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Thursday September 3, 1970
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Roberto Pena and Phil Roof batted in three runs apiece to lead the Brewers to an 8-3 victory over Twins. In the fifth inning, when the Brewers scored five times, Pena knocked in one run with the single and Roof followed with a three-run homer. Pena homered with a man on base in the seventh. [The Sporting News]


Milwaukee Brewers 8, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Thursday, September 3, 1970 (Day game) at County Stadium

Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  0  -   3  7  0
Brewers      0  1  0    0  5  0    2  0  x  -   8  9  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf,lf           4   1   3   0     0   0   .289      Harper 3b             4   1   0   0     1   2   .292
Thompson 2b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .259      Snyder lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Oliva rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .311      May cf                4   1   2   1     0   0   .223
Killebrew 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Burda rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Reese 1b              4   1   1   0     0   1   .268        Smith ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .289
Cardenas ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .254      Hegan 1b              2   3   2   0     2   0   .238
Brye lf               1   0   0   0     1   1   .000      Pena ss               4   2   3   3     0   0   .249
  Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Roof c                2   1   1   3     2   0   .239
  Alyea ph            1   1   1   2     0   0   .284      Kubiak 2b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .255
  Kaat p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .197      Pattin p              3   0   0   0     0   2   .113
  Manuel ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .217        Sanders p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Mitterwald c          3   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Zepp p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .143
  Holt cf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .259

Totals               33   3   7   3     1   5             Totals               31   8   9   8     6   5

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance:  6,583
Left on Base: Twins 4, Brewers 6
DP: Twins 1, Brewers 0
Doubles: Cardenas (29), Pena (17), Hegan (20)
Triples: Tovar (12)
Home Runs: Alyea (12), Roof (10), Pena (3)
Stolen Bases: Hegan (8)
Caught Stealing: Tovar (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Snyder (3)
GIDP: Smith (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zepp L(7-4)             4.2   5   5   5   5   2   0  24   3.05
Williams                1.1   1   1   1   0   2   1   5   2.16
Kaat                    2     3   2   2   1   1   1   9   3.79
Totals                  8     9   8   8   6   5   2  38

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin W(11-11)         7.1   7   3   3   1   3   1  29   3.61
Sanders SV(7)           1.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   5   1.64
Totals                  9     7   3   3   1   5   1  34

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to left; Tovar was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Thompson made an out to
shortstop; Oliva flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper grounded out (third to first); Snyder
grounded out (second to first); May popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Killebrew flied out to right; Reese grounded out
(first unassisted); Cardenas doubled to left; Brye struck
out; Debut game for Steve Brye; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Burda struck out; Hegan singled to right; Pena
doubled to left [Hegan to third]; Roof walked; Kubiak singled to
right [Roof to second, Pena to third, Hegan scored]; Pattin
struck out; Harper grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald grounded out (first unassisted); Zepp
struck out; Tovar grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Snyder flied out to left; May grounded out (second
to first); Burda grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

TWINS 4TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva
grounded out (second to first); Killebrew made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Hegan walked; Hegan stole second; Pena made an out
to catcher; Roof flied out to right; Kubiak was walked
intentionally; Pattin grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

TWINS 5TH: Reese struck out; Cardenas flied out to left; Brye
walked; Mitterwald forced Brye (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Harper walked; Snyder out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Harper to second]; May singled to right
[May to second (on throw to home), Harper scored]; Burda
grounded out (second to first) [May to third]; Hegan was walked
intentionally; Pena singled to center [Hegan to second, May
scored]; WILLIAMS REPLACED BRYE (PITCHING); HOLT REPLACED ZEPP
(PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Roof homered
[Hegan scored, Pena scored]; Kubiak made an out to second; 5 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 6.

TWINS 6TH: Holt grounded out (first to pitcher); Tovar tripled
to left; Thompson grounded out (second to first) [Tovar scored];
Oliva grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Brewers 6.

BREWERS 6TH: Pattin struck out; Harper was called out on
strikes; Snyder grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 6.

TWINS 7TH: Killebrew flied out to left; Reese singled to center;
Cardenas flied out to center; ALYEA BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Alyea
homered [Reese scored]; Mitterwald made an out to shortstop; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 6.

BREWERS 7TH: KAAT REPLACED ALYEA (PITCHING); May singled to
left; SMITH BATTED FOR BURDA; Smith grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [May out at second]; Hegan
doubled to right; Pena homered [Hegan scored]; Roof walked;
Kubiak forced Roof (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 3, Brewers 8.

TWINS 8TH: SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Holt flied out to
right; Tovar singled to left; Thompson singled to right [Tovar
to third]; SANDERS REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Oliva struck out;
Killebrew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 3, Brewers 8.

BREWERS 8TH: Sanders flied out to center; Harper struck out;
Snyder flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3,
Brewers 8.

TWINS 9TH: Reese grounded out (pitcher to first); Cardenas flied
out to right; MANUEL BATTED FOR KAAT; Manuel flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 8.



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