Win: Roy Sheffield (11-4) Loss: Harry Wagner (4-11)
Inning: 1 Washington Harry Wagner pitching. Curt Fritz strikes out. Keith Hansen pops out to the first baseman. Johnny Covington grounds out to the pitcher - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Detroit Roy Sheffield pitching. Jose Vidal pops out to the catcher. Tito Francona strikes out. Elmer Lavender grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Sparky Conzelman strikes out. Bud Hepler singles past the second baseman. Paul Baker pops out to the second baseman. Eddie Touchstone flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Detroit Mike Ferraro lines out to the shortstop. Rick Gomez flies out to the left fielder. Eddie Cabrera flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Crab Rollins pops out to the third baseman. Roy Sheffield walks. Curt Fritz flies out to the right fielder. Keith Hansen flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Detroit Hank Diaz strikes out. Kirk McCarthy hits an infield single to the pitcher. Harry Wagner lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jose Vidal grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Johnny Covington hits an infield single to the second baseman. Sparky Conzelman singles to center field. Johnny Covington advances to third on the hit. Bud Hepler flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Johnny Covington scores. Paul Baker lines out to the pitcher. Sparky Conzelman steals second. Eddie Touchstone flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Detroit Tito Francona singles to center field. Elmer Lavender strikes out. Mike Ferraro strikes out. Tito Francona steals second. Rick Gomez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Crab Rollins strikes out. Roy Sheffield flies out to the left fielder. Curt Fritz strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Eddie Cabrera singles to center field. Eddie Cabrera steals second. Hank Diaz grounds out to the shortstop. Kirk McCarthy strikes out. Harry Wagner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Washington Keith Hansen strikes out. Johnny Covington doubles to right field. Johnny Covington steals third. Sparky Conzelman singles to left field. Johnny Covington scores. Bud Hepler grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Detroit Jose Vidal singles to center field. Tito Francona strikes out. Elmer Lavender singles to center field. Mike Ferraro singles to center field. Rick Gomez singles to center field. Jose Vidal scores. Elmer Lavender scores. Mike Ferraro aggressively advances to third on the hit. Eddie Cabrera grounds out to the shortstop. Rick Gomez advances to second on the play. Hank Diaz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Washington Paul Baker singles to left field. Eddie Touchstone walks. Crab Rollins singles to right field. Paul Baker scores. Eddie Touchstone advances to third on the hit. Roy Sheffield singles to right field. Eddie Touchstone scores. Crab Rollins advances to third on the hit. Jim Raftery comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Curt Fritz singles to left field. Crab Rollins scores. Roy Sheffield advances to third on the hit. Keith Hansen strikes out. Johnny Covington walks. Sparky Conzelman singles to center field. Roy Sheffield scores. Curt Fritz scores. Johnny Covington advances to third on the hit. Bud Hepler flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Johnny Covington scores. Paul Baker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Detroit Kirk McCarthy singles to left field. Kirk McCarthy steals second. Jim Raftery fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jim Raftery strikes out. Jose Vidal pops out to the first baseman. Walt Costello is pinch hitting for Tito Francona. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Walt Costello reached on a fielding error by Keith Hansen. Elmer Lavender hits a home run. Kirk McCarthy scores. Walt Costello scores. Mike Ferraro strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Randy Welday comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eddie Touchstone strikes out. Crab Rollins walks. Roy Sheffield lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Curt Fritz walks. Skip Lockwood comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Keith Hansen singles to center field. Crab Rollins scores. Curt Fritz advances to third on the hit. Johnny Covington flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Detroit Rick Gomez strikes out. Russ Snyder is pinch hitting for Eddie Cabrera. Russ Snyder strikes out. Rich Rollins is pinch hitting for Hank Diaz. Rich Rollins strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Freddie Velazquez enters the game as a defensive replacement for Rich Rollins at C. Sparky Conzelman doubles to left field. Carl Jensen comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bud Hepler flies out to the center fielder. Paul Baker pops out to the third baseman. Eddie Touchstone strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Detroit Kirk McCarthy grounds out to the shortstop. Dian Hurtado is pinch hitting for Carl Jensen. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Dian Hurtado grounds out to the second baseman. Jose Vidal singles to center field. Harry Fernandez 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 1st. Don Hand is pinch hitting for Walt Costello. Don Hand grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jose Vidal is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Washington total runners LOB: 7 Detroit total runners LOB: 6
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: D+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tim Nye did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Tim Nye improves in arm Rangel Mestre did not respond to coaching in arm Kenny Maas did not respond to coaching in control David Williams did not respond to coaching in CF
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Jim Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Art Sturtze did not respond to coaching in velocity Willard Carrithers did not respond to coaching in speed Dwight Moore did not respond to coaching in control Leo Lewis did not respond to coaching in C