Rich Reese batted the Twins to a 2-1 victory in the opener of a twi-night doubleheader, but the Brewers came back to win the nightcap, 4-2, with the aid of a two-run homer by Bob Burda. In the first game, Jim Perry, who was taken out in the ninth inning after suffering a pulled groin muscle, gained his 16th victory. Tom Hall finished. The Brewers scored their run off Perry in the fifth when Roberto Pena singled, stole second and Jerry McNertney singled. Reese drove in the tying run with a double in the sixth and plated the winning marker with a single in the eighth.

Luis Tiant, making his first appearance for the Twins since breaking his shoulder May 28, was the loser of the second game, although allowing only one run on two walks and a single by Dave May in the first inning. Burda hit his homer off reliever Stan Williams in the sixth with Mike Hegan on base via a walk. Singles by Pena, Phil Roof and Lew Krausse added a run off Dick Woodson in the ninth. The Twins averted a shutout by scoring twice in their half of the ninth. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 2, Milwaukee Brewers 1 (Game 1)

Game Played on Monday, August 3, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Brewers      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  x  -   2  7  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .322      Tovar cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .301
Snyder lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Thompson 2b           4   1   3   0     0   1   .282
  Gil ph              0   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Oliva rf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .326
Hegan 1b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .242      Killebrew 3b          2   0   0   0     2   0   .304
  Savage ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .301      Reese 1b              3   0   2   2     1   0   .278
Burda rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Holt lf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .254
  Roof ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .247      Cardenas ss           4   0   0   0     0   2   .275
May cf                3   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Mitterwald c          3   0   1   0     0   1   .210
  Walton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .248        Kaat pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .175
Pena ss               3   1   1   0     0   0   .247        Tischinski c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
McNertney c           3   0   2   1     0   1   .263      Perry p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .306
Kubiak 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .253        Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Pattin p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .128

Totals               30   1   5   1     1   9             Totals               29   2   7   2     4   5

Time of Game: 2:35
Left on Base: Brewers 4, Twins 8
DP: Brewers 0, Twins 0
Doubles: Harper (32), Reese (9), Mitterwald (5), Thompson (5)
Stolen Bases: Pena (3)
Caught Stealing: McNertney (3), Tovar (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Snyder (2), Perry (7)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin L(7-9)           8     7   2   2   4   5   0  34   4.03
Totals                  8     7   2   2   4   5   0  34

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(16-9)           8     5   1   1   0   6   0  28   3.25
Hall SV(3)              1     0   0   0   1   3   0   4   2.71
Totals                  9     5   1   1   1   9   0  32

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


BREWERS 1ST: Harper was called out on strikes; Snyder grounded
out (second to first); Hegan singled to shortstop; Burda
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar popped to first in foul territory; Thompson
singled to center; Oliva grounded out (first unassisted)
[Thompson to second]; Killebrew lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

BREWERS 2ND: May grounded out (second to first); Pena grounded
out (shortstop to first); McNertney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Reese lined to second; Holt flied out to left;
Cardenas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Kubiak struck out; Pattin grounded out (shortstop
to first); Harper grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald was called out on strikes; Perry made an
out to shortstop; Tovar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Snyder grounded out (second to first); Hegan
grounded out (second to first); Burda lined to pitcher; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Thompson struck out; Oliva singled to left; Killebrew
grounded out (third to first) [Oliva to second]; Reese walked;
Holt lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 0.

BREWERS 5TH: May popped to third in foul territory; Pena singled
to right; Pena stole second; McNertney singled to center [Pena
scored]; Kubiak flied out to right; Pattin struck out; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Cardenas flied out to right; Mitterwald grounded out
(third to first); Perry grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Harper doubled to center; Snyder out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Harper to third]; Hegan was called out
on strikes; Burda popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Tovar made an out to second; Thompson singled to
left; Oliva forced Thompson (second to shortstop); Killebrew
walked [Oliva to second]; Reese doubled to right [Oliva scored,
Killebrew to third]; Holt was walked intentionally; Cardenas
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 1.

BREWERS 7TH: May flied out to right; Pena grounded out (second
to first); McNertney singled to right; McNertney was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 1, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Mitterwald doubled to left; KAAT RAN FOR MITTERWALD;
Perry out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Kaat to third];
Tovar reached on a fielder's choice [Kaat out at home (shortstop
to third)]; Tovar was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 1.

BREWERS 8TH: TISCHINSKI REPLACED KAAT (PLAYING C ); Kubiak
grounded out (pitcher to first); Pattin struck out; Harper
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers
1, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: Thompson doubled to right; Oliva grounded out (first
unassisted) [Thompson to third]; Killebrew was walked
intentionally; Reese singled to second [Thompson scored,
Killebrew to second]; Holt made an out to third; Cardenas flied
out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 2.

BREWERS 9TH: HALL REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); GIL BATTED FOR
SNYDER; Gil struck out (strikeout was charged to Snyder); SAVAGE
BATTED FOR HEGAN; Savage walked; ROOF BATTED FOR BURDA; Roof
struck out; WALTON BATTED FOR MAY; Walton struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Twins 2.

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