Win: Clem Murcer (1-1) Loss: Eddie Mulligan (1-3)
Save: Mark Lukon (8)
Inning: 1 Texas Donal Mendez pitching. Lefty Bancroft grounds out to the second baseman. Steve Dettmer grounds out to the second baseman. Pickles Savage singles to center field. Mike Frisk grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Pickles Savage is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Minnesota Eddie Mulligan pitching. Sammy Perticia strikes out. Fred Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Kiyohito Fujimoto grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Quinn Hickey grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rube Loiselle strikes out. Frank Brown grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Matt Helfrich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Mike Barrett strikes out. Dale Thacker lines out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Mike Briggs strikes out. Eddie Mulligan singles to center field. Lefty Bancroft strikes out. Steve Dettmer singles to left field. Eddie Mulligan advances to third on the hit. Pickles Savage singles to center field. Eddie Mulligan scores. Steve Dettmer advances to third on the hit. Mike Frisk pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Pryor Addis flies out to the center fielder. Barney Martinez flies out to the center fielder. Donal Mendez strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Quinn Hickey walks. Rube Loiselle flies out to the center fielder. Quinn Hickey is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Frank Brown singles to right field. Mike Briggs grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Frank Brown is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Sammy Perticia grounds out to the third baseman. Fred Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Kiyohito Fujimoto walks. Matt Helfrich pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Eddie Mulligan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Lefty Bancroft flies out to the center fielder. Steve Dettmer flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Mike Barrett flies out to the left fielder. Dale Thacker strikes out. Pryor Addis grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Pickles Savage singles to center field. Mike Frisk walks. Quinn Hickey flies out to the right fielder. Rube Loiselle strikes out. Frank Brown flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Barney Martinez grounds out to the third baseman. Donal Mendez singles to left field. Sammy Perticia singles to right field. Fred Walker singles past the first baseman. Donal Mendez scores. Sammy Perticia advances to third on the hit. Kiyohito Fujimoto grounds out to the second baseman. Sammy Perticia scores. Fred Walker advances to second on the play. Matt Helfrich grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Mike Briggs hits an infield single to the third baseman. Eddie Mulligan lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Lefty Bancroft flies out to the center fielder. Steve Dettmer grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Mike Barrett pops out to the shortstop. Dale Thacker flies out to the left fielder. Pryor Addis strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Pickles Savage singles to right field. Pickles Savage steals second. Mike Frisk flies out to the center fielder. Quinn Hickey grounds out to the shortstop. Rube Loiselle singles to center field. Pickles Savage scores. Frank Brown singles to center field. Rube Loiselle advances to third on the hit. Clem Murcer comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Briggs strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Minnesota Barney Martinez pops out to the third baseman. Jim Bond is pinch hitting for Clem Murcer. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Jim Bond singles past the second baseman. Marty Brower 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 1st. Sammy Perticia walks. Fred Walker grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Sammy Perticia is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Kiyohito Fujimoto doubles past the center fielder. Jim Bond scores. Matt Helfrich strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas Mark Lukon pitching. John Giggie is pinch hitting for Marty Brower. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Giggie flies out to the left fielder. Lefty Bancroft pops out to the first baseman. Steve Dettmer grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners left on base: 9 Minnesota total runners left on base: 4
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Billy Eilers improves in power_vs_righty Jesse Crawford improves in velocity Robin Riesgo did not respond to coaching in velocity Craig Cipriani did not respond to coaching in speed
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Fred Shirley did not respond to coaching in control Roy Ellis improves in contact_vs_righty Fred Zamloch improves in control Jeff Kirby did not respond to coaching in velocity