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in CF
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jeff Jacobus improves in arm Rob MacDonald did not respond to coaching in range Rob MacDonald improves in arm Jeff Jacobus improves in power_vs_lefty Joe Sothoron did not respond to coaching in 3B