Win: Ned Cheeves (1-0) Loss: Rob Wiles (0-1)
Save: Hack Ankiel (1)
Inning: 1 Minnesota Ned Cheeves pitching. Glenn Long lines out to the shortstop. Milt Rickert walks. Royce Jones strikes out. Ribs Twosun flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 1 Texas Rob Wiles pitching. Gregg Lindstrom flies out to the left fielder. Charlie Slaughter grounds out to the second baseman. Erik Wilson singles to left field. Tex Warden strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Minnesota Bob Rolison flies out to the center fielder. Tiny Mulholland strikes out. Chuck Crowson walks. Grover Clarke strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 2 Texas Brook Simmons singles to center field. Greg York hits a home run. Brook Simmons scores. Al McBean singles to center field. Eli Schoen singles to left field. Al McBean is thrown out trying to advance to third by the left fielder. Ned Cheeves fails to lay down the sacrifice. There are now 2 strikes. Ned Cheeves strikes out. Gregg Lindstrom strikes out. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 3 Minnesota Rob Wiles strikes out. Glenn Long grounds out to the second baseman - great play by the second baseman to prevent a single! Milt Rickert singles to center field. Milt Rickert steals second. Royce Jones singles to center field. Ribs Twosun walks. Bob Rolison flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 3 Inning: 3 Texas Charlie Slaughter grounds out to the shortstop. Erik Wilson strikes out. Tex Warden walks. Brook Simmons grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 4 Minnesota Tiny Mulholland triples. Chuck Crowson strikes out. Grover Clarke grounds out to the second baseman. Tiny Mulholland scores. Rob Wiles grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Texas Greg York strikes out. Al McBean walks. Eli Schoen grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Minnesota Glenn Long grounds out to the second baseman. Milt Rickert flies out to the left fielder - great play by the left fielder to prevent a double! Royce Jones strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Texas Ned Cheeves pops out to the second baseman. Gregg Lindstrom grounds out to the second baseman. Charlie Slaughter hits a home run. Erik Wilson grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 6 Minnesota Ribs Twosun strikes out. Bob Rolison flies out to the left fielder. Tiny Mulholland singles to center field. Chuck Crowson singles to center field. Grover Clarke grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Chuck Crowson is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 6 Texas Tex Warden pops out to the third baseman. Brook Simmons doubles to left field. Greg York grounds out to the second baseman. Brook Simmons advances to third on the play. Al McBean walks. Eli Schoen flies out to the right fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Minnesota Vern Gremp is pinch hitting for Rob Wiles. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Vern Gremp grounds out to the second baseman. Glenn Long hits an infield single to the second baseman. Milt Rickert grounds into a 4-6-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Texas Charley Wolfe pitching. Chucho Bergman is pinch hitting for Ned Cheeves. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because he is tired. Chucho Bergman walks. Gregg Lindstrom flies out to the right fielder. Charlie Slaughter triples. Chucho Bergman scores. Phil Sharps comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Erik Wilson strikes out. Tex Warden flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Minnesota Bill Hegan pitching. Royce Jones doubles to left field. Ribs Twosun singles to center field. Royce Jones scores. Ribs Twosun is out trying to steal second (2B covering 2nd). Bob Rolison flies out to the center fielder. Tiny Mulholland singles to center field. Chuck Crowson pops out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 8 Texas Brook Simmons grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Greg York walks. Toshiaki Imanishi is pinch hitting for Al McBean. Greg York gets picked off first. Toshiaki Imanishi grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Minnesota Lu Esasky enters the game as a defensive replacement for Toshiaki Imanishi at 1B. Hack Ankiel comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Pitcher is being pulled because of save situation rule. Grover Clarke grounds out to the pitcher. Broderick Weaver is pinch hitting for Phil Sharps. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Broderick Weaver pops out to the third baseman. Glenn Long singles past the shortstop. Milt Rickert pops out to the first baseman. Runners left on base: 1 Minnesota total runners left on base: 9 Texas total runners left on base: 6
Minnesota Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B- Improvements: Sergeant Schultz did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Sergeant Schultz improves in power_vs_righty Pep Landrum did not respond to coaching in power_vs_righty Sergeant Schultz did not respond to coaching in arm Lon Chaney VIII did not respond to coaching in 1B
Texas Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B- Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Babe McClellan did not respond to coaching in control Ed Morrissey did not respond to coaching in velocity Ed Morrissey did not respond to coaching in control Greg Edmonson improves in arm