With the help of Ron Perranoski, who relieved in the eighth inning, Jim Kaat received credit for the 150th victory of his major league career when the Twins defeated the Indians, 4-2. Cesar Tovar scored two of the Twins' runs after hitting a pair of doubles. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Monday, July      20, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Indians      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  9  2
Twins        1  0  0    1  1  1    0  0  x  -   4 10  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Pinson rf             5   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Tovar cf              4   2   3   0     0   0   .314
Nettles 3b            4   2   2   0     1   1   .227      Reese 1b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .252
Foster lf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .281      Killebrew 3b          3   0   2   1     1   0   .324
xFosse c              3   0   2   1     0   0   .000        Thompson 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Horton 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .262      Oliva rf              4   0   0   1     0   0   .321
Bradford cf           4   0   1   0     0   3   .198      Renick lf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .256
Leon 2b,ss            3   0   1   0     1   1   .232      Mitterwald c          1   0   0   0     1   0   .202
Heidemann ss          3   0   0   0     0   2   .204        Holt ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
  Rollins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .211        Tischinski c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Chance p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .042      Cardenas ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Austin p              2   0   1   0     0   1   .200      Quilici 2b            3   1   1   1     0   1   .189
  Higgins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kaat p                3   0   1   0     0   2   .176
  Hinton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .301        Perranoski p        1   0   1   0     0   0   .063
  Lasher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Brown 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .241

Totals               35   2   9   2     3   8             Totals               31   4  10   4     2   4

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 15,054
Left on Base: Indians 10, Twins 10
DP: Indians 1, Twins 0
Errors: Pinson, Heidemann, Tischinski
Doubles: Nettles (5), Tovar 2 (23), Killebrew (12), Renick (5)
Caught Stealing: Mitterwald (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Reese (2), Tovar (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Quilici (1)
GIDP: Holt (6)
Hit by Pitch: Cardenas (4,by Austin), Renick (1,by Austin)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Austin L(1-4)           4.1   6   3   3   2   4   0  23   5.90
Higgins                 1.2   3   1   1   0   0   0   7   5.19
Lasher                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.54
Chance                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.19
Totals                  8    10   4   4   2   4   0  38

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(8-7)             7     6   2   2   2   7   0  29   3.80
Perranoski SV(23)       2     3   0   0   1   1   0  10   1.46
Totals                  9     9   2   2   3   8   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Austin 2 (3)
Wild Pitches: Kaat (9)

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Larry Napp


INDIANS 1ST: Pinson popped to catcher in foul territory; Nettles
doubled; Foster walked; Fosse singled to center [Nettles scored,
Foster out at third (center to third)]; Horton lined to center;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar doubled; Reese grounded out (first unassisted)
[Tovar to third]; Killebrew doubled to left [Tovar scored];
Oliva popped to catcher in foul territory; Renick grounded out
(third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Bradford struck out; Leon grounded out (second to
first); Heidemann was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); Cardenas
struck out; Quilici was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Austin struck out; Pinson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Kaat was called out on strikes; Tovar singled to
center; Reese forced Tovar (pitcher to shortstop); Killebrew
singled to left [Reese to third]; Oliva grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Fosse
grounded out (shortstop to first); Horton singled to shortstop;
Bradford was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Renick doubled to left; Mitterwald walked; Cardenas
was hit by a pitch [Renick to third, Mitterwald to second];
Quilici hit a sacrifice fly to center [Renick scored, Mitterwald
to third, Cardenas to second]; Kaat struck out; Mitterwald was
caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Indians 1, Twins 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Leon was called out on strikes; Heidemann flied out
to right; Austin singled to center; Pinson grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Tovar doubled to left; Reese out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Tovar to third]; Killebrew was walked
intentionally; Oliva reached on an error by Heidemann [Tovar
scored (RBI), Killebrew to third, Oliva to first]; Renick was
hit by a pitch [Oliva to second]; HIGGINS REPLACED AUSTIN
(PITCHING); HOLT BATTED FOR MITTERWALD; Holt grounded into a
double play (third to first) [Oliva out at third]; 1 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 3.

INDIANS 6TH: TISCHINSKI REPLACED HOLT (PLAYING C ); Nettles
struck out; Foster flied out to center; Fosse reached on
catcher's interference by Tischinski; Horton flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Cardenas flied out to center; Quilici singled to
right; Kaat singled to left [Quilici to second]; Tovar flied out
to center; Reese singled to right [Quilici scored, Kaat to
second]; Killebrew forced Kaat (third unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Bradford singled to right; Leon singled to right
[Bradford to second]; Heidemann struck out; HINTON BATTED FOR
HIGGINS; Hinton forced Leon (shortstop to second) [Bradford to
third]; Pinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: LASHER REPLACED HINTON (PITCHING); Oliva lined to
center; Renick reached on an error by Pinson [Renick to second];
Tischinski flied out to center; Cardenas flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 4.

INDIANS 8TH: Nettles walked; Kaat threw a wild pitch [Nettles to
second]; PERRANOSKI REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Foster flied out
to center; Fosse singled to left [Nettles to third]; Horton
singled to left [Nettles scored, Fosse to second]; Bradford
struck out; Leon walked [Fosse to third, Horton to second];
ROLLINS BATTED FOR HEIDEMANN; Rollins forced Leon (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: CHANCE REPLACED ROLLINS (PITCHING); BROWN REPLACED
LASHER (PLAYING 2B); LEON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS);
Quilici grounded out (shortstop to first); Perranoski singled to
left; Tovar out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Perranoski
to second]; Reese grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 4.

INDIANS 9TH: THOMPSON REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 3B); Brown
grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson flied out to center;
Nettles singled to pitcher; Foster grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 4.