Inning: 1 Texas Steve Jones pitching. Fred Hastings pops out to the second baseman. Pete Hobbs strikes out. Geoff Donovan strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota Luther Kuhn pitching. Bruce McCauley strikes out. Joe Yingling strikes out. Bobby Poffenberger strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Ramon James walks. Mike Henley singles to center field. Lonnie Nichols walks. Harvey Jones singles to center field. Ramon James scores. Mike Henley scores. Jim Gharrity pops out to the shortstop. Luther Kuhn lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Hastings singles to center field. Lonnie Nichols scores. Pete Hobbs grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Kevin Shetrone grounds out to the third baseman. Brooks Denny pops out to the catcher. Pat Osborn flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Geoff Donovan walks. Ramon James flies out to the left fielder. Mike Henley grounds into a force play to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Geoff Donovan is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Lonnie Nichols singles past the third baseman. Harvey Jones flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Julio Frazier grounds out to the third baseman. Bruce Johnson pops out to the second baseman. Steve Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Jim Gharrity flies out to the center fielder. Luther Kuhn flies out to the left fielder. Fred Hastings singles to center field. Pete Hobbs grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Fred Hastings is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Bruce McCauley singles to center field. Joe Yingling singles to center field. Bruce McCauley advances to third on the hit. Bobby Poffenberger singles to left field. Bruce McCauley scores. Kevin Shetrone flies out to the right fielder. Brooks Denny reached on a fielding error by Fred Hastings. Pat Osborn flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Joe Yingling is thrown out at the plate. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Texas Geoff Donovan grounds out to the third baseman. Ramon James triples. Mike Henley strikes out. Lonnie Nichols flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Minnesota Julio Frazier walks. Bruce Johnson strikes out. Steve Jones lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Bruce McCauley singles to left field. Joe Yingling walks. Bobby Poffenberger singles to right field. Julio Frazier scores. Bruce McCauley scores. Joe Yingling advances to third on the hit. Kevin Shetrone singles to center field. Joe Yingling scores. Brooks Denny flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Harvey Jones grounds out to the third baseman. Jim Gharrity walks. Luther Kuhn lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Fred Hastings bunts for a base hit. Pete Hobbs doubles to center field. Jim Gharrity scores. Fred Hastings uses his aggressiveness and scores. Adam Twelve comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Geoff Donovan flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Pat Osborn lines out to the second baseman. Julio Frazier flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Bruce Johnson singles to center field. Adam Twelve pops out to the catcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Ramon James is hit by a pitch. Mike Henley strikes out. Mike Gibson is pinch hitting for Lonnie Nichols. Mike Gibson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Ramon James is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Jimmy Watson is pinch hitting for Harvey Jones. Jimmy Watson grounds into a force play to the shortstop. Mike Gibson is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Jim Usher enters the game as a defensive replacement for Mike Gibson at LF. Bruce McCauley walks. Harry Bennett comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Joe Yingling grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Bobby Poffenberger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Jim Gharrity grounds out to the pitcher. Stan Baker is pinch hitting for Harry Bennett. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. Stan Baker grounds out to the shortstop. Fred Hastings doubles to left field. Pete Hobbs singles to right field. Fred Hastings scores. Kiki Baldwin comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Relief Pitchers stats. Pete Hobbs steals second. Geoff Donovan singles past the second baseman. Pete Hobbs scores. Ramon James doubles to right field. Geoff Donovan uses his aggressiveness and scores. Mike Henley singles to center field. Steve Hendley comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Mike Henley is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Pete Taylor pitching. Kevin Shetrone singles to center field. Kevin Shetrone steals second. Brooks Denny strikes out. Pat Osborn grounds out to the second baseman. Kevin Shetrone advances to third on the play. Julio Frazier flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Jim Usher singles to right field. Jimmy Watson singles to right field. Jim Usher advances to third on the hit. Jim Gharrity grounds out to the third baseman. Jimmy Watson advances to second on the play. John Anderson is pinch hitting for Pete Taylor. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 6 inning. John Anderson flies out to the center fielder. Runner on third tags, Jim Usher scores. Fred Hastings reached on a fielding error by Steve Hendley. Pete Hobbs singles to right field. Jimmy Watson scores. Geoff Donovan grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Al Cardenas pitching. Bruce Johnson grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Roy Smith is pinch hitting for Steve Hendley. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Roy Smith walks. Roy Smith steals second. Bruce McCauley singles to center field. Roy Smith scores. Joe Yingling strikes out. Bruce McCauley is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 11 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6
Batting:2B - Fred Hastings (1), Pete Hobbs (1), Ramon James (3).3B - Ramon James (1).SF - John Anderson.HBP - Ramon James (1). Baserunning: SB - Pete Hobbs (2).CS - Mike Henley (1). Fielding: E - Fred Hastings.
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: A+ Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Randy Molina did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Sugden did not respond to coaching in velocity Carl Corcoran did not respond to coaching in control Floyd Pawelek did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Floyd Pawelek did not respond to coaching in arm Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance. Floyd Pawelek did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Del Morgan did not respond to coaching in arm Roger Bayless did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Too few players in the minors, Missed Improvement Chance.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: A+ RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: A+ Improvements: Jeff Walker did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty French Cruller did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Roy Batten did not respond to coaching in speed Dad Morgan did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_righty Isao Nioka did not respond to coaching in power_vs_lefty George Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Rube Smith did not respond to coaching in velocity Eddie Warstler did not respond to coaching in endurance Bill Masters did not respond to coaching in arm Mike Hammer improves in velocity Bob Parsons did not respond to coaching in 2B