Win: Bill Erickson (1-1) Loss: Ralph Handley (1-2)
Save: Cliff Gilham (4)
Inning: 1 Texas Bill Erickson pitching. Joe Johnson singles to left field. Gary Garrison grounds out to the pitcher. Joe Johnson advances to second on the play. Al Barcelo grounds out to the shortstop. Masato Sugimoto walks. Keith Goldy strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Minnesota Ralph Handley pitching. Greg Harrell grounds out to the second baseman. Eric Nicholson grounds out to the second baseman. Johnny Schmidt walks. Johnny Schmidt steals second. Dean Rhodes strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Rod Pashnick singles to center field. Rod Pashnick steals second. Mike Mejia walks. Fernando Theiss flies out to the center fielder. Ralph Handley lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Joe Johnson singles to left field. Rod Pashnick scores. Mike Mejia scores. Gary Garrison flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Ben Gerhardt grounds out to the shortstop. John Ganley singles to center field. Damian Darby singles past the second baseman. Gary Johnson singles to right field. John Ganley scores. Bill Erickson lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Greg Harrell pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Al Barcelo grounds out to the shortstop. Masato Sugimoto strikes out. Keith Goldy strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Eric Nicholson grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Johnny Schmidt flies out to the left fielder. Dean Rhodes flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Rod Pashnick strikes out. Mike Mejia strikes out. Fernando Theiss strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Ben Gerhardt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Ganley doubles to center field. Damian Darby singles to center field. Gary Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, John Ganley scores. Bill Erickson grounds into a force play to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Damian Darby is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Ralph Handley flies out to the center fielder. Joe Johnson grounds out to the second baseman. Gary Garrison flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Greg Harrell grounds out to the pitcher. Eric Nicholson flies out to the right fielder. Johnny Schmidt flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Al Barcelo doubles to center field. Masato Sugimoto flies out to the right fielder. Keith Goldy strikes out. Rod Pashnick pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Dean Rhodes hits a home run. Ben Gerhardt grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). John Ganley pops out to the shortstop. Damian Darby flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Mike Mejia doubles to center field. Fernando Theiss grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Mejia advances to third on the play. Ralph Handley grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Mejia scores. Joe Johnson singles to left field. Gary Garrison grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Gary Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Bill Erickson strikes out. Greg Harrell flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Al Barcelo grounds out to the shortstop. Masato Sugimoto flies out to the left fielder. Keith Goldy grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Eric Nicholson strikes out. Johnny Schmidt reached on a 2-base throwing error by Joe Johnson. Dean Rhodes grounds out to the third baseman. Ben Gerhardt doubles to center field. Johnny Schmidt scores. John Ganley walks. Damian Darby grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas Cliff Gilham comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Rod Pashnick grounds out to the pitcher. Mike Mejia walks. Mike Mejia is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Fernando Theiss singles to center field. George King is pinch hitting for Ralph Handley. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Coveleski is pinch running for Fernando Theiss on 1st base. George King strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners left on base: 6 Minnesota total runners left on base: 6