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Saturday August 15, 1970
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Boston Red Sox 11, Minnesota Twins 7 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, August 15, 1970 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Twins        0  0  3    2  2  0    0  0  0  -   7  5  1
Red Sox      3  0  0    0  2  0    4  2  x  -  11 13  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf              5   0   1   1     0   1   .296      Andrews 2b            2   1   0   1     3   1   .230
Thompson 2b,3b        4   1   0   0     1   0   .273      Smith cf              5   2   2   2     0   0   .311
Killebrew 1b          3   1   0   0     2   0   .289      Yastrzemski 1b        4   3   3   1     1   0   .333
Oliva rf              4   2   2   3     1   1   .320      Petrocelli ss         5   1   1   1     0   1   .263
Alyea lf              4   1   1   2     1   1   .294      B. Conigliaro rf      4   1   2   0     0   0   .282
Renick 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Thomas lf             4   3   2   3     1   1   .371
  Quilici 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Kennedy 3b            5   0   2   2     0   1   .260
Cardenas ss           2   1   0   0     2   1   .261      Moses c               5   0   1   1     0   0   .267
Mitterwald c          2   1   0   0     1   1   .209      Brett p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Reese ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .263        Hartenstein p       0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Hamm p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Fanzone ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .214        Wagner p            1   0   0   0     0   1   .200
  Woodson p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Allison ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .200
  Hall p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .182
  Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .059
  Manuel ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Tischinski c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .167

Totals               33   7   5   7     8   7             Totals               37  11  13  11     6   6

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance: 23,277
Left on Base: Twins 7, Red Sox 9
DP: Twins 1, Red Sox 0
Errors: Thompson, Andrews
Doubles: Allison (2), Tovar (25), B. Conigliaro (8), Smith (27), Yastrzemski (22), Thomas (7)
Triples: B. Conigliaro (3)
Home Runs: Oliva (19), Alyea (10), Smith (16), Yastrzemski (33), Thomas (2)
Sacrifice Hits: B. Conigliaro (1)
GIDP: Petrocelli (13)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven                0.1   3   3   3   1   1   2   5   3.36
Woodson                 2.2   0   0   0   1   3   0  10   3.20
Hall                    3     4   3   3   2   1   1  14   2.99
Perranoski L(7-5)       1     3   3   3   2   1   0   9   2.48
Hamm                    1     3   2   2   0   0   0   6   6.00
Totals                  8    13  11  11   6   6   3  44

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brett                   3.1   2   5   5   6   5   1  18   4.52
Hartenstein             2.2   2   2   2   1   2   1  11   5.59
Wagner W(3-1)           3     1   0   0   1   0   0  12   3.14
Totals                  9     5   7   7   8   7   2  41

Wild Pitches: Brett (2)

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to right; Thompson grounded out
(second to first); Killebrew walked; Oliva struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Andrews walked; Smith homered [Andrews scored];
Yastrzemski homered; Petrocelli struck out; B. Conigliaro
doubled to left; WOODSON REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Thomas
walked; Kennedy forced Thomas (third to second) [B. Conigliaro
to third]; Moses flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 0, Red Sox 3.

TWINS 2ND: Alyea walked; Renick forced Alyea (shortstop to
second); Cardenas struck out; Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 2ND: Brett struck out; Andrews struck out; Smith flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Red Sox 3.

TWINS 3RD: Woodson flied out to right; Tovar struck out;
Thompson walked; Brett threw a wild pitch [Thompson to second];
Killebrew walked; Oliva homered [Thompson scored, Killebrew
scored]; Alyea struck out; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Red
Sox 3.

RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski reached on an error by Thompson;
Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first) [Yastrzemski to
second]; B. Conigliaro flied out to center; Thomas struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Red Sox 3.

TWINS 4TH: Renick made an out to second; Cardenas walked;
Mitterwald walked [Cardenas to second]; ALLISON BATTED FOR
WOODSON; Allison doubled [Cardenas scored, Mitterwald to third];
HARTENSTEIN REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Tovar grounded out
(second to first) [Mitterwald scored, Allison to third];
Thompson grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 5, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 4TH: HALL REPLACED ALLISON (PITCHING); Kennedy struck
out (catcher to first); Moses made an out to second; Hartenstein
walked; Andrews walked [Hartenstein to second]; Smith grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Red Sox
3.

TWINS 5TH: Killebrew grounded out (second to first); Oliva
walked; Alyea homered [Oliva scored]; Renick struck out (catcher
to first); Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7, Red Sox 3.

RED SOX 5TH: Yastrzemski singled to left; Petrocelli grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Yastrzemski out
at second]; B. Conigliaro tripled; Thomas homered [B. Conigliaro
scored]; Kennedy made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 7, Red Sox 5.

TWINS 6TH: Mitterwald popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Hall struck out; Tovar doubled to left; Thompson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 6TH: Moses popped to catcher in foul territory; FANZONE
BATTED FOR HARTENSTEIN; Fanzone grounded out (pitcher to first);
Andrews made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7,
Red Sox 5.

TWINS 7TH: WAGNER REPLACED FANZONE (PITCHING); Killebrew
grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva singled to left; Alyea
popped to catcher in foul territory; Renick forced Oliva (third
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Red Sox 5.

RED SOX 7TH: QUILICI REPLACED RENICK (PLAYING 2B); THOMPSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Smith doubled; PERRANOSKI
REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Yastrzemski walked; Petrocelli singled
to center [Smith scored, Yastrzemski to second]; B. Conigliaro
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Yastrzemski to third,
Petrocelli to second]; Thomas reached on a fielder's choice
[Yastrzemski stayed at third]; Kennedy singled to right
[Yastrzemski scored, Petrocelli to third, Thomas to second];
Moses singled to third [Petrocelli scored, Thomas to third,
Kennedy to second]; Wagner was called out on strikes; Andrews
walked [Thomas scored, Kennedy to third, Moses to second]; Smith
flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 7, Red Sox 9.

TWINS 8TH: Cardenas walked; REESE BATTED FOR MITTERWALD; Reese
flied out to right; MANUEL BATTED FOR PERRANOSKI; Manuel lined
to right; Tovar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 7, Red Sox 9.

RED SOX 8TH: HAMM REPLACED REESE (PITCHING); TISCHINSKI REPLACED
MANUEL (PLAYING C ); Yastrzemski doubled to right; Petrocelli
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Yastrzemski to third]; B.
Conigliaro popped to catcher in foul territory; Thomas doubled
to right [Yastrzemski scored]; Kennedy singled to center [Thomas
scored]; Moses grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 7, Red Sox 11.

TWINS 9TH: Thompson grounded out (third to first); Killebrew
flied out to right; Oliva reached on an error by Andrews; Alyea
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Red Sox 11.



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