Inning: 1 Minnesota Rich Ramsey pitching. Dwight McNally triples. Hugh Iott flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Dwight McNally scores. Gino Hill singles to center field. Marty Caulfield grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Grover Barnes pitching. Hironori Matsushita walks. Hironori Matsushita steals second. Carl Ortiz grounds out to the second baseman. Hironori Matsushita advances to third on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Mike Houck strikes out. Ed Inglett reached on a fielding error by Gino Hill. Hironori Matsushita scores. Phil Osborn strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Shawn Rensa grounds out to the pitcher. Yasufumi Ochiai strikes out. Eric Santana flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Wagner Hollingsworth flies out to the left fielder. Olber Pacheco grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Estes strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Charlie Hunt hits a home run. Grover Barnes strikes out. Dwight McNally grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Hugh Iott strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Rich Ramsey flies out to the left fielder. Hironori Matsushita grounds out to the second baseman. Carl Ortiz singles to left field. Mike Houck singles to left field. Carl Ortiz is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Gino Hill strikes out. Marty Caulfield walks. Shawn Rensa strikes out. Marty Caulfield gets picked off first. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Ed Inglett flies out to the left fielder. Phil Osborn strikes out. Wagner Hollingsworth singles to right field. Olber Pacheco strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Yasufumi Ochiai flies out to the center fielder. Eric Santana singles to left field. Charlie Hunt singles to center field. Grover Barnes lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Dwight McNally grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Dave Estes grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Rich Ramsey flies out to the right fielder. Hironori Matsushita strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Hugh Iott singles to left field. Gino Hill pops out to the third baseman. Marty Caulfield strikes out. Hugh Iott steals second. Shawn Rensa grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Carl Ortiz walks. Mike Houck bunts for a base hit. Ed Inglett grounds out to the shortstop. Carl Ortiz advances to third on the play. Mike Houck advances to second on the play. The defense is playing the infield in. Phil Osborn doubles to right field. Carl Ortiz scores. Mike Houck scores. Wagner Hollingsworth singles to left field. Phil Osborn scores. Olber Pacheco flies out to the right fielder. Dave Estes grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Wagner Hollingsworth is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Yasufumi Ochiai pops out to the shortstop. Eric Santana flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Hunt grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Rich Ramsey flies out to the center fielder. Hironori Matsushita singles past the first baseman. Carl Ortiz grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Hironori Matsushita is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Mike Houck hits a home run. Carl Ortiz scores. Swede Cheney comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ed Inglett singles to right field. Phil Osborn grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Johnny Brant enters the game as a defensive replacement for Phil Osborn at 3B. Con Wheeler is pinch hitting for Swede Cheney. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Con Wheeler flies out to the right fielder. Dwight McNally grounds out to the pitcher. Hugh Iott singles to center field. Gino Hill singles past the first baseman. Hugh Iott advances to third on the hit. Ray McGuire 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. Marty Caulfield lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Pat Ricketts pitching. Wagner Hollingsworth strikes out. Olber Pacheco walks. Dave Estes singles in front of the right fielder. Olber Pacheco is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Ray McGuire singles to right field. Dave Estes is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Shawn Rensa walks. Yasufumi Ochiai walks. Randy Bathe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Eric Santana strikes out. Charlie Hunt pops out to the second baseman. Jim Taylor is pinch hitting for Pat Ricketts. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Taylor bunts for a base hit. Dwight McNally walks. Shawn Rensa scores. Hugh Iott strikes out. Runners left on base: 3 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8 Texas total runners left on base: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bob Everitt improves in control Jose Walker improves in range Ed Shields did not respond to coaching in control Ed Shields did not respond to coaching in control
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Bob Acosta did not respond to coaching in arm Jim Tomasic improves in contact_vs_lefty Yasuharu Kita did not respond to coaching in control Clem Brandenburg did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty