Bill Rigney chalked up the 1,000th victory of his career as a manager when the Twins beat the White Sox, 9-1, in the first game of a doubleheader. The White Sox, who had lost both ends of seven straight twin-bills this season, ended their jinx by outslugging the Twins in the nightcap, 11-10. Harmon Killebrew smashed two homers, driving in three runs, to lead the Twins' attack in the lidlifter. Tony Oliva also hit for the circuit.

The White Sox had homers by Ken Berry, Danny Murphy, Luis Aparicio and Bill Melton, all with the bases empty, among their 13 hits in the nightcap. The Twins also had 13 hits, including a three-run homer by George Mitterwald and a two-run smash by Oliva. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 9, Chicago White Sox 1 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, June 28, 1970 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Twins        0  1  2    2  1  0    0  2  1  -   9 16  0
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  9  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              5   1   3   0     0   0   .290      Williams lf           5   0   2   0     0   0   .259
Cardenas ss           5   0   3   1     0   1   .285      Aparicio ss           4   0   2   1     0   2   .305
Oliva rf              5   2   2   2     0   0   .322      O'Brien 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .278
  Hill pr,rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Melton rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .288
Killebrew 3b          4   2   2   3     0   0   .306      Josephson c           4   0   0   0     0   1   .319
  Quilici 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .169      McKinney 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .091
Reese 1b              4   0   0   0     1   0   .261      Spence 1b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .200
Ratliff c             4   2   1   0     1   2   .276      Berry cf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .258
Holt lf               4   1   3   0     0   0   .242      Horlen p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .100
Thompson 2b,3b        3   0   1   2     0   0   .200        Knoop ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .204
Hall p                3   1   1   1     0   0   .200        Magnuson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Zepp p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        McCraw ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .259
                                                            Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Hopkins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .309

Totals               39   9  16   9     2   4             Totals               35   1   9   1     2   7

Time of Game: 2:18
Left on Base: Twins 6, White Sox 9
DP: Twins 1, White Sox 2
Errors: Berry
Doubles: Aparicio (13)
Home Runs: Killebrew 2 (20), Oliva (10)
Caught Stealing: Holt (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Thompson (1)
GIDP: Cardenas (5), Quilici (4), Josephson (3)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hall W(3-2)             6.2   7   1   1   2   7   0  29   2.23
Zepp SV(1)              2.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   8   2.55
Totals                  9     9   1   1   2   7   0  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Horlen L(6-9)           5    12   6   6   0   1   2  24   4.28
Magnuson                2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.00
Miller                  2     4   3   3   2   2   1  12   4.95
Totals                  9    16   9   9   2   4   3  42

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Cardenas singled
to center; Oliva forced Cardenas (first to shortstop) [Oliva to
first]; Killebrew flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams singled to left; On a bunt Aparicio
singled to third [Williams to second]; O'Brien popped to first;
Melton flied to right; Josephson was called out on strikes; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, White Sox 0.

TWINS 2ND: Reese grounded out (first to pitcher); Ratliff
singled to right; Holt singled to center [Ratliff to second];
Thompson singled to center [Ratliff scored, Holt to third (error
by Berry)]; Hall grounded out (first unassisted) [Thompson to
second]; Holt was caught stealing home (pitcher to catcher); 1
R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: McKinney flied to center; Spence flied to right;
Berry walked; Horlen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
White Sox 0.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar singled to center; Cardenas grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Tovar out at second]; Oliva
singled to center; Killebrew homered [Oliva scored]; Reese flied
to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Williams flied to left; Aparicio struck out;
O'Brien flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox
0.

TWINS 4TH: Ratliff struck out; Holt singled to right; Thompson
grounded out (second to first) [Holt to second]; Hall singled to
center [Holt scored]; Tovar singled to right [Hall to third];
Cardenas singled to center [Hall scored, Tovar out at home
(center to catcher)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, White Sox
0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton struck out; Josephson flied to left;
McKinney popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 5, White Sox 0.

TWINS 5TH: Oliva homered; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to
first); Reese grounded out (second to first); Ratliff flied to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Spence walked; Berry flied to left; KNOOP BATTED
FOR HORLEN; Knoop singled to left [Spence to second]; Williams
forced Knoop (third to second) [Spence to third, Williams to
first]; Aparicio was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 6, White Sox 0.

TWINS 6TH: MAGNUSON REPLACED KNOOP (PITCHING); Holt lined to
left; Debut game for Jim Magnuson; Thompson popped to
catcher in foul territory; Hall popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: O'Brien singled to left; Melton flied to left;
Josephson flied to center; McKinney struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 6, White Sox 0.

TWINS 7TH: Tovar flied to center; Cardenas was called out on
strikes; Oliva flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 6,
White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Spence struck out; Berry singled to center;
MCCRAW BATTED FOR MAGNUSON; McCraw lined to center; Williams
singled to left [Berry to second]; Aparicio doubled to left
[Berry scored, Williams to third]; ZEPP REPLACED HALL
(PITCHING); O'Brien lined to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins
6, White Sox 1.

TWINS 8TH: MILLER REPLACED MCCRAW (PITCHING); Killebrew homered;
Reese grounded out (first to pitcher); Ratliff walked; Holt
singled to left [Ratliff to third]; Thompson lined out on a
sacrifice fly to right [Ratliff scored]; Zepp was called out on
strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 8, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: QUILICI REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 2B); THOMPSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Melton singled to right;
Josephson grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Melton out at second]; McKinney flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 8, White Sox 1.

TWINS 9TH: Tovar singled to right; Cardenas singled to left
[Tovar to third]; Oliva reached on a fielder's choice [Tovar
scored, Cardenas to second]; HILL RAN FOR OLIVA; Quilici
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Cardenas to third, Hill out at second]; Reese walked; Ratliff
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 9, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: HILL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Spence singled
to center; Berry grounded out (first unassisted) [Spence to
second]; HOPKINS BATTED FOR MILLER; Hopkins grounded out (second
to first) [Spence to third]; Williams grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 9, White Sox 1.

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