Tuesday May 5, 1970
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In a one-man slugging show, Tony Oliva drove in six runs with a homer, triple and single to power the Twins to an 8-5 victory over the Tigers. Oliva homered with a man on base in the first inning, singled another run across in the third and then tripled with the bases loaded in the fifth.

Luis Tiant, who received credit for his fifth straight victory, pitched only 5 2/3 innings and issued nine passes, setting the Twins' club record for most walks by one pitcher in a game. Dick McAuliffe homered off Tiant with a man on base in the fourth and Al Kaline connected off reliever Stan Williams in the eighth. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 8, Detroit Tigers 5

Game Played on Tuesday, May 5, 1970 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

Twins 2 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 - 8 10 0 Tigers 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 - 5 7 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar cf 4 2 1 0 1 0 .315 McAuliffe 2b 3 1 1 2 3 1 .284 Cardenas ss 5 2 2 0 0 0 .238 Jones 3b 1 0 0 0 2 0 .158 Killebrew 3b 4 2 1 1 1 2 .320 Wert ph,3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .211 Mendoza 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Kaline rf 5 1 1 1 0 1 .330 Oliva rf 4 2 3 6 0 0 .352 Cash 1b 2 1 0 0 3 0 .218 Alyea lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .328 Horton lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 .289 Holt lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Northrup cf 5 0 1 0 0 3 .302 Allison 1b 1 0 0 0 1 0 .167 Freehan c 3 0 1 0 2 0 .278 Reese ph,1b 2 0 1 1 0 1 .191 Szotkiewicz ss 3 1 2 2 1 1 .273 Mitterwald c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .193 I. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Quilici 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .184 Lolich p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .136 Tiant p 3 0 1 0 0 2 .429 Timmermann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 G. Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Williams p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Maddox ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Robertson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Price ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Totals 36 8 10 8 3 7 Totals 34 5 7 5 13 8 Time of Game: 3:26 Attendance: 15,747 Left on Base: Twins 4, Tigers 15 DP: Twins 0, Tigers 0 Doubles: Cardenas (5) Triples: Oliva (3) Home Runs: Oliva (4), Killebrew (6), McAuliffe (4), Kaline (4) Stolen Bases: Tovar (7) Caught Stealing: Mitterwald (1) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tiant W(5-0) 5.2 2 2 2 9 4 1 28 2.86 Hall 0.2 1 2 2 2 0 0 5 4.70 Williams 1.1 3 1 1 1 3 1 8 0.71 Perranoski SV(7) 1.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 1.50 Totals 9 7 5 5 13 8 2 47 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lolich L(4-3) 4.1 6 7 7 3 4 1 22 3.02 Timmermann 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 6.48 Hiller 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 4 3.52 Robertson 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.18 Totals 9 10 8 8 3 7 2 39 Wild Pitches: Lolich (3) Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - John Rice TWINS 1ST: Tovar walked; Tovar stole second; Cardenas flied out to right; Killebrew was called out on strikes; Oliva homered [Tovar scored]; Alyea flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe walked; Jones flied out to center; Kaline forced McAuliffe (shortstop to second); Cash walked [Kaline to second]; Horton walked [Kaline to third, Cash to second]; Northrup struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0. TWINS 2ND: Allison walked; Lolich threw a wild pitch [Allison to second]; Mitterwald made an out to third; Quilici flied out to right; Tiant struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Freehan walked; Szotkiewicz walked [Freehan to second]; Lolich forced Freehan (pitcher to third) [Szotkiewicz to second]; McAuliffe popped to third in foul territory; Jones walked [Szotkiewicz to third, Lolich to second]; Kaline made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 2, Tigers 0. TWINS 3RD: Tovar flied out to right; Cardenas doubled to left; Killebrew made an out to second; Oliva singled to center [Cardenas scored]; Alyea made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Cash grounded out (pitcher to first); Horton made an out to third; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Tigers 0. TWINS 4TH: Allison made an out to shortstop; Mitterwald was called out on strikes; Quilici flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: Freehan popped to catcher in foul territory; Szotkiewicz singled to right; Lolich popped to first in foul territory; McAuliffe homered [Szotkiewicz scored]; Jones walked; Kaline struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Tigers 2. TWINS 5TH: Tiant was called out on strikes; Tovar singled to center; Cardenas singled to left [Tovar to second]; Killebrew walked [Tovar to third, Cardenas to second]; Oliva tripled to right [Killebrew scored, Cardenas scored, Tovar scored]; TIMMERMANN REPLACED LOLICH (PITCHING); Alyea grounded out (second to first) [Oliva stayed at third]; REESE BATTED FOR ALLISON; Reese singled to right [Oliva scored]; Mitterwald flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Tigers 2. TIGERS 5TH: REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Cash flied out to right; Horton grounded out (second to first); Northrup struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Tigers 2. TWINS 6TH: Quilici flied out to center; Tiant singled to left; Tovar forced Tiant (shortstop to second); Cardenas grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Tigers 2. TIGERS 6TH: Freehan walked; Szotkiewicz struck out; G. BROWN BATTED FOR TIMMERMANN; G. Brown made an out to second; McAuliffe walked [Freehan to second]; WERT BATTED FOR JONES; HALL REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Wert grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 7, Tigers 2. TWINS 7TH: WERT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HILLER REPLACED G. BROWN (PITCHING); Killebrew homered; Oliva grounded out (second to first); Alyea flied out to left; Reese was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Tigers 2. TIGERS 7TH: HOLT REPLACED ALYEA (PLAYING LF); Kaline made an out to second; Cash walked; Horton walked [Cash to second]; Northrup singled to right [Horton to second, Cash to third]; WILLIAMS REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Freehan made an out to second; Szotkiewicz singled to center [Northrup to third, Horton scored, Cash scored]; MADDOX BATTED FOR HILLER; Maddox was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Tigers 4. TWINS 8TH: ROBERTSON REPLACED MADDOX (PITCHING); Mitterwald singled to left; Mitterwald was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Quilici popped to first in foul territory; Williams struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Tigers 4. TIGERS 8TH: McAuliffe was called out on strikes; Wert struck out; Kaline homered; Cash walked; Horton singled to left [Cash to second]; PERRANOSKI REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Northrup struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Tigers 5. TWINS 9TH: Tovar made an out to second; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Killebrew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 8, Tigers 5. TIGERS 9TH: MENDOZA REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 3B); Freehan singled to left; I. BROWN BATTED FOR SZOTKIEWICZ; I. Brown forced Freehan (third to first); PRICE BATTED FOR ROBERTSON; Price flied out to left; McAuliffe walked [I. Brown to second]; Wert flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 8, Tigers 5.

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