Win: Swede Kruger (17-10) Loss: Julio Nichols (14-10)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Swede Kruger pitching. Yasuji Nogami lines out to the pitcher. Keith Goldy hits an infield single to the shortstop. Keith Goldy is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Monte Kelsey pops out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Julio Nichols pitching. Rube Leach grounds out to the second baseman. Al Barcelo grounds out to the shortstop. Coaker Duffalo singles to right field. Dave Pactwa lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Frank Fabrique singles to center field. George King strikes out. Frank Fabrique steals second. Manabu Yamaguchi walks. Damian Darby strikes out. Greg Harrell walks. Julio Nichols flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 2 Texas Rod Pashnick doubles to center field. Tito Wilson doubles to center field. Rod Pashnick scores. Fernando Theiss grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Tito Wilson advances to third on the play. Futoshi Date bunts for a base hit. Tito Wilson scores. Futoshi Date steals second. Swede Kruger singles to center field. Futoshi Date scores. Rube Leach grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Yasuji Nogami flies out to the right fielder. Keith Goldy flies out to the right fielder. Monte Kelsey singles to right field. Frank Fabrique reached on a fielding error by Rube Leach. George King singles to center field. Monte Kelsey is thrown out at the plate by the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Texas Al Barcelo grounds out to the third baseman. Coaker Duffalo doubles to center field. Dave Pactwa doubles to left field. Coaker Duffalo scores. Rod Pashnick grounds out to the second baseman. Dave Pactwa advances to third on the play. Tito Wilson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Manabu Yamaguchi walks. Damian Darby grounds into a 3-6-3 double play. Greg Harrell grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Fernando Theiss strikes out. Futoshi Date lines out to the shortstop. Swede Kruger grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Julio Nichols flies out to the center fielder. Yasuji Nogami flies out to the right fielder. Keith Goldy reached on a 2-base throwing error by Al Barcelo. Monte Kelsey lines out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Rube Leach walks. Al Barcelo doubles to left field. Coaker Duffalo flies out to the right fielder. Runner on third tags, Rube Leach scores. Dave Pactwa singles to right field. Al Barcelo scores. Rod Pashnick grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Dave Pactwa advances to second on the play. Tito Wilson reached on a fielding error by Manabu Yamaguchi. Fernando Theiss hits an infield single to the second baseman. Dave Pactwa scores. Futoshi Date singles to left field. Swede Kruger flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 6 Minnesota Frank Fabrique singles to left field. George King grounds out to the shortstop. Frank Fabrique advances to second on the play. Manabu Yamaguchi grounds out to the third baseman. Damian Darby strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Texas Rube Leach grounds out to the shortstop. Al Barcelo flies out to the right fielder. Coaker Duffalo walks. Dave Pactwa singles to right field. Coaker Duffalo advances to third on the hit. Rod Pashnick strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Greg Harrell walks. John Ganley is pinch hitting for Julio Nichols. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. John Ganley strikes out. Yasuji Nogami singles to right field. Greg Harrell is thrown out trying to advance to third by the right fielder. Walter Moseby is pinch hitting for Keith Goldy. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Walter Moseby flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Ken Pearce pitching. Tito Wilson doubles to center field. Fernando Theiss singles to left field. Tito Wilson scores. Futoshi Date singles to right field. Fernando Theiss advances to third on the hit. Swede Kruger grounds into a 6-4-3 double play. Fernando Theiss scores. Rube Leach grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Monte Kelsey strikes out. Frank Fabrique flies out to the center fielder. George King grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Texas Al Barcelo grounds out to the third baseman. Coaker Duffalo singles to left field. Dave Pactwa singles to left field. Coaker Duffalo advances to third on the hit. Rod Pashnick flies out to the left fielder. Tito Wilson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Cowboy Fisher 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. Kenta Shinohara is pinch hitting for Manabu Yamaguchi. Pinch hitting to get a younger player some at bats. Kenta Shinohara grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Damian Darby reached on a 2-base throwing error by Al Barcelo. Greg Harrell grounds out to the second baseman. Damian Darby advances to third on the play. Eddie Barnes is pinch hitting for Ken Pearce. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Eddie Barnes grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 8 Texas total runners left on base: 9