Win: Billy Kaat (1-0) Loss: Mardie Baird (0-1)
Save: Jim Raftery (1)
Inning: 1 Washington Billy Kaat pitching. Curt Fritz strikes out. Johnny Covington grounds out to the second baseman. Devin Hoaglin singles to center field. Paul Baker pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Mardie Baird pitching. Kirk McCarthy lines out to the third baseman. Elmer Lavender grounds out to the second baseman. Tito Francona walks. Mike Ferraro grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Eddie Touchstone singles to center field. Keith Hansen reached on a fielding error by Kirk McCarthy. Bud Hepler grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Eddie Touchstone advances to third on the play. Sparky Conzelman singles to center field. Eddie Touchstone scores. Mardie Baird grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Rick Gomez singles to right field. Rick Gomez steals second. Eddie Cabrera singles to right field. Rick Gomez scores. Jose Vidal singles to left field. Eddie Cabrera aggressively advances to third on the hit. Hank Diaz pops out to the shortstop. Jose Vidal steals second. Billy Kaat grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Eddie Cabrera scores. Jose Vidal advances to third on the play. Kirk McCarthy strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Curt Fritz pops out to the first baseman. Johnny Covington strikes out. Devin Hoaglin singles to center field. Paul Baker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Elmer Lavender doubles to right field. Tito Francona singles to center field. Elmer Lavender scores. Tito Francona is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Mike Ferraro strikes out. Rick Gomez singles to right field. Eddie Cabrera singles to right field. Jose Vidal grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Eddie Cabrera is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Washington Eddie Touchstone strikes out. Keith Hansen grounds out to the second baseman. Bud Hepler walks. Sparky Conzelman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Hank Diaz strikes out. Billy Kaat strikes out. Kirk McCarthy reached on a fielding error by Mardie Baird. Kirk McCarthy steals second. Elmer Lavender walks. Tito Francona singles to center field. Kirk McCarthy scores. Mike Ferraro flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Mardie Baird grounds out to the shortstop. Curt Fritz singles to right field. Johnny Covington grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Curt Fritz is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Johnny Covington steals second. Devin Hoaglin hits a home run. Johnny Covington scores. Paul Baker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Rick Gomez singles to left field. Rick Gomez steals second. Eddie Cabrera grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Gomez advances to third on the play. Jose Vidal strikes out. Hank Diaz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Eddie Touchstone doubles to right field. Keith Hansen grounds out to the second baseman. Eddie Touchstone advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Bud Hepler strikes out. Sparky Conzelman strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Billy Kaat grounds out to the second baseman. Kirk McCarthy walks. Elmer Lavender flies out to the left fielder. Darren Cruz 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. Tito Francona grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Bob Kmak is pinch hitting for Darren Cruz. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Bob Kmak grounds out to the second baseman. Curt Fritz walks. Johnny Covington flies out to the right fielder. Devin Hoaglin flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Marcus Casey pitching. Mike Ferraro flies out to the center fielder. Rick Gomez strikes out. Eddie Cabrera grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Paul Baker walks. Randy Welday comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Eddie Touchstone flies out to the center fielder. Keith Hansen flies out to the left fielder. Bud Hepler doubles to center field. Paul Baker is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Jose Vidal grounds out to the shortstop. Hank Diaz grounds out to the shortstop. Don Hand is pinch hitting for Randy Welday. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Don Hand grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Skip Lockwood pitching. Sparky Conzelman strikes out. Crab Rollins is pinch hitting for Marcus Casey. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Crab Rollins walks. Curt Fritz flies out to the right fielder. Crab Rollins steals second. Johnny Covington walks. Jim Raftery comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Devin Hoaglin pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Washington total runners left on base: 9 Detroit total runners left on base: 8
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tom Juul did not respond to coaching in control Pat Hughes improves in range Tim Nye improves in range Sammy Hickey did not respond to coaching in range Tim Nye improves in 1B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Willard Carrithers improves in range Willard Carrithers improves in contact_vs_righty Willard Carrithers did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Leo Lewis improves in power_vs_righty Leo Lewis did not respond to coaching in C