Win: Tomoyuki Kakei (3-12) Loss: George Carlsen (11-8)
Save: Red Piet (23)
Inning: 1 Washington George Carlsen pitching. Claude Archer singles to right field. Lou Shepherd flies out to the center fielder. Virgil Schmidt strikes out. Fred Edington singles to right field. Claude Archer advances to third on the hit. Joe Pena hits a home run. Claude Archer scores. Fred Edington scores. Jeff James strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Kansas City Tomoyuki Kakei pitching. Ken Hobbs grounds out to the second baseman. Bert James walks. Rick Cooke grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Bobby Reynolds strikes out. Richard Bahr singles to center field. Tomoyuki Kakei lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Claude Archer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Kansas City Bunny Roth singles to left field. Joe DeShields singles to left field. Bunny Roth advances to third on the hit. Joe DeShields steals second. Joe Cedeno flies out to the center fielder. Harry Jackson walks. Ike Campbell flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Bunny Roth scores. George Carlsen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Washington Lou Shepherd strikes out. Virgil Schmidt grounds out to the third baseman. Fred Edington grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Kansas City Ken Hobbs walks. Bert James doubles to left field. Ken Hobbs is thrown out at the plate by the left fielder. Rick Cooke strikes out. Bunny Roth grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Joe Pena grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jeff James flies out to the right fielder. Bobby Reynolds strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Kansas City Joe DeShields reached on a 2-base fielding error by Joe Pena. Joe Cedeno grounds out to the third baseman. Harry Jackson grounds out to the third baseman. Ike Campbell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Washington Richard Bahr strikes out. Tomoyuki Kakei flies out to the right fielder. Claude Archer grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Kansas City George Carlsen flies out to the center fielder. Ken Hobbs walks. Bert James grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Lou Shepherd grounds out to the second baseman. Virgil Schmidt strikes out. Fred Edington grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Kansas City Rick Cooke hits a home run. Bunny Roth strikes out. Joe DeShields flies out to the left fielder. Bubber Chadbourne 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. Joe Cedeno doubles to left field. Harry Jackson lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Joe Pena singles to center field. Jeff James triples. Joe Pena scores. Mark Rojas comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bobby Reynolds flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Jeff James scores. Richard Bahr doubles to right field. Bubber Chadbourne grounds out to the pitcher. Claude Archer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Kansas City Ike Campbell grounds out to the shortstop. Mark Rojas grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Ken Hobbs walks. Ken Hobbs steals second. Bert James singles to center field. Ken Hobbs is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Lou Shepherd strikes out. Virgil Schmidt singles to center field. Fred Edington walks. Joe Pena singles to left field. Virgil Schmidt scores. Fred Edington advances to third on the hit. Slim Spinks comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jeff James grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Kansas City Rick Cooke grounds out to the second baseman. Bunny Roth strikes out. Joe DeShields strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Washington Bobby Reynolds strikes out. Richard Bahr singles to right field. Bubber Chadbourne lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, throws to second for the force out, on to first but the throw to first for the double play is not in time. (SS covering 2nd). Claude Archer grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bubber Chadbourne is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Kansas City Joe Cedeno flies out to the left fielder. Harry Jackson hits a home run. Ike Campbell walks. Red Piet comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Archie Craig is pinch hitting for Slim Spinks. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ike Campbell is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Archie Craig singles to center field. Ken Hobbs grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Archie Craig is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Washington total runners LOB: 4 Kansas City total runners LOB: 7
Batting:2B - Bert James (18), Joe Cedeno (18).HR - Rick Cooke (21), Harry Jackson (10).SF - Ike Campbell.GIDP - Bert James, Rick Cooke. Baserunning: SB - Ken Hobbs (27), Joe DeShields (27).CS - Ike Campbell (5).
Game Notes Slim Spinks is injured and is expected to be out 5 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sandy Ramsdell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Bull Glynn improves in power_vs_righty Jim Golden improves in contact_vs_lefty Bull Glynn did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Sandy Ramsdell improves in range Tim Turner improves in power_vs_lefty
Kansas City Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Takahiro Amakawa did not respond to coaching in velocity Yorelvis Poll did not respond to coaching in arm John Lyons improves in range Alex Unser did not respond to coaching in speed Raul Suder did not respond to coaching in endurance Dale Hofmann did not respond to coaching in endurance Alex Unser did not respond to coaching in SS