Win: Adrian Lara (1-0) Loss: Doc Correia (0-1)
Save: Pat Ricketts (1)
Inning: 1 Texas Al Hulen pitching. Carl Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Hironori Matsushita walks. Joe Botz grounds out to the shortstop. Hironori Matsushita advances to second on the play. Ed Inglett flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Doc Correia pitching. Dwight McNally walks. Hugh Iott walks. Marty Caulfield grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Dwight McNally is out at third base. Eric Santana doubles to right field. Hugh Iott scores. Marty Caulfield uses his aggressiveness and scores. Shawn Rensa grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Santana advances to third on the play. Gino Hill walks. Yasufumi Ochiai grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Slim Clemons doubles to right field. Olber Pacheco triples. Slim Clemons scores. The defense is playing the infield in. Johnny Brant walks. The defense is playing the infield in. Dave Estes doubles to center field. Olber Pacheco scores. Johnny Brant uses his aggressiveness and scores. Doc Correia lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Carl Ortiz singles to center field. Dave Estes scores. Adrian Lara comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hironori Matsushita pops out to the first baseman. Joe Botz strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Frank Nicholls singles to center field. Adrian Lara fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Adrian Lara singles to left field. Frank Nicholls advances to third on the hit. Dwight McNally singles to center field. Frank Nicholls scores. Adrian Lara advances to third on the hit. Hugh Iott singles to center field. Adrian Lara scores. Dwight McNally advances to third on the hit. Randy Bathe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Marty Caulfield grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Dwight McNally scores. Eric Santana grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Ed Inglett flies out to the center fielder. Slim Clemons pops out to the second baseman. Olber Pacheco grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Shawn Rensa flies out to the right fielder. Gino Hill singles to right field. Yasufumi Ochiai singles to left field. Gino Hill advances to third on the hit. Frank Nicholls singles to center field. Gino Hill scores. Yasufumi Ochiai advances to third on the hit. Ray McGuire comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Adrian Lara strikes out. Dwight McNally grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Johnny Brant grounds out to the third baseman. Dave Estes strikes out. Ray McGuire walks. Carl Ortiz singles to left field. Hironori Matsushita singles to left field. Joe Botz strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Minnesota Hugh Iott flies out to the center fielder. Marty Caulfield doubles to center field. Eric Santana grounds out to the second baseman. Marty Caulfield advances to third on the play. Shawn Rensa strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Ed Inglett strikes out. Slim Clemons grounds out to the third baseman. Olber Pacheco strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Gino Hill strikes out. Yasufumi Ochiai grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Nicholls singles past the shortstop. Ron Hartung is pinch hitting for Adrian Lara. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Ron Hartung walks. Dwight McNally walks. Whitey Adams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hugh Iott grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Texas Gus Gates pitching. Johnny Brant strikes out. Dave Estes grounds out to the shortstop. Whitey Adams strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Marty Caulfield walks. Eric Santana flies out to the right fielder. Shawn Rensa grounds out to the shortstop. Marty Caulfield advances to second on the play. Gino Hill flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Carl Ortiz singles to center field. Hironori Matsushita grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Carl Ortiz is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Joe Botz grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Hironori Matsushita is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Ed Inglett lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Yasufumi Ochiai singles to center field. Frank Nicholls singles to right field. Yasufumi Ochiai advances to third on the hit. Con Wheeler is pinch hitting for Gus Gates. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Con Wheeler grounds out to the second baseman. Yasufumi Ochiai scores. Frank Nicholls advances to second on the play. Dwight McNally strikes out. Hugh Iott lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Jim Tate pitching. Slim Clemons singles to center field. Olber Pacheco grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Slim Clemons is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Mike Houck is pinch hitting for Johnny Brant. Mike Houck grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Olber Pacheco advances to second on the play. Dave Estes grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Wagner Hollingsworth enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mike Houck at 2B. Marty Caulfield flies out to the left fielder. Eric Santana grounds out to the second baseman. Shawn Rensa grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Pat Ricketts comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Whitey Adams grounds out to the third baseman. Carl Ortiz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Hironori Matsushita lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 7 Minnesota total runners left on base: 10
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Clem Brandenburg did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Rick Aulds did not respond to coaching in endurance Yasuharu Kita did not respond to coaching in velocity Ray Hunter did not respond to coaching in velocity
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Tim Besana did not respond to coaching in velocity Swede Cheney did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Quinn improves in control Ed Quinn did not respond to coaching in endurance