Win: Frankie Ryan (1-0) Loss: Andy Brunette (0-1)
Save: Tsuyoshi Nomura (1)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Frankie Ryan pitching. Goat McCloskey triples. Chester Tibbs pops out to the third baseman. Bill Dauterive singles to left field. Goat McCloskey scores. Ken Handibone strikes out. James Pezold flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Washington Andy Brunette pitching. Milt Roof flies out to the left fielder. Khris Khikales walks. Khris Khikales steals second. Lefty Sweet flies out to the center fielder. Murphy Daniels doubles past the first baseman. Khris Khikales scores. Donny Donowitz grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bob Encarnacion flies out to the left fielder. Glenn Villafuerte grounds out to the third baseman. Hiroji Miyaji singles to center field. Andy Brunette strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Markus Young grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Carrigan flies out to the right fielder. Oscar Felix walks. Frankie Ryan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Goat McCloskey flies out to the right fielder. Chester Tibbs lines out to the shortstop. Bill Dauterive flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Milt Roof singles to center field. Khris Khikales flies out to the left fielder. Lefty Sweet doubles to center field. Milt Roof uses his aggressiveness and scores. Murphy Daniels strikes out. Donny Donowitz walks. Markus Young strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ken Handibone walks. Ken Handibone is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). James Pezold strikes out. Bob Encarnacion grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Tom Carrigan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Oscar Felix singles to left field. Frankie Ryan fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Frankie Ryan singles to center field. Milt Roof grounds out to the third baseman. Oscar Felix advances to third on the play. Frankie Ryan advances to second on the play. Shoji Yanagida 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. Khris Khikales flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Glenn Villafuerte grounds out to the shortstop. Hiroji Miyaji grounds out to the third baseman. Shoji Yanagida grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Lefty Sweet strikes out. Murphy Daniels flies out to the right fielder. Donny Donowitz pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Goat McCloskey walks. Goat McCloskey steals second. Chester Tibbs flies out to the right fielder. Bill Dauterive walks. Ken Handibone flies out to the left fielder. James Pezold grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bill Dauterive is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Washington Markus Young grounds out to the second baseman. Tom Carrigan singles to left field. Oscar Felix grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tom Carrigan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frankie Ryan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bob Encarnacion grounds out to the pitcher. Glenn Villafuerte strikes out. Hiroji Miyaji grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Milt Roof reached on a 2-base throwing error by Ken Handibone. Khris Khikales strikes out. Lefty Sweet flies out to the center fielder. Murphy Daniels strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Frank Bragan is pinch hitting for Shoji Yanagida. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Frank Bragan strikes out. Goat McCloskey grounds out to the second baseman. Chester Tibbs singles to left field. Roger Clemens 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. Bill Dauterive strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Bryce Burtschy pitching. Donny Donowitz strikes out. Markus Young strikes out. Tom Carrigan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Tsuyoshi Nomura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ken Handibone grounds out to the shortstop. James Pezold doubles to left field. Bob Encarnacion grounds out to the second baseman. James Pezold advances to third on the play. Glenn Villafuerte flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 6 Washington total runners left on base: 8
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Herb Parsons improves in power_vs_righty Bobby Roque did not respond to coaching in velocity Frank White did not respond to coaching in arm Frank White did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ken Hodge did not respond to coaching in RF
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Al Terry improves in arm Pat Latham improves in velocity J. Peterman improves in velocity Pete Powers did not respond to coaching in control Rick Engel did not respond to coaching in 3B