Win: Billy Sunday (2-0) Loss: Walter Langkowski (0-2)
Inning: 1 Washington Walter Langkowski pitching. Milt Roof singles to left field. Khris Khikales flies out to the right fielder. Lefty Sweet walks. Murphy Daniels singles to right field. Milt Roof scores. Lefty Sweet aggressively advances to third on the hit. Donny Donowitz doubles to left field. Lefty Sweet scores. Murphy Daniels uses his aggressiveness and scores. Markus Young flies out to the left fielder. Tom Carrigan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Oakland Billy Sunday pitching. Ryan Metkovich singles to left field. Joel Heinkel flies out to the left fielder. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Red Jones flies out to the right fielder. Paul Distaso singles to right field. Ryan Metkovich scores. Paul Distaso steals second. Trevor Belmont lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Oscar Felix hits a home run. Billy Sunday flies out to the center fielder. Milt Roof strikes out. Khris Khikales singles to center field. Lefty Sweet flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Alex Severson singles past the third baseman. Nick Johnston flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Alex Severson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Cat Dancing grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Murphy Daniels pops out to the first baseman. Donny Donowitz grounds out to the third baseman. Markus Young grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Oakland Walter Langkowski lines out to the pitcher. Ryan Metkovich walks. Joel Heinkel singles to right field. Ryan Metkovich advances to third on the hit. Joel Heinkel is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Passed ball. Ryan Metkovich scores. Red Jones grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Tom Carrigan flies out to the center fielder. Oscar Felix strikes out. Billy Sunday grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Paul Distaso flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Trevor Belmont grounds out to the third baseman. Alex Severson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Milt Roof pops out to the third baseman. Khris Khikales flies out to the left fielder. Lefty Sweet strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Nick Johnston singles to right field. Cat Dancing strikes out. Nick Johnston gets picked off first. Walter Langkowski pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Murphy Daniels hits a home run. Neal Harley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Donny Donowitz singles to center field. Markus Young flies out to the right fielder. Donny Donowitz steals second. Tom Carrigan singles to left field. Oscar Felix grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Ryan Metkovich strikes out. Joel Heinkel strikes out. Red Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Billy Sunday strikes out. Milt Roof singles to center field. Khris Khikales strikes out. Lefty Sweet grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Milt Roof is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Oakland Paul Distaso reached on a fielding error by Khris Khikales. Trevor Belmont strikes out. Alex Severson singles to center field. Paul Distaso advances to third on the hit. Alex Severson is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Nick Johnston grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Murphy Daniels walks. Donny Donowitz grounds out to the pitcher. Murphy Daniels advances to second on the play. Markus Young walks. Tom Carrigan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Murphy Daniels advances to third on the play. Markus Young advances to second on the play. Oscar Felix singles to right field. Murphy Daniels scores. Markus Young scores. Frank Yankowski comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Billy Sunday lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Cat Dancing lines out to the third baseman. Tom Ward is pinch hitting for Frank Yankowski. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Ward strikes out. Ryan Metkovich flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Shinji Ishii pitching. Milt Roof walks. Khris Khikales singles to center field. Lefty Sweet triples. Milt Roof scores. Khris Khikales scores. Rudy Castro comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Murphy Daniels flies out to the center fielder. Donny Donowitz triples. Lefty Sweet scores. Markus Young doubles to right field. Donny Donowitz scores. Tom Carrigan hits a home run. Markus Young scores. Oscar Felix strikes out. Todd Hairston is pinch hitting for Billy Sunday. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Todd Hairston grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Oakland Earl Fox pitching. Joel Heinkel grounds out to the shortstop. Red Jones singles to right field. Paul Distaso grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners LOB: 5 Oakland total runners LOB: 2
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Luis Curtis did not respond to coaching in velocity Ralph Boggs did not respond to coaching in arm Orval Nieman did not respond to coaching in control Orval Nieman did not respond to coaching in control Rick Engel did not respond to coaching in 3B
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Mike Lezcano improves in power_vs_lefty Johnny White did not respond to coaching in range Rube George improves in power_vs_righty Cal Beazley did not respond to coaching in velocity