Win: Noe Hitman (7-6) Loss: Yoshikazu Arisawa (1-4)
Save: Steve Swanson (2)
Inning: 1 Washington Hiroki Yamao pitching. Masakatsu Hirota walks. Yasutaka Watanabe strikes out. Blackie Manush walks. Emmett Anderson strikes out. Jordan Larduet bunts for a base hit. Julio Larkin grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Kansas City Noe Hitman pitching. Fritz Aponte flies out to the right fielder. Patsy Rotblatt flies out to the right fielder. Kerry McDonald grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Ralph Scott flies out to the right fielder. Earl Potter walks. Earl Potter steals second. Noe Hitman strikes out. Masakatsu Hirota grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Mason Lockwood pops out to the second baseman. Roger Scheffler flies out to the right fielder. Walt Pena grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Yasutaka Watanabe strikes out. Blackie Manush grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Emmett Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Xavier Mojupol walks. Guss Grissom walks. Hiroki Yamao lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fritz Aponte grounds out to the shortstop. Xavier Mojupol scores. Guss Grissom advances to third on the play. Patsy Rotblatt grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Jordan Larduet strikes out. Julio Larkin grounds out to the shortstop. Ralph Scott strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Kerry McDonald pops out to the third baseman. Mason Lockwood singles to center field. Roger Scheffler grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Mason Lockwood is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Walt Pena singles to left field. Xavier Mojupol doubles to right field. Roger Scheffler scores. Walt Pena uses his aggressiveness and scores. Guss Grissom pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Earl Potter reached on a fielding error by Guss Grissom. Noe Hitman lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Masakatsu Hirota grounds out to the shortstop. Yasutaka Watanabe singles to left field. Earl Potter scores. Yoshikazu Arisawa 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. Blackie Manush grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Yasutaka Watanabe is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Kansas City Yoshikazu Arisawa strikes out. Fritz Aponte grounds out to the third baseman. Patsy Rotblatt flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Emmett Anderson strikes out. Jordan Larduet singles to right field. Jordan Larduet is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Julio Larkin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Kerry McDonald lines out to the shortstop. Mason Lockwood singles past the shortstop. Roger Scheffler grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Ralph Scott flies out to the left fielder. Earl Potter flies out to the left fielder. Noe Hitman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Kansas City Walt Pena grounds out to the second baseman. Xavier Mojupol walks. Guss Grissom singles to left field. Yoshikazu Arisawa pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Fritz Aponte grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Guss Grissom is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Washington Masakatsu Hirota singles to center field. Yasutaka Watanabe walks. Blackie Manush singles to right field. Masakatsu Hirota scores. Yasutaka Watanabe advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Emmett Anderson doubles to center field. Yasutaka Watanabe scores. Blackie Manush uses his aggressiveness and scores. John Daringer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jordan Larduet grounds out to the shortstop. Julio Larkin singles to center field. Emmett Anderson scores. Ralph Scott strikes out. Earl Potter strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Patsy Rotblatt strikes out. Kerry McDonald flies out to the center fielder. Mason Lockwood strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Otis Raney is pinch hitting for Noe Hitman. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Otis Raney flies out to the left fielder. Masakatsu Hirota grounds out to the third baseman. Yasutaka Watanabe flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Kansas City Steve Swanson pitching. Roger Scheffler flies out to the left fielder. Walt Pena grounds out to the second baseman. Xavier Mojupol strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners LOB: 6 Kansas City total runners LOB: 4
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Mike Lindsey did not respond to coaching in endurance Roy Mueller improves in contact_vs_righty Kiyoshi Matsukawa did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Willie Callahan did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ken Sanchez did not respond to coaching in endurance Morikazu Yamada did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Lary Lake did not respond to coaching in velocity Harry Northey improves in speed Jose Keenan improves in arm Jose Keenan improves in arm Dick Nunez improves in arm Elio Metha did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty