Win: Sammy Tate (9-9) Loss: Al Appleton (16-5)
Save: David Trice (20)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Al Appleton pitching. Dennis Yan walks. Glenn McAuley pops out to the first baseman. Merlin Kline singles past the second baseman. Dennis Yan advances to third on the hit. Monte Karger flies out to the center fielder. Joe Miranda flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Texas Sammy Tate pitching. Hal Fuller singles to center field. Tommy Williams pops out to the second baseman. Joel Rogge grounds into a force play to the first baseman. Hal Fuller is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Alex Malinosky strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Buddy Danerdo singles to right field. Jerry Baney walks. Sam Downs walks. Sammy Tate strikes out. Dennis Yan grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Buddy Danerdo scores. Jerry Baney advances to third on the play. Sam Downs advances to second on the play. Glenn McAuley singles to center field. Jerry Baney scores. Sam Downs scores. Merlin Kline singles to right field. Monte Karger grounds into a force play to the first baseman - great play by the first baseman to prevent a single! Merlin Kline is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Texas Motoo Wakisaka strikes out. Archie Werth strikes out. Tom Kisinger flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Joe Miranda strikes out. Buddy Danerdo grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Baney flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Jesse Shelby strikes out. Al Appleton strikes out. Hal Fuller flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Sam Downs reached on a 2-base fielding error by Hal Fuller. Sammy Tate lays down a bunt. The first baseman fields the ball and Sam Downs is thrown out at third. Dennis Yan singles to center field. Glenn McAuley strikes out. Merlin Kline flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Tommy Williams flies out to the center fielder. Joel Rogge walks. Alex Malinosky singles to right field. Joel Rogge advances to third on the hit. Motoo Wakisaka singles to right field. Joel Rogge scores. Archie Werth pops out to the second baseman. Tom Kisinger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Monte Karger singles to right field. Joe Miranda singles to left field. Monte Karger advances to third on the hit. Buddy Danerdo strikes out. Jerry Baney flies out to the center fielder. Sam Downs hits a home run. Monte Karger scores. Joe Miranda scores. Ira Sanchez comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sammy Tate strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Jesse Shelby walks. Ira Sanchez pops up a bunt to the pitcher. Hal Fuller doubles to right field. Jesse Shelby is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Tommy Williams strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Minnesota Dennis Yan grounds out to the second baseman. Glenn McAuley walks. Merlin Kline singles to right field. Monte Karger grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Glenn McAuley advances to third on the play. Merlin Kline advances to second on the play. Joe Miranda grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Joel Rogge strikes out. Alex Malinosky pops out to the shortstop. Motoo Wakisaka grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Buddy Danerdo grounds out to the second baseman. Jerry Baney grounds out to the third baseman. Sam Downs pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Archie Werth flies out to the center fielder. Tom Kisinger triples. Jesse Shelby strikes out. Ira Sanchez flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Jeff Marshall is pinch hitting for Sammy Tate. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states SP should be immediately pulled when tired. Jeff Marshall grounds out to the second baseman. Dennis Yan doubles to left field. Glenn McAuley walks. Merlin Kline flies out to the right fielder. Monte Karger walks. Joe Miranda flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 8 Texas Doc Goodwin pitching. Hal Fuller doubles to left field. Joe Lowdermilk is pinch hitting for Tommy Williams. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Joe Lowdermilk grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Joel Rogge hits a home run. Hal Fuller scores. David Trice comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Alex Malinosky pops out to the second baseman. Motoo Wakisaka strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Buddy Danerdo singles past the third baseman. Jerry Baney walks. Sam Downs grounds out to the third baseman. Buddy Danerdo advances to third on the play. Jerry Baney advances to second on the play. David Trice strikes out. Dennis Yan pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Texas Archie Werth doubles to center field. Tom Kisinger singles to right field. Archie Werth scores. Jesse Shelby grounds out to the third baseman. Tom Kisinger advances to second on the play. Harry Malone is pinch hitting for Ira Sanchez. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Harry Malone strikes out. Hal Fuller doubles to right field. Tom Kisinger scores. Joe Lowdermilk grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 13 Texas total runners LOB: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: A- Improvements: Bill Lown did not respond to coaching in control Ossie Ross improves in power_vs_lefty Don Moses did not respond to coaching in control Red Ozmer did not respond to coaching in velocity
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Radford Elderberry did not respond to coaching in velocity Bill Richardson did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Andy Brown did not respond to coaching in velocity Jim Tabaka improves in velocity David Collins did not respond to coaching in 3B