Win: Earl Charton (7-4) Loss: Paul Gooch (9-8)
Save: Don DeMiller (40)
Inning: 1 Texas Vern Hoffman pitching. Brook Matuszek grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Porter grounds out to the shortstop. Tom Langsford singles to right field. Hector Morgan is hit by a pitch. Gus Bordi grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Hal Pritchett pitching. Wenty Williams walks. Matt Holland pops out to the third baseman. Johnny Kamm grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Wenty Williams is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Gene Pashnick reached on a 2-base fielding error by Tanaka Uchiro. George Mendoza singles to right field. Johnny Kamm scores. Gene Pashnick scores. Mike Hargrove grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Jimmy Burke strikes out. Henry Herrera strikes out. Tanaka Uchiro singles to right field. Hal Pritchett strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Nate Alvarez strikes out. Dick Mertes walks. Vern Hoffman lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Wenty Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Brook Matuszek flies out to the left fielder. Jack Porter walks. Tom Langsford flies out to the center fielder. Hector Morgan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Matt Holland grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Kamm walks. Gene Pashnick lines out to the first baseman. George Mendoza grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Gus Bordi walks. Jimmy Burke strikes out. Henry Herrera doubles to right field. Tanaka Uchiro grounds out to the shortstop. Gus Bordi scores. Henry Herrera advances to third on the play. Hal Pritchett pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Mike Hargrove grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Nate Alvarez walks. Dick Mertes reached on a fielding error by Jack Porter. Vern Hoffman lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Wenty Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Brook Matuszek grounds out to the shortstop. Jack Porter walks. Tom Langsford walks. Hector Morgan flies out to the center fielder. Gus Bordi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Matt Holland grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Kamm hits a home run. Gene Pashnick pops out to the third baseman. George Mendoza grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Jimmy Burke flies out to the right fielder. Henry Herrera hits a home run. Tanaka Uchiro strikes out. Hal Pritchett flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Mike Hargrove grounds out to the shortstop. Nate Alvarez walks. Dick Mertes walks. Arlie Johnson is pinch hitting for Vern Hoffman. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Arlie Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Nate Alvarez advances to third on the play. Dick Mertes advances to second on the play. Wenty Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Bert Nelson pitching. Brook Matuszek doubles to center field. Jack Porter strikes out. Tom Langsford flies out to the center fielder. Hector Morgan grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Matt Holland strikes out. Johnny Kamm grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Gene Pashnick flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Gus Bordi strikes out. Jimmy Burke walks. Henry Herrera doubles past the third baseman. The defense is playing the infield in. Tanaka Uchiro singles to left field. Jimmy Burke scores. Henry Herrera scores. Hal Pritchett lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Brook Matuszek strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota George Mendoza singles to center field. Mike Hargrove singles to left field. George Mendoza advances to third on the hit. Earl Charton 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. Nate Alvarez flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, George Mendoza scores. Dick Mertes pops out to the shortstop. Walter Savage is pinch hitting for Bert Nelson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Mike Hargrove steals second. Walter Savage walks. Wenty Williams grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas Paul Gooch pitching. Jack Porter walks. Tom Langsford walks. Hector Morgan walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Gus Bordi grounds into a fielders choice to the second baseman. Jack Porter is out at home. The defense is playing the infield in. Jimmy Burke singles to right field. Tom Langsford scores. Hector Morgan scores. Henry Herrera grounds out to the third baseman. Gus Bordi advances to third on the play. Jimmy Burke advances to second on the play. Tanaka Uchiro flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Don DeMiller comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Matt Holland grounds out to the shortstop. Johnny Kamm grounds out to the pitcher. Gene Pashnick pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 11 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: King Hitt did not respond to coaching in arm Kevin Walters improves in contact_vs_righty Ray Kingery improves in velocity Kevin Walters did not respond to coaching in range
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Marty Caulfield improves in contact_vs_righty Frank Nicholls improves in range Frank Nicholls did not respond to coaching in speed Charlie Herrscher did not respond to coaching in speed Hugh Iott did not respond to coaching in C