Win: Howard Smith (12-16) Loss: Yutaka Minami (7-13)
Save: Tommie Hernandez (1)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Hal Redfield pitching. Johnny Hook grounds out to the second baseman. Clarence Ayers flies out to the right fielder. Bill Martinez grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Howard Smith pitching. Danny McGraw grounds out to the pitcher. Charlie Navarro lines out to the third baseman. Takeshi Tahara strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Beiker Miller lines out to the first baseman. Koichi Nakamura strikes out. Carlos Chiamparino strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Kikuji Egusa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Carlos Varona flies out to the left fielder. Kazutomo Nagaike walks. Turner Jackson grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Kazutomo Nagaike is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Loren Bramhall singles to center field. Jim Gainey flies out to the left fielder. Howard Smith lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Johnny Hook strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Joe Loewer strikes out. Hal Redfield strikes out. Danny McGraw walks. Danny McGraw steals second. Charlie Navarro strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Clarence Ayers strikes out. Bill Martinez grounds out to the second baseman. Beiker Miller grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Takeshi Tahara doubles to left field. Kikuji Egusa flies out to the right fielder. Carlos Varona grounds out to the second baseman. Takeshi Tahara advances to third on the play. Kazutomo Nagaike hits a home run. Takeshi Tahara scores. Turner Jackson grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Koichi Nakamura strikes out. Carlos Chiamparino singles to left field. Carlos Chiamparino is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Loren Bramhall singles past the second baseman. Jim Gainey strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Joe Loewer flies out to the center fielder. Hal Redfield flies out to the center fielder. Danny McGraw strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Howard Smith flies out to the left fielder. Johnny Hook singles to left field. Clarence Ayers strikes out. Bill Martinez strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Charlie Navarro flies out to the left fielder. Takeshi Tahara walks. Kikuji Egusa strikes out. Carlos Varona grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Takeshi Tahara is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Beiker Miller strikes out. Koichi Nakamura strikes out. Carlos Chiamparino reached on a 2-base throwing error by Takeshi Tahara. Loren Bramhall strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Kazutomo Nagaike grounds out to the second baseman. Turner Jackson grounds out to the shortstop. Joe Loewer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jim Gainey grounds out to the second baseman. Howard Smith flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Hook grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Ben Dashiell is pinch hitting for Hal Redfield. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Ben Dashiell grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted) - great play by the first baseman to prevent a double! Danny McGraw singles to center field. Charlie Navarro walks. Takeshi Tahara flies out to the right fielder. Kikuji Egusa flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Yutaka Minami pitching. Clarence Ayers walks. Bill Martinez doubles to left field. Clarence Ayers uses his aggressiveness and scores. Beiker Miller doubles to center field. Bill Martinez scores. Guillermo Voigt comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Koichi Nakamura flies out to the center fielder. Carlos Chiamparino triples. Beiker Miller scores. Loren Bramhall singles to right field. Carlos Chiamparino scores. Jim Gainey grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Loren Bramhall is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Chuck Cook is pinch hitting for Howard Smith. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Chuck Cook grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jim Gainey is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Tommie Hernandez pitching. Carlos Varona grounds out to the second baseman. Kazutomo Nagaike flies out to the right fielder. Turner Jackson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5 Texas total runners LOB: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tom Stanicek did not respond to coaching in range Pete Ferens did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Paul Garagozzo did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Hank Fife did not respond to coaching in speed Bernie Mitchell did not respond to coaching in speed Creighton Masterson did not respond to coaching in control
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Dwayne Long did not respond to coaching in range Dick Lloyd did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Bill Ingram did not respond to coaching in range Jack Cahill did not respond to coaching in speed Jeff Thomas did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Frank Pruett did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty