Inning: 1 Minnesota Yutaka Minami pitching. Jerry Bailor walks. Ruben Littrell grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Jerry Bailor is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Sandy Melton strikes out. Hank Fife grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ruben Littrell is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Toru Okada pitching. Duke Silva flies out to the left fielder. Jackie Kanehl flies out to the left fielder. John Clarke flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Loren Bramhall grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Martinez singles to right field. Gene Buchanan pops out to the second baseman. Bob Youngs flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Tim Davis singles to right field. Frank Pruett singles to right field. Tim Davis advances to third on the hit. Shuzo Sasaki doubles to left field. Tim Davis scores. Frank Pruett uses his aggressiveness and scores. Burleigh Miller walks. Yoshiaki Hidaka flies out to the center fielder. Yutaka Minami fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Yutaka Minami pops out to the second baseman. Duke Silva singles to center field. Shuzo Sasaki scores. Burleigh Miller aggressively advances to third on the hit. Jackie Kanehl walks. John Clarke flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Minnesota Toru Okada grounds out to the third baseman. Jerry Bailor strikes out. Ruben Littrell walks. Sandy Melton singles to center field. Ruben Littrell advances to third on the hit. Hank Fife walks. Loren Bramhall pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Texas Tim Davis singles past the shortstop. Frank Pruett flies out to the right fielder. Tim Davis steals second. Shuzo Sasaki strikes out. Burleigh Miller grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bill Martinez grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Bill Anderson 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. Gene Buchanan walks. Bob Youngs singles to right field. Toru Okada lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Jerry Bailor grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Yoshiaki Hidaka walks. Bill Anderson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Duke Silva flies out to the center fielder. Jackie Kanehl flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Ruben Littrell flies out to the center fielder. Sandy Melton pops out to the first baseman. Hank Fife doubles past the third baseman. Loren Bramhall grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas John Clarke strikes out. Tim Davis singles to right field. Frank Pruett grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Tim Davis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Frank Pruett steals second. Shuzo Sasaki flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Bill Martinez flies out to the left fielder. Gene Buchanan walks. Bob Youngs grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Gene Buchanan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Toru Okada flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Burleigh Miller flies out to the right fielder. Yoshiaki Hidaka walks. Bill Anderson lays down a bunt. The pitcher fields the ball, Yoshiaki Hidaka forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Duke Silva strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jerry Bailor flies out to the center fielder. Ruben Littrell strikes out. Sandy Melton strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Jackie Kanehl flies out to the center fielder. John Clarke flies out to the right fielder. Tim Davis lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jeff Thomas enters the game as a defensive replacement for John Clarke at LF. Turner Jackson enters the game as a defensive replacement for Shuzo Sasaki at CF. Hank Fife pops out to the first baseman. Loren Bramhall walks. Roy Layana is pinch hitting for Bill Martinez. Roy Layana strikes out. Gene Buchanan strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Yuichi Nakamoto comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Frank Pruett singles to center field. Turner Jackson doubles to center field. Frank Pruett uses his aggressiveness and scores. Danny Kroh is pinch hitting for Burleigh Miller. Danny Kroh flies out to the center fielder. Yoshiaki Hidaka grounds out to the third baseman. John Nischwitz is pinch hitting for Bill Anderson. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Nischwitz pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jeff Pladson pitching. Joe VanRobays enters the game as a defensive replacement for Danny Kroh at C. Bob Youngs flies out to the left fielder. Gene Kellett is pinch hitting for Yuichi Nakamoto. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Gene Kellett walks. Jerry Bailor reached on a fielding error by Tim Davis. Ruben Littrell strikes out. Sandy Melton walks. Frank Stark is pinch hitting for Hank Fife. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Frank Stark strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Minnesota total runners left on base: 13 Texas total runners left on base: 8
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Richie Cooper improves in control Scott Koob improves in power_vs_lefty John Rojas did not respond to coaching in control Bill DeMiller improves in range Dick Lieber did not respond to coaching in range Bill DeMiller did not respond to coaching in speed
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Pete Palmer did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Pete Palmer did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Patsy Paulsen did not respond to coaching in control Red Harrison improves in contact_vs_lefty Red Harrison improves in contact_vs_righty Ted Simpson improves in power_vs_righty Red Harrison did not respond to coaching in C