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 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    26, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Red 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.