Ken McMullen and Jim Fregosi batted in two runs apiece to escort the Angels to a 6-2 victory over the Twins, whose lead in the Western division was cut to five games over the California crew. Harmon Killebrew accounted for the Twins' tallies with a homer in the first inning, but the Angels kayoed Jim Perry in the fourth and took the lead with four runs.

A triple by Roger Repoz, single by Fregosi, walk and single by Jim Spencer produced the first two runs before McMullen batted in two more with a double. Sandy Alomar walked, Fregosi tripled and Alex Johnson singled for the final pair in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 6, Minnesota Twins 2

Game Played on Sunday, July 12, 1970 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium

Twins        2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0
Angels       0  0  0    4  2  0    0  0  x  -   6  9  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              5   0   2   0     0   1   .314      Alomar 2b             3   1   0   0     1   1   .260
Thompson 2b           5   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Repoz cf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .258
Oliva rf              4   1   3   0     1   1   .327      Fregosi ss            4   2   2   2     0   1   .298
Killebrew 3b          3   1   1   2     1   1   .322      Johnson lf            3   1   2   1     1   0   .328
Reese 1b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .241        J. Tatum lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Holt lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .252      Spencer 1b            4   1   1   1     0   0   .271
Cardenas ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .299      McMullen 3b           4   0   1   2     0   1   .239
Tischinski c          1   0   0   0     1   0   .167      Voss rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .252
  Ratliff ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Egan c                3   0   0   0     0   2   .208
Perry p               2   0   0   0     0   1   .308      Murphy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .163
  Barber p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaRoche p           2   0   1   0     0   0   .500
  Kaat p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Bradley p           1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Hill ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .105        Messersmith p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .145
  Boswell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Renick ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .253
  Hall pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .188

Totals               33   2   8   2     5   6             Totals               31   6   9   6     3   6

Time of Game: 2:56   Attendance: 20,614
Left on Base: Twins 10, Angels 4
DP: Twins 2, Angels 2
Doubles: LaRoche (1), McMullen (8)
Triples: Repoz (5), Fregosi (2)
Home Runs: Killebrew (26)
Stolen Bases: Alomar (23)
GIDP: Killebrew (15), Holt (5), Spencer 2 (6)
Hit by Pitch: Ratliff (5,by Bradley)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(13-7)           3     6   4   4   1   2   0  15   3.42
Barber                  1.1   2   2   2   1   2   0   7   4.19
Kaat                    1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.91
Boswell                 0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   6.19
Williams                1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   1.44
Totals                  8     9   6   6   3   6   0  34

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Murphy                  2.2   3   2   2   2   0   1  13   3.66
LaRoche W(2-0)          1.1   0   0   0   1   2   0   5   5.40
Bradley                 4     5   0   0   2   2   0  18   1.46
Messersmith SV(2)       1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.79
Totals                  9     8   2   2   5   6   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Bradley (1)

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to center; Thompson flied out to
right; Oliva walked; Killebrew homered [Oliva scored]; Reese
flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar was called out on strikes; Repoz grounded out
(first unassisted); Fregosi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Angels 0.

TWINS 2ND: Holt flied out to left; Cardenas singled to right;
Tischinski flied out to right; Perry forced Cardenas (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Johnson singled to center; Spencer grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop) [Johnson out at second];
McMullen flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Angels 0.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar flied out to left; Thompson flied out to
center; Oliva singled to center; Killebrew walked [Oliva to
second]; LAROCHE REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Reese popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels
0.

ANGELS 3RD: Voss flied out to left; Egan flied out to center;
LaRoche doubled to right; Alomar flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

TWINS 4TH: Holt was called out on strikes; Cardenas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tischinski walked; Perry struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Repoz tripled to left; Fregosi singled to center
[Repoz scored]; Johnson walked [Fregosi to second]; Spencer
singled to center [Fregosi scored, Johnson to second]; McMullen
doubled to left [Johnson scored, Spencer scored]; BARBER
REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Voss grounded out (second to first)
[McMullen to third]; Egan was called out on strikes; LaRoche
popped to shortstop; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 4.

TWINS 5TH: BRADLEY REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Tovar singled to
center; Thompson lined to second; Oliva singled to center [Tovar
to third]; Killebrew grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Oliva out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 2, Angels 4.

ANGELS 5TH: Alomar walked; Repoz struck out; Fregosi tripled to
left [Alomar scored]; Johnson singled to right [Fregosi scored];
KAAT REPLACED BARBER (PITCHING); Spencer grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Johnson out at second]; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 6.

TWINS 6TH: Reese walked; Holt grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Reese out at second]; Cardenas
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Angels 6.

ANGELS 6TH: McMullen flied out to left; Voss flied out to left;
Egan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 6.

TWINS 7TH: RATLIFF BATTED FOR TISCHINSKI; Ratliff grounded out
(second to first); HILL BATTED FOR KAAT; Hill grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tovar singled to pitcher; Thompson forced
Tovar (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels
6.

ANGELS 7TH: RATLIFF STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); BOSWELL
REPLACED HILL (PITCHING); Bradley singled to left; Alomar forced
Bradley (first to shortstop); Alomar stole second; Repoz walked;
WILLIAMS REPLACED BOSWELL (PITCHING); Fregosi flied out to left;
Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2,
Angels 6.

TWINS 8TH: J. TATUM REPLACED JOHNSON (PLAYING LF); Oliva singled
to center; Killebrew struck out; Reese popped to first in foul
territory; Holt singled to pitcher [Oliva to second]; Cardenas
flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 6.

ANGELS 8TH: Spencer flied out to right; McMullen struck out;
Voss popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels
6.

TWINS 9TH: Ratliff was hit by a pitch; RENICK BATTED FOR
WILLIAMS; Renick walked [Ratliff to second]; HALL RAN FOR
RENICK; MESSERSMITH REPLACED BRADLEY (PITCHING); Tovar struck
out; Thompson lined to shortstop; Oliva struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 6.

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