A three-run homer by Harmon Killebrew in the seventh inning brought the Twins a 5-3 victory over the Senators. Cesar Tovar was hit by a pitch and Tony Oliva singled before Killebrew connected for his two-out blow off Joe Coleman. Frank Howard homered with a man on base for the Senators in the first inning. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Washington Senators 3
Game Played on Monday, June      15, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Senators     2  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  5  0
Twins        0  0  1    0  0  1    3  0  x  -   5  9  0


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser rf              4   0   0   0     1   1   .231      Tovar cf              4   2   1   0     0   0   .285
Stroud cf             4   1   2   0     1   1   .313      Carew 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .370
Howard lf             3   1   1   2     2   0   .267      Oliva rf              4   1   2   1     0   1   .336
Epstein 1b            2   0   0   1     2   1   .268      Killebrew 3b          2   2   1   3     2   1   .326
B. Allen 2b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .263        Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reichardt ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Reese 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .251
  Cullen 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Cardenas ss           3   0   1   0     1   1   .274
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .284      Holt lf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .225
Brinkman ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .243      Mitterwald c          4   0   1   0     0   2   .225
French c              2   1   0   0     1   0   .243      Boswell p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Casanova ph,c       1   0   0   0     0   1   .225        Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Coleman p             2   0   0   0     1   2   .097        Zepp p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Hannan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Manuel ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .188
  Comer ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .161        Quilici 3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               31   3   5   3     8   8             Totals               33   5   9   5     3   9

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 12,807
Left on Base: Senators 9, Twins 8
DP: Senators 0, Twins 1
Doubles: Carew (12), Reese (6)
Triples: Tovar (6)
Home Runs: Howard (19), Killebrew (16)
Stolen Bases: Stroud (19), Holt (1)
GIDP: Howard (7)
Hit by Pitch: Tovar (3,by Coleman)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman L(5-4)          7.1   9   5   5   3   9   1  35   3.28
Hannan                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.67
Totals                  8     9   5   5   3   9   1  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Boswell                 4     2   3   3   3   5   1  17   7.09
Hall                    0.2   0   0   0   3   1   0   5   2.45
Zepp W(3-0)             2.1   2   0   0   1   0   0   9   2.97
Perranoski SV(15)       2     1   0   0   1   2   0   8   1.91
Totals                  9     5   3   3   8   8   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Coleman (2)
Wild Pitches: Zepp (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jim Odom, 2B - Ed Runge, 3B - Bill Kunkel


SENATORS 1ST: Unser struck out; Stroud singled to center; Stroud
stole second; Howard homered [Stroud scored]; Epstein walked; B.
Allen flied out to center; Rodriguez flied out to left; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
doubled to left; Oliva grounded out (first to pitcher) [Carew to
third]; Killebrew walked; Reese forced Killebrew (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 2, Twins 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Brinkman lined to shortstop; French grounded out
(first to pitcher); Coleman was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cardenas was called out on strikes; Holt struck out;
Mitterwald was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 2, Twins 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Unser flied out to left; Stroud struck out; Howard
walked; Epstein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Senators 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Boswell grounded out (second to first); Tovar tripled
to right; Carew was called out on strikes; Oliva singled to
right [Tovar scored]; Killebrew struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 2, Twins 1.

SENATORS 4TH: B. Allen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rodriguez struck out; Brinkman flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Reese lined to center; Cardenas flied out to center;
Holt singled to right; Holt stole second; Mitterwald was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 2, Twins 1.

SENATORS 5TH: French walked; HALL REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING);
Coleman struck out; Unser grounded out (third to first) [French
to second]; Stroud walked; Howard was walked intentionally
[French to third, Stroud to second]; Epstein walked [French
scored, Stroud to third, Howard to second]; ZEPP REPLACED HALL
(PITCHING); REICHARDT BATTED FOR B. ALLEN; Reichardt grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Senators 3,
Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: CULLEN REPLACED REICHARDT (PLAYING 2B); Zepp was
called out on strikes; Tovar grounded out (pitcher to first);
Carew grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 3, Twins 1.

SENATORS 6TH: Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); On a
bunt Brinkman singled to third; Zepp threw a wild pitch
[Brinkman to second]; French grounded out (first unassisted)
[Brinkman to third]; Coleman walked; Unser grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Oliva struck out; Killebrew walked; Reese doubled to
right [Killebrew to third]; Cardenas walked; Holt forced
Cardenas (first to shortstop) [Killebrew scored, Reese to third,
Holt to first]; Mitterwald grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 3, Twins 2.

SENATORS 7TH: Stroud singled to center; Howard grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Stroud out at
second]; Epstein grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Senators 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 7TH: MANUEL BATTED FOR ZEPP; Manuel struck out; Tovar was
hit by a pitch; Carew flied out to center; Oliva singled to left
[Tovar to second]; Killebrew homered [Tovar scored, Oliva
scored]; Reese grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Senators 3, Twins 5.

SENATORS 8TH: PERRANOSKI REPLACED KILLEBREW (PITCHING); QUILICI
REPLACED MANUEL (PLAYING 3B); Cullen flied out to center;
Rodriguez singled to center; Brinkman flied out to center;
CASANOVA BATTED FOR FRENCH; Casanova was called out on strikes;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 3, Twins 5.

TWINS 8TH: CASANOVA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Cardenas
singled to center; Holt flied out to center; Mitterwald singled
to center [Cardenas to second]; HANNAN REPLACED COLEMAN
(PITCHING); Quilici flied out to left; Tovar forced Mitterwald
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 3, Twins
5.

SENATORS 9TH: COMER BATTED FOR HANNAN; Comer struck out; Unser
walked; Stroud forced Unser (shortstop to second) [Stroud to
first]; Howard grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Senators 3, Twins 5.