Tony Oliva and Harmon Killebrew powered the Twins to a 4-3 victory over the Tigers to spoil Al Kaline Day for the crowd of 40,113. The Tigers' veteran outfielder singled in his first time at bat but went hitless in his next three trips. Oliva started the Twins' scoring with a homer in the first inning. Norm Cash walked and Don Wert doubled for a Tiger run in the second, but Oliva singled in the fourth and Killebrew followed with a titanic homer into the upper-deck bleachers in center field.

Oliva singled for his third hit of the game to drive in another run in the fifth. The Tigers rallied in the ninth and scored two unearned runs on an error with the bases loaded before Stan Williams saved the game by retiring Mickey Stanley. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Detroit Tigers 3
Game Played on Sunday, August    2, 1970 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Twins        1  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  0  -   4 10  3
Tigers       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   3  7  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              5   1   2   0     0   0   .304      McAuliffe 2b          4   0   1   0     1   0   .266
Thompson 2b           5   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Stanley cf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .259
Oliva rf              5   2   3   2     0   2   .327      Kaline rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .287
Killebrew 3b          3   1   1   2     1   1   .306      Northrup lf           3   0   0   0     1   1   .274
Reese 1b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .274      Cash 1b               3   2   1   0     1   0   .252
Manuel lf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .259      Freehan c             4   0   2   0     0   0   .234
  Holt pr,lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Wert 3b               3   1   1   1     1   1   .241
Cardenas ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .278      Gutierrez ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .247
Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .209        G. Brown ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Zepp p                4   0   1   0     0   3   .130        Maddox ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .059      Niekro p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .149
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Nagelson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .156
                                                            Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            I. Brown ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .313

Totals               36   4  10   4     2   7             Totals               34   3   7   1     4   3

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 40,113
Left on Base: Twins 8, Tigers 8
DP: Twins 2, Tigers 1
Errors: Thompson, Killebrew, Reese, McAuliffe
Doubles: Reese (8), Wert (9), McAuliffe (15)
Home Runs: Oliva (18), Killebrew (33)
Caught Stealing: Tovar (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Holt (1)
GIDP: Cash (9), Wert (5)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zepp W(6-1)             8.1   6   3   1   4   3   0  34   2.96
Perranoski              0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.90
Williams SV(8)          0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.56
Totals                  9     7   3   1   4   3   0  38

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(10-9)          4.1   8   4   4   0   1   2  21   3.28
Scherman                0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.50
Patterson               3     1   0   0   2   3   0  13   4.36
Hiller                  1     1   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.24
Totals                  9    10   4   4   2   7   2  39

Umpires: HP - Emmett Ashford, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


TWINS 1ST: Tovar lined to second; Thompson popped to first in
foul territory; Oliva homered; Killebrew lined to right; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe made an out to shortstop; Stanley grounded
out (pitcher to first); Kaline singled to left; Northrup flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Reese singled to left; Manuel popped to first in foul
territory; Cardenas flied out to center; Mitterwald flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Cash walked; Freehan singled [Cash to second]; Wert
doubled to center [Cash scored, Freehan out at home (center to
shortstop to catcher)]; Gutierrez made an out to shortstop;
Niekro grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 1, Tigers 1.

TWINS 3RD: Zepp struck out; Tovar flied out to center; Thompson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: McAuliffe doubled to right; Stanley flied out to
right; Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first) [McAuliffe to
third]; Northrup struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
Tigers 1.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva singled to left; Killebrew homered [Oliva
scored]; Reese doubled to right; Manuel flied out to left;
Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald grounded
out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers
1.

TIGERS 4TH: Cash reached on an error by Killebrew [Cash to
first]; Freehan flied out to right; Wert struck out; Gutierrez
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Tigers 1.

TWINS 5TH: Zepp singled to center; Tovar singled to left [Zepp
to second]; Thompson forced Zepp (pitcher to third) [Tovar to
second]; Oliva singled to left [Tovar scored, Thompson to
second]; SCHERMAN REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Killebrew struck
out; Reese lined to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: NAGELSON BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Nagelson grounded out
(second to first); McAuliffe lined to left; Stanley was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 1.

TWINS 6TH: PATTERSON REPLACED NAGELSON (PITCHING); Manuel
singled; HOLT RAN FOR MANUEL; Cardenas lined to center;
Mitterwald grounded out (first unassisted) [Holt to second];
Zepp struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Kaline made an out
to first; Northrup walked; Cash grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Northrup out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 1.

TWINS 7TH: Tovar popped to catcher in foul territory; Thompson
grounded out (second to first); Oliva was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 7TH: Freehan singled; Wert grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Freehan out at second]; Gutierrez
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 1.

TWINS 8TH: Killebrew walked; Reese reached on an error by
McAuliffe [Killebrew to second, Reese to first]; Holt out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Killebrew to third, Reese to
second]; Cardenas walked; Mitterwald made an out to pitcher;
Zepp was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 4,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: COLLINS BATTED FOR PATTERSON; Collins grounded out
(first unassisted); McAuliffe walked; Stanley flied out to
right; Kaline reached on an error by Thompson [McAuliffe to
second, Kaline to first]; Northrup grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 1.

TWINS 9TH: HILLER REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Tovar singled;
Thompson struck out while Tovar was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Oliva struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: Cash singled; Freehan made an out to second; Wert
walked [Cash to second]; G. BROWN BATTED FOR GUTIERREZ;
PERRANOSKI REPLACED ZEPP (PITCHING); MADDOX BATTED FOR G. BROWN;
Maddox lined to left; I. BROWN BATTED FOR HILLER; I. Brown
singled to third [Cash to third, Wert to second]; McAuliffe
reached on an error by Reese [Cash scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Wert scored (unearned) (no RBI), I. Brown to third, McAuliffe to
first]; WILLIAMS REPLACED PERRANOSKI (PITCHING); Stanley lined
to right; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Tigers 3.