Win: Bobby Phillips (12-14) Loss: Howard Smith (10-15)
Save: Yutaka Minami (19)
Inning: 1 Texas Howard Smith pitching. Danny McGraw walks. Charlie Navarro flies out to the right fielder. Marlan Naranjo flies out to the right fielder. Kikuji Egusa hits a home run. Danny McGraw scores. Carlos Varona walks. Kazutomo Nagaike singles to right field. Jack Cahill singles to left field. Carlos Varona scores. Kazutomo Nagaike advances to third on the hit. Joe Loewer walks. Bobby Phillips lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 1 Minnesota Bobby Phillips pitching. Johnny Hook grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Clarence Ayers is hit by a pitch. Bret Konieczny strikes out. Beiker Miller singles to center field. Clarence Ayers advances to third on the hit. Koichi Nakamura flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Danny McGraw singles to left field. Danny McGraw steals second. Charlie Navarro grounds out to the pitcher. Marlan Naranjo singles to left field. Danny McGraw scores. Marlan Naranjo is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Kikuji Egusa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Tomas Tenace strikes out. Carlos Chiamparino walks. Bart Frye grounds out to the third baseman. Carlos Chiamparino advances to second on the play. Howard Smith strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Carlos Varona singles to right field. Kazutomo Nagaike grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Carlos Varona is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jack Cahill flies out to the center fielder. Kazutomo Nagaike steals second. Joe Loewer strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Johnny Hook singles to left field. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Hook advances to second on the play. Bret Konieczny strikes out. Beiker Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Bobby Phillips walks. Danny McGraw walks. Charlie Navarro grounds into a 4-6-3 double play - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bobby Phillips advances to third on the play. Marlan Naranjo walks. Kikuji Egusa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Koichi Nakamura flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Tomas Tenace singles past the shortstop. Carlos Chiamparino grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Tomas Tenace is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Bart Frye grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Carlos Chiamparino is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Carlos Varona grounds out to the second baseman. Kazutomo Nagaike lines out to the third baseman. Jack Cahill strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Howard Smith strikes out. Johnny Hook grounds out to the third baseman. Clarence Ayers reached on a fielding error by Jack Cahill. Bret Konieczny flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Joe Loewer strikes out. Bobby Phillips strikes out. Danny McGraw grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Beiker Miller grounds out to the third baseman. Koichi Nakamura hits an infield single to the shortstop. Tomas Tenace strikes out. Carlos Chiamparino flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Charlie Navarro flies out to the left fielder. Marlan Naranjo grounds out to the second baseman. Kikuji Egusa strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bart Frye lines out to the first baseman. Howard Smith strikes out. Johnny Hook flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Carlos Varona grounds out to the second baseman. Kazutomo Nagaike strikes out. Jack Cahill hits a home run. Joe Loewer grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Guillermo Voigt 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. Clarence Ayers grounds out to the second baseman. Bret Konieczny singles to left field. Beiker Miller flies out to the right fielder. Koichi Nakamura reached on a fielding error by Danny McGraw. Tomas Tenace triples. Bret Konieczny scores. Koichi Nakamura scores. Carlos Chiamparino strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Ben Dashiell is pinch hitting for Guillermo Voigt. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 9 inning. Ben Dashiell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Danny McGraw flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Navarro strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Yutaka Minami pitching. Turner Jackson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Marlan Naranjo at CF. Bart Frye walks. Jim Gainey is pinch hitting for Howard Smith. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Gainey walks. Johnny Hook strikes out. Clarence Ayers grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 9
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Dwayne Long did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty John Clarke did not respond to coaching in arm Yoshiaki Hidaka did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Burleigh Miller improves in contact_vs_lefty Tim Davis improves in power_vs_righty John Clarke did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Sandy Melton did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Charlie Christensen improves in arm Bill Martinez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Hank Fife did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Martinez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Dann Reiber improves in contact_vs_righty Tom Stanicek did not respond to coaching in 3B