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.

The Senators built up a 3-0 lead before the Twins started their comeback with a run in the fourth inning on a triple by Cesar Tovar and sacrifice fly by Danny Thompson. The tying tallies followed in the sixth on a pinch-single by Jim Holt, the second triple of the game by Tovar and a single by Thompson. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Washington Senators 3
Game Played on Friday, August    21, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Senators     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.