Inning: 1 Cleveland Alan Tabaka pitching. Hiroshi Minami walks. Bobby Fisk walks. Matt Hovlik strikes out. Joey Danning flies out to the left fielder. Woody Taitt flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Washington Harry Bryan pitching. Red Mayer flies out to the center fielder. Salvatore Sabella hits a home run. Chuck Knoblauch grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Harris grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Cleveland Harry Murphy grounds out to the shortstop. Jackie Clark grounds out to the third baseman. J C Thome flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Fumio Tachibana grounds out to the shortstop. Billy Marshall singles to center field. Shoichi Arakawa reached on a fielding error by Jackie Clark. Bert Gazella flies out to the right fielder. Alan Tabaka grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Shoichi Arakawa is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Cleveland Harry Bryan singles to center field. Hiroshi Minami pops out to the third baseman. Bobby Fisk singles to left field. Matt Hovlik grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Bobby Fisk is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joey Danning singles to center field. Harry Bryan scores. Matt Hovlik advances to third on the hit. Woody Taitt grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Red Mayer flies out to the right fielder. Salvatore Sabella grounds out to the shortstop. Chuck Knoblauch walks. Jack Harris grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Cleveland Harry Murphy grounds out to the second baseman. Jackie Clark strikes out. J C Thome flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Fumio Tachibana grounds out to the second baseman. Billy Marshall pops out to the shortstop. Shoichi Arakawa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Cleveland Harry Bryan walks. Hiroshi Minami strikes out. Bobby Fisk grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Harry Bryan advances to second on the play. Matt Hovlik flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Bert Gazella reached on a fielding error by Joey Danning. Alan Tabaka lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Red Mayer pops out to the first baseman. Jimmy Piazza 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. Salvatore Sabella singles to right field. Bert Gazella scores. Salvatore Sabella steals second. Chuck Knoblauch triples. Salvatore Sabella scores. Jack Harris hits a home run. Chuck Knoblauch scores. Fumio Tachibana walks. Billy Marshall flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Cleveland Joey Danning flies out to the center fielder. Woody Taitt singles to center field. Steve Schu comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Harry Murphy grounds out to the third baseman. Woody Taitt advances to second on the play. Jackie Clark singles to center field. Woody Taitt scores. J C Thome grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Shoichi Arakawa walks. Bert Gazella grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shoichi Arakawa advances to second on the play. Steve Schu grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Shoichi Arakawa advances to third on the play. Red Mayer flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Cleveland Alex Hutson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bert Gazella at RF. Bucky Hentgen is pinch hitting for Jimmy Piazza. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bucky Hentgen strikes out. Hiroshi Minami flies out to the center fielder. Bobby Fisk hits a home run. Matt Hovlik strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Frank Johnson pitching. Salvatore Sabella strikes out. Chuck Knoblauch walks. Jack Harris walks. Fumio Tachibana flies out to the right fielder. Bill Hutto is pinch hitting for Billy Marshall. Bill Hutto singles to left field. Chuck Knoblauch scores. Jack Harris advances to third on the hit. Shoichi Arakawa grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Cleveland Daniel Lastre enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Hutto at CF. Joey Danning grounds out to the shortstop. Woody Taitt grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Murphy doubles to center field. Jackie Clark strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Donny Wright comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Hutson grounds out to the shortstop. Steve Schu flies out to the center fielder. Red Mayer grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Cleveland J C Thome hits a home run. Chubby Willett comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Akira Ikeuchi is pinch hitting for Donny Wright. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Akira Ikeuchi flies out to the center fielder. Hiroshi Minami flies out to the left fielder. Bobby Fisk singles to left field. Matt Hovlik singles to center field. Bobby Fisk advances to third on the hit. Joey Danning singles to right field. Bobby Fisk scores. Woody Taitt singles to right field. Matt Hovlik scores. Sterling Tillotson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Harry Murphy singles to right field. Jackie Clark singles to right field. Joey Danning scores. Woody Taitt scores. Harry Murphy advances to third on the hit. Jackie Clark is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Tommy Foster pitching. Salvatore Sabella walks. Chuck Knoblauch doubles past the center fielder. Salvatore Sabella uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jack Harris walks. Fumio Tachibana pops out to the shortstop. Daniel Lastre grounds out to the shortstop. Chuck Knoblauch advances to third on the play. Jack Harris advances to second on the play. Shoichi Arakawa pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Cleveland total runners LOB: 8 Washington total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Chuck Knoblauch is injured and is expected to be out 2 days.
Cleveland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Billy Bennett did not respond to coaching in velocity Rusty Green improves in power_vs_righty Randy Harris did not respond to coaching in velocity Rickie Salazar did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Rickie Salazar did not respond to coaching in SS
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Fred Satriano improves in velocity Melvin Houtteman did not respond to coaching in velocity George Rohr improves in range Hinkey Malone did not respond to coaching in speed Juan Hanebrink did not respond to coaching in C