Inning: 1 Texas Cecilio Sharperson pitching. Carlos Varona strikes out. Ed Whitehouse strikes out. Marlan Naranjo strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Eddie Catterson pitching. Clarence Ayers strikes out. Bret Konieczny bunts for a base hit. Tomas Tenace flies out to the left fielder. Tsuyoshi Yoshida grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Ed Davis grounds out to the shortstop. Gene Timmons flies out to the right fielder. Mo Brandt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ron Gertenrich flies out to the right fielder. Pat Connors grounds out to the pitcher. Koichi Nakamura pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Shigetoshi Fukutsuka flies out to the left fielder. Mike Prentiss singles to center field. Eddie Catterson lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Carlos Varona hits a home run. Mike Prentiss scores. Ed Whitehouse singles to left field. Marlan Naranjo grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Ed Whitehouse is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Beiker Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Cecilio Sharperson grounds out to the shortstop. Clarence Ayers lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Ed Davis singles to center field. Ed Davis steals second. Gene Timmons flies out to the left fielder. Mo Brandt strikes out. Shigetoshi Fukutsuka pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bret Konieczny grounds out to the shortstop. Tomas Tenace grounds out to the catcher. Tsuyoshi Yoshida grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Mike Prentiss singles to center field. Mike Prentiss is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Eddie Catterson singles to right field. Carlos Varona grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Eddie Catterson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Ed Whitehouse singles to center field. Carlos Varona advances to third on the hit. Marlan Naranjo walks. Ed Davis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ron Gertenrich singles to left field. Pat Connors flies out to the left fielder. Koichi Nakamura singles to right field. Ron Gertenrich advances to third on the hit. Beiker Miller flies out to the right fielder. Cecilio Sharperson grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Gene Timmons strikes out. Mo Brandt singles to right field. Mo Brandt steals second. Shigetoshi Fukutsuka grounds out to the shortstop. Mo Brandt steals third. Mike Prentiss flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Clarence Ayers reached on a 2-base throwing error by Gene Timmons. Bret Konieczny strikes out. Tomas Tenace singles to left field. Clarence Ayers scores. Tsuyoshi Yoshida grounds into a 1-6-3 double play - great play by the pitcher to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Eddie Catterson grounds out to the second baseman. Carlos Varona walks. Ed Whitehouse strikes out. Carlos Varona steals second. Tommie Hernandez 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. Marlan Naranjo strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Ron Gertenrich grounds out to the second baseman. Pat Connors singles to left field. Koichi Nakamura strikes out. Beiker Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Ed Davis singles to center field. Gene Timmons pops out to the second baseman. Ed Davis steals second. Mo Brandt singles to right field. Shigetoshi Fukutsuka singles to center field. Ed Davis scores. Mo Brandt advances to third on the hit. Mike Prentiss grounds out to the second baseman. Mo Brandt scores. Shigetoshi Fukutsuka advances to second on the play. Brad Mooney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Eddie Catterson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Guillermo Kane is pinch hitting for Brad Mooney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Guillermo Kane flies out to the center fielder. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the second baseman. Bret Konieczny pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Hal Brittin pitching. Carlos Varona strikes out. Ed Whitehouse flies out to the center fielder. Marlan Naranjo walks. Ed Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Myrl Riddle 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. Tomas Tenace singles to right field. Tomas Tenace is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tsuyoshi Yoshida singles to center field. Ron Gertenrich flies out to the center fielder. Pat Connors hits a home run. Tsuyoshi Yoshida scores. Wes Masaoka comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Koichi Nakamura strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 9 Minnesota total runners LOB: 4
Batting:HR - Carlos Varona (8). Baserunning: SB - Carlos Varona (7), Ed Davis 2 (5), Mo Brandt 2 (4).CS - Mike Prentiss (2). Fielding: E - Gene Timmons.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Shigenobu Omiya did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Fumikazu Oyamada did not respond to coaching in arm Dick Lloyd did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dick Lloyd did not respond to coaching in arm Ben Dashiell did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Hal Redfield improves in control
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Creighton Masterson did not respond to coaching in control Hank Fife did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Pete Ferens improves in power_vs_righty Frank Stark did not respond to coaching in speed Nelson McLeland did not respond to coaching in velocity Loren Bramhall improves in power_vs_righty Bill Martinez did not respond to coaching in 2B