Win: Toru Uemura (4-0) Loss: Eddie Salve (1-5)
Save: Steve Wright (4)
Inning: 1 Washington Eddie Salve pitching. Jerry Habyan grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Bongiovanni flies out to the right fielder. Tom Nixon walks. Urbane Jackson singles to left field. Watty Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Oakland Toru Uemura pitching. Pat Saucier singles past the shortstop. Tom Shelley grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Takeo Hayashi singles to center field. Stew LaManna grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Takeo Hayashi is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Jason Agbayani reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ernie Pick. Joe Cloude pops out to the shortstop. Minoru Fujii strikes out. Toru Uemura flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Woodie Steinfeldt flies out to the left fielder. Ernie Pick walks. Ernie Pick steals second. Sonny Siever grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ernie Pick advances to third on the play. Babe Herman grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Jerry Habyan strikes out. Harry Bongiovanni doubles to center field. Tom Nixon grounds out to the shortstop. Urbane Jackson singles to left field. Harry Bongiovanni scores. Watty Wright singles to left field. Urbane Jackson advances to third on the hit. Jason Agbayani flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Oakland Eddie Salve grounds out to the third baseman. Pat Saucier grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Shelley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Joe Cloude strikes out. Minoru Fujii singles to right field. Toru Uemura lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jerry Habyan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Oakland Takeo Hayashi grounds out to the shortstop. Stew LaManna strikes out. Woodie Steinfeldt pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Harry Bongiovanni grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Nixon lines out to the shortstop. Urbane Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Ernie Pick grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Sonny Siever strikes out. Babe Herman walks. Eddie Salve grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Babe Herman is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Watty Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Jason Agbayani strikes out. Joe Cloude grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Oakland Pat Saucier strikes out. Tom Shelley strikes out. Takeo Hayashi pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Minoru Fujii singles to right field. Sherman Mercer is pinch hitting for Toru Uemura. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Sherman Mercer hits a home run. Minoru Fujii scores. Jerry Habyan flies out to the right fielder. Harry Bongiovanni hits an infield single to the first baseman. Tom Nixon flies out to the left fielder. Urbane Jackson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Steve Wright pitching. Stew LaManna walks. Woodie Steinfeldt flies out to the center fielder. Ernie Pick pops out to the first baseman. Sonny Siever grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Watty Wright flies out to the center fielder. Jason Agbayani strikes out. Joe Cloude pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Oakland Babe Herman strikes out. Reggie Buckley is pinch hitting for Eddie Salve. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Reggie Buckley flies out to the left fielder. Pat Saucier walks. Tom Shelley strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Tommy Peterson pitching. Minoru Fujii walks. Steve Wright lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first for the 2-6-4 double play (2B covering 1st). Jerry Habyan singles to right field. Harry Bongiovanni grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Oakland Takeo Hayashi singles to left field. Stew LaManna strikes out. Woodie Steinfeldt walks. Ernie Pick strikes out. Sonny Siever grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Woodie Steinfeldt is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Washington total runners LOB: 8 Oakland total runners LOB: 7
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: D- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Dave Wilkerson did not respond to coaching in control Mickey Griner improves in contact_vs_lefty Terry Kainer improves in velocity Billy Henderson did not respond to coaching in range Max Cain improves in 2B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ollie Pesky did not respond to coaching in control Jim Keenan improves in contact_vs_righty Max Hopkins did not respond to coaching in velocity Jay Magee did not respond to coaching in arm