Inning: 1 Washington Andre Estes pitching. Pat Baerga walks. Kitty Burnette walks. Don Lombard flies out to the center fielder. Abner Brashear strikes out. Shoichi Nishioka strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 New York Hal Amaro pitching. Paul Sills strikes out. Tony Barnes pops out to the shortstop. Raven Rose singles to center field. Atharv Aveda flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington John Savage singles to left field. Wilton Luplow flies out to the right fielder. Kenshin Nihei flies out to the center fielder. Hal Amaro singles to center field. John Savage advances to third on the hit. Pat Baerga singles to right field. John Savage scores. Hal Amaro advances to third on the hit. Kitty Burnette flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 New York Indra King strikes out. Ismael Stapleton strikes out. Wally Bass flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Don Lombard grounds out to the shortstop. Abner Brashear grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Shoichi Nishioka hits a home run. John Savage hits a home run. Wilton Luplow pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 New York Kazuyuki Takahashi walks. Andre Estes lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Paul Sills pops out to the pitcher. Tony Barnes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Kenshin Nihei reached on a 2-base throwing error by Atharv Aveda. Hal Amaro lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Kenshin Nihei is thrown out at third. Pat Baerga bunts for a base hit. Kitty Burnette grounds out to the shortstop. Hal Amaro advances to third on the play. Pat Baerga advances to second on the play. Don Lombard flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 New York Raven Rose grounds out to the shortstop. Atharv Aveda flies out to the left fielder. Indra King walks. Ismael Stapleton grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Abner Brashear walks. Abner Brashear steals second. Shoichi Nishioka singles to left field. Abner Brashear scores. John Savage grounds out to the third baseman. Shoichi Nishioka advances to second on the play. Wilton Luplow flies out to the right fielder. Kenshin Nihei hits a home run. Shoichi Nishioka scores. Hal Amaro grounds out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 New York Wally Bass grounds out to the shortstop. Kazuyuki Takahashi walks. Andre Estes lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Kazuyuki Takahashi forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Paul Sills flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Pat Baerga walks. Pat Baerga is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Kitty Burnette strikes out. Don Lombard strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 New York Tony Barnes singles to right field. Raven Rose singles to left field. Atharv Aveda grounds out to the shortstop. Tony Barnes advances to third on the play. Raven Rose advances to second on the play. Indra King pops out to the shortstop. Ismael Stapleton singles past the second baseman. Tony Barnes scores. Raven Rose scores. Wally Bass pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Abner Brashear walks. Shoichi Nishioka singles to right field. Abner Brashear advances to third on the hit. John Savage singles to center field. Abner Brashear scores. Shoichi Nishioka advances to third on the hit. Wilton Luplow grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Shoichi Nishioka scores. Kenshin Nihei singles to left field. Tommy Oliver is pinch hitting for Hal Amaro. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Tommy Oliver singles to center field. Kenshin Nihei advances to third on the hit. Pete Martinez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is pulled because he is getting hammered (Starting pitcher has given up 8 or more earned runs, he is tired, and the team is losing by more than 5 runs). Pat Baerga hits an infield single to the pitcher. Kenshin Nihei scores. Kitty Burnette grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 New York Matt Carter pitching. Kazuyuki Takahashi doubles to left field. Bill Bradley is pinch hitting for Pete Martinez. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Bill Bradley strikes out. Paul Sills flies out to the left fielder. Tony Barnes lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Brian Hoffman pitching. Don Lombard walks. Abner Brashear grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Don Lombard is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Shoichi Nishioka triples. Abner Brashear scores. John Savage grounds out to the third baseman. Wilton Luplow grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 New York Raven Rose grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Atharv Aveda grounds out to the second baseman. Indra King singles to right field. Ismael Stapleton walks. Randy Davidson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Wally Bass walks. Kazuyuki Takahashi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 9 Washington Kenshin Nihei flies out to the right fielder. Lloyd Napoleon is pinch hitting for Randy Davidson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Lloyd Napoleon flies out to the left fielder. Pat Baerga flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 New York Lee Cisco pitching. George Pulsipher is pinch hitting for Brian Hoffman. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. George Pulsipher grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Sills strikes out. Tony Barnes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners LOB: 9 New York total runners LOB: 9
Game Notes Ismael Stapleton is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Walt Lavan improves in speed Orval Stumpf did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bob Karst improves in range Tom Simpson did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Billy Ramirez did not respond to coaching in 2B
New York Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Ian Dark did not respond to coaching in control Punch Upton improves in speed Bernard Sahlins improves in contact_vs_lefty Bernard Sahlins did not respond to coaching in range