Win: Bob Everitt (7-7) Loss: Eric Anderson (10-6)
Save: Swede Cheney (11)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Eric Anderson pitching. Jose Walker strikes out. Andy Wilkins grounds out to the pitcher. Dutch Dashner grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 1 Texas Bob Everitt pitching. Jug Peete flies out to the left fielder. Mike Good singles to center field. Mike Good steals second. Mike Good steals third. The defense is playing the infield in. Shawn Rensa singles to right field. Mike Good scores. Dave Estes grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Shawn Rensa is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Tom Sanders flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Blake Cummings grounds out to the third baseman. Mickey Retzer grounds out to the third baseman. Charlie Hunt strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Rosco Valenzuela strikes out. Bob Justice strikes out. Justin Cadaret flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Minnesota Mike Farr singles to left field. Juan Karmen walks. Bob Everitt fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Bob Everitt flies out to the center fielder - great play by the center fielder to prevent a double! Jose Walker walks. Andy Wilkins flies out to the center fielder. Dutch Dashner singles to right field. Mike Farr scores. Juan Karmen scores. Jose Walker advances to third on the hit. Blake Cummings singles to right field. Jose Walker scores. Dutch Dashner advances to third on the hit. Mickey Retzer singles to right field. Dutch Dashner scores. Hank Cole comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Charlie Hunt grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 3 Texas Hank Cole flies out to the right fielder. Jug Peete strikes out. Mike Good flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Minnesota Mike Farr strikes out. Juan Karmen grounds out to the second baseman. Bob Everitt singles to right field. Jose Walker walks. Andy Wilkins strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Texas Shawn Rensa strikes out. Dave Estes strikes out. Tom Sanders strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Dutch Dashner strikes out. Blake Cummings grounds out to the third baseman. Mickey Retzer strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Rosco Valenzuela grounds out to the shortstop. Bob Justice triples. Justin Cadaret walks. Hank Cole strikes out. Jug Peete grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Minnesota Charlie Hunt strikes out. Mike Farr grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Juan Karmen grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Mike Good flies out to the right fielder - great play by the right fielder to prevent a double! Shawn Rensa strikes out. Dave Estes walks. Tom Sanders flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Minnesota Bob Everitt grounds out to the pitcher. Jose Walker hits an infield single to the pitcher. Andy Wilkins strikes out. Dutch Dashner strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 7 Texas Rosco Valenzuela flies out to the center fielder. Bob Justice strikes out. Justin Cadaret walks. Bronson Thompson is pinch hitting for Hank Cole. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Bronson Thompson strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Julio Smith pitching. Blake Cummings grounds out to the shortstop. Mickey Retzer singles to right field. Charlie Hunt lines out to the shortstop. Mike Farr walks. Juan Karmen grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Ed Shields comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of the certain circumstances stamina rule for Starting Pitchers stats. Jug Peete strikes out. Mike Good walks. Shawn Rensa hits an infield single to the third baseman. Dave Estes flies out to the left fielder. Tom Sanders singles to right field. Mike Good scores. Shawn Rensa advances to third on the hit. Rosco Valenzuela singles past the shortstop. Shawn Rensa scores. Tom Sanders advances to third on the hit. Bob Justice strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 9 Minnesota Mike Snell is pinch hitting for Ed Shields. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 4 inning. Mike Snell hits a home run. Whitey Adams comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Jose Walker strikes out. Andy Wilkins doubles to left field. Dutch Dashner pops out to the second baseman. Blake Cummings strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Swede Cheney pitching. Justin Cadaret grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Jim Tomasic is pinch hitting for Whitey Adams. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Jim Tomasic grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Jug Peete grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Minnesota total runners LOB: 8 Texas total runners LOB: 7
Game Notes Julio Smith is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Al Bell did not respond to coaching in arm Billy Stevens improves in range Mike Owens did not respond to coaching in velocity Mike Meinke improves in power_vs_righty Al Bell did not respond to coaching in C
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B Improvements: Pug Blue did not respond to coaching in control Bobby Scudder improves in speed Mark Armstrong did not respond to coaching in velocity Paul Rodriguez did not respond to coaching in endurance