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.