Win: Bill Johnstone (5-1) Loss: Toby Crosby (1-2)
Save: Pete Garibaldi (4)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Keiichi Aiko pitching. Joe Blake strikes out. Gary Austin grounds out to the catcher. Miguel Driscoll strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Al Oliver pitching. Danny Alcantara singles to right field. Rip Merullo strikes out. Rod Dyer hits an infield single to the pitcher. Fred Unglaub grounds out to the shortstop. Danny Alcantara advances to third on the play. Rod Dyer advances to second on the play. Jesus Harris walks. Claude Martin strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Minnesota Fran Malinosky walks. Fran Malinosky steals second. Sohichiro Hirayama hits an infield single to the shortstop. Elmer Goletz grounds out to the pitcher. Sohichiro Hirayama advances to second on the play. Bruce Hart pops out to the second baseman. Russ Snyder grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Fats Woods flies out to the center fielder. Peter Pena lines out to the third baseman. Keiichi Aiko doubles to left field. Danny Alcantara grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Al Oliver strikes out. Joe Blake grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Austin walks. Gary Austin steals second. Miguel Driscoll flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Rip Merullo strikes out. Rod Dyer singles to left field. Fred Unglaub singles past the third baseman. Rod Dyer advances to third on the hit. Jesus Harris flies out to the left fielder. Claude Martin grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Fran Malinosky flies out to the left fielder. Sohichiro Hirayama grounds out to the third baseman. Elmer Goletz lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Fats Woods singles to left field. Peter Pena doubles to center field. Fats Woods uses his aggressiveness and scores. Keiichi Aiko fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Keiichi Aiko flies out to the center fielder. Danny Alcantara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Peter Pena advances to third on the play. Rip Merullo singles to right field. Peter Pena scores. Rod Dyer walks. Fred Unglaub grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Rod Dyer is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Bruce Hart reached on a fielding error by Jesus Harris. Russ Snyder lines out to the shortstop. Al Oliver lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Blake grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Jesus Harris reached on a fielding error by Elmer Goletz. Claude Martin grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Jesus Harris is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Fats Woods triples. Claude Martin scores. Peter Pena pops out to the shortstop. Keiichi Aiko strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Gary Austin doubles past the third baseman. Miguel Driscoll singles to left field. Gary Austin scores. Miguel Driscoll steals second. Fran Malinosky grounds out to the shortstop. Sohichiro Hirayama strikes out. Elmer Goletz singles to left field. Miguel Driscoll scores. Elmer Goletz steals second. Bruce Hart strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Danny Alcantara pops out to the second baseman. Rip Merullo grounds out to the third baseman. Rod Dyer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Russ Snyder singles to right field. Al Oliver lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Blake singles to left field. Russ Snyder scores. Bill Johnstone comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Gary Austin strikes out. Joe Blake steals second. Miguel Driscoll singles past the first baseman. Joe Blake scores. Fran Malinosky singles in front of the left fielder. Miguel Driscoll advances to third on the hit. Sohichiro Hirayama grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Texas Fred Unglaub walks. Toby Crosby comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jesus Harris singles to right field. Claude Martin grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Jesus Harris is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Fats Woods grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Claude Martin advances to second on the play. Peter Pena singles to right field. Fred Unglaub scores. Claude Martin scores. Harry Rice is pinch hitting for Bill Johnstone. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Harry Rice grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Peter Pena is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Pete Garibaldi pitching. Jim Rosselli is pinch hitting for Elmer Goletz. Jim Rosselli strikes out. Bruce Hart grounds out to the third baseman. Russ Snyder grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Leo Fabregas enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Rosselli at 2B. Danny Alcantara grounds out to the second baseman. Rip Merullo flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Rod Dyer singles to center field. Fred Unglaub walks. Jackie Jones comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jesus Harris grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Tommy Lee is pinch hitting for Jackie Jones. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Tommy Lee walks. Frank Key is pinch running for Tommy Lee on 1st base. Joe Blake grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Gary Austin walks. Miguel Driscoll strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8 Texas total runners left on base: 12
Batting:2B - Gary Austin (7).GIDP - Joe Blake. Baserunning: SB - Joe Blake (11), Gary Austin (12), Miguel Driscoll (10), Fran Malinosky (2), Elmer Goletz (3). Fielding: E - Elmer Goletz.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Willie Brosseau did not respond to coaching in arm Chick Serna improves in contact_vs_righty Buddy Barnicle improves in contact_vs_righty Jim Johnson did not respond to coaching in arm Chick Serna did not respond to coaching in CF
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Jerry Brumfield did not respond to coaching in control Sam Capel improves in contact_vs_lefty Hank Harikkala did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Bill Ginter improves in speed Dutch Thomasson did not respond to coaching in SS