Bert Blyleven, the Twins' 19-year rookie, pitched a two-hitter and defeated the White Sox. 9-1. The Holland-born righthander gave up a leadoff single to Tommy McCraw and then did not yield another hit until Bob Spence homered with one out in the eighth inning. Tony Oliva homered with two men on base for the Twins in the first and Cesar Tovar added a solo swat in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 9, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Saturday, June      27, 1970 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Twins        3  0  1    1  0  1    0  0  3  -   9 16  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  2  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              5   2   3   2     0   2   .284      McCraw lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .261
Cardenas ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .279      Morales ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .150
Oliva rf              5   3   3   3     0   0   .321      O'Brien 2b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Killebrew 3b          5   0   0   0     0   1   .302      Melton rf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .288
  Quilici 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .172      Herrmann c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .280
Reese 1b              4   1   3   1     1   0   .266        Secrist p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Allison lf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .229      McKinney 3b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .143
  Holt lf             2   1   1   1     0   0   .224      Spence 1b             3   1   1   1     0   2   .143
Mitterwald c          4   0   2   1     1   1   .203      Berry cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Thompson 2b,3b        5   1   2   1     0   1   .167      Janeski p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .083
Blyleven p            4   0   1   0     0   3   .214        Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
                                                            Weaver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hopkins ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .311

Totals               41   9  16   9     2   9             Totals               29   1   2   1     1   8

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 19,113
Left on Base: Twins 9, White Sox 2
DP: Twins 0, White Sox 2
Errors: Herrmann, McKinney
Home Runs: Oliva (9), Tovar (7), Spence (1)
Stolen Bases: Mitterwald (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Cardenas (5), Blyleven (3)
GIDP: Allison (2), Oliva (11)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(3-2)         9     2   1   1   1   8   1  30   2.82
Totals                  9     2   1   1   1   8   1  30

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Janeski L(7-5)          3.1   9   5   5   0   3   2  20   4.20
Murphy                  2.2   2   1   1   0   2   0   9   5.40
Weaver                  2     1   0   0   1   3   0   8   5.71
Secrist                 1     4   3   3   1   1   0   8   5.52
Totals                  9    16   9   9   2   9   2  45

Wild Pitches: Weaver (4)

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to shortstop; Cardenas reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Tovar to third (error by
Herrmann), Cardenas to second]; Oliva homered [Tovar scored,
Cardenas scored]; Killebrew struck out; Reese singled to right;
Allison grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first)
[Reese out at second]; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox
0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: McCraw singled to center; Morales popped to
catcher in foul territory; O'Brien lined to third; Melton struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

TWINS 2ND: Mitterwald singled to left; Thompson grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Mitterwald to second]; Blyleven singled to
left [Mitterwald to third]; Tovar struck out; Cardenas forced
Blyleven (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Herrmann struck out; McKinney struck out; Spence
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

TWINS 3RD: Oliva singled to center [Oliva to second (on throw to
1b)]; Killebrew lined to left; Reese singled to center [Oliva
scored]; Allison forced Reese (third to second) [Allison to
first]; Mitterwald reached on an error by McKinney [Allison to
second, Mitterwald to first]; Thompson popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Berry flied to center; Janeski grounded out
(third to first); McCraw struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 4, White Sox 0.

TWINS 4TH: Blyleven struck out; Tovar homered; Cardenas singled
to left; MURPHY REPLACED JANESKI (PITCHING); Oliva grounded into
a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Cardenas out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Morales struck out (catcher to first); O'Brien
popped to first in foul territory; Melton walked; Herrmann flied
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, White Sox 0.

TWINS 5TH: Killebrew flied to right; Reese grounded out (first
unassisted); Allison struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: McKinney grounded out (shortstop to first);
Spence struck out; Berry flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, White Sox 0.

TWINS 6TH: Mitterwald struck out; Thompson singled to center;
Blyleven out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Thompson
to second]; Tovar singled to center [Thompson scored]; Cardenas
forced Tovar (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: HOLT REPLACED ALLISON (PLAYING LF); WILLIAMS
BATTED FOR MURPHY; Williams grounded out (pitcher to first);
McCraw lined to center; Morales flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 6, White Sox 0.

TWINS 7TH: WEAVER REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Oliva grounded
out (second to first); Killebrew popped to third; Reese singled
to right; Holt flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: O'Brien grounded out (shortstop to first); Melton
popped to third; Herrmann flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 6, White Sox 0.

TWINS 8TH: Mitterwald walked; Mitterwald stole second; Thompson
struck out; Blyleven struck out but advanced to first on a wild
pitch [Mitterwald out at third (catcher to third)]; Tovar struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 6, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 8TH: McKinney struck out; Spence homered; Berry
grounded out (pitcher to first); HOPKINS BATTED FOR WEAVER;
Hopkins grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 6, White Sox 1.

TWINS 9TH: SECRIST REPLACED HERRMANN (PITCHING); HOPKINS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Cardenas grounded out (third to first);
Oliva singled to left; Killebrew flied to left; Reese walked
[Oliva to second]; Holt singled to center [Oliva scored, Reese
to second]; Mitterwald singled to left [Reese scored, Holt to
second]; Thompson singled to center [Holt scored, Mitterwald to
second]; Blyleven struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 9,
White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: QUILICI REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 2B); THOMPSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); McCraw flied to right; Morales
flied to right; O'Brien grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 9, White Sox 1.