After taking a 7-0 lead with the aid of homers by Tony Oliva and Harmon Killebrew, the Twins survived rallies by the Tigers and emerged with a 9-6 victory. Jim Perry, pitching for the Twins, gave up a leadoff single to Dick McAuliffe and then held the Tigers hitless until being kayoed during a four-run uprising in the seventh inning. Bill Freehan homered for the Tigers in the ninth. Oliva hit his round-tripper with a man on base in the first and Killebrew connected with two aboard in the seventh. Rod Carew and Oliva worked a double steal in the eighth, Carew scoring. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 9, Detroit Tigers 6
Game Played on Thursday, May       7, 1970 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Twins        2  1  1    0  0  0    3  2  0  -   9 13  2
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    4  1  1  -   6  9  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              3   2   1   0     2   1   .303      McAuliffe 2b          4   2   2   0     1   0   .289
Carew 2b              4   2   2   1     1   2   .362      Jones 3b              3   1   1   0     0   1   .160
Oliva rf              4   3   2   2     1   0   .354        Wert ph,3b          1   0   0   0     0   1   .205
Killebrew 3b          4   1   3   3     0   0   .337      Kaline rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .330
  Quilici 3b          0   0   0   0     1   0   .179      Cash 1b               3   0   1   1     0   0   .226
Reese 1b              4   0   2   1     1   1   .208        Stanley pr,1b       1   1   1   1     0   0   .300
Holt lf               5   1   1   0     0   0   .190      Horton lf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .297
Ratliff c             2   0   1   0     0   1   .286      Northrup cf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .300
  Mitterwald ph,c     3   0   0   0     0   3   .194      Freehan c             4   1   1   1     0   0   .278
Cardenas ss           5   0   1   0     0   1   .253      Szotkiewicz ss        2   0   0   0     0   2   .235
Perry p               3   0   0   0     0   2   .167        Maddox ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .219
  Perranoski p        2   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Gutierrez ss        1   0   1   0     0   0   .299
                                                          Niekro p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .188
                                                            Hiller p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Robertson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Price ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .100
                                                            Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            I. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .400

Totals               39   9  13   7     6  12             Totals               36   6   9   5     1   6

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 11,591
Left on Base: Twins 9, Tigers 4
DP: Twins 2, Tigers 1
Errors: Quilici 2, Cash
Doubles: Carew 2 (6), Cash (3)
Triples: Horton (2)
Home Runs: Oliva (5), Killebrew (8), Freehan (3)
Stolen Bases: Oliva (1), Carew (2)
GIDP: Holt (1), Kaline (6), I. Brown (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(5-1)            6.1   4   4   3   1   5   0  23   2.50
Perranoski SV(8)        2.2   5   2   1   0   1   1  14   1.74
Totals                  9     9   6   4   1   6   1  37

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(3-2)           2.1   7   4   3   0   4   1  14   2.63
Hiller                  3.2   1   2   2   4   4   0  16   3.97
Robertson               0     2   1   1   0   0   1   2   4.76
Scherman                2     2   2   2   2   3   0   9   5.40
Timmermann              1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   5.79
Totals                  9    13   9   8   6  12   2  45

Wild Pitches: Hiller (2)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - John Rice


TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Carew struck out; Oliva
homered [Tovar scored]; Killebrew popped to first in foul
territory; Reese struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe singled to right; Jones was called out on
strikes; Kaline grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [McAuliffe out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Tigers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Holt singled to left; Ratliff singled to left [Holt
to second]; Cardenas forced Ratliff (shortstop to second) [Holt
scored (error by Cash) (unearned) (no RBI)]; Perry struck out;
Tovar was called out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash grounded out (first unassisted); Horton made an
out to first; Northrup struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
3, Tigers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Carew doubled to left; Oliva reached on a fielder's
choice [Carew out at third (pitcher to shortstop)]; Killebrew
singled to right [Oliva to second]; Reese singled to left
[Killebrew to third, Oliva scored]; HILLER REPLACED NIEKRO
(PITCHING); Holt flied out to center; Ratliff struck out; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Freehan flied out to center; Szotkiewicz struck out;
Hiller grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 4, Tigers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Cardenas grounded out (third to first); Perry struck
out; Tovar walked; Hiller threw a wild pitch [Tovar to second];
Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: McAuliffe flied out to left; Jones grounded out
(first unassisted); Kaline popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 0.

TWINS 5TH: Oliva flied out to left; Killebrew singled to center;
Reese walked [Killebrew to second]; Holt made an out to third;
MITTERWALD BATTED FOR RATLIFF; Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: MITTERWALD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Cash
grounded out (first unassisted); Horton grounded out (second to
first); Northrup struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4,
Tigers 0.

TWINS 6TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Perry
flied out to center; Tovar flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Freehan grounded out (shortstop to first);
Szotkiewicz struck out; Hiller grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 0.

TWINS 7TH: Carew walked; Oliva walked [Carew to second];
ROBERTSON REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Killebrew homered [Carew
scored, Oliva scored]; Reese singled to right; SCHERMAN REPLACED
ROBERTSON (PITCHING); Holt grounded into a double play (pitcher
to first to shortstop) [Reese out at second]; Mitterwald was
called out on strikes; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: QUILICI REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 3B); McAuliffe
walked; Jones singled to right [McAuliffe to second]; Kaline
flied out to left; Cash doubled to left [Jones to third,
McAuliffe scored]; STANLEY RAN FOR CASH; Horton tripled to right
[Stanley scored, Jones scored]; PERRANOSKI REPLACED PERRY
(PITCHING); Northrup made an out to shortstop; Freehan reached
on an error by Quilici [Horton scored (unearned) (no RBI)];
MADDOX BATTED FOR SZOTKIEWICZ; Maddox flied out to right; 4 R (3
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Tigers 4.

TWINS 8TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); GUTIERREZ
REPLACED MADDOX (PLAYING SS); Cardenas struck out; Perranoski
was called out on strikes; Tovar walked; Carew doubled to left
[Tovar scored]; Oliva singled to right [Carew to third]; Carew
stole home and Oliva stole second; Quilici walked; Reese flied
out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 9, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: PRICE BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Price grounded out (third
to first); McAuliffe singled to center; WERT BATTED FOR JONES;
Wert was called out on strikes; Kaline reached on an error by
Quilici [McAuliffe to second]; Stanley singled to left [Kaline
to second, McAuliffe scored (unearned)]; Horton singled to left
[Stanley to second, Kaline to third]; Northrup grounded out
(second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 9, Tigers
5.

TWINS 9TH: WERT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); TIMMERMANN REPLACED
PRICE (PITCHING); Holt grounded out (pitcher to first);
Mitterwald struck out; Cardenas singled to left; Perranoski
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 9,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Freehan homered; Gutierrez singled; I. BROWN BATTED
FOR TIMMERMANN; I. Brown grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Gutierrez out at second]; McAuliffe flied
out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 9, Tigers 6.