The Twins snapped Sam McDowell's seven game winning streak by scoring three runs after two were out in the seventh inning to defeat the Indians, 5-2. Brant Alyea homered for the Twins in the fourth, but the Indians held a 2-1 lead going into the seventh. Danny Thompson led off with a single and was forced by Cesar Tovar. After Frank Quilici popped up, Rick Renick doubled to tie the score and Harmon Killebrew homered to send the Twins ahead. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Tuesday, July      28, 1970 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    1  0  0    3  1  0  -   5 11  1
Indians      1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  5  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Quilici 2b            4   0   0   0     1   0   .232      Pinson rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .297
Renick 3b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .261      Nettles 3b            3   1   1   0     0   1   .234
  Holt rf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .264        Brown ph,3b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Killebrew 1b,3b       5   1   1   2     0   0   .310      Foster lf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .285
Oliva cf              5   0   2   0     0   0   .323      Fosse c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .308
Alyea lf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .279      Horton 1b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .265
  Hall p              1   0   1   0     0   0   .211      Bradford cf           3   0   0   1     0   0   .196
Mitterwald c          5   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Leon 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Allison rf            3   0   0   0     0   2   .157      Heidemann ss          3   0   0   0     0   1   .209
  Reese 1b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .266      McDowell p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .153
Thompson ss           4   1   3   0     0   0   .228        Rollins ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .217
Kaat p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .164        Higgins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tovar ph,lf         1   1   0   0     1   0   .304

Totals               38   5  11   4     3   4             Totals               32   2   5   2     1   6

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 16,202
Left on Base: Twins 10, Indians 5
DP: Twins 0, Indians 0
Errors: Renick, Nettles, Fosse
Doubles: Renick (6), Thompson (2)
Home Runs: Alyea (8), Killebrew (31)
Sacrifice Hits: Kaat (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Bradford (3)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kaat W(10-7)            6     5   2   2   1   2   0  25   3.56
Hall SV(2)              3     0   0   0   0   4   0   9   2.83
Totals                  9     5   2   2   1   6   0  34

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell L(15-5)        7     8   4   4   2   4   2  32   2.62
Higgins                 2     3   1   0   1   0   0  10   4.63
Totals                  9    11   5   4   3   4   2  42

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Don Denkinger


TWINS 1ST: Quilici flied out to center; Renick flied out to
left; Killebrew grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Pinson grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles
singled to right; Foster walked [Nettles to second]; Fosse flied
out to center; Horton singled to right [Nettles scored, Foster
to second]; Bradford flied to right in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 1.

TWINS 2ND: Oliva singled to center; Alyea flied out to left;
Mitterwald struck out; Allison struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Leon grounded out (first unassisted); Heidemann
flied out to center; McDowell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Indians 1.

TWINS 3RD: Thompson singled to left; Kaat reached on an error by
Nettles on a sacrifice bunt [Thompson to second, Kaat to first];
Quilici walked [Thompson to third, Kaat to second]; Renick
forced Thompson (third to catcher) [Kaat to third, Quilici to
second]; Killebrew made an out to second; Oliva made an out to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Pinson grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles
grounded out (first unassisted); Foster made an out to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 1.

TWINS 4TH: Alyea homered; Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to
first); Allison struck out; Thompson popped to catcher in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Fosse reached on an error by Renick [Fosse to
second]; Horton lined to center; Bradford grounded out (second
to first) [Fosse to third]; Leon grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 1.

TWINS 5TH: Kaat struck out; Quilici made an out to shortstop;
Renick walked; Killebrew forced Renick (shortstop to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Heidemann grounded out (shortstop to first);
McDowell popped to catcher in foul territory; Pinson grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 1.

TWINS 6TH: Oliva grounded out (second to first); Alyea singled
to left; Mitterwald flied out to left; Allison made an out to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Nettles was called out on strikes; Foster singled
to center; Fosse singled to center [Foster to second]; Horton
singled to third [Foster to third, Fosse to second]; Bradford
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Foster scored]; Leon grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 2.

TWINS 7TH: Thompson singled to right; TOVAR BATTED FOR KAAT;
Tovar forced Thompson (shortstop to second); Quilici made an out
to shortstop; Renick doubled to left [Tovar scored]; Killebrew
homered [Renick scored]; Oliva singled to right; Alyea flied out
to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: TOVAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HALL REPLACED
ALYEA (PITCHING); HOLT REPLACED RENICK (PLAYING RF); REESE
REPLACED ALLISON (PLAYING 1B); KILLEBREW CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 3B); Heidemann struck out; ROLLINS BATTED FOR MCDOWELL;
Rollins struck out; Pinson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 4, Indians 2.

TWINS 8TH: HIGGINS REPLACED ROLLINS (PITCHING); Mitterwald flied
to right in foul territory; Reese singled to right; Thompson
doubled to right [Reese to third]; Tovar was walked
intentionally; Quilici forced Reese (third to catcher) [Thompson
scored (error by Fosse) (unearned) (no RBI), Tovar to third,
Quilici to first]; Holt lined to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 5, Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: BROWN BATTED FOR NETTLES; Brown popped to shortstop
in foul territory; Foster was called out on strikes; Fosse
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Indians 2.

TWINS 9TH: BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Killebrew lined to
left; Oliva grounded out (first to pitcher); Hall singled to
center; Mitterwald grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: Horton made an out to second; Bradford made an out
to second; Leon flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, Indians 2.