Win: Bill Tomanek (1-0) Loss: Bill Monoboquette (0-1)
Inning: 1 Washington Bill Redman pitching. Ripper Collins singles to center field. Ronald Acuna Jr. singles to center field. Jimmie Foxx Jr. strikes out. Duke Sims Jr. pops out to the second baseman. Julio Rodriguez hits a home run. Ripper Collins scores. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores. Manny Ramirez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Bill Monoboquette pitching. Ichiro Suzuki strikes out. Rick Pasquella grounds out to the third baseman. Greg Garrison grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Bob Bailor singles to right field. Mark Newfield grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Bob Bailor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Bill Monoboquette lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ripper Collins strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Frank Wilhelm grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Rauch grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Garrison singles to right field. Johnny Sullivan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Ronald Acuna Jr. singles to center field. Jimmie Foxx Jr. strikes out. Duke Sims Jr. hits a home run. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores. Julio Rodriguez strikes out. Manny Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Sam Bielaski pops out to the shortstop. Bill Redman flies out to the center fielder. Ichiro Suzuki strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Bob Bailor strikes out. Mark Newfield grounds out to the shortstop. Bill Monoboquette grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Rick Pasquella strikes out. Greg Garrison doubles past the first baseman. Frank Wilhelm grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Rauch singles to center field. Greg Garrison scores. Bill Garrison walks. Johnny Sullivan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Washington Ripper Collins flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Ronald Acuna Jr. strikes out. Jimmie Foxx Jr. grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Sam Bielaski doubles to right field. Brian Merritt is pinch hitting for Bill Redman. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Brian Merritt singles to right field. Ichiro Suzuki singles to center field. Sam Bielaski scores. Brian Merritt advances to third on the hit. Ichiro Suzuki steals second. Rick Pasquella singles to center field. Brian Merritt scores. Ichiro Suzuki scores. Greg Garrison singles to center field. Frank Wilhelm hits a home run. Rick Pasquella scores. Greg Garrison scores. Frank Rauch strikes out. Bill Garrison grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Sullivan flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Barney Giovanola pitching. Duke Sims Jr. strikes out. Julio Rodriguez hits a home run. Manny Ramirez singles to left field. Bob Bailor walks. Manny Ramirez steals third. Mark Newfield grounds out to the pitcher. Bob Bailor advances to second on the play. Bill Monoboquette flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Kansas City Sam Bielaski strikes out. Al Smith is pinch hitting for Barney Giovanola. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Al Smith singles to right field. Ichiro Suzuki walks. Al Smith is out trying to steal third. Ichiro Suzuki steals second. Rick Pasquella singles to right field. Ichiro Suzuki scores. Greg Garrison flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Yusmel Ramirez pitching. Ripper Collins grounds out to the shortstop. Ronald Acuna Jr. triples. Jimmie Foxx Jr. singles in front of the right fielder. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores. Duke Sims Jr. singles to left field. Jimmie Foxx Jr. advances to third on the hit. Julio Rodriguez flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Jimmie Foxx Jr. scores. Pat Reboulet comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Duke Sims Jr. is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Frank Wilhelm pops out to the catcher. Frank Rauch grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Garrison grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Manny Ramirez flies out to the center fielder. Bob Bailor strikes out. Matt Holliday is pinch hitting for Mark Newfield. Matt Holliday reached on a 2-base throwing error by Rick Pasquella. Bill Monoboquette grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rogers Hornsby enters the game as a defensive replacement for Matt Holliday at 3B. Johnny Sullivan walks. Sam Bielaski flies out to the left fielder. Randy Stratton is pinch hitting for Pat Reboulet. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Randy Stratton strikes out. Ichiro Suzuki grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Johnny Sullivan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Bill Tomanek pitching. Ripper Collins doubles to center field. Ronald Acuna Jr. singles to left field. Ripper Collins is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Ronald Acuna Jr. steals second. Jimmie Foxx Jr. grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ronald Acuna Jr. advances to third on the play. Duke Sims Jr. grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Rick Pasquella singles to center field. Greg Garrison flies out to the right fielder. Rick Pasquella is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Frank Wilhelm grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 10 Washington Julio Rodriguez singles to right field. Manny Ramirez grounds out to the second baseman. Julio Rodriguez advances to second on the play. Bob Bailor strikes out. Rogers Hornsby strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 10 Kansas City Frank Rauch grounds out to the third baseman. Bill Garrison walks. Bill Garrison steals second. Johnny Sullivan singles to left field. Bill Garrison scores. Washington total runners left on base: 6 Kansas City total runners left on base: 5
Batting:2B - Ripper Collins (5).3B - Ronald Acuna Jr. (2).HR - Duke Sims Jr. (4), Julio Rodriguez 2 (3).SF - Julio Rodriguez. Baserunning: SB - Ronald Acuna Jr. (2), Manny Ramirez (3).CS - Duke Sims Jr. (2).
Batting:2B - Greg Garrison (2), Sam Bielaski (1).HR - Frank Wilhelm (1). Baserunning: SB - Ichiro Suzuki 2 (3), Bill Garrison (2).CS - Rick Pasquella (1), Al Smith (1). Fielding: E - Rick Pasquella.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Justin Verlander did not respond to coaching in control Ralph Branca did not respond to coaching in control Ralph Branca did not respond to coaching in endurance Skip Jutze did not respond to coaching in arm Home Run Baker did not respond to coaching in SS
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Marty Stahl improves in speed Jerry Tabb improves in range Pedro Fleitas did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty George Spade improves in power_vs_lefty Bob Taylor did not respond to coaching in 2B