Brant Alyea smashed a three-run homer in the first inning to start the Twins off to a 4-0 victory over the Angels behind the combined four-hit hurling of Bert Blyleven and Ron Perranoski. After the Twins' first two batters struck out, Harmon Killebrew walked, Tony Oliva singled and Alyea belted his homer off Rudy May. Perranoski replaced Blyleven with the bases loaded and one out in the sixth and quelled the Angels' threat. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, California Angels 0
Game Played on Friday, September 4, 1970 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Twins        3  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   4  9  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf,lf           4   0   2   0     1   1   .291      Alomar 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Thompson 2b,3b        5   0   0   0     0   2   .253      Gonzalez cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .264
Killebrew 3b          2   1   0   0     2   1   .284      Fregosi ss            3   0   2   0     1   0   .284
  Quilici pr,2b       1   1   0   0     0   1   .209      Johnson lf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .322
Oliva rf              4   1   4   0     0   0   .316      Spencer 1b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .284
Alyea lf              3   1   1   3     0   0   .284        Cowan ph,1b         2   0   0   0     0   1   .282
  Holt cf             0   0   0   1     0   0   .259      Repoz rf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .246
Cardenas ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .254        Reynolds ph,rf      2   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Reese 1b              3   0   0   0     1   2   .266      McMullen 3b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .228
Mitterwald c          4   0   1   0     0   0   .208      Azcue c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .233
Blyleven p            2   0   0   0     0   1   .162      May p                 1   0   0   0     0   1   .082
  Perranoski p        2   0   0   0     0   0   .053        Johnstone ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .235
                                                            Fisher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                            Oyler ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .067
                                                            Queen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   4     4   8             Totals               32   0   5   0     2   5

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 38,199
Left on Base: Twins 8, Angels 7
DP: Twins 0, Angels 0
Triples: Fregosi (4)
Home Runs: Alyea (13)
Stolen Bases: Tovar 2 (26)
Sacrifice Flies: Holt (3)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(9-6)         5.1   4   0   0   2   4   0  22   3.29
Perranoski SV(26)       3.2   1   0   0   0   1   0  12   2.18
Totals                  9     5   0   0   2   5   0  34

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May L(6-12)             5     5   3   3   2   5   1  21   3.86
Fisher                  2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   2.97
Queen                   2     2   1   1   2   2   0  10   3.51
Totals                  9     9   4   4   4   8   1  39

Umpires: HP - Hank Soar, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Emmett Ashford


TWINS 1ST: Tovar struck out; Thompson was called out on strikes;
Killebrew walked; Oliva singled to center [Killebrew to third];
Alyea homered [Killebrew scored, Oliva scored]; Cardenas made an
out to second; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar flied out to center; Gonzalez flied out to
left; Fregosi grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

TWINS 2ND: Reese grounded out (second to first); Mitterwald
popped to catcher in foul territory; Blyleven struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (pitcher to first); Spencer
struck out; Repoz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3,
Angels 0.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar walked; Thompson flied out to right; Killebrew
struck out; Oliva singled to right [Tovar to third]; Alyea flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first); Azcue
grounded out (shortstop to first); May was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

TWINS 4TH: Cardenas singled to center; Reese struck out;
Mitterwald singled to center [Cardenas to third, Mitterwald out
at second (center to shortstop to second)]; Blyleven flied out
to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Alomar grounded out (catcher to first); Gonzalez
grounded out (second to first); Fregosi singled to left; Johnson
singled to center [Fregosi to third]; Spencer popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

TWINS 5TH: Tovar flied out to left; Thompson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Killebrew grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Repoz flied out to right; McMullen walked; Azcue
flied out to center; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR MAY; Johnstone struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

TWINS 6TH: FISHER REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PITCHING); Oliva singled
to catcher; Alyea flied out to right; Cardenas grounded out
(second to first) [Oliva to second]; Reese struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: HOLT REPLACED ALYEA (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Alomar grounded out (second to first);
Gonzalez singled to left; Fregosi walked [Gonzalez to second];
Johnson singled to third [Fregosi to second, Gonzalez to third];
COWAN BATTED FOR SPENCER; PERRANOSKI REPLACED BLYLEVEN
(PITCHING); Cowan struck out; REYNOLDS BATTED FOR REPOZ;
Reynolds forced Johnson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

TWINS 7TH: COWAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); REYNOLDS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); Mitterwald made an out to first; Perranoski
grounded out (pitcher to first to pitcher); Tovar singled to
center; Tovar stole second; Thompson grounded out (second to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: McMullen made an out to second; Azcue flied out to
center; OYLER BATTED FOR FISHER; Oyler grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

TWINS 8TH: QUEEN REPLACED OYLER (PITCHING); Killebrew walked;
QUILICI RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Oliva singled to right [Quilici to
third]; Holt hit a sacrifice fly to center [Oliva to second,
Quilici scored]; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first);
Reese was walked intentionally; Mitterwald flied out to left; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 8TH: QUILICI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); THOMPSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Alomar grounded out (third to
first); Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); Fregosi tripled
to center; Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 4, Angels 0.

TWINS 9TH: Perranoski grounded out (second to first); Tovar
singled to third; Tovar stole second; Thompson struck out;
Quilici struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 0.

ANGELS 9TH: Cowan grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds
grounded out (pitcher to first); McMullen grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 0.