Although collecting 12 hits, the Yankees were unable to capitalize on opportunities and lost to the Twins, 3-1. Bill Zepp, Stan Williams and Tom Hall held the Yankees scoreless until they finally broke through for a run in the ninth on a triple by Ron Woods, their only extra-base blow of game, and a sacrifice fly by Horace Clarke.

The Twins scored two unearned runs off Mel Stottlemyre in the first. Cesar Tovar opened with a single and reached third when both Jerry Kenney and Clarke committed errors on a grounder by Tony Oliva. Harmon Killebrew hit a sacrifice fly for his 100th RBI of the season, scoring Tovar. Oliva crossed the plate on singles by Jim Holt and Paul Ratliff, who also accounted for the Twins' last run with a homer in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Saturday, August    29, 1970 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Twins        2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  7  1
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1 12  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .288      Clarke 2b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .248
Reese 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .268      Munson c              5   0   2   0     0   0   .295
Oliva rf              4   1   0   0     0   0   .317      White lf              5   0   2   0     0   0   .296
Killebrew 3b          3   0   1   1     0   0   .286      Murcer cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .252
  Thompson 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Cater 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .298
Holt cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Lyttle rf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .364
Ratliff c             4   1   2   2     0   1   .237      Baker ss              3   0   2   0     0   1   .276
Cardenas ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Kenney 3b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .199
Quilici 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .214        Michael ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .220
Zepp p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .147      Stottlemyre p         2   0   0   0     1   0   .174
  Allison ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .197        Woods ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .234
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               33   3   7   3     0   7             Totals               36   1  12   1     1   4

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 17,344
Left on Base: Twins 4, Yankees 11
DP: Twins 2, Yankees 0
Errors: Ratliff, Clarke
Triples: Woods (1)
Home Runs: Ratliff (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Killebrew (7), Clarke (7)
GIDP: Munson (12)
Hit by Pitch: Baker (2,by Zepp)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zepp W(7-3)             6     9   0   0   1   1   0  27   2.79
Williams                0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.04
Hall SV(4)              2.1   2   1   1   0   3   0   9   2.92
Totals                  9    12   1   1   1   4   0  39

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stottlemyre L(12-11)    9     7   3   1   0   7   1  34   3.12
Totals                  9     7   3   1   0   7   1  34

Hit by Pitch: Zepp (7)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz


TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Reese struck out; Oliva
reached on an error by Clarke [Tovar to third, Oliva to first];
Killebrew hit a sacrifice fly to right [Tovar scored
(unearned)]; Holt singled to left [Oliva to third]; Ratliff
singled to right [Oliva scored (unearned), Holt to third];
Cardenas lined to third; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke singled to pitcher; Munson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Clarke out at
second]; White singled to shortstop; Murcer singled [White to
third]; Cater grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

TWINS 2ND: Quilici grounded out (third to first); Zepp struck
out; Tovar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Lyttle singled to left; Baker was hit by a pitch
[Lyttle to second]; Kenney lined to third; Stottlemyre walked
[Lyttle to third, Baker to second]; Clarke hit into a double
play to center [Stottlemyre out at second (second
unassisted)]; Mel Stottlemyre passed Frank Baker on the
bases; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

TWINS 3RD: Reese grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva flied
out to left; Killebrew singled to left; Holt forced Killebrew
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); White
grounded out (first unassisted); Murcer popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

TWINS 4TH: Ratliff flied out to center; Cardenas singled to
right; Quilici singled to left [Cardenas to third]; Cardenas was
out trying to advance to home (catcher unassisted); Zepp struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Cater struck out; Lyttle singled to center; Baker
singled to center [Lyttle to second]; Kenney forced Lyttle
(third unassisted) [Baker to second]; Stottlemyre made an out to
second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

TWINS 5TH: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Reese grounded
out (first to pitcher); Oliva grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Clarke lined to third; Munson singled to center;
Munson was picked off first but was safe on an error by Ratliff
[Munson to second]; White made an out to shortstop; Murcer
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Yankees 0.

TWINS 6TH: Killebrew flied out to center; Holt grounded out
(shortstop to first); Ratliff struck out (catcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Cater flied out to right; Lyttle flied out to
center; Baker singled to left; Kenney singled to center [Baker
to third]; Stottlemyre made an out to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

TWINS 7TH: Cardenas grounded out (third to first); Quilici
grounded out (third to first); ALLISON BATTED FOR ZEPP; Allison
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED ALLISON (PITCHING); Clarke flied
out to right; Munson flied out to right; White singled to right;
HALL REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Murcer struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

TWINS 8TH: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Reese struck
out; Oliva flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Cater grounded out (second to first); Lyttle struck
out; Baker struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Yankees 0.

TWINS 9TH: Killebrew grounded out (third to first); Holt
grounded out (second to first); Ratliff homered; Cardenas flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 9TH: THOMPSON REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 3B); MICHAEL
BATTED FOR KENNEY; Michael grounded out (shortstop to first);
WOODS BATTED FOR STOTTLEMYRE; Woods tripled to right; Clarke hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Woods scored]; Munson singled to
right; White flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3,
Yankees 1.