Win: Mike Bacsik (10-4) Loss: Andy Brunette (6-5)
Save: Bob Miller (29)
Inning: 1 Texas Hal Horton pitching. Gene Clines singles to left field. Juan Beniquez grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Clines advances to second on the play. George Miller pops out to the shortstop. Jim Sundberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Gaylord J. Perry pitching. Bob Encarnacion hits a home run. Bill Dauterive singles to right field. Hiroji Miyaji reached on a 2-base throwing error by Takeshi Kamiguchi. James Pezold pops out to the second baseman. Frank Bragan singles to right field. Bill Dauterive scores. Hiroji Miyaji scores. Rube Erickson walks. Les Williams strikes out. Kevin Konstanty grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Jeff Burroughs strikes out. Mike Hargrove singles to right field. Takeshi Kamiguchi grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Hal Horton strikes out. Bob Encarnacion walks. Bill Dauterive grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Encarnacion advances to second on the play. Hiroji Miyaji walks. James Pezold singles to center field. Bob Encarnacion is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Fin Vinson strikes out. Gaylord J. Perry strikes out. Gene Clines singles to left field. Juan Beniquez singles to center field. Gene Clines advances to third on the hit. George Miller singles past the third baseman. Gene Clines scores. Juan Beniquez advances to third on the hit. Jim Sundberg singles to left field. Juan Beniquez scores. George Miller advances to third on the hit. Jeff Burroughs singles to left field. George Miller scores. Jim Sundberg advances to third on the hit. Mike Hargrove strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Frank Bragan triples. The defense is playing the infield in. Rube Erickson singles to left field. Frank Bragan scores. Steve Hargan comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Les Williams grounds into a 5-4-3 double play - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Kevin Konstanty singles to center field. Hal Horton grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Takeshi Kamiguchi lines out to the second baseman. Fin Vinson walks. Fin Vinson steals second. Steve Hargan singles to left field. Fin Vinson scores. Steve Hargan is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Gene Clines strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bob Encarnacion flies out to the center fielder. Bill Dauterive doubles to center field. Hiroji Miyaji grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Dauterive advances to third on the play. James Pezold grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Juan Beniquez grounds out to the third baseman. George Miller flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Jim Sundberg strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Frank Bragan walks. Rube Erickson grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Les Williams pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Jeff Burroughs strikes out. Mike Hargrove grounds out to the pitcher. Takeshi Kamiguchi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Kevin Konstanty flies out to the right fielder. Hal Smith is pinch hitting for Hal Horton. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Hal Smith flies out to the left fielder. Bob Encarnacion singles to right field. C.C. Sabathia comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Dauterive grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Bob Encarnacion is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Andy Brunette pitching. Tom Grieve is pinch hitting for Fin Vinson. Tom Grieve flies out to the center fielder. Lenny Randle is pinch hitting for C.C. Sabathia. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Lenny Randle grounds out to the pitcher. Gene Clines grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mike Bacsik pitching. Toby Harrah enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tom Grieve at 3B. Hiroji Miyaji grounds out to the third baseman. James Pezold grounds out to the third baseman. Frank Bragan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Juan Beniquez doubles to right field. George Miller singles to right field. Juan Beniquez scores. Patterson Gimlin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. George Miller steals second. Jim Sundberg strikes out. Jeff Burroughs grounds out to the shortstop. Mike Hargrove singles to left field. George Miller scores. Takeshi Kamiguchi singles to center field. Mike Hargrove advances to third on the hit. Toby Harrah strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Rube Erickson singles to center field. Les Williams singles past the third baseman. Rube Erickson advances to third on the hit. Kevin Konstanty strikes out. Tom Witherup is pinch hitting for Patterson Gimlin. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Tom Witherup flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Rube Erickson scores. Les Williams steals second. Bob Encarnacion singles to center field. Les Williams is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Bryce Burtschy pitching. Dave Moates is pinch hitting for Mike Bacsik. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Dave Moates grounds out to the third baseman. Gene Clines singles to left field. Juan Beniquez flies out to the center fielder. George Miller grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Gene Clines is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Minnesota Joe Hoerner pitching. Bill Dauterive strikes out. Hiroji Miyaji grounds out to the third baseman. James Pezold walks. James Pezold steals second. Jim Sundberg throws the ball into center field for an error. Runners advance a base. Frank Bragan grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners LOB: 6 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8
Batting:2B - Juan Beniquez (26).GIDP - Takeshi Kamiguchi. Baserunning: SB - George Miller (32), Fin Vinson (3).CS - Steve Hargan (2). Fielding: E - Jim Sundberg, Takeshi Kamiguchi.
Batting:2B - Bill Dauterive (25).3B - Frank Bragan (6).HR - Bob Encarnacion (18).SF - Tom Witherup.GIDP - Rube Erickson, Les Williams. Baserunning: SB - James Pezold (14), Les Williams (1).
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Danny Thompson improves in speed Greg Pryor improves in arm Tommy W. Boggs did not respond to coaching in endurance Norm Moore did not respond to coaching in endurance Russell Branyan did not respond to coaching in C
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Andy McCracken did not respond to coaching in control Grant Levrault improves in speed Grant Levrault did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Pat Meyer did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Pruitt improves in 1B