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Tuesday September 1, 1970
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Jim Perry posted his 20th victory with a shutout in the opener and the Twins exploded for six runs in the 11th inning of the nightcap to sweep a twi-night doubleheader with the Brewers, 4-0 and 7-1. Harmon Killebrew batted in a total of seven runs for the Twins, including three with a homer to support Perry's pitching.

In the second game, singles by Cesar Tovar and Killebrew, surrounding a sacrifice, gave the Twins their initial run in the first inning. The Brewers knotted the count in the ninth with singles by Tito Francona, Bob Burda and Ted Kubiak. When the Twins broke the game wide apart in the 11th, Killebrew climaxed the outburst by hitting for the circuit with two men on base. [The Sporting News]


Minnesota Twins 4, Milwaukee Brewers 0 (Game 1)

Game Played on Tuesday, September 1, 1970 (Night game) at County Stadium

Twins        3  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  1
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar lf              5   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Harper 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .297
Thompson 2b,3b        5   1   2   0     0   0   .265      Snyder lf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .246
Oliva rf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .317      May cf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .221
Killebrew 3b          4   1   1   3     0   0   .286      Burda rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .232
  Quilici 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .211        Alvis pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .174
Reese 1b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .269      Hegan 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .235
Holt cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Pena ss               3   0   2   0     0   0   .244
Cardenas ss           4   0   1   1     0   0   .256      Roof c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .238
Mitterwald c          4   0   2   0     0   1   .209      Kubiak 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .253
Perry p               3   0   0   0     0   2   .272      Krausse p             1   0   0   0     0   1   .161
                                                            Koegel ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gelnar p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .091
                                                            Smith ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .293
                                                            Baldwin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   4     2   4             Totals               32   0   5   0     0   9

Time of Game: 2:02
Left on Base: Twins 7, Brewers 5
DP: Twins 0, Brewers 0
Errors: Cardenas
Doubles: Oliva (27), Reese (13), Thompson (7), Snyder (11)
Home Runs: Killebrew (39)
Stolen Bases: Mitterwald (2)
Caught Stealing: May (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Perry (9)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(20-11)          9     5   0   0   0   9   0  32   3.00
Totals                  9     5   0   0   0   9   0  32

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krausse L(12-15)        6     8   4   4   2   4   1  28   4.38
Gelnar                  2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   4.52
Baldwin                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   2.93
Totals                  9     9   4   4   2   4   1  38

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Red Flaherty, 2B - Merle Anthony, 3B - Bob Stewart


TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson
singled; Oliva doubled to right [Thompson to third]; Killebrew
homered [Thompson scored, Oliva scored]; Reese flied out to
right; Holt flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper flied out to left; Snyder grounded out
(first unassisted); May singled to left; May was caught stealing
second but was safe at second (error by Cardenas; assist by
Mitterwald); Burda popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mitterwald struck out; Perry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Hegan struck out (catcher to first); Pena singled
to right; Roof flied out to left; Kubiak grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson
grounded out (third to first); Oliva singled to center;
Killebrew grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Krausse struck out; Harper struck out; Snyder was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Reese doubled to left; Holt grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Reese to third]; Cardenas singled to center [Reese
scored]; Mitterwald flied out to left; Perry grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: May flied out to right; Burda flied out to right;
Hegan was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4,
Brewers 0.

TWINS 5TH: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Thompson doubled
to left; Oliva was walked intentionally; Killebrew grounded out
(third to first) [Oliva to second, Thompson to third]; Reese was
walked intentionally; Holt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Twins 4, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Pena grounded out (second to first); Roof grounded
out (shortstop to first); Kubiak grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 0.

TWINS 6TH: Cardenas flied out to center; Mitterwald singled to
center; Mitterwald stole second; Perry struck out; Tovar flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: KOEGEL BATTED FOR KRAUSSE; Koegel grounded out
(pitcher to first); Debut game for Pete Koegel; Harper
flied out to right; Snyder doubled to left; May grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 0.

TWINS 7TH: GELNAR REPLACED KOEGEL (PITCHING); Thompson flied out
to left; Oliva flied out to center; Killebrew grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 7TH: QUILICI REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 2B); THOMPSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Burda flied out to center; Hegan
grounded out (second to first); Pena singled to third; Roof
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 0.

TWINS 8TH: Reese made an out to shortstop; Holt grounded out
(first unassisted); Cardenas made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 8TH: Kubiak struck out; SMITH BATTED FOR GELNAR; Smith
struck out; Harper popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 0.

TWINS 9TH: BALDWIN REPLACED SMITH (PITCHING); Mitterwald singled
to center; Perry out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Mitterwald to second]; Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first);
Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 9TH: Snyder struck out; May grounded out (second to
first); Burda singled to right; ALVIS RAN FOR BURDA; Hegan flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 0.



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