Win: Kelly Gehringer (18-7) Loss: Crese Mieske (2-10)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Crese Mieske pitching. Johnny Hook singles to right field. Clarence Ayers hits a home run. Johnny Hook scores. Bret Konieczny grounds out to the second baseman. Ron Gertenrich grounds out to the third baseman. Beiker Miller pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Kelly Gehringer pitching. Jerry Huston strikes out. Danny McGraw grounds out to the pitcher. Kikuji Egusa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Koichi Nakamura flies out to the center fielder. Tomas Tenace grounds out to the shortstop. Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Carlos Varona strikes out. Bill Peterson grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Navarro grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Kelly Gehringer grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Hook flies out to the center fielder. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Mo Brandt grounds out to the third baseman. Mike Prentiss singles to center field. Mike Prentiss steals second. Crese Mieske walks. Jerry Huston grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Crese Mieske is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Danny McGraw flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bret Konieczny strikes out. Ron Gertenrich grounds out to the shortstop. Beiker Miller reached on a fielding error by Bill Peterson. Koichi Nakamura singles to right field. Tomas Tenace singles to center field. Beiker Miller scores. Koichi Nakamura advances to third on the hit. Carlos Chiamparino strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Kikuji Egusa flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Varona flies out to the left fielder. Bill Peterson doubles to right field. Charlie Navarro walks. Mo Brandt reached on a fielding error by Clarence Ayers. Mike Prentiss grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Bill Peterson is out at home. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 5 Minnesota Kelly Gehringer strikes out. Johnny Hook grounds out to the shortstop. Clarence Ayers singles to center field. Bret Konieczny doubles to center field. Clarence Ayers uses his aggressiveness and scores. Yutaka Minami 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. Ron Gertenrich hits a home run. Bret Konieczny scores. Beiker Miller reached on a fielding error by Bill Peterson. Koichi Nakamura grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Yutaka Minami strikes out. Jerry Huston strikes out. Danny McGraw flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Tomas Tenace strikes out. Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kelly Gehringer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Kikuji Egusa singles to left field. Carlos Varona strikes out. Bill Peterson grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Kikuji Egusa is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Charlie Navarro flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Johnny Hook walks. Clarence Ayers singles to left field. Johnny Hook advances to third on the hit. Bret Konieczny singles to center field. Johnny Hook scores. Clarence Ayers advances to third on the hit. Ron Gertenrich singles to center field. Clarence Ayers scores. Bret Konieczny advances to third on the hit. Beiker Miller flies out to the left fielder. Ron Gertenrich is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Koichi Nakamura grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Mo Brandt walks. Mike Prentiss singles to center field. Takeshi Tahara is pinch hitting for Yutaka Minami. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Takeshi Tahara strikes out. Jerry Huston grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike Prentiss is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Danny McGraw strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Rick McHale pitching. Bart Frye is pinch hitting for Tomas Tenace. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Bart Frye hits a home run. George Neighbors is pinch hitting for Carlos Chiamparino. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. George Neighbors strikes out. Kelly Gehringer flies out to the left fielder. Mark McGehee is pinch hitting for Johnny Hook. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Mark McGehee doubles to right field. Clarence Ayers pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Kikuji Egusa flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Varona flies out to the left fielder. Bill Peterson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Al Ostrowski is pinch hitting for Bret Konieczny. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Al Ostrowski grounds out to the third baseman. Ron Gertenrich flies out to the right fielder. Beiker Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Turner Jackson is pinch hitting for Charlie Navarro. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Turner Jackson flies out to the center fielder. Mo Brandt doubles to center field. Kazutomo Nagaike is pinch hitting for Mike Prentiss. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kazutomo Nagaike walks. Ben Dashiell is pinch hitting for Rick McHale. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Ben Dashiell grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5 Texas total runners LOB: 9
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Paul Garagozzo improves in range Loren Bramhall improves in contact_vs_lefty Paul Garagozzo did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Fred Gullic did not respond to coaching in velocity Hank Fife improves in range Pete Ferens did not respond to coaching in range Tom Stanicek did not respond to coaching in 3B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Shigenobu Omiya did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Shigenobu Omiya did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Bill Ingram improves in contact_vs_lefty Dwayne Long did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Jackie Kanehl did not respond to coaching in arm Dwayne Long did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty