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Monday June 22, 1970
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Harmon Killebrew clouted a three-run homer in the fifth inning to break a 1-1 tie and enable the Twins to squeeze past the Brewers. 4-3. Jim Kaat was kayoed in the ninth when Tommy Harper hit for the circuit with a man on base, but Ron Perranoski retired the next three batters to record his 17th save. [The Sporting News]


Minnesota Twins 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3

Game Played on Monday, June 22, 1970 (Night game) at County Stadium

Twins        0  0  0    1  3  0    0  0  0  -   4  7  0
Brewers      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  5  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              5   1   2   0     0   0   .278      Harper 3b             4   2   2   2     0   1   .306
Carew 2b              1   0   0   0     1   0   .376      Hegan 1b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .282
  Quilici 2b          1   1   1   0     1   0   .182      Hershberger rf        4   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Killebrew 3b          3   1   1   3     1   1   .306      Walton lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .261
Reese 1b              3   0   1   0     1   1   .261      May cf                3   0   0   0     0   1   .191
Allison lf            3   1   0   0     1   1   .250      Pena ss               3   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Cardenas ss           4   0   1   1     0   1   .289      Kubiak 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .261
Holt rf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .230      Roof c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .215
Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Brabender p           1   0   0   0     0   1   .083
Kaat p                4   0   0   0     0   1   .150        Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gil ph              1   0   0   0     0   1   .158
                                                            Gelnar p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Savage ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .264
                                                            Pattin pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .154

Totals               31   4   7   4     5   6             Totals               30   3   5   2     1   6

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 18,291
Left on Base: Twins 6, Brewers 1
DP: Twins 2, Brewers 3
Errors: Harper, Hershberger
Doubles: Tovar (16), Cardenas (16), Harper (22)
Home Runs: Killebrew (18), Harper (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Mitterwald (2)
GIDP: Killebrew (11), Mitterwald (3), Allison (1), Hershberger (3), Kubiak (8)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(6-5)             8     5   3   3   1   5   1  28   3.71
Perranoski SV(17)       1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.79
Totals                  9     5   3   3   1   6   1  31

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brabender L(3-9)        4.1   5   4   4   5   3   1  22   5.33
Sanders                 1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.20
Gelnar                  3     2   0   0   0   2   0  11   5.96
Totals                  9     7   4   4   5   6   1  37

Wild Pitches: Kaat (6)

Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Jake O'Donnell, 3B - George Maloney


TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to center; Carew flied out to left;
Killebrew walked; Reese walked [Killebrew to second]; Allison
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper doubled; Hegan grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Harper to third]; Kaat threw a wild pitch [Harper
scored]; Hershberger grounded out (shortstop to first); Walton
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

TWINS 2ND: Cardenas flied out to center; Holt struck out;
Mitterwald made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 2ND: May struck out; Pena made an out to second; Kubiak
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

TWINS 3RD: Kaat grounded out (third to first); Tovar doubled to
left; Carew walked; Killebrew grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Carew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Roof lined to shortstop; Brabender was called out
on strikes; Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

TWINS 4TH: Reese struck out; Allison walked; Cardenas doubled to
right [Allison scored]; Holt reached on an error by Harper
[Cardenas stayed at second, Holt to first]; Mitterwald grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Holt out at
second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Hegan walked; Hershberger grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Hegan out at second]; QUILICI
REPLACED CAREW (PLAYING 2B); Walton flied out to right; Rod
Carew left with injured knee due to Mike Hegan's rolling
block; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 1.

TWINS 5TH: Kaat flied out to center; Tovar singled to right
[Tovar to second (error by Hershberger)]; Quilici walked;
Killebrew homered [Tovar scored, Quilici scored]; Reese singled;
SANDERS REPLACED BRABENDER (PITCHING); Allison grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Reese out at
second]; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Pena
singled; Kubiak grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Pena out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4,
Brewers 1.

TWINS 6TH: Cardenas struck out; Holt flied out to center;
Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Roof grounded out (shortstop to first); GIL BATTED
FOR SANDERS; Gil was called out on strikes; Harper struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 1.

TWINS 7TH: GELNAR REPLACED GIL (PITCHING); Kaat grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first);
Quilici singled to left; Killebrew was called out on strikes; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Hegan grounded out (first to pitcher); Hershberger
popped to third in foul territory; Walton grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 1.

TWINS 8TH: Reese flied out to left; Allison popped to third in
foul territory; Cardenas grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 8TH: May popped to catcher in foul territory; Pena
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kubiak singled to left; Roof
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 1.

TWINS 9TH: Holt singled; Mitterwald out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Holt to second]; Kaat struck out; Tovar
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4,
Brewers 1.

BREWERS 9TH: SAVAGE BATTED FOR GELNAR; Savage singled; PATTIN
RAN FOR SAVAGE; Harper homered [Pattin scored]; PERRANOSKI
REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Hegan was called out on strikes;
Hershberger flied out to right; Walton flied out to right; 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 3.



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