Win: Craig Excursion (4-3) Loss: Bob Gulley (3-2)
Save: Ken Cougar (27)
Inning: 1 Washington Marty Pinto pitching. Miller Jacquez strikes out. Tom Nixon singles to right field. Jerry Habyan strikes out. Urbane Jackson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Detroit Rick Bridges pitching. Desi Kerr strikes out. Dick Thunderbird flies out to the center fielder. Butch Mustang grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Washington Joe Cloude flies out to the center fielder. Watty Wright reached on a fielding error by Carroll Shelby. Claude Veach strikes out. Minoru Fujii doubles to center field. Rick Bridges strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Detroit Trace Bronco grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pat Grampp strikes out. Bill Grissom doubles to right field. Red Spurgeon flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Washington Miller Jacquez bunts for a base hit. Tom Nixon strikes out. Jerry Habyan walks. Urbane Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Joe Cloude singles to right field. Miller Jacquez scores. Jerry Habyan advances to third on the hit. Watty Wright grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Detroit Carroll Shelby flies out to the right fielder. Marty Pinto flies out to the center fielder. Desi Kerr doubles to left field. Dick Thunderbird flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Washington Claude Veach walks. Minoru Fujii singles to left field. Claude Veach advances to third on the hit. Minoru Fujii steals second. Rick Bridges walks. Miller Jacquez pops out to the shortstop. Tom Nixon flies out to the right fielder. Jerry Habyan strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Detroit Butch Mustang strikes out. Trace Bronco is hit by a pitch. Trace Bronco steals second. Pat Grampp strikes out. Trace Bronco is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Washington Urbane Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Joe Cloude hits a home run. Watty Wright flies out to the right fielder. Claude Veach grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Bill Grissom grounds out to the shortstop. Red Spurgeon flies out to the left fielder. Carroll Shelby strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Washington Minoru Fujii walks. Rick Bridges lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Miller Jacquez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Minoru Fujii advances to third on the play. Tom Nixon singles to center field. Minoru Fujii scores. Craig Excursion comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jerry Habyan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Craig Excursion flies out to the center fielder. Desi Kerr grounds out to the second baseman. Dick Thunderbird walks. Butch Mustang singles to right field. Dick Thunderbird advances to third on the hit. Trace Bronco pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Washington Urbane Jackson singles to center field. Joe Cloude strikes out. Watty Wright grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Urbane Jackson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Watty Wright is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Pat Grampp walks. Bill Grissom grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pat Grampp is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Red Spurgeon strikes out. Steve Wright 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. Carroll Shelby strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Washington Claude Veach flies out to the left fielder. Minoru Fujii strikes out. Harry Bongiovanni is pinch hitting for Steve Wright. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Bongiovanni singles to right field. Miller Jacquez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Detroit Bob Gulley pitching. John Ranchero is pinch hitting for Craig Excursion. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. John Ranchero hits an infield single to the pitcher. Desi Kerr singles to right field. John Ranchero advances to third on the hit. Dick Thunderbird grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Desi Kerr advances to second on the play. Butch Mustang flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, John Ranchero scores. Trace Bronco singles in front of the right fielder. Pat Grampp walks. Bill Grissom singles to center field. Desi Kerr scores. Trace Bronco scores. Pat Grampp advances to third on the hit. Toru Uemura comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Red Spurgeon singles to right field. Pat Grampp scores. Carroll Shelby pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Washington Ken Cougar pitching. Tom Nixon flies out to the center fielder. Jerry Habyan pops out to the second baseman. Urbane Jackson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Washington total runners left on base: 10 Detroit total runners left on base: 7
Game Notes Claude Veach is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Washington Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Howard Ferrarese improves in power_vs_righty Jorge Kay did not respond to coaching in control Gene 'The Mutant' Embrey did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jay Valentine did not respond to coaching in control Al Elliott did not respond to coaching in 1B
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Jim Freda improves in range Sergio Contour did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Ivan Kuga improves in contact_vs_lefty Sergio Contour did not respond to coaching in speed Roy Econoline did not respond to coaching in 3B