Win: Hideshi Kishikawa (1-0) Loss: Carl Atkins (0-1)
Save: Felipe Clemens (1)
Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Carl Atkins pitching. Fritz Balboni singles to center field. Duke Espinoza bunts for a base hit. Rocko Patterson flies out to the left fielder. ZyZoy Pink grounds into a 1-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Washington Hideshi Kishikawa pitching. Mack Falkenborg hits a home run. Bill McCall walks. Red Wood grounds out to the third baseman. Bill McCall advances to second on the play. Ryan Van Schindel pops out to the first baseman. Scoops Willis grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Hyoji Sato flies out to the left fielder. Sebastian Beck strikes out. Horace Fortune reached on a 2-base throwing error by Felix Lyons. Vance Tarrant singles to left field. Horace Fortune scores. Hideshi Kishikawa singles to center field. Fritz Balboni strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Washington Dave Clemons flies out to the left fielder. Felix Lyons flies out to the right fielder. Bill Myers strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Duke Espinoza grounds out to the shortstop. Rocko Patterson flies out to the left fielder. ZyZoy Pink triples. Hyoji Sato flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Carl Atkins flies out to the right fielder. Mack Falkenborg singles to left field. Bill McCall flies out to the left fielder. Red Wood singles to right field. Mack Falkenborg advances to third on the hit. Ryan Van Schindel strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Sebastian Beck flies out to the right fielder. Horace Fortune lines out to the second baseman. Vance Tarrant singles to left field. Hideshi Kishikawa grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Vance Tarrant is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Scoops Willis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Clemons grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Felix Lyons flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Fritz Balboni singles to center field. Duke Espinoza grounds into a force play to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Fritz Balboni is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Rocko Patterson doubles to left field. Duke Espinoza uses his aggressiveness and scores. ZyZoy Pink grounds out to the third baseman. Rocko Patterson steals third. Hyoji Sato singles to right field. Rocko Patterson scores. Hyoji Sato steals second. Sebastian Beck singles to left field. Hyoji Sato scores. Bill Barree comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Horace Fortune strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Bill Myers grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Barree strikes out. Mack Falkenborg walks. Mack Falkenborg steals second. Bill McCall hits a home run. Mack Falkenborg scores. Red Wood doubles to right field. Ryan Van Schindel strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Vance Tarrant strikes out. Hideshi Kishikawa grounds out to the third baseman. Fritz Balboni singles to center field. Duke Espinoza grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Fritz Balboni is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Scoops Willis pops out to the first baseman. Dave Clemons grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Felix Lyons grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Rocko Patterson hits a home run. ZyZoy Pink grounds out to the shortstop. Hyoji Sato singles to center field. Carl Kavanagh comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sebastian Beck grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Bill Myers lines out to the third baseman. Herman Dolan is pinch hitting for Carl Kavanagh. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Herman Dolan strikes out. Mack Falkenborg flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Ken Geren pitching. Horace Fortune walks. Vance Tarrant flies out to the center fielder. Hideshi Kishikawa lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Horace Fortune forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Fritz Balboni flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Bill McCall strikes out. Red Wood grounds out to the shortstop. Ryan Van Schindel walks. Scoops Willis grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ryan Van Schindel is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Duke Espinoza walks. Rocko Patterson strikes out. Duke Espinoza steals second. ZyZoy Pink grounds out to the shortstop. Hyoji Sato flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Felipe Clemens comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Dave Clemons walks. Felix Lyons strikes out. Bill Myers pops out to the third baseman. Johnny Plitt is pinch hitting for Ken Geren. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Johnny Plitt walks. Mack Falkenborg flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 9 Washington total runners LOB: 7
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Eddie Thurman improves in control Ruben Larkin did not respond to coaching in control Ruben Larkin improves in control Ruben Larkin did not respond to coaching in endurance Joe Gomez improves in 2B
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Ralph Navarro did not respond to coaching in control Kevin Kores did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bunk Arlin did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Duffy did not respond to coaching in control Chip Robinson improves in 3B