The Twins beat the Orioles for the sixth time in eight meetings between the division leaders, posting an 8-0 victory behind the seven-hit hurling of Jim Kaat. The Twins backed Kaat with homers by Rick Renick, Tony Oliva and Harmon Killebrew. Renick connected in the second inning.

Frank Quilici singled in the fifth, advanced on a sacrifice and scored on a single by Cesar Tovar, who took second on the throw to the plate. Mike Cuellar walked Killebrew intentionally, but Oliva wrecked the move with a boundary belt. Killebrew hit his 30th homer in the seventh inning. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 8, Baltimore Orioles 0
Game Played on Friday, July      24, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  3
Twins        1  1  0    0  4  0    2  0  x  -   8 13  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Buford lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Tovar cf              5   2   2   1     0   0   .316
Blair cf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .238      Reese 1b              5   0   2   1     0   1   .261
F. Robinson 1b        4   0   1   0     0   0   .328      Killebrew 3b          3   2   1   1     1   0   .315
Rettenmund rf         4   0   0   0     0   0   .278        Thompson 3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
B. Robinson 3b        4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Oliva rf              4   2   1   3     0   1   .319
Johnson 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .290      Renick lf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .267
Etchebarren c         4   0   2   0     0   1   .217        Holt pr,lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .193      Mitterwald c          4   0   1   1     0   2   .216
  Grich ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Cardenas ss           4   0   2   0     0   1   .286
Cuellar p             2   0   0   0     0   2   .101      Quilici 2b            3   1   2   0     1   0   .213
  Beene p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kaat p                3   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Salmon ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .304
  Drabowsky p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .125

Totals               34   0   7   0     1   5             Totals               36   8  13   8     2   6

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 33,719
Left on Base: Orioles 8, Twins 7
DP: Orioles 2, Twins 0
Errors: Belanger 3
Doubles: Tovar (24), Cardenas (25)
Triples: Cardenas (2)
Home Runs: Renick (7), Oliva (14), Killebrew (30)
Sacrifice Hits: Kaat (3)
GIDP: Killebrew (20)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar L(13-6)         4.2   8   6   6   1   4   2  22   3.97
Beene                   2.1   5   2   1   1   2   1  14  12.00
Drabowsky               1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.42
Totals                  8    13   8   7   2   6   3  39

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(9-7)             9     7   0   0   1   5   0  35   3.58
Totals                  9     7   0   0   1   5   0  35

Umpires: HP - Ed Runge, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Jim Odom


ORIOLES 1ST: Buford lined to shortstop; Blair singled to center;
F. Robinson forced Blair (third to second); Rettenmund forced F.
Robinson (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar doubled to left; Reese singled to right [Tovar
scored]; Killebrew grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Reese out at second]; Oliva struck out; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: B. Robinson lined to left; Johnson was called out
on strikes; Etchebarren singled to third; Belanger flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Renick homered; Mitterwald made an out to second;
Cardenas tripled; Quilici lined to third; Kaat flied out to
left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Cuellar struck out; Buford flied out to center;
Blair grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar flied out to center; Reese singled to left;
Killebrew made an out to second; Oliva grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: F. Robinson grounded out (third to first);
Rettenmund grounded out (second to first); B. Robinson flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Renick struck out; Mitterwald struck out; Cardenas
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Johnson singled to right; Etchebarren flied out to
right; Belanger was called out on strikes; On a bunt Cuellar
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: Quilici singled to right; Kaat out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Quilici to second]; Tovar singled to
center [Quilici scored, Tovar to second (on throw to home)];
Reese grounded out (third to first); Killebrew was walked
intentionally; Oliva homered [Tovar scored, Killebrew scored];
BEENE REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING); Renick reached on an error by
Belanger; Mitterwald struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
0, Twins 6.

ORIOLES 6TH: Buford grounded out (shortstop to first); Blair
grounded out (shortstop to first); F. Robinson singled to
center; Rettenmund forced F. Robinson (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 6.

TWINS 6TH: Cardenas grounded out (third to first); Quilici
singled to center; Kaat reached on a fielder's choice [Quilici
to second (error by Belanger; assist by Johnson)]; Tovar lined
into a double play (right to shortstop) [Quilici out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 6.

ORIOLES 7TH: B. Robinson flied out to right; Johnson flied out
to right; Etchebarren singled to center; Belanger flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 6.

TWINS 7TH: Reese struck out; Killebrew homered; Oliva reached on
an error by Belanger; Renick singled to left [Oliva to second];
HOLT RAN FOR RENICK; Mitterwald singled to right [Oliva scored
(unearned), Holt out at third (right to third)]; Cardenas
doubled [Mitterwald to third]; Quilici was walked intentionally;
Kaat forced Quilici (second to shortstop); 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E,
3 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 8.

ORIOLES 8TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); THOMPSON REPLACED
KILLEBREW (PLAYING 3B); SALMON BATTED FOR BEENE; Salmon made an
out to third; Buford singled to center; Blair walked [Buford to
second]; F. Robinson flied out to left; Rettenmund forced Blair
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 8.

TWINS 8TH: DRABOWSKY REPLACED SALMON (PITCHING); Tovar flied out
to center; Reese lined to left; Thompson flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 8.

ORIOLES 9TH: B. Robinson singled to left; Johnson flied out to
right; Etchebarren struck out; GRICH BATTED FOR BELANGER; Grich
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Twins 8.