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. Minnesota Twins 4, Milwaukee Brewers 0 (Game 1)Game Played on Tuesday, September 1, 1970 (Night game) at County StadiumTwins 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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