Win: Donal Mendez (6-3) Loss: Jason Isringhausen (1-6)
Save: Mark Lukon (24)
Inning: 1 Texas Donal Mendez pitching. Lefty Bancroft strikes out. Pickles Savage grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Mike Frisk pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Jason Isringhausen pitching. Wes Purdin strikes out. Fred Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Mike Barrett strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Quinn Hickey flies out to the right fielder. Rube Loiselle flies out to the right fielder. Dave McCall strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Kiyohito Fujimoto flies out to the left fielder. Matt Helfrich strikes out. Jim Bond flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Frank Brown singles to left field. Bip Tracy singles to center field. Jason Isringhausen fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Jason Isringhausen grounds out to the second baseman. Frank Brown advances to third on the play. Bip Tracy advances to second on the play. Lefty Bancroft strikes out. Pickles Savage strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Pryor Addis strikes out. Andy Sheely strikes out. Donal Mendez grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Mike Frisk grounds out to the third baseman. Quinn Hickey walks. Rube Loiselle singles to right field. Dave McCall walks. Frank Brown lines out to the third baseman. Bip Tracy pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 4 Minnesota Wes Purdin flies out to the left fielder. Fred Walker walks. Mike Barrett singles to center field. Fred Walker advances to third on the hit. Kiyohito Fujimoto strikes out. Matt Helfrich hits an infield single to the second baseman. Fred Walker scores. Jim Bond strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Jason Isringhausen flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Lefty Bancroft grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pickles Savage singles to center field. Mike Frisk pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Pryor Addis singles to left field. Pryor Addis steals second. Andy Sheely doubles to center field. Pryor Addis scores. Donal Mendez lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball and Andy Sheely is thrown out at third. Wes Purdin flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Fred Walker grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Quinn Hickey grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Rube Loiselle lines out to the shortstop. Dave McCall doubles to left field. Frank Brown flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Mike Barrett flies out to the center fielder. Kiyohito Fujimoto flies out to the center fielder. Matt Helfrich grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Bip Tracy singles to center field. Jason Isringhausen lays down a bunt. The catcher fields the ball, Bip Tracy forced out at second (SS covering 2nd). Lefty Bancroft grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Jason Isringhausen is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Pickles Savage grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Lefty Bancroft is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jim Bond grounds out to the second baseman. Pryor Addis singles to left field. Andy Sheely singles to left field. Pryor Addis advances to third on the hit. Donal Mendez flies out to the left fielder. Runner on third tags, Pryor Addis scores. Wes Purdin grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Andy Sheely is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Dale Thacker enters the game as a defensive replacement for Matt Helfrich at LF. Gordon Sheffield enters the game as a defensive replacement for Jim Bond at 2B. Mike Frisk strikes out. Quinn Hickey grounds out to the shortstop. Rube Loiselle flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Fred Walker grounds out to the second baseman. Bill Evans comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Mike Barrett strikes out. Kiyohito Fujimoto singles to center field. Dale Thacker doubles to left field. Kiyohito Fujimoto uses his aggressiveness and scores. Gordon Sheffield grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Dave McCall grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Brown strikes out. Bip Tracy reached on a 2-base throwing error by Gordon Sheffield. John Giggie is pinch hitting for Bill Evans. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. John Giggie doubles to left field. Bip Tracy scores. Mark Lukon comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Lefty Bancroft grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Texas total runners left on base: 9 Minnesota total runners left on base: 5
Game Notes Mike Frisk is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Ralph Beech improves in contact_vs_righty Smoky Brown improves in arm Jeff Neun improves in power_vs_righty Frank Fisher improves in power_vs_lefty
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: D+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Fred Zamloch did not respond to coaching in velocity Tom Watkins improves in range Chris Ritter improves in power_vs_lefty Bob Schultz did not respond to coaching in endurance