Win: Vince Irwin (12-14) Loss: Francisco Liriano (4-16)
Save: Jimmy Kelly (37)
Inning: 1 Washington Dennys Ripple pitching. Yukihiro Kitagawa singles to left field. Jamie Nicol strikes out. Taisuke Miyaji singles past the shortstop. Harley Burr walks. Horace Mulvey singles to right field. Yukihiro Kitagawa scores. Taisuke Miyaji scores. Takao Suzaki flies out to the center fielder. Jim Everitt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Boston Vince Irwin pitching. Ammara Safdar grounds out to the pitcher. Tomas Cruz strikes out. Alan Wertz grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Yoshio Hatafuku grounds out to the third baseman. Vince Irwin grounds out to the second baseman. Yukihiro Kitagawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Cordy Cordova strikes out. Ron Macha strikes out. Royce Lewis triples. Rich Petralli pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Jamie Nicol grounds out to the shortstop. Taisuke Miyaji walks. Harley Burr grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Boston Orlando Walker flies out to the center fielder. Dennys Ripple singles to right field. Ammara Safdar grounds out to the second baseman. Dennys Ripple advances to second on the play. Tomas Cruz pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Horace Mulvey flies out to the right fielder. Takao Suzaki singles to right field. Takao Suzaki steals second. Jim Everitt reached on a 2-base throwing error by Alan Wertz. Takao Suzaki scores. Yoshio Hatafuku strikes out. Vince Irwin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Boston Alan Wertz reached on a fielding error by Harley Burr. Cordy Cordova walks. Ron Macha grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alan Wertz advances to third on the play. Cordy Cordova advances to second on the play. Royce Lewis strikes out. Rich Petralli singles to right field. Alan Wertz scores. Cordy Cordova scores. Orlando Walker grounds into a force play to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rich Petralli is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Yukihiro Kitagawa grounds out to the shortstop. Jamie Nicol strikes out. Taisuke Miyaji singles to right field. Harley Burr hits an infield single to the shortstop. Lou Holman 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. Horace Mulvey hits a home run. Taisuke Miyaji scores. Harley Burr scores. Marty Gumbert comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Takao Suzaki walks. Jim Everitt strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Kody Clemens is pinch hitting for Marty Gumbert. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Kody Clemens strikes out. Ammara Safdar strikes out. Tomas Cruz grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Ernie Pippen pitching. Yoshio Hatafuku strikes out. Vince Irwin strikes out. Yukihiro Kitagawa walks. Jamie Nicol grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Yukihiro Kitagawa is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Boston Alan Wertz singles to center field. Cordy Cordova strikes out. Passed ball. Alan Wertz advances to second. Ron Macha strikes out. Royce Lewis singles to center field. Alan Wertz scores. Rich Petralli grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Royce Lewis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Taisuke Miyaji strikes out. Harley Burr walks. Horace Mulvey grounds out to the shortstop. Harley Burr advances to second on the play. Al Barnes comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Takao Suzaki flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Boston Sadayuki Miura is pinch hitting for Orlando Walker. Sadayuki Miura strikes out. Lew Plesac is pinch hitting for Al Barnes. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Lew Plesac flies out to the center fielder. Ammara Safdar pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Dell Radford pitching. Jon Bergamo enters the game as a defensive replacement for Sadayuki Miura at SS. Jim Everitt grounds out to the second baseman. Yoshio Hatafuku strikes out. Vince Irwin flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Sam Penson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Takao Suzaki at CF. Tomas Cruz grounds out to the shortstop. Alan Wertz grounds out to the shortstop. Cordy Cordova singles to center field. Ron Macha singles to right field. Cordy Cordova advances to third on the hit. Royce Lewis lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Washington Yukihiro Kitagawa grounds out to the third baseman. Jamie Nicol singles to right field. Taisuke Miyaji walks. Harley Burr grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Taisuke Miyaji is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bucky Fireovid comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Horace Mulvey grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Boston Jimmy Kelly comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rich Petralli grounds out to the third baseman. Jon Bergamo flies out to the center fielder. Andy Mesner is pinch hitting for Bucky Fireovid. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Andy Mesner grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners LOB: 8 Boston total runners LOB: 6
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Lewandowski improves in arm Gus Bradley did not respond to coaching in velocity Roy Hobson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Hank Rariden did not respond to coaching in arm
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Gload did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jimmy Farmer did not respond to coaching in control Henry Walsh improves in contact_vs_lefty Wyatt Earp did not respond to coaching in velocity Henry Walsh did not respond to coaching in SS