Win: John Heredia (1-0) Loss: Dana Housie (0-1)
Save: Ron Ruffing (1)
Inning: 1 Texas Dana Housie pitching. Hal Baker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pidge Garcia singles to right field. Craig George grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Minnesota John Heredia pitching. Carl Bartley grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Marcos Noriega strikes out. Bob Westfield flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Kiko Burnitz strikes out. Bill Hicks flies out to the left fielder. Bob Anderson singles to right field. Rob Young walks. Art Simpson strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Steve Kampouris strikes out. Jose Adams flies out to the right fielder. Rick Ratliff flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas John Heredia singles to center field. Hal Baker singles to center field. John Heredia advances to third on the hit. Pidge Garcia walks. Craig George doubles to center field. John Heredia scores. Hal Baker scores. Pidge Garcia uses his aggressiveness and scores. Kiko Burnitz flies out to the center fielder. Bill Hicks strikes out. Bob Anderson walks. Rob Young walks. Art Simpson singles to left field. Craig George scores. Bob Anderson scores. Orval Cotter comes in from the bullpen to pitch. John Heredia singles to left field. Rob Young scores. Art Simpson advances to third on the hit. Hal Baker flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Minnesota Paul Bench flies out to the right fielder. Ed Demeter strikes out. Orval Cotter grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Pidge Garcia singles to center field. Craig George strikes out. Kiko Burnitz grounds out to the third baseman. Pidge Garcia advances to second on the play. Bill Hicks flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Carl Bartley strikes out. Marcos Noriega grounds out to the third baseman. Bob Westfield singles to right field. Bob Westfield steals second. Steve Kampouris grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Bob Anderson walks. Rob Young walks. Art Simpson strikes out. John Heredia lays a bunt down the third base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Hal Baker flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 5 Minnesota Jose Adams grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Ratliff grounds out to the second baseman. Paul Bench flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Pidge Garcia grounds out to the third baseman. Craig George grounds out to the third baseman. Kiko Burnitz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ed Demeter singles to center field. Orval Cotter lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Carl Bartley singles to center field. Ed Demeter scores. Marcos Noriega flies out to the left fielder. Bob Westfield strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Bill Hicks walks. Bob Anderson strikes out. Rob Young strikes out. George Linebrink comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the stamina rule which states a RP should be immediately pulled when tired. Art Simpson singles to left field. Bill Hicks advances to third on the hit. John Heredia grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Steve Kampouris flies out to the left fielder. Jose Adams grounds out to the second baseman. Rick Ratliff strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Hal Baker grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Pidge Garcia pops out to the third baseman. Craig George strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Paul Bench pops out to the second baseman. Ed Demeter grounds out to the shortstop. Ernesto Lalana is pinch hitting for George Linebrink. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 7 inning. Ernesto Lalana strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Texas Chico Bluege pitching. Kiko Burnitz strikes out. Bill Hicks flies out to the left fielder. Bob Anderson strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Carl Bartley walks. Marcos Noriega walks. Bob Westfield singles to left field. Carl Bartley scores. Ron Ruffing comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Steve Kampouris doubles to center field. Marcos Noriega scores. Bob Westfield uses his aggressiveness and scores. Jose Adams singles to center field. Steve Kampouris scores. Rick Ratliff grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Paul Bench grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Texas total runners LOB: 9 Minnesota total runners LOB: 2
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Bill Caton improves in contact_vs_lefty Don Barnowski improves in range Bill Caton improves in contact_vs_lefty Connie Mahoney did not respond to coaching in velocity
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Tomotaka Ishimoto did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Sumpter Blaylock improves in power_vs_righty Dusty White did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Eddie Gotay improves in speed Butch Aylesward improves in 3B