Win: Max Lever (4-11) Loss: Michio Shimata (5-14)
Save: Ernie Pippen (4)
Inning: 1 Washington Max Lever pitching. Tex Aucoin singles to right field. Wally Becquer grounds into a 1-6-3 double play - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Tom Barber walks. Tom Barber steals second. Armando Upright flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Boston Michio Shimata pitching. Rod Carew grounds out to the third baseman. Wally Anderson singles to left field. Ammara Safdar singles to left field. Wally Anderson advances to third on the hit. Ammara Safdar steals second. Kent Hrbek flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Wally Anderson is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Washington Mickey Rosselli flies out to the center fielder. Rick Krieg grounds out to the pitcher. Chad Daughters strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Boston Ransom O Reilly strikes out. Chuck Knoblauch strikes out. Kody Clemens grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Washington Enoyder Vazquez singles to right field. Michio Shimata fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Michio Shimata grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Enoyder Vazquez is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Tex Aucoin flies out to the left fielder. Wally Becquer walks. Tom Barber grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Wally Becquer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Boston Jose McFadden walks. Max Lever lays a bunt down the first base line. The first baseman 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). Rod Carew flies out to the right fielder. Wally Anderson grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Armando Upright flies out to the right fielder. Mickey Rosselli grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Krieg grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Boston Ammara Safdar doubles to left field. Kent Hrbek reached on a fielding error by Michio Shimata. Ransom O Reilly flies out to the right fielder. Chuck Knoblauch strikes out. Kody Clemens walks. Jose McFadden grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Ammara Safdar is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Washington Chad Daughters grounds out to the second baseman. Enoyder Vazquez strikes out. Michio Shimata walks. Tex Aucoin strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Boston Max Lever flies out to the center fielder. Rod Carew flies out to the center fielder. Wally Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Wally Becquer hits a home run. Tom Barber flies out to the right fielder. Armando Upright flies out to the center fielder. Mickey Rosselli strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Boston Ammara Safdar grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Kent Hrbek hits a home run. Ransom O Reilly flies out to the center fielder. Chuck Knoblauch singles to left field. Kody Clemens singles to right field. Jose McFadden triples. Chuck Knoblauch scores. Kody Clemens scores. Max Lever flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Washington Rick Krieg strikes out. Chad Daughters strikes out. Enoyder Vazquez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Boston Rod Carew grounds out to the shortstop. Wally Anderson flies out to the right fielder. Ammara Safdar pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Washington Santo Schegg enters the game as a defensive replacement for Wally Anderson at SS. Jon Bergamo enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ammara Safdar at 3B. Bob Perry enters the game as a defensive replacement for Ransom O Reilly at 1B. Michio Shimata strikes out. Tex Aucoin pops out to the first baseman. Wally Becquer pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Boston Kent Hrbek singles to left field. Bob Perry hits a home run. Kent Hrbek scores. Chuck Rodin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chuck Knoblauch grounds out to the second baseman. Kody Clemens singles to left field. Jose McFadden pops out to the third baseman. Max Lever grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kody Clemens is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Washington Tom Barber hits a home run. Armando Upright flies out to the left fielder. Mickey Rosselli strikes out. Rick Krieg doubles past the center fielder. Ernie Pippen 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. Marcus Giles is pinch hitting for Chad Daughters. Marcus Giles lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Washington total runners left on base: 5 Boston total runners left on base: 7
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: March Taylor did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Lee Blackaby improves in arm Chris Liniak improves in contact_vs_righty Les Gomez did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty
Boston Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Bob Feller did not respond to coaching in velocity Ivan Rodriguez improves in power_vs_lefty Brian Dozier improves in speed Denard Span improves in arm Greg Gagne improves in 2B