Win: Osvaldo Mendez (3-4) Loss: Jesus Villalobos (3-8)
Save: Steve Swanson (1)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Osvaldo Mendez pitching. Ted Minoso strikes out. Patsy Rotblatt strikes out. Kerry McDonald grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Washington Jesus Villalobos pitching. Masakatsu Hirota flies out to the right fielder. Yasutaka Watanabe singles to center field. Emmett Anderson singles to left field. Jordan Larduet singles to center field. Yasutaka Watanabe scores. Emmett Anderson advances to third on the hit. Chan Rohde lines out to the first baseman. Jordan Larduet steals second. Julio Larkin singles past the first baseman. Emmett Anderson scores. Jordan Larduet scores. Jim Landrum comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Julio Larkin steals second. Ralph Scott flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mason Lockwood flies out to the right fielder. Roger Scheffler grounds out to the shortstop. Walt Pena grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Earl Potter walks. Earl Potter is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Osvaldo Mendez singles to left field. Masakatsu Hirota grounds out to the second baseman. Osvaldo Mendez advances to second on the play. Yasutaka Watanabe strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Kansas City Xavier Mojupol strikes out. Guss Grissom grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Landrum strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Emmett Anderson grounds out to the second baseman. Jordan Larduet flies out to the right fielder. Chan Rohde grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Ted Minoso singles to center field. Patsy Rotblatt grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Kerry McDonald strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Julio Larkin flies out to the right fielder. Ralph Scott flies out to the center fielder. Goro Saito 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. Earl Potter singles to left field. Osvaldo Mendez flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Mason Lockwood lines out to the shortstop. Roger Scheffler grounds out to the shortstop. Walt Pena grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Masakatsu Hirota grounds out to the third baseman. Yasutaka Watanabe singles to left field. Yasutaka Watanabe steals second. Emmett Anderson strikes out. Jordan Larduet flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Kansas City Xavier Mojupol singles to left field. Guss Grissom grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Xavier Mojupol is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Goro Saito lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Ted Minoso strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Chan Rohde strikes out. Julio Larkin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ralph Scott walks. Earl Potter singles to center field. Ralph Scott advances to third on the hit. Osvaldo Mendez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Patsy Rotblatt grounds out to the third baseman. Kerry McDonald walks. Mason Lockwood singles to left field. Roger Scheffler grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Masakatsu Hirota grounds out to the shortstop. Yasutaka Watanabe singles to left field. Yasutaka Watanabe is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Emmett Anderson singles to left field. Jordan Larduet singles to right field. Emmett Anderson advances to third on the hit. Jordan Larduet steals second. Chan Rohde grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Kansas City Tatsuya Ono enters the game as a defensive replacement for Emmett Anderson at 1B. Walt Pena grounds out to the shortstop. Xavier Mojupol grounds out to the shortstop. Guss Grissom flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Julio Larkin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ralph Scott strikes out. Earl Potter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Steve Swanson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Glenn Washington is pinch hitting for Goro Saito. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Glenn Washington singles to left field. Ted Minoso singles to left field. Patsy Rotblatt flies out to the left fielder. Kerry McDonald strikes out. Mason Lockwood grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 2 Kansas City total runners left on base: 4 Washington total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Ted Minoso is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: George Fabrique did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Mike Robinson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Jose Eden did not respond to coaching in speed Jose Eden improves in power_vs_righty Ron Young improves in contact_vs_lefty Mark Urban did not respond to coaching in speed
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Joe Dykes did not respond to coaching in control Bob Jones did not respond to coaching in control Ken Sanchez improves in control Willie Callahan improves in range Mitch Wise did not respond to coaching in control Danny Federoff did not respond to coaching in velocity