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The Twins built up a 10-0 lead before Jim Kaat was kayoed and Stan Williams pitched 3 1/3 innings of hitless ball to complete a 12-3 victory over the White Sox. The Twins chased Bob Miller in the third with three runs on consecutive singles by Cesar Tovar, Jim Holt, Tony Oliva and Harmon Killebrew, combined with a wild pitch. After Moore took over, two more runs tallied on singles by Paul Ratliff and Leo Cardenas and a sacrifice fly by Danny Thompson. Killebrew homered in the fifth when the Twins went on a four-run spree. [The Sporting News]


Minnesota Twins 12, Chicago White Sox 3

Game Played on Sunday, July 5, 1970 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   3  7  3
Twins        0  1  5    0  4  1    1  0  x  -  12 12  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Williams rf           3   1   0   0     1   0   .254      Tovar cf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .311
Aparicio ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .305        Hill pr,cf          0   1   0   0     0   0   .118
McCraw 1b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .251      Holt lf               5   1   2   2     0   0   .255
May lf                4   0   1   1     0   0   .287      Oliva rf              5   1   2   1     0   0   .326
Josephson c           4   0   2   1     0   1   .323      Killebrew 3b          3   2   2   2     2   0   .313
Berry cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .250        Quilici pr,2b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .175
Knoop 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Reese 1b              3   2   1   1     1   0   .257
  Weaver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Ratliff c             3   2   1   0     0   0   .269
  Spence ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .172      Cardenas ss           3   1   2   3     1   0   .289
Morales 3b,2b         3   0   1   0     0   0   .148      Thompson 2b,3b        4   1   1   2     0   0   .278
Miller p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Kaat p                3   0   0   0     0   2   .174
  Moore p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .185        Williams p          2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  McKinney ph,3b      2   0   0   0     0   0   .133

Totals               32   3   7   3     2   1             Totals               35  12  12  11     4   3

Time of Game: 2:29   Attendance: 18,324
Left on Base: White Sox 4, Twins 9
DP: White Sox 0, Twins 2
Errors: McCraw, McKinney 2
Doubles: Aparicio (15), McCraw (6), Cardenas (19)
Triples: Josephson (1)
Home Runs: Killebrew (24)
Stolen Bases: Tovar (18), Reese (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Cardenas (1), Thompson (2)
GIDP: Josephson (5), Miller (2)
Hit by Pitch: Ratliff 2 (4,by Miller,by Weaver), Tovar (6,by Moore), Reese (4,by Weaver)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Miller L(3-4)           2     5   5   5   1   1   0  13   5.79
Moore                   3     5   5   5   2   1   1  17   5.52
Weaver                  3     2   2   1   1   1   0  15   4.38
Totals                  8    12  12  11   4   3   1  45

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(7-6)             5.2   7   3   3   2   0   0  24   4.01
Williams SV(7)          3.1   0   0   0   0   1   0  10   1.67
Totals                  9     7   3   3   2   1   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Miller (2), Moore (5), Weaver 2 (2)
Wild Pitches: Miller (1)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Williams grounded out (second to first); Aparicio
flied to center; McCraw grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar lined to left; Holt popped to second; Oliva
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: May singled to shortstop; Josephson grounded into
a double play (shortstop to first) [May out at second]; Berry
lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew walked; Reese singled to right [Killebrew
to third]; Ratliff was hit by a pitch [Reese to second];
Cardenas hit a sacrifice fly to center [Killebrew scored, Reese
to third]; Thompson reached on a fielder's choice [Reese out at
home (pitcher to catcher), Ratliff to second]; Kaat was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Knoop flied to right; Morales singled to left;
Miller grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Morales out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar singled to left; Tovar stole second; Holt
singled to left [Tovar to third]; Oliva singled to right [Tovar
scored, Holt to third]; Miller threw a wild pitch [Holt scored,
Oliva to second]; Killebrew singled to left [Oliva scored];
MOORE REPLACED MILLER (PITCHING); Reese forced Killebrew (second
to shortstop) [Reese to first]; Ratliff singled to left [Reese
to second]; Cardenas singled to right [Reese scored, Ratliff to
third]; Thompson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ratliff scored];
Kaat grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 0, Twins 6.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Williams flied to right; Aparicio grounded out
(third to first); McCraw grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 6.

TWINS 4TH: Tovar flied to right; Holt grounded out (second to
pitcher); Oliva lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Twins 6.

WHITE SOX 5TH: May lined to center; Josephson singled to center;
Berry singled to third [Josephson to second]; Knoop lined to
right; Morales flied to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
0, Twins 6.

TWINS 5TH: Killebrew homered; Reese walked; Reese stole second
[Reese to third (error by McCraw)]; Ratliff flied to right;
Cardenas walked; Thompson singled to shortstop [Reese scored,
Cardenas to second]; Kaat struck out; Tovar was hit by a pitch
[Cardenas to third, Thompson to second]; Holt singled to pitcher
[Cardenas scored, Thompson scored, Tovar to second]; Oliva
forced Holt (pitcher to shortstop to second); 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 10.

WHITE SOX 6TH: MCKINNEY BATTED FOR MOORE; McKinney grounded out
(pitcher to first); Williams walked; Aparicio doubled to center
[Williams to third]; McCraw doubled to right [Williams scored,
Aparicio to third]; May grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Aparicio scored, McCraw stayed at second]; Josephson tripled to
right [McCraw scored]; Berry walked; WILLIAMS REPLACED KAAT
(PITCHING); Knoop lined to third; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Twins 10.

TWINS 6TH: MCKINNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MORALES CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); WEAVER REPLACED KNOOP (PITCHING);
Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); Reese popped to
first in foul territory; Ratliff was hit by a pitch; Cardenas
doubled to left [Ratliff scored]; Thompson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins
11.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Morales popped to shortstop; McKinney flied to
center; Williams flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Twins 11.

TWINS 7TH: Williams was called out on strikes; Tovar reached on
an error by McKinney [Tovar to first]; HILL RAN FOR TOVAR; Holt
flied to center; Oliva singled to third [Oliva to second (error
by McKinney), Hill to third]; Killebrew was walked
intentionally; QUILICI RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Reese was hit by a
pitch [Hill scored (unearned), Oliva to third, Quilici to
second]; Ratliff flied to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.
White Sox 3, Twins 12.

WHITE SOX 8TH: QUILICI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HILL STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); THOMPSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B);
Aparicio lined to center; McCraw flied to center; May lined to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 12.

TWINS 8TH: Cardenas popped to second; Thompson popped to first
in foul territory; Williams flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 12.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Josephson struck out; Berry grounded out
(shortstop to first); SPENCE BATTED FOR WEAVER; Spence grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins
12.



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