Win: Ken Perrin (9-6) Loss: Grover Barnes (9-5)
Save: Randy Bathe (19)
Inning: 1 Texas Grover Barnes pitching. Hironori Matsushita flies out to the center fielder. Carl Ortiz grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Houck strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Ken Perrin pitching. Dwight McNally singles to right field. Hugh Iott strikes out. Gino Hill doubles to center field. Dwight McNally uses his aggressiveness and scores. Ron Hartung grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Gino Hill advances to third on the play. Frank Nicholls singles to right field. Gino Hill scores. Eric Santana strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Joe Botz grounds out to the second baseman. Olber Pacheco strikes out. Wagner Hollingsworth pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Juan Karmen flies out to the right fielder. Con Wheeler strikes out. Grover Barnes pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Dave Estes strikes out. Slim Clemons walks. Ken Perrin lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hironori Matsushita hits a home run. Slim Clemons scores. Carl Ortiz hits an infield single to the pitcher. Mike Houck singles to left field. Joe Botz singles to right field. Carl Ortiz scores. Olber Pacheco strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Dwight McNally flies out to the left fielder. Hugh Iott singles to center field. Gino Hill strikes out. Ron Hartung grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hugh Iott is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Wagner Hollingsworth strikes out. Dave Estes singles to right field. Slim Clemons reached on a 2-base throwing error by Dwight McNally. Ken Perrin grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Estes scores. Slim Clemons advances to third on the play. Adrian Lara comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Hironori Matsushita grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Frank Nicholls grounds out to the third baseman. Eric Santana strikes out. Juan Karmen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Carl Ortiz singles to right field. Mike Houck pops out to the shortstop. Joe Botz strikes out. Olber Pacheco grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Con Wheeler singles to center field. Yasufumi Ochiai is pinch hitting for Adrian Lara. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Yasufumi Ochiai grounds out to the second baseman. Con Wheeler advances to second on the play. Dwight McNally flies out to the left fielder. Hugh Iott flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Gus Gates pitching. Wagner Hollingsworth grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Estes grounds out to the shortstop. Slim Clemons flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Gino Hill walks. Ron Hartung strikes out. Frank Nicholls grounds out to the catcher. Gino Hill advances to second on the play. Eric Santana pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Ken Perrin singles to right field. Hironori Matsushita walks. Carl Ortiz strikes out. Mike Houck strikes out. Joe Botz strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Juan Karmen walks. Con Wheeler strikes out. John Kennedy is pinch hitting for Gus Gates. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. John Kennedy grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Jim Tate pitching. Olber Pacheco flies out to the right fielder. Wagner Hollingsworth flies out to the left fielder. Dave Estes grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Dwight McNally singles to left field. Hugh Iott grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dwight McNally advances to second on the play. George Wera comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired and a runner is on at least 2nd. Gino Hill strikes out. Ron Hartung strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Slim Clemons strikes out. Ed Inglett is pinch hitting for George Wera. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Ed Inglett flies out to the right fielder. Hironori Matsushita walks. Harry Robinson comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Carl Ortiz grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Hironori Matsushita is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Randy Bathe pitching. Frank Nicholls grounds out to the shortstop. Eric Santana strikes out. Juan Karmen strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 7 Minnesota total runners LOB: 5
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Rob Mabry did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Tomasic improves in arm Ray Hunter did not respond to coaching in control Rob Mabry did not respond to coaching in velocity
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Lew Searage improves in range Ed Shields did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Taylor did not respond to coaching in range Pat Heving did not respond to coaching in velocity