Inning: 1 Minnesota Harry Wagner pitching. Junior Ellingsen walks. Steve Hayward grounds out to the shortstop. Junior Ellingsen advances to second on the play. Bill Bradley strikes out. Raul Meyer singles to right field. Junior Ellingsen scores. Ray Heffner pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Vance Leonides pitching. Tito Francona grounds out to the third baseman. Jose Vidal singles to right field. Russ Snyder singles to right field. Guillermo Avalos triples. Jose Vidal scores. Russ Snyder scores. Jerry McNertney strikes out. Gus Gil hits a home run. Guillermo Avalos scores. Rick Gomez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Adrian Zeider grounds out to the third baseman. Mark Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Damian Baker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Rich Rollins hits a home run. Harry Wagner flies out to the right fielder. Tito Francona walks. Jose Vidal flies out to the right fielder. Russ Snyder singles to center field. Guillermo Avalos grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Tito Francona is out at third base. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Vance Leonides grounds out to the catcher. Junior Ellingsen walks. Steve Hayward grounds out to the catcher. Junior Ellingsen advances to second on the play. Bill Bradley grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Jerry McNertney flies out to the left fielder. Gus Gil flies out to the left fielder. Rick Gomez singles to center field. Rick Gomez is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Raul Meyer strikes out. Ray Heffner grounds out to the shortstop. Adrian Zeider singles to left field. Adrian Zeider steals second. Mark Miller walks. Damian Baker walks. Vance Leonides grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Texas Rich Rollins singles to center field. Rich Rollins steals second. Harry Wagner lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball and Rich Rollins is thrown out at third. Harry Wagner is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Tito Francona pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Junior Ellingsen strikes out. Steve Hayward strikes out. Bill Bradley flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Rob Jolley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jose Vidal flies out to the center fielder. Russ Snyder singles to center field. Guillermo Avalos singles to right field. Russ Snyder advances to third on the hit. Guillermo Avalos steals second. Jerry McNertney walks. Gus Gil grounds out to the third baseman. Russ Snyder scores. Guillermo Avalos advances to third on the play. Jerry McNertney advances to second on the play. Rick Gomez strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Raul Meyer strikes out. Ray Heffner grounds out to the third baseman. Adrian Zeider strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Ken Berger comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Rich Rollins singles to left field. Harry Wagner fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Harry Wagner grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Tito Francona grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Del Oana is pinch hitting for Mark Miller. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Del Oana pops out to the shortstop. Damian Baker flies out to the left fielder. Jacque Kramer is pinch hitting for Ken Berger. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jacque Kramer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Al Flaherty pitching. Jose Vidal flies out to the center fielder. Russ Snyder flies out to the center fielder. Guillermo Avalos walks. Freddie Velazquez is pinch hitting for Jerry McNertney. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Guillermo Avalos is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Junior Ellingsen doubles to left field. Steve Hayward walks. Bill Bradley singles to left field. Junior Ellingsen scores. Steve Hayward advances to third on the hit. Raul Meyer reached on a 2-base throwing error by Guillermo Avalos. Steve Hayward scores. Ray Heffner strikes out. Adrian Zeider grounds out to the pitcher. Del Oana strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Freddie Velazquez walks. Gus Gil strikes out. Rick Gomez flies out to the center fielder. Rich Rollins strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Mike Ferraro enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jose Vidal at LF. Skip Lockwood comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Damian Baker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ramon Haughey is pinch hitting for Al Flaherty. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ramon Haughey grounds out to the third baseman. Junior Ellingsen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners left on base: 7 Texas total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Rob Jolley is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Marv Hernandez did not respond to coaching in velocity Gabe Patterson did not respond to coaching in arm Joe Day improves in contact_vs_righty Jack Donahue did not respond to coaching in control Joe Day did not respond to coaching in LF
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ed Webb did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Ed Webb did not respond to coaching in arm Carl Jensen did not respond to coaching in control Dan Wilson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty