Win: Vic Murff (6-9) Loss: Tim McIntyre (8-8)
Save: Bob Smith (2)
Inning: 1 Washington Tim McIntyre pitching. Chuck Knoblauch strikes out. Red Mayer grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Harris doubles to left field. Shoichi Arakawa grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Vic Murff pitching. Petie Kirkwood strikes out. Sammy Halladay flies out to the right fielder. Kevin Pickering grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Joe Lemanczyk flies out to the center fielder. Bert Gazella strikes out. Alex Hutson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bill Mulligan grounds out to the second baseman. Matt Harkness singles to left field. John Gwosdz strikes out. Jon Zubal singles to left field. Matt Saberhagen grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Daniel Lastre strikes out. Vic Murff reached on a 2-base throwing error by Matt Saberhagen. Chuck Knoblauch strikes out. Red Mayer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Tim McIntyre singles to center field. Petie Kirkwood strikes out. Sammy Halladay grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Tim McIntyre advances to second on the play. Kevin Pickering grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Jack Harris singles to center field. Shoichi Arakawa singles to left field. Jack Harris advances to third on the hit. Joe Lemanczyk doubles to left field. Jack Harris scores. Shoichi Arakawa uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bert Gazella flies out to the right fielder. Alex Hutson grounds out to the second baseman. Joe Lemanczyk advances to third on the play. Daniel Lastre singles to left field. Joe Lemanczyk scores. Vic Murff singles to center field. Daniel Lastre advances to third on the hit. Chuck Knoblauch doubles to left field. Daniel Lastre scores. Vic Murff uses his aggressiveness and scores. Red Mayer pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bill Mulligan strikes out. Matt Harkness walks. John Gwosdz strikes out. Jon Zubal strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Jack Harris flies out to the right fielder. Shoichi Arakawa singles to center field. Joe Lemanczyk grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Matt Saberhagen singles to right field. Matt Saberhagen steals second. Tim McIntyre lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Matt Saberhagen is thrown out at third. Petie Kirkwood is hit by a pitch. Sammy Halladay grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Petie Kirkwood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Kevin Pickering pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Washington Bert Gazella strikes out. Alex Hutson singles to left field. Daniel Lastre singles to left field. Alex Hutson advances to third on the hit. Vic Murff flies out to the left fielder. Chuck Knoblauch grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bill Mulligan grounds out to the pitcher. Terrell Nagelsen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Matt Harkness singles to right field. John Gwosdz walks. Jon Zubal singles to right field. Matt Harkness scores. John Gwosdz advances to third on the hit. Matt Saberhagen hits a home run. John Gwosdz scores. Jon Zubal scores. Bill Schultz comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dane Doolan is pinch hitting for Tim McIntyre. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Dane Doolan grounds out to the shortstop. Petie Kirkwood singles to left field. Sammy Halladay grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Petie Kirkwood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Les Robertson pitching. Red Mayer grounds out to the second baseman. Jack Harris walks. Shoichi Arakawa reached on a 2-base fielding error by John Gwosdz. Joe Lemanczyk walks. Bert Gazella flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jack Harris scores. Alex Hutson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Billy Marshall enters the game as a defensive replacement for Daniel Lastre at SS. Kevin Pickering singles to center field. Kevin Pickering is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Bill Mulligan strikes out. Matt Harkness strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Bill Hutto is pinch hitting for Billy Marshall. Bill Hutto grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Dean 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. Bill Schultz grounds out to the second baseman. Chuck Knoblauch strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Baldy McCormick enters the game as a defensive replacement for Bill Hutto at SS. John Gwosdz flies out to the center fielder. Jon Zubal grounds out to the third baseman. Matt Saberhagen pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Red Mayer strikes out. Jack Harris reached on a fielding error by Matt Saberhagen. Shoichi Arakawa flies out to the center fielder. Joe Lemanczyk walks. Bert Gazella strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Bob Smith comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Frank Skeels is pinch hitting for Joe Dean. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Frank Skeels flies out to the left fielder. Petie Kirkwood singles to center field. Sammy Halladay strikes out. Wild pitch, all runners advance a base. Kevin Pickering walks. Bill Mulligan grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Washington total runners LOB: 9 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9
Batting:HR - Matt Saberhagen (8).HBP - Petie Kirkwood (1). Baserunning: SB - Matt Saberhagen (9).CS - Kevin Pickering (2). Fielding: E - John Gwosdz, Matt Saberhagen 2.
Game Notes Matt Harkness is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Elliott did not respond to coaching in velocity Tim Green did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Tony Marshall did not respond to coaching in arm Hinkey Malone did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Juan Hanebrink did not respond to coaching in C
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jimmy Stenhouse improves in speed Bill Staller did not respond to coaching in speed John Cohen did not respond to coaching in velocity Derrick Golvin improves in speed