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Bert Blyleven, the Twins' 19-year-old righthander, pitched his first major league shutout and beat the Red Sox, 7-0. Cesar Tovar, who walked, singled and doubled, drove in three of the Twins' runs and scored two. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 7, Boston Red Sox 0Game Played on Wednesday, August 26, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumRed Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 3 Twins 1 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 x - 7 9 0 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Andrews 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Tovar lf 3 2 2 3 2 0 .291 Thomas lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .361 Reese 1b 4 1 0 0 1 1 .269 Yastrzemski 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .318 Oliva rf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .321 T. Conigliaro rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .268 Killebrew 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .288 Petrocelli ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Quilici 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Scott 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .286 Holt cf 3 0 2 2 1 0 .260 B. Conigliaro cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Thompson 2b,3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .276 Satriano c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .229 Cardenas ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 .258 Culp p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .117 Mitterwald c 3 2 1 1 0 1 .206 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blyleven p 3 1 0 0 0 1 .182 Fiore ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Phillips p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 0 4 0 1 8 Totals 33 7 9 7 5 7 Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 19,993 Left on Base: Red Sox 5, Twins 9 DP: Red Sox 1, Twins 0 Errors: Yastrzemski, Petrocelli, B. Conigliaro Doubles: Cardenas (28), Tovar (27) Triples: Oliva (5) Stolen Bases: Tovar (24) Sacrifice Hits: Blyleven (7) Hit by Pitch: Mitterwald (1,by Culp) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Culp L(13-12) 5.1 7 7 6 4 5 0 29 3.31 Lyle 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 7 4.67 Phillips 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.15 Totals 8 9 7 6 5 7 0 40 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven W(8-5) 9 4 0 0 1 8 0 32 3.22 Totals 9 4 0 0 1 8 0 32 Hit by Pitch: Culp (8) Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz RED SOX 1ST: Andrews struck out; Thomas singled to third; Yastrzemski flied out to center; T. Conigliaro struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar walked; Tovar stole second; Reese was called out on strikes; Oliva lined to center; Killebrew singled to left [Tovar scored]; Holt popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 1. RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli flied out to center; Scott grounded out (third to first); B. Conigliaro lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 1. TWINS 2ND: Thompson struck out; Cardenas doubled to left; Mitterwald singled to center [Cardenas scored, Mitterwald to second (error by B. Conigliaro)]; Blyleven made an out to first; Tovar singled to left [Mitterwald scored (unearned)]; Reese grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 3. RED SOX 3RD: Satriano lined to center; Culp struck out; Andrews flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 3. TWINS 3RD: Oliva tripled to right; Killebrew popped to first in foul territory; Holt was walked intentionally; Thompson struck out; Cardenas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 3. RED SOX 4TH: Thomas flied out to center; Yastrzemski grounded out (second to first); T. Conigliaro walked; Petrocelli flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 3. TWINS 4TH: Mitterwald made an out to shortstop; Blyleven reached on an error by Petrocelli; Tovar walked [Blyleven to second]; Reese hit into a double play (pitcher to third) [Tovar out at second (third to first to third), Blyleven out at third]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 3. RED SOX 5TH: Scott singled to left; B. Conigliaro grounded out (third to first) [Scott to second]; Satriano was called out on strikes; Culp struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 3. TWINS 5TH: Oliva popped to shortstop in foul territory; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); Holt singled; Thompson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 3. RED SOX 6TH: Andrews grounded out (third to first); Thomas lined to center; Yastrzemski flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 3. TWINS 6TH: Cardenas struck out; Mitterwald was hit by a pitch; Blyleven reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Mitterwald to third (error by Yastrzemski), Blyleven to second]; Tovar doubled to left [Mitterwald scored, Blyleven scored]; Reese walked; LYLE REPLACED CULP (PITCHING); Oliva lined to shortstop; Killebrew walked [Tovar to third, Reese to second]; Holt singled to left [Tovar scored, Reese scored, Killebrew to second]; Thompson forced Holt (shortstop to second); 4 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 7. RED SOX 7TH: T. Conigliaro struck out; Petrocelli grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott singled to center; B. Conigliaro singled to left [Scott to second]; Satriano struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 7. TWINS 7TH: Cardenas flied out to center; Mitterwald struck out; Blyleven was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 7. RED SOX 8TH: QUILICI REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 2B); THOMPSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); FIORE BATTED FOR LYLE; Fiore grounded out (second to first); Andrews grounded out (second to first); Thomas flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 7. TWINS 8TH: PHILLIPS REPLACED FIORE (PITCHING); Tovar lined to center; Reese flied out to right; Oliva singled to left; Quilici popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 7. RED SOX 9TH: Yastrzemski struck out; T. Conigliaro grounded out (third to first); Petrocelli flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 7. |
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