Inning: 1 Washington Charlie Ely pitching. Johnny Bird triples. Mike Rowland strikes out. Al Klinger flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Johnny Bird scores. Don Montague grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Cleveland Glen Haydel pitching. Frank Howitt pops out to the first baseman. Itsuro Sanada grounds out to the third baseman. Tim Esmond flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Mace Meridith flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Macko pops out to the shortstop. Mike Luebke lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Jimmy Arias strikes out. Erik Elliott strikes out. Jake Minor bunts for a base hit. Fred Lopez grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Jose Duval grounds out to the shortstop. Glen Haydel flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Bird walks. Mike Rowland flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Cleveland Armando Tebeau strikes out. Charlie Ely strikes out. Frank Howitt grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Al Klinger pops out to the shortstop. Don Montague flies out to the right fielder. Mace Meridith walks. Bobby Macko grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Itsuro Sanada grounds out to the shortstop. Tim Esmond grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Arias strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Mike Luebke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jose Duval singles past the third baseman. Jose Duval is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Glen Haydel grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Erik Elliott singles to center field. Jake Minor flies out to the center fielder. Fred Lopez flies out to the right fielder. Erik Elliott steals second. Armando Tebeau grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Johnny Bird lines out to the shortstop. Mike Rowland walks. Mike Rowland steals second. Al Klinger walks. Don Montague strikes out. Mace Meridith hits a home run. Mike Rowland scores. Al Klinger scores. Bobby Macko walks. Mike Luebke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Rocky Milan is pinch hitting for Charlie Ely. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Rocky Milan strikes out. Frank Howitt doubles to left field. Itsuro Sanada flies out to the center fielder. Tim Esmond strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Rudy Chalmers pitching. Jose Duval strikes out. Glen Haydel grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Bird singles to center field. Mike Rowland hits a home run. Johnny Bird scores. Bill Corwin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Al Klinger grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Cleveland Jimmy Arias doubles to right field. Erik Elliott grounds out to the second baseman. Jimmy Arias advances to third on the play. Jake Minor strikes out. Fred Lopez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Don Montague flies out to the center fielder. Mace Meridith walks. Mace Meridith steals second. Bobby Macko flies out to the center fielder. Mike Luebke walks. Pat McMillan is pinch hitting for Jose Duval. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Pat McMillan singles to left field. Mace Meridith scores. Mike Luebke advances to third on the hit. Toshifumi Kattoh comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Glen Haydel grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Armando Tebeau triples. Curt Ford is pinch hitting for Toshifumi Kattoh. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Curt Ford singles to left field. Armando Tebeau scores. Frank Howitt reached on a fielding error by Johnny Bird. Rich Rowe is pinch hitting for Itsuro Sanada. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Rich Rowe singles to left field. Curt Ford scores. Frank Howitt is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Jack Davis comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Tim Esmond pops out to the catcher. Rich Rowe steals second. Jimmy Arias grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Glenn Caldwell pitching. Bernie Donovan is pinch hitting for Johnny Bird. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bernie Donovan grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Rowland walks. Al Klinger hits a home run. Mike Rowland scores. Ed Acosta comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Don Montague grounds out to the third baseman. Mace Meridith doubles to right field. Bobby Macko flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Cleveland Erik Elliott grounds out to the third baseman. Jake Minor singles to left field. Fred Lopez singles to right field. Jake Minor advances to third on the hit. Armando Tebeau strikes out. Ed Acosta flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Washington total runners LOB: 6 Cleveland total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Mace Meridith (5).3B - Johnny Bird (1).HR - Mike Rowland (1), Al Klinger (10), Mace Meridith (4).SF - Al Klinger. Baserunning: SB - Mike Rowland (5), Mace Meridith (4).CS - Jose Duval (1). Fielding: E - Johnny Bird.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: A- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Steve Edens improves in range Shad Thomasson did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Jackson improves in contact_vs_lefty Dave Roof did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Rick Niekro did not respond to coaching in endurance Darrin Nahorodny improves in power_vs_righty Darrin Nahorodny did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pete Hurst did not respond to coaching in control