Win: Gene Shirley (13-9) Loss: Hal Splittorff (7-10)
Inning: 1 Texas Hal Splittorff pitching. Frank Goeckel hits a home run. Damian Wayne walks. Dick Grayson flies out to the right fielder. Don Walsh grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Damian Wayne is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Don Walsh steals second. Passed ball. Don Walsh advances to third. Jim Rice singles past the first baseman. Don Walsh scores. Bill Rader flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Gene Shirley pitching. Paul Dailey grounds out to the third baseman. Casey Cheadle strikes out. Oddibe Castillo grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Pete McCaskill strikes out. Dave Beckwith singles to center field. Gene Shirley lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Frank Goeckel grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bobo Shinault singles to left field. Vince Meeker singles to left field. Bobo Shinault advances to third on the hit. Matt Gunson grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Bobo Shinault scores. John Ainge flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Damian Wayne grounds out to the shortstop. Dick Grayson pops out to the third baseman. Don Walsh flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Deacon Chapman walks. Hal Splittorff lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Paul Dailey grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Deacon Chapman advances to third on the play. Casey Cheadle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Jim Rice doubles past the first baseman. Bill Rader grounds out to the shortstop. Pete McCaskill walks. Dave Beckwith singles past the shortstop. Jim Rice scores. Pete McCaskill advances to third on the hit. Gene Shirley singles to right field. Pete McCaskill scores. Tony Dunn comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Goeckel flies out to the left fielder. Damian Wayne singles to center field. Dave Beckwith scores. Gene Shirley advances to third on the hit. Damian Wayne is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Oddibe Castillo grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Bobo Shinault grounds out to the third baseman. Vince Meeker strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Dick Grayson doubles to left field. Don Walsh singles to right field. Dick Grayson scores. Tom Johnson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jim Rice doubles to left field. Don Walsh uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Rader grounds out to the shortstop. Pete McCaskill pops out to the shortstop. Jim Rice is out trying to steal third. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Matt Gunson hits an infield single to the second baseman. John Ainge singles to left field. Matt Gunson advances to third on the hit. Deacon Chapman flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Matt Gunson scores. Tom Johnson lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, John Ainge forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Paul Dailey singles to right field. Casey Cheadle walks. Oddibe Castillo walks. Tom Johnson scores. Bobo Shinault grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Texas Dave Beckwith flies out to the right fielder. Gene Shirley strikes out. Frank Goeckel singles to center field. Frank Goeckel steals second. Damian Wayne triples. Frank Goeckel scores. Ron Jackson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Dick Grayson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Vince Meeker flies out to the right fielder. Matt Gunson strikes out. John Ainge pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Don Walsh grounds out to the pitcher. Jim Rice strikes out. Bill Rader grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Deacon Chapman strikes out. Vern Russell is pinch hitting for Ron Jackson. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Vern Russell strikes out. Paul Dailey strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Ed Kling pitching. Pete McCaskill strikes out. Dave Beckwith flies out to the right fielder. Gene Shirley strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Casey Cheadle grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Oddibe Castillo flies out to the right fielder. Bobo Shinault walks. Randy Johnson is pinch hitting for Vince Meeker. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Randy Johnson pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Frank Goeckel flies out to the center fielder. Damian Wayne flies out to the left fielder. Dick Grayson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Kite Rand 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. Matt Gunson grounds out to the third baseman. Claude Terry is pinch hitting for John Ainge. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Claude Terry grounds out to the shortstop. Deacon Chapman strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 4 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5
Batting:2B - Dick Grayson (29), Jim Rice 2 (22).3B - Damian Wayne (7).HR - Frank Goeckel (19). Baserunning: SB - Frank Goeckel (42), Don Walsh (15).CS - Damian Wayne (19), Jim Rice (13).
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bill Atkinson did not respond to coaching in control Silvio Worrell did not respond to coaching in control Bob Fletcher improves in range Brent Heist improves in speed
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Vern Rasmussen did not respond to coaching in speed Mark Kohlman improves in power_vs_righty Charlie Shriver did not respond to coaching in speed George Womack did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty