Win: Sam Wilber (3-5) Loss: Fred Albury (3-6)
Save: Jay Garcia (48)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Rennie Zimmerman pitching. Pep Persnickety grounds out to the third baseman. Mul Wells flies out to the center fielder. Al Garr pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas John Davis pitching. Lance Bross walks. Lance Bross steals second. Bob Locke grounds out to the pitcher. Bill Stottlemeyer singles to left field. Lance Bross scores. Bill Stottlemeyer is out trying to steal second (SS covering 2nd). Ricky LaFleur strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Minnesota Wes Chester grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Beau Knerr strikes out. Nels Montreuil pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Mikey Jacob grounds out to the pitcher. Frank Lowrance strikes out. Tony Lewis grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Ramon Rodas singles to center field. Jim Darwin grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. John Davis flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Ed Ryan strikes out. Rennie Zimmerman flies out to the center fielder. Lance Bross doubles to right field. Bob Locke walks. Bill Stottlemeyer grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Minnesota Pep Persnickety grounds out to the third baseman. Mul Wells strikes out. Al Garr walks. Wes Chester grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Ricky LaFleur grounds out to the pitcher. Mikey Jacob flies out to the center fielder. Frank Lowrance flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Beau Knerr flies out to the right fielder. Nels Montreuil singles to center field. Ramon Rodas flies out to the left fielder. Jim Darwin walks. John Davis strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Tony Lewis pops out to the second baseman. Ed Ryan singles to left field. Rennie Zimmerman fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Rennie Zimmerman is hit by a pitch. Lance Bross singles to center field. Ed Ryan scores. Bob Locke doubles to right field. Rennie Zimmerman scores. Lance Bross uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Stottlemeyer grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Locke advances to third on the play. Fred Albury comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Ricky LaFleur walks. Mikey Jacob strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Pep Persnickety singles to right field. Mul Wells doubles to right field. Pep Persnickety uses his aggressiveness and scores. Al Garr singles to left field. Mul Wells scores. Wes Chester singles to center field. Al Garr advances to third on the hit. Beau Knerr singles to right field. Al Garr scores. Wes Chester advances to third on the hit. Nels Montreuil strikes out. Ramon Rodas singles to right field. Wes Chester scores. Beau Knerr advances to third on the hit. Mike Wolff comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Ramon Rodas steals second. Jim Darwin grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Beau Knerr scores. Ramon Rodas advances to third on the play. Fred Albury flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Frank Lowrance flies out to the right fielder. Tony Lewis singles to left field. Ed Ryan grounds into a force play to the pitcher. Tony Lewis is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. George Uhlaender is pinch hitting for Mike Wolff. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. George Uhlaender grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Sam Wilber pitching. Pep Persnickety strikes out. Mul Wells grounds out to the pitcher. Al Garr grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Lance Bross singles to left field. Bob Locke hits a home run. Lance Bross scores. Brian Tompkins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Bill Stottlemeyer singles to center field. Ricky LaFleur singles to left field. Bill Stottlemeyer advances to third on the hit. Mikey Jacob strikes out. Frank Lowrance singles to left field. Bill Stottlemeyer scores. Ricky LaFleur advances to third on the hit. Rich Magnante comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Tony Lewis grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Ricky LaFleur scores. Frank Lowrance advances to second on the play. Ed Ryan pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Wes Chester doubles to left field. Beau Knerr grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Wes Chester advances to third on the play. Nels Montreuil strikes out. Ramon Rodas strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Bill Lafleur is pinch hitting for Sam Wilber. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Bill Lafleur singles to center field. Bill Lafleur steals second. Lance Bross pops out to the second baseman. Bob Locke grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Bill Lafleur advances to third on the play. Bill Stottlemeyer walks. Ricky LaFleur grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Jay Garcia pitching. Jim Darwin singles in front of the center fielder. Merritt Hancock is pinch hitting for Rich Magnante. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Merritt Hancock grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Pep Persnickety singles to center field. Mul Wells walks. Al Garr pops out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Minnesota total runners left on base: 7 Texas total runners left on base: 8
Game Notes Rich Magnante is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Mike Fink improves in range Frank Wambsganss improves in power_vs_lefty Jerry Coleman did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty Eddie Mayo did not respond to coaching in control Dick Sessi did not respond to coaching in 3B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Elmer Deininger did not respond to coaching in control Joe Tracy improves in endurance Nate Piniella did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Jim Meier improves in control Hal Robinson improves in LF