Win: Mellie Benton (11-13) Loss: Eddie Salve (6-8)
Save: Bob Gulley (13)
Inning: 1 Washington Eddie Salve pitching. Harry Bongiovanni grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Tom Nixon strikes out. Jerry Habyan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Oakland Mellie Benton pitching. Takeo Hayashi flies out to the center fielder. Tom Shelley grounds out to the second baseman. Stew LaManna grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Urbane Jackson strikes out. Joe Cloude flies out to the center fielder. Watty Wright singles to right field. Jason Agbayani pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Oakland Eddie Crane grounds out to the shortstop. Matt Whiteside strikes out. Ernie Pick strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Minoru Fujii singles past the shortstop. Mellie Benton lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Harry Bongiovanni flies out to the center fielder. Tom Nixon strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Oakland Edgar Probe pops out to the shortstop. Pat Saucier pops out to the third baseman. Eddie Salve grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Jerry Habyan singles to right field. Urbane Jackson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Joe Cloude grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Oakland Takeo Hayashi strikes out. Tom Shelley doubles to center field. Stew LaManna flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Crane strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Watty Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Jason Agbayani pops out to the third baseman. Minoru Fujii grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Oakland Matt Whiteside grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ernie Pick grounds out to the shortstop. Edgar Probe grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Mellie Benton grounds out to the shortstop. Harry Bongiovanni hits an infield single to the first baseman. Harry Bongiovanni steals second. Tom Nixon flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Habyan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Oakland Pat Saucier flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Salve grounds out to the third baseman. Takeo Hayashi pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Urbane Jackson grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Cloude strikes out. Watty Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Oakland Tom Shelley flies out to the left fielder. Stew LaManna strikes out. Eddie Crane strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Jason Agbayani grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Sherman Mercer is pinch hitting for Minoru Fujii. Sherman Mercer doubles to right field. Mellie Benton flies out to the right fielder. Harry Bongiovanni flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Oakland Hal Lopata enters the game as a defensive replacement for Sherman Mercer at C. Matt Whiteside pops out to the first baseman. Ernie Pick grounds out to the shortstop. Edgar Probe walks. Pat Saucier grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Tom Nixon singles to right field. Jerry Habyan walks. Urbane Jackson flies out to the left fielder. Joe Cloude singles to center field. Tom Nixon scores. Watty Wright walks. Jason Agbayani grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jerry Habyan scores. Joe Cloude advances to third on the play. Watty Wright advances to second on the play. Hal Lopata grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Oakland Reggie Buckley is pinch hitting for Eddie Salve. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Reggie Buckley flies out to the center fielder. Takeo Hayashi walks. Bob Gulley 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. Tom Shelley reached on a 2-base throwing error by Jason Agbayani. Stew LaManna strikes out. Eddie Crane walks. Matt Whiteside grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Washington total runners LOB: 6 Oakland total runners LOB: 5
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Howard Ferrarese improves in power_vs_righty Jorge Kay did not respond to coaching in velocity Jorge Kay did not respond to coaching in control Al Elliott did not respond to coaching in range
Oakland Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: John Basgall did not respond to coaching in arm Duke Ayrault improves in range Sherry Stephenson did not respond to coaching in velocity Duke Ayrault improves in arm