Bert Blyleven, a 19-year-old righthander, made his major league debut with a victory when the Twins beat the Senators, 2-1. Blyleven, who was called up from Evansville (American Association) to replace the injured Luis Tiant, gave up a homer by Lee Maye in the first inning but yielded only four more hits before Ron Perranoski came in to pitch the last two frames.

Cesar Tovar walked for the Twins in their half of the first, stole second and scored on a single by Tony Oliva. The Twins then broke the 1-1 tie in the fifth when Frank Quilici beat out an infield hit, Blyleven sacrificed and Tovar singled. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 2, Washington Senators 1
Game Played on Friday, June      5, 1970 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Twins        1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0
Senators     1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              3   1   1   1     1   0   .289      Maye rf               3   1   2   1     0   0   .268
Holt lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .227        Comer ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .151
Oliva rf              4   0   2   1     0   0   .325      Stroud cf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .306
Killebrew 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .317      Howard lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .263
Reese 1b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .252      Epstein 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .262
Cardenas ss           4   0   2   0     0   0   .266      B. Allen 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .284
Mitterwald c          2   0   0   0     1   0   .212        Reichardt ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Quilici 2b            3   1   2   0     0   0   .191      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .263
Blyleven p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Brinkman ss           2   0   0   0     1   2   .235
  Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      French c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .216
                                                          Cox p                 1   0   0   0     0   0   .150
                                                            Roseboro ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .196
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   2   8   2     3   3             Totals               31   1   5   1     1   7

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance: 12,818
Left on Base: Twins 4, Senators 5
DP: Twins 0, Senators 2
Doubles: Cardenas (11)
Home Runs: Maye (4)
Stolen Bases: Tovar (13)
Caught Stealing: Oliva (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Blyleven (1), Cox (5)
GIDP: Killebrew (7), Mitterwald (2)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(1-0)         7     5   1   1   1   7   1  27   1.29
Perranoski SV(13)       2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   1.80
Totals                  9     5   1   1   1   7   1  33

Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cox L(3-4)              7     7   2   2   3   3   0  27   4.74
Knowles                 2     1   0   0   0   0   0   6   1.83
Totals                  9     8   2   2   3   3   0  33

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar walked; Debut game for Bert Blyleven;
Tovar stole second; Holt flied out to left; Oliva singled to
left [Tovar scored]; Oliva was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Killebrew flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Senators 0.

SENATORS 1ST: Maye homered; Stroud struck out; Howard grounded
out (third to first); Epstein singled to center; B. Allen
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
Senators 1.

TWINS 2ND: Reese grounded out (second to first); Cardenas flied
out to right; Mitterwald walked; Quilici forced Mitterwald
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Senators
1.

SENATORS 2ND: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Brinkman was called out on strikes; French flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Senators 1.

TWINS 3RD: Blyleven grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
grounded out (shortstop to first); Holt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Senators 1.

SENATORS 3RD: Cox flied out to right; Maye singled to center;
Stroud grounded out (pitcher to first) [Maye to second]; Howard
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Senators 1.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva lined to center; Killebrew flied out to right;
Reese walked; Cardenas doubled [Reese to third]; Mitterwald
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Senators 1.

SENATORS 4TH: Epstein struck out; B. Allen singled to second;
Rodriguez popped to catcher in foul territory; Brinkman struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Senators 1.

TWINS 5TH: Quilici singled to pitcher; Blyleven out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Quilici to second]; Tovar
singled to right [Quilici scored, Tovar out at second (right to
shortstop)]; Holt flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Senators 1.

SENATORS 5TH: French singled to right; Cox out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [French to second]; Maye flied out to
center; Stroud struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Senators 1.

TWINS 6TH: Oliva singled to center; Killebrew grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Oliva out at
second]; Reese was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Senators 1.

SENATORS 6TH: Howard struck out; Epstein grounded out (first
unassisted); B. Allen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 1.

TWINS 7TH: Cardenas singled to center; Mitterwald grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cardenas out at
second]; Quilici singled to left; Blyleven struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 1.

SENATORS 7TH: Rodriguez struck out; Brinkman walked; French
grounded out (second to first) [Brinkman to second]; ROSEBORO
BATTED FOR COX; Roseboro flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 1.

TWINS 8TH: KNOWLES REPLACED ROSEBORO (PITCHING); Tovar popped to
second; Holt grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva lined to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 1.

SENATORS 8TH: PERRANOSKI REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); COMER
BATTED FOR MAYE; Comer grounded out (shortstop to first); Stroud
grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 1.

TWINS 9TH: COMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Killebrew singled
to center; Killebrew was picked off first (pitcher to first);
Reese lined to first; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 1.

SENATORS 9TH: Epstein flied out to left; REICHARDT BATTED FOR B.
ALLEN; Reichardt flied out to right; Rodriguez flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Senators 1.