Tom Tischinski hit the first homer of his major league career in the seventh inning to break a 3-3 tie and carry the Twins to a 4-3 victory over the Senators. The crowd of 23,101 at the game boosted the Twins' attendance to 1,014,300, marking their 10th straight year over the million mark. Minnesota Twins 4, Washington Senators 3Game Played on Friday, August 21, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumSenators 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 8 1 Twins 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 x - 4 9 0 Senators AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Stroud cf 4 0 3 1 1 0 .283 Tovar cf,lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .294 Unser rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .249 Thompson 2b,3b 3 0 1 2 0 1 .275 Howard lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .284 Oliva rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .320 Epstein 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .255 Killebrew 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .292 Rodriguez 3b 2 0 0 1 1 1 .233 Quilici pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .215 Brinkman ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .270 Reese 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .272 Casanova c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .248 Alyea lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .284 Cullen 2b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .200 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 B. Allen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Cox p 3 0 0 0 0 3 .115 Tischinski c 3 1 1 1 0 0 .182 Pina p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blyleven p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Maye ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Holt ph,cf 2 1 2 0 0 0 .254 Totals 32 3 8 3 3 9 Totals 30 4 9 4 1 4 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 23,101 Left on Base: Senators 7, Twins 4 DP: Senators 2, Twins 1 Errors: Brinkman Doubles: Cullen (7), Oliva (25) Triples: Casanova (2), Epstein (2), Tovar 2 (11) Home Runs: Tischinski (1) Sacrifice Hits: Unser (3) Sacrifice Flies: Rodriguez (4), Thompson (3) GIDP: Epstein (7), Alyea (8), Killebrew (25) Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Cox L(7-9) 6.1 8 4 4 1 3 1 27 4.64 Pina 1.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.22 Totals 8 9 4 4 1 4 1 32 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven 6 7 3 3 2 7 0 27 3.51 Williams W(8-0) 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 10 2.06 Totals 9 8 3 3 3 9 0 37 Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Larry Napp, 3B - John Rice SENATORS 1ST: Stroud singled to right; Unser singled to first [Stroud to second]; Howard struck out; Epstein forced Unser (second to shortstop) [Stroud to third]; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Senators 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 0, Twins 0. SENATORS 2ND: Brinkman singled to center; Casanova tripled to right [Brinkman scored]; Cullen struck out; Cox was called out on strikes; Stroud walked; Unser struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Senators 1, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); Reese singled to left; Alyea grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Reese out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 1, Twins 0. SENATORS 3RD: Howard flied out to left; Epstein tripled to center; Rodriguez hit a sacrifice fly to left [Epstein scored]; Brinkman flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Cardenas grounded out (third to first); Tischinski flied out to center; Blyleven struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 2, Twins 0. SENATORS 4TH: Casanova grounded out (shortstop to first); Cullen doubled to left; Cox was called out on strikes; Stroud singled to left [Cullen scored, Stroud to second (on throw to home)]; Unser grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 3, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Tovar tripled to center; Thompson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Tovar scored]; Oliva doubled to left; Killebrew lined to center; Reese grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 3, Twins 1. SENATORS 5TH: Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); Epstein grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez walked; Brinkman grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 3, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: Alyea grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenas popped to first in foul territory; Tischinski popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 3, Twins 1. SENATORS 6TH: Casanova flied out to center; Cullen lined to shortstop; Cox was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 3, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: HOLT BATTED FOR BLYLEVEN; Holt singled to left; Tovar tripled to center [Holt scored]; Thompson singled to left [Tovar scored]; Oliva reached on an error by Brinkman [Thompson to second, Oliva to first]; Killebrew grounded into a double play (second to first) [Thompson to third, Oliva out at second]; Reese was walked intentionally; Alyea struck out (catcher to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Senators 3, Twins 3. SENATORS 7TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); WILLIAMS REPLACED ALYEA (PITCHING); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Stroud singled to left; Unser out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Stroud to second]; Howard was walked intentionally; Epstein grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Howard out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 3, Twins 3. TWINS 7TH: Cardenas struck out; Tischinski homered; Holt singled to center; PINA REPLACED COX (PITCHING); Tovar flied out to right; Thompson was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Senators 3, Twins 4. SENATORS 8TH: Rodriguez flied out to right; Brinkman grounded out (third to first); Casanova struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 3, Twins 4. TWINS 8TH: Oliva grounded out (shortstop to first); Killebrew singled to center; QUILICI RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Reese forced Quilici (shortstop unassisted); Reese was picked off first (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 3, Twins 4. SENATORS 9TH: QUILICI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); THOMPSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); B. ALLEN BATTED FOR CULLEN; B. Allen flied out to right; MAYE BATTED FOR PINA; Maye struck out; Stroud grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Senators 3, Twins 4. |
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