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Friday July 3, 1970
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The Twins extended their winning streak to five games, breezing to an 8-2 victory over the White Sox behind the six-hit pitching of Jim Perry. The White Sox counted their pair in the first inning, but the Twins came right back with four runs on four hits, a walk, a wild pitch and an error. Cesar Tovar doubled and Danny Thompson singled for another run in the second and Harmon Killebrew iced the victory in fifth, hitting a homer with two men on base. [The Sporting News]


Minnesota Twins 8, Chicago White Sox 2

Game Played on Friday, July 3, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

White Sox    2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  6  1
Twins        4  1  0    0  3  0    0  0  x  -   8 11  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
O'Brien 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Tovar cf              3   2   2   0     1   0   .308
Aparicio ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .309      Thompson 2b,ss        4   2   3   1     0   1   .259
May lf                4   1   1   0     0   0   .289      Oliva rf              4   2   2   1     0   1   .325
Melton rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .283      Killebrew 1b          3   2   1   3     1   0   .313
Josephson c           3   0   2   1     0   0   .318      Holt lf               4   0   1   1     0   1   .250
  Weaver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Renick 3b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .264
  McCraw ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .253      Cardenas ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Spence 1b             4   0   0   0     0   3   .179        Quilici 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .177
McKinney 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     1   2   .203
Berry cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .251      Perry p               4   0   0   0     0   0   .326
Horlen p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .098
  Hopkins c           0   0   0   0     1   0   .309

Totals               32   2   6   1     1   6             Totals               33   8  11   6     3   5

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 13,286
Left on Base: White Sox 5, Twins 4
DP: White Sox 3, Twins 0
Errors: Spence
Doubles: Oliva (13), Tovar (19)
Home Runs: Killebrew (23)
Sacrifice Hits: Horlen (4)
GIDP: Renick (5), Cardenas (7), Quilici (5)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Horlen L(6-10)          5    10   8   7   1   1   1  25   4.61
Weaver                  3     1   0   0   2   4   0  11   4.57
Totals                  8    11   8   7   3   5   1  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(12-6)           9     6   2   1   1   6   0  34   3.03
Totals                  9     6   2   1   1   6   0  34

Passed Balls: Mitterwald (6)
Wild Pitches: Horlen (3)

Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - Bob Stewart, 3B - Ron Luciano


WHITE SOX 1ST: O'Brien flied to center; Aparicio singled to
third; May singled to right [Aparicio to third]; Mitterwald
allowed a passed ball [Aparicio scored, May to second]; Melton
struck out; Josephson singled to second [May scored (unearned)];
Spence struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Thompson singled to center
[Tovar to third]; Horlen threw a wild pitch [Tovar scored,
Thompson to second]; Oliva doubled to right [Thompson scored];
Killebrew walked; Holt singled to right [Oliva scored, Killebrew
to third]; Renick grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Killebrew stayed at third, Holt out at second];
Cardenas reached on an error by Spence [Killebrew scored
(unearned) (no RBI)]; Mitterwald struck out; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 4.

WHITE SOX 2ND: McKinney flied to right; Berry singled to right;
Horlen out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Berry to
second]; O'Brien flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Twins 4.

TWINS 2ND: Perry grounded out (second to first); Tovar doubled
to left; Thompson singled to left [Tovar scored]; Oliva flied to
center; Killebrew forced Thompson (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to first); May
popped to third in foul territory; Melton flied to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 5.

TWINS 3RD: Holt grounded out (first unassisted); Renick singled
to left; Cardenas grounded into a double play (second to first
to shortstop) [Renick out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Josephson flied to center; Spence struck out;
McKinney grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 2, Twins 5.

TWINS 4TH: Mitterwald flied to center; Perry grounded out
(second to pitcher); Tovar grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Berry grounded out (third to first); Horlen lined
to right; O'Brien singled to left; Aparicio forced O'Brien
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 5.

TWINS 5TH: Thompson singled to center; Oliva singled to right
[Thompson to third]; Killebrew homered [Thompson scored, Oliva
scored]; Holt grounded out (second to first); Renick flied to
center; Cardenas grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 8.

WHITE SOX 6TH: QUILICI REPLACED CARDENAS (PLAYING 2B); THOMPSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); May grounded out (shortstop to
first); Melton popped to shortstop; Josephson singled to left;
Spence grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Twins 8.

TWINS 6TH: WEAVER REPLACED JOSEPHSON (PITCHING); HOPKINS
REPLACED HORLEN (PLAYING C ); Mitterwald was called out on
strikes; Perry flied to center; Tovar walked; Thompson struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 8.

WHITE SOX 7TH: McKinney struck out; Berry grounded out (first
unassisted); Hopkins walked; O'Brien popped to third; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 8.

TWINS 7TH: Oliva struck out; Killebrew lined to third; Holt was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins
8.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Aparicio lined to center; May lined to second;
Melton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 8.

TWINS 8TH: Renick singled to center; Quilici grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Renick out at
second]; Mitterwald walked; Perry grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 8.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MCCRAW BATTED FOR WEAVER; McCraw popped to
shortstop; Spence struck out; McKinney flied to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 8.



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