Five innings of shutout relief by Stan Williams and a three-run double by Harmon Killebrew enabled the Twins to defeat the Athletics. 4-2. A walk to Joe Rudi and a homer by Sal Bando produced the A's runs off Hall in the fourth. Minnesota Twins 4, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Tuesday, July 7, 1970 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumTwins 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 0 A's 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .315 Campaneris ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Holt lf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .255 Rudi rf 3 1 3 0 1 0 .304 Oliva rf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .322 Jackson cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .226 Killebrew 3b 3 0 2 3 1 0 .317 Bando 3b 2 1 1 2 2 1 .282 Reese 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .249 Davis lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .286 Ratliff c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .263 Tartabull pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Alyea ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .269 Mincher 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .229 Mitterwald c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .208 Fernandez c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .225 Cardenas ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .289 Green 2b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .186 Thompson 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Grant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hall p 2 1 0 0 0 0 .143 Hovley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Williams p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Dobson p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .174 Roland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lachemann p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaRussa ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Locker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Donaldson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Totals 32 4 7 4 4 6 Totals 33 2 7 2 4 8 Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 16,278 Left on Base: Twins 7, A's 8 DP: Twins 1, A's 1 Doubles: Killebrew (10), Davis (2) Home Runs: Bando (17) Stolen Bases: Tovar (20) Sacrifice Flies: Holt (2) GIDP: Cardenas (8), Jackson (6) Hit by Pitch: Tovar (7,by Dobson) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hall 4 5 2 2 2 6 1 18 2.24 Williams W(6-0) 5 2 0 0 2 2 0 19 1.53 Totals 9 7 2 2 4 8 1 37 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dobson L(7-10) 4.2 5 4 4 2 2 0 22 4.58 Roland 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2.38 Lachemann 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.27 Locker 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 2.68 Grant 2.2 1 0 0 1 1 0 9 0.83 Totals 9 7 4 4 4 6 0 38 Hit by Pitch: Dobson (5) Wild Pitches: Roland (2) Umpires: HP - Ed Runge, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Jim Odom TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (pitcher to first); Holt grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliva flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Rudi singled to left; Jackson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Rudi out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. TWINS 2ND: Killebrew walked; Reese struck out; Ratliff flied out to right; Cardenas forced Killebrew (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando struck out; Davis walked; Mincher was called out on strikes; Fernandez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. TWINS 3RD: Thompson flied out to left; Hall popped to catcher in foul territory; Tovar grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Green struck out; Dobson made an out to shortstop; Campaneris grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. TWINS 4TH: Holt singled to right; Oliva flied out to center; Killebrew singled to center [Holt to second]; Reese flied out to center; Ratliff struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Rudi walked; Jackson struck out; Bando homered [Rudi scored]; Davis doubled to left; Mincher singled to left [Davis to third]; Fernandez struck out; Green grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Athletics 2. TWINS 5TH: Cardenas singled to center; Thompson singled to third [Cardenas to second]; Hall forced Cardenas (pitcher to third) [Thompson to second]; Tovar was hit by a pitch [Thompson to third, Hall to second]; Holt hit a sacrifice fly to left [Thompson scored]; Oliva walked [Hall to third, Tovar to second]; Killebrew doubled [Hall scored, Tovar scored, Oliva scored]; ROLAND REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Roland threw a wild pitch [Killebrew to third]; Reese walked; ALYEA BATTED FOR RATLIFF; LACHEMANN REPLACED ROLAND (PITCHING); Alyea struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: MITTERWALD REPLACED ALYEA (PLAYING C ); LARUSSA BATTED FOR LACHEMANN; LaRussa singled to pitcher; WILLIAMS REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Campaneris flied out to center; Rudi singled to shortstop [LaRussa to second]; Jackson forced Rudi (second to shortstop) [LaRussa to third]; Bando walked [Jackson to second]; Davis forced Jackson (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 2. TWINS 6TH: LOCKER REPLACED LARUSSA (PITCHING); Cardenas flied out to right; Thompson grounded out (third to first); Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: Mincher flied out to center; Fernandez flied out to center; Green struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 2. TWINS 7TH: Tovar singled to center; Tovar stole second; Holt struck out; GRANT REPLACED GREEN (PITCHING); DONALDSON REPLACED LOCKER (PLAYING 2B); Oliva was walked intentionally; Killebrew flied out to left; Reese grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: Donaldson grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Campaneris flied out to center; Rudi singled to center; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 2. TWINS 8TH: Mitterwald singled to left; Cardenas grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Mitterwald out at second]; Thompson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: Bando walked; Davis forced Bando (shortstop to second); TARTABULL RAN FOR DAVIS; Mincher made an out to shortstop; Fernandez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 2. TWINS 9TH: TARTABULL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Williams struck out; Tovar grounded out (second to pitcher); Holt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: HOVLEY BATTED FOR GRANT; Hovley grounded out (second to first); Donaldson made an out to shortstop; Campaneris popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 4, Athletics 2. |
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