Win: Ray Burdette (1-2) Loss: Bobby Charleston (0-2)
Save: Joe Phillips (3)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Scat Bucha pitching. Walt Gilbert grounds out to the shortstop. Yoshihiro Numata grounds out to the third baseman. Doc Sprite singles to center field. Sammy Fitzgerald flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Ray Burdette pitching. Heathcliff Tracewski pops out to the pitcher. Gary Edwards walks. Alex Johnson walks. Joe Stallcup strikes out. Matt Koback strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 2 Minnesota Willie McCabe pops out to the first baseman. Tex Cruz flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Eddie Greenberg grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Texas Akihiko Adachi hits a home run. Toby Starr singles to left field. Lena Aguayo singles to left field. Scat Bucha lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Heathcliff Tracewski grounds out to the shortstop. Toby Starr scores. Lena Aguayo advances to third on the play. Gary Edwards grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota George Smith flies out to the left fielder. Ray Burdette flies out to the center fielder. Walt Gilbert grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Texas Alex Johnson singles to center field. Joe Stallcup grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Alex Johnson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Matt Koback flies out to the left fielder. Joe Stallcup steals second. Akihiko Adachi grounds out to the shortstop - great play by the shortstop to prevent a single! Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Yoshihiro Numata flies out to the center fielder. Doc Sprite grounds out to the third baseman. Sammy Fitzgerald hits a home run. Willie McCabe reached on a fielding error by Scat Bucha. Tex Cruz grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Texas Toby Starr grounds out to the second baseman. Lena Aguayo grounds out to the shortstop. Scat Bucha strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Eddie Greenberg grounds out to the third baseman. George Smith walks. Ray Burdette lays a bunt down the first base line. He is thrown out at first with the second baseman covering the bag. Runners advance. Walt Gilbert grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 5 Texas Heathcliff Tracewski grounds out to the shortstop. Gary Edwards flies out to the left fielder. Alex Johnson flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Yoshihiro Numata singles to center field. Yoshihiro Numata is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Doc Sprite grounds out to the third baseman. Sammy Fitzgerald strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Texas Joe Stallcup flies out to the center fielder. Matt Koback pops out to the second baseman. Akihiko Adachi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Minnesota Willie McCabe grounds out to the third baseman. Tex Cruz singles past the first baseman. Eddie Greenberg grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Toby Starr strikes out. Lena Aguayo grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Mickey Yount is pinch hitting for Scat Bucha. 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. Mickey Yount grounds out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bobby Charleston pitching. Damien Garcia is pinch hitting for George Smith. Damien Garcia grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Frank Riesgo is pinch hitting for Ray Burdette. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Frank Riesgo singles to left field. Roy Snyder is pinch running for Frank Riesgo on 1st base. Walt Gilbert singles to left field. Roy Snyder advances to third on the hit. Yoshihiro Numata walks. Doc Sprite singles to center field. Roy Snyder scores. Walt Gilbert scores. Tacks Forsythe comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Sammy Fitzgerald strikes out. Willie McCabe strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Texas Keith Heitmuller pitching. Bill Rader enters the game as a defensive replacement for Damien Garcia at C. Heathcliff Tracewski flies out to the center fielder. Gary Edwards grounds out to the second baseman. Alex Johnson flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Tex Cruz singles to right field. Eddie Greenberg flies out to the center fielder. Bill Rader pops out to the shortstop. Michael Jeltz is pinch hitting for Keith Heitmuller. Pinch hitting for the relief pitcher because it is in or after the 8 inning. Michael Jeltz flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Texas Joe Phillips pitching. Joe Stallcup flies out to the center fielder. Matt Koback grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a double! Akihiko Adachi singles to right field. Toby Starr strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners LOB: 6 Texas total runners LOB: 5
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: Abner Moseby did not respond to coaching in control Gus Caldwell did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Brian Steinfeldt did not respond to coaching in velocity Brian Steinfeldt improves in velocity
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: C+ RP Mentor Grade: C+ Batter Mentor Grade: C+ Improvements: John Hill did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Barney Davis did not respond to coaching in speed Barney Davis improves in contact_vs_lefty Tom Clarke did not respond to coaching in range