Win: Jim Etchison (4-1) Loss: Bobby Barrabi (1-3)
Save: Slim Spinks (10)
Inning: 1 Kansas City Bobby Barrabi pitching. Ken Hobbs walks. Bert James doubles to center field. Ken Hobbs is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Rick Cooke grounds out to the shortstop. Bunny Roth grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Washington Jim Etchison pitching. Harry Hiser singles to left field. Lou Shepherd flies out to the center fielder. Fred Edington flies out to the left fielder. Claude Archer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Joe DeShields grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Joe Cedeno flies out to the left fielder. Ike Campbell grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Jeff James flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Reynolds walks. Joe Pena walks. Virgil Schmidt flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Barrabi singles to center field. Bobby Reynolds scores. Joe Pena advances to third on the hit. Harry Hiser strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Kansas City Michael Nilsson reached on a 2-base throwing error by Claude Archer. Jim Etchison lays down a bunt. He is safe at first. Runners advance. Ken Hobbs grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Etchison advances to second on the play. Bert James walks. Rick Cooke doubles to center field. Michael Nilsson scores. Jim Etchison scores. Bunny Roth flies out to the left fielder. Joe DeShields strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Lou Shepherd grounds out to the second baseman. Fred Edington strikes out. Claude Archer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Joe Cedeno hits a home run. Ike Campbell flies out to the right fielder. Michael Nilsson strikes out. Jim Etchison strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Washington Jeff James strikes out. Bobby Reynolds grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Pena strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City Ken Hobbs flies out to the right fielder. Bert James flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Rick Cooke singles to left field. Bunny Roth singles to right field. Rick Cooke advances to third on the hit. Bunny Roth is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Virgil Schmidt strikes out. Bobby Barrabi grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Harry Hiser strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Joe DeShields flies out to the left fielder. Joe Cedeno flies out to the right fielder. Ike Campbell strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Lou Shepherd singles to right field. Fred Edington grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Lou Shepherd is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Claude Archer grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Fred Edington is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jeff James walks. Bobby Reynolds strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Kansas City Michael Nilsson grounds out to the second baseman. Jim Etchison grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ken Hobbs strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Washington Joe Pena grounds out to the shortstop. Virgil Schmidt hits a home run. Takashi Naitoh is pinch hitting for Bobby Barrabi. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Takashi Naitoh singles to center field. Harry Hiser grounds out to the second baseman. Takashi Naitoh advances to second on the play. Lou Shepherd grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Red Piet pitching. Bert James doubles to center field. Rick Cooke flies out to the right fielder. Bunny Roth reached on a fielding error by Jeff James. Bunny Roth steals second. Joe DeShields flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bert James scores. Joe Cedeno grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Fred Edington flies out to the right fielder. Claude Archer grounds out to the third baseman. Jeff James walks. Bobby Reynolds singles to right field. Jeff James advances to third on the hit. Mark Rojas 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 2nd. Richard Bahr is pinch running for Bobby Reynolds on 1st base. Joe Pena flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Kansas City Frank Phillips enters the game as a defensive replacement for Richard Bahr at C. Ike Campbell hits a home run. Michael Nilsson walks. Archie Craig is pinch hitting for Mark Rojas. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 9 inning. Michael Nilsson steals second. Archie Craig walks. Ken Hobbs strikes out. Bert James pops out to the first baseman. Rick Cooke grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Washington Slim Spinks pitching. Virgil Schmidt strikes out. Gene Pitula is pinch hitting for Red Piet. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Gene Pitula flies out to the center fielder. Harry Hiser grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7 Washington total runners LOB: 8
Game Notes Lou Shepherd is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tom Wood improves in power_vs_righty Pat Zapustas did not respond to coaching in velocity Walt Kainer improves in velocity Yorelvis Poll did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty John Lyons improves in speed Walt Kainer improves in velocity Alex Unser did not respond to coaching in SS
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jesse Colbrunn improves in arm Jess Niehaus did not respond to coaching in control Steve Parks improves in arm Steve Parks improves in contact_vs_lefty Darold Burich did not respond to coaching in speed Jim Golden improves in arm