A two-out double by Harmon Killebrew, scoring Minnie Mendoza in the eighth inning, broke a 2-2 tie and sent the Twins on their way to a 4-2 victory over the Orioles. George Mitterwald homered with a man on base to give the Twins a 2-1 lead in the second, but Boog Powell hit for the circuit to tie the score in the sixth.

Mendoza, batting for Jim Perry, singled with one out in the eighth. After Cesar Tovar was retired, Leo Cardenas singled, Mendoza stopping at second. Killebrew followed with his double. Another run was forced home when Tony Oliva was passed intentionally and Brant Alyea was hit by a pitch. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Baltimore Orioles 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       2, 1970 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Twins        0  2  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   4  8  0
Orioles      1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  6  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .321      Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .190
Cardenas ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .240        Rettenmund ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .294
Killebrew 3b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .328      Crowley lf            3   1   0   0     1   1   .238
Oliva rf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .325      F. Robinson rf        3   0   2   0     1   0   .394
Alyea lf              3   0   0   1     0   1   .367      Powell 1b             3   1   2   1     1   0   .233
Allison 1b            3   1   0   0     0   0   .200      Blair cf              3   0   0   1     0   0   .256
  Holt ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .188      B. Robinson 3b        4   0   1   0     0   0   .317
  Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Johnson 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .375
Mitterwald c          4   1   2   2     0   1   .189      Hendricks c           3   0   1   0     0   1   .268
Quilici 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .194        Buford ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .219
Perry p               2   0   1   0     0   0   .200        Leonhard pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mendoza ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .100      Cuellar p             3   0   0   0     0   3   .059
  Reese 1b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .194        Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
                                                            Motton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   8   4     1   3             Totals               32   2   6   2     4   6

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 26,229
Left on Base: Twins 5, Orioles 8
DP: Twins 0, Orioles 1
Doubles: Killebrew (3)
Home Runs: Mitterwald (1), Powell (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Tovar (2), Cardenas (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Blair (1)
GIDP: Reese (2)
Hit by Pitch: Alyea (1,by Watt)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(4-1)            7     6   2   2   2   6   1  29   2.25
Perranoski SV(5)        2     0   0   0   2   0   0   8   1.72
Totals                  9     6   2   2   4   6   1  37

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar L(3-2)          7.2   7   4   4   1   3   1  31   3.80
Watt                    1.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   1.29
Totals                  9     8   4   4   1   3   1  36

Passed Balls: Hendricks (2)
Hit by Pitch: Watt (2)

Umpires: HP - Emmett Ashford, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


TWINS 1ST: Tovar struck out; Cardenas popped to catcher in foul
territory; Killebrew grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); Crowley
walked; F. Robinson singled to left [Crowley to second]; Powell
walked [Crowley to third, F. Robinson to second]; Blair hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Crowley scored]; B. Robinson grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Orioles 1.

TWINS 2ND: Oliva singled to center; Alyea grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Oliva to second]; Allison reached on a
fielder's choice [Oliva out at third (shortstop to third)];
Mitterwald homered [Allison scored]; Quilici made an out to
second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Hendricks
grounded out (second to first); Cuellar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Orioles 1.

TWINS 3RD: Perry singled to left; Tovar out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Perry to second]; Cardenas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger made an out to second; Crowley flied out
to right; F. Robinson singled to center; Powell singled to right
[F. Robinson to second]; Blair forced Powell (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Orioles 1.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva grounded out (first to pitcher); Alyea flied
out to left; Allison flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: B. Robinson grounded out (third to first); Johnson
popped to second in foul territory; Hendricks was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Orioles 1.

TWINS 5TH: Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); Quilici
popped to first in foul territory; Perry grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Cuellar struck out; Belanger flied to right in foul
territory; Crowley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Orioles 1.

TWINS 6TH: Tovar singled; Cardenas out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Tovar to second]; Hendricks allowed a passed
ball [Tovar to third]; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to
first); Oliva grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: F. Robinson made an out to second; Powell homered;
Blair flied out to center; B. Robinson singled to center;
Johnson flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Orioles 2.

TWINS 7TH: Alyea was called out on strikes; Allison flied out to
center; Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: Hendricks singled to left; On a bunt Cuellar struck
out; Belanger struck out; Crowley flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Orioles 2.

TWINS 8TH: Quilici made an out to second; MENDOZA BATTED FOR
PERRY; Mendoza singled to center; Tovar popped to catcher in
foul territory; Cardenas singled to center [Mendoza to second];
Killebrew doubled to left [Mendoza scored, Cardenas to third];
Oliva was walked intentionally; WATT REPLACED CUELLAR
(PITCHING); Alyea was hit by a pitch [Cardenas scored, Killebrew
to third, Oliva to second]; HOLT BATTED FOR ALLISON; Holt flied
out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 4, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: REESE REPLACED MENDOZA (PLAYING 1B); PERRANOSKI
REPLACED HOLT (PITCHING); F. Robinson walked; Powell flied out
to left; Blair forced F. Robinson (third to second); B. Robinson
forced Blair (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
4, Orioles 2.

TWINS 9TH: Mitterwald singled to right; Quilici lined to
shortstop; Reese grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Mitterwald out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 4, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: Johnson flied out to left; BUFORD BATTED FOR
HENDRICKS; Buford walked; LEONHARD RAN FOR BUFORD; MOTTON BATTED
FOR WATT; Motton grounded out (second to first) [Leonhard to
second]; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR BELANGER; Rettenmund grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Orioles 2.