Beating the rain, Cesar Tovar homered with a man on base in the fifth inning to give the Twins a 3-1 victory over the White Sox. After the Twins finished their inning, rain forced the umpires to call the contest. Tovar also scored the Twins' first run, hitting a single in the first inning and completing the circuit on an infield out and a single by Tony Oliva. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Wednesday, April     22, 1970 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    1  0  -   1  4  0
Twins        1  0  0    0  2  -   3  7  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Williams rf           3   0   1   0     0   0   .136      Tovar cf              3   2   2   2     0   1   .372
Aparicio ss           2   1   1   0     0   0   .341      Carew 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .357
May lf                2   0   1   1     0   0   .318      Oliva rf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .357
Melton 3b             1   0   0   0     1   0   .381      Killebrew 3b          2   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Hopkins 1b            1   0   0   0     1   0   .200      Reese 1b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .148
Berry cf              2   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Alyea lf              2   0   1   0     0   0   .448
Knoop 2b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .150      Ratliff c             1   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Herrmann c            2   0   1   0     0   1   .308      Cardenas ss           2   1   1   0     0   0   .222
Horlen p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tiant p               1   0   0   0     0   0   .400

Totals               16   1   4   1     2   2             Totals               19   3   7   3     1   1

Time of Game: 1:10   Attendance:  3,248
Left on Base: White Sox 3, Twins 3
DP: White Sox 1, Twins 0
Doubles: May (4), Carew (4)
Home Runs: Tovar (2)
Caught Stealing: Melton (1), Alyea (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Horlen (3), Tiant (2)
GIDP: Killebrew (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Horlen L(1-2)           5     7   3   3   1   1   1  21   4.08
Totals                  5     7   3   3   1   1   1  21

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(2-0)            5     4   1   1   2   2   0  19   5.02
Totals                  5     4   1   1   2   2   0  19

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ed Runge, 3B - Bill Haller


WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams flied out to left; Aparicio grounded out
(second to first); May flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to shortstop; Carew grounded out (third
to first) [Tovar to second]; Oliva singled to left [Tovar
scored]; Killebrew grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Oliva out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton walked; Melton was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Hopkins popped to third in foul territory;
Berry flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Reese grounded out (pitcher to first); Alyea singled
to center; Alyea was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Ratliff walked; Cardenas lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Knoop popped to first in foul territory; Herrmann
struck out; Horlen flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Tiant grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar struck
out; Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Williams grounded out (second to first); Aparicio
singled to center; May doubled to left [Aparicio scored]; Melton
grounded out (second to first) [May to third]; Hopkins walked;
Berry made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva grounded out (first unassisted); Killebrew
singled to left; Reese flied out to center; Alyea grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Knoop struck out; Herrmann singled to left;
Horlen out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Herrmann to
second]; Williams singled to left [Herrmann out at third (left
to third to second), Williams to second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Ratliff lined to second; Cardenas singled to third;
Tiant out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Cardenas to
second]; Tovar homered [Cardenas scored]; Carew doubled to left;
Oliva grounded out (second to first); Game called due to
rain; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 3.