Win: Roy Watson (10-3) Loss: Joe Sundberg (6-3)
Save: Yutaka Minami (20)
Inning: 1 Texas Dick Alberts pitching. Danny McGraw singles to left field. Ben Dashiell strikes out. Marlan Naranjo singles past the shortstop. Danny McGraw advances to third on the hit. Kikuji Egusa triples. Danny McGraw scores. Marlan Naranjo scores. Carlos Varona flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Kikuji Egusa is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Dennis Silvestri pitching. Johnny Hook flies out to the center fielder. Bret Konieczny flies out to the center fielder. Beiker Miller singles to right field. Beiker Miller is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Kazutomo Nagaike strikes out. Jack Cahill strikes out. Joe Loewer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ron Gertenrich hits a home run. Koichi Nakamura doubles to center field. Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the second baseman. Koichi Nakamura advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Chuck Cook strikes out. Bart Frye singles to right field. Koichi Nakamura scores. Dick Alberts flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Dennis Silvestri strikes out. Danny McGraw strikes out. Ben Dashiell flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Johnny Hook triples. Bret Konieczny strikes out. Beiker Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Ron Gertenrich singles to center field. Johnny Hook scores. Koichi Nakamura lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Marlan Naranjo walks. Kikuji Egusa flies out to the left fielder. Carlos Varona strikes out. Kazutomo Nagaike hits a home run. Marlan Naranjo scores. Jack Cahill pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Carlos Chiamparino grounds out to the second baseman. Chuck Cook flies out to the center fielder. Bart Frye flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Joe Loewer singles to center field. Dennis Silvestri fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Dennis Silvestri grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Danny McGraw grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Dick Alberts grounds out to the third baseman. Johnny Hook doubles to right field. Bret Konieczny flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Beiker Miller strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Ben Dashiell singles to center field. Ben Dashiell is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Marlan Naranjo grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Kikuji Egusa flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ron Gertenrich strikes out. Koichi Nakamura hits a home run. Carlos Chiamparino strikes out. Chuck Cook grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Carlos Varona flies out to the left fielder. Kazutomo Nagaike grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jack Cahill grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Roy Watson 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. Bart Frye hits an infield single to the pitcher. Dick Alberts lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Johnny Hook singles to left field. Bart Frye scores. Bret Konieczny grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Joe Loewer strikes out. Roy Watson strikes out. Danny McGraw lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Beiker Miller strikes out. Ron Gertenrich flies out to the center fielder. Koichi Nakamura flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Joe Sundberg comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ben Dashiell walks. Marlan Naranjo singles to center field. Ben Dashiell advances to third on the hit. The defense is playing the corners in. Kikuji Egusa strikes out. The defense is playing the corners in. Carlos Varona grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Marlan Naranjo advances to second on the play. Kazutomo Nagaike hits a home run. Ben Dashiell scores. Marlan Naranjo scores. Brad Mooney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jack Cahill strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Carlos Chiamparino hits a home run. Yutaka Minami comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Chuck Cook walks. Bart Frye flies out to the left fielder. Jim Gainey is pinch hitting for Brad Mooney. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Gainey flies out to the center fielder. Johnny Hook walks. Bret Konieczny strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Texas total runners LOB: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Fumikazu Oyamada did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Frank Pruett did not respond to coaching in arm Bill Ingram improves in power_vs_righty Fumikazu Oyamada did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Ingram did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Jackie Kanehl did not respond to coaching in arm
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Bill Martinez did not respond to coaching in range Bill Martinez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Frank Stark did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Link Bowcock did not respond to coaching in control Bill Martinez did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Fred Gullic did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Stanicek did not respond to coaching in 3B