Homers by Harmon Killebrew, Brant Alyea and Leo Cardenas produced all of the Twins' runs in 4-1 victory over the Indians. Killebrew clouted his homer in the fourth inning and after a single by Rich Reese, Alyea also hit for the circuit. Cardenas added his round-tripper in the fifth. The Indians' run also came on a homer, Graig Nettles rapping his the first of the season. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Thursday, April     30, 1970 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1
Twins        0  0  0    3  1  0    0  0  x  -   4 11  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Uhlaender cf          4   0   2   0     0   0   .213      Tovar cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .295
Nettles 3b            3   1   1   1     1   0   .087      Cardenas ss           4   1   3   1     0   0   .250
Pinson rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .328      Oliva rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .316
Horton 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .273      Killebrew 3b          4   1   2   1     0   0   .317
Foster lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .259        Mendoza 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .314      Reese 1b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .207
Leon 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Alyea lf              4   1   2   2     0   0   .415
Heidemann ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .186        Holt pr,lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Hargan p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ratliff c             4   0   2   0     0   2   .357
  Nagelson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .118      Quilici 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Tiant p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .455
  Klimchock ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .133        Williams p          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   6   1     2   3             Totals               34   4  11   4     0   3

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  5,485
Left on Base: Indians 7, Twins 6
DP: Indians 1, Twins 0
Errors: Horton
Doubles: Heidemann (2), Uhlaender (3), Cardenas (4)
Home Runs: Nettles (1), Killebrew (4), Alyea (5), Cardenas (2)
Stolen Bases: Heidemann (1)
GIDP: Quilici (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hargan L(1-2)           4     7   3   3   0   2   2  18   4.50
Hennigan                2     2   1   1   0   0   1   8   8.10
Miller                  2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   3.60
Totals                  8    11   4   4   0   3   3  34

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tiant W(4-0)            5.2   4   1   1   1   3   1  22   2.79
Williams                1.1   2   0   0   1   0   0   7   0.00
Perranoski SV(4)        2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   1.98
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   3   1  35

Umpires: HP - Jake O'Donnell, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim Honochick, 3B - Frank Umont


INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender popped to first in foul territory;
Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); Pinson struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Cardenas singled
to left; Oliva was called out on strikes; Killebrew singled to
center [Cardenas to second]; Reese grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Horton lined to center; Foster struck out; Fosse
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Alyea singled to left; Ratliff struck out; Quilici
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Alyea out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Leon grounded out (shortstop to first); Heidemann
lined to first; Hargan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Tiant flied out to center; Tovar popped to third in
foul territory; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Uhlaender flied out to center; Nettles homered;
Pinson grounded out (first unassisted); Horton singled to third;
Foster flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1,
Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva flied out to center; Killebrew homered; Reese
singled to right; Alyea homered [Reese scored]; Ratliff singled
to right; Quilici grounded out (first to pitcher) [Ratliff to
second]; Tiant grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Fosse made an out to first; Leon flied out to
center; Heidemann doubled to left; NAGELSON BATTED FOR HARGAN;
Heidemann stole third; Nagelson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: HENNIGAN REPLACED NAGELSON (PITCHING); Tovar made an
out to second; Cardenas homered; Oliva flied out to right;
Killebrew lined to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Twins 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Uhlaender doubled to left; Nettles flied out to
center; Pinson flied out to center; Horton walked; WILLIAMS
REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Foster singled to left [Horton to
second, Uhlaender to third]; Fosse forced Foster (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: Reese made an out to shortstop; Alyea made an out to
second; Ratliff singled to first; Quilici made an out to first;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Leon popped to second in foul territory; Heidemann
grounded out (third to first); KLIMCHOCK BATTED FOR HENNIGAN;
Klimchock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: MILLER REPLACED KLIMCHOCK (PITCHING); Williams
grounded out (second to first); Tovar made an out to second;
Cardenas doubled to left; Oliva singled to second [Cardenas out
at home (second to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1,
Twins 4.

INDIANS 8TH: Uhlaender singled to center; Nettles walked
[Uhlaender to second]; PERRANOSKI REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING);
Pinson made an out to second; Horton lined to left; Foster flied
out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: Killebrew flied out to center; Reese flied out to
left; Alyea reached on an error by Horton; HOLT RAN FOR ALYEA;
Ratliff struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 4.

INDIANS 9TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MENDOZA REPLACED
KILLEBREW (PLAYING 3B); Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first);
Leon flied out to center; Heidemann grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 4.