Jim Perry, who went out for a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning, received credit for his 21st victory, the most of any season of the righthander's career, when the Twins defeated the Angels, 4-3. Cesar Tovar doubled for the Twins in the first inning, advanced an extra base on a wild throw by Alex Johnson and scored on a sacrifice fly by Tony Oliva. Tovar got on base again with a single in the third and Oliva smashed a homer to give the Twins a 3-0 lead.

However, the Angels rallied for two runs in their half and tied the score in the fourth when Roger Repoz singled, Tovar bobbled the hit in the outfield and Jay Johnstone singled. Making amends for his error, Tovar singled in the fifth for his third hit of the game, stole second and scored what proved to be the winning run on a single by Danny Thompson. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, California Angels 3
Game Played on Saturday, September 5, 1970 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Twins        1  0  2    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   4  9  1
Angels       0  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3 10  2


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf,lf           5   3   3   0     0   1   .293      Alomar 2b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .262
Thompson 2b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .253      Gonzalez cf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .266
Oliva rf              2   1   1   3     1   1   .317      Fregosi ss            4   0   1   1     0   1   .284
Killebrew 3b          3   0   2   0     1   0   .287      Johnson lf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .321
Reese 1b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .266      Spencer 1b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .286
Alyea lf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .280        J. Tatum pr,rf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Holt cf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Repoz rf,1b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .246
Cardenas ss           4   0   0   0     0   1   .252      McMullen 3b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .226
Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   0   .206      Azcue c               1   0   1   0     0   0   .235
Perry p               2   0   0   0     0   0   .265        Johnstone ph        1   0   1   1     0   0   .238
  Ratliff ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .254        Egan c              1   0   0   0     0   1   .229
  Brye pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rivers ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Kaat p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .197        Brown c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Williams p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Murphy p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .149
                                                            LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Voss ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .241
                                                            Messersmith p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .157
                                                            Ruiz ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .234

Totals               34   4   9   4     2   5             Totals               36   3  10   3     1   7

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance: 27,301
Left on Base: Twins 6, Angels 8
DP: Twins 0, Angels 0
Errors: Tovar, Gonzalez, Johnson
Doubles: Tovar (29)
Home Runs: Oliva (20)
Stolen Bases: Tovar 2 (28)
Sacrifice Hits: Gonzalez (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliva (4)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(21-11)          6     8   3   2   1   3   0  27   3.00
Kaat                    0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.79
Williams SV(11)         2.2   1   0   0   0   4   0   9   2.10
Totals                  9    10   3   2   1   7   0  38

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Murphy L(13-11)         4.1   7   4   4   0   0   1  20   4.05
LaRoche                 1.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   6   4.01
Messersmith             3     2   0   0   1   3   0  11   2.99
Totals                  9     9   4   4   2   5   1  37

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar doubled to left [Tovar to third (error by
Johnson)]; Thompson grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliva hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Tovar scored]; Killebrew singled to
left; Reese singled to center [Killebrew to third]; Alyea forced
Reese (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (shortstop to first); Gonzalez
grounded out (first unassisted); Fregosi grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cardenas grounded out (first unassisted); Mitterwald
grounded out (third to first); Perry grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Spencer
singled to left; Repoz struck out; McMullen forced Spencer
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Angels 0.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar singled to left; Thompson grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Tovar to second]; Oliva homered [Tovar
scored]; Killebrew grounded out (third to first); Reese flied
out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Azcue singled to center; Murphy struck out; Alomar
forced Azcue (first to shortstop); Gonzalez singled to left
[Alomar to second]; Fregosi singled to center [Gonzalez to
second, Alomar scored]; Johnson singled to right [Fregosi to
third, Gonzalez scored]; Spencer grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 2.

TWINS 4TH: Alyea flied out to left; Cardenas flied out to left;
Mitterwald grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Angels 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Repoz singled to center [Repoz to second (error by
Tovar)]; McMullen grounded out (second to first) [Repoz to
third]; JOHNSTONE BATTED FOR AZCUE; Johnstone singled to right
[Repoz scored (unearned)]; Murphy made an out to first
[Johnstone to second]; Alomar grounded out (second to first); 1
R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 3.

TWINS 5TH: EGAN REPLACED JOHNSTONE (PLAYING C ); Perry flied out
to left; Tovar singled to right; Tovar stole second; Thompson
singled to center [Thompson to second (error by Gonzalez), Tovar
scored]; LAROCHE REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Oliva was called
out on strikes; Killebrew was walked intentionally; Reese
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4,
Angels 3.

ANGELS 5TH: Gonzalez singled to second; Fregosi forced Gonzalez
(shortstop to second); Johnson flied out to right; Spencer made
an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 3.

TWINS 6TH: Alyea struck out; Cardenas flied out to center;
Mitterwald made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
4, Angels 3.

ANGELS 6TH: HOLT REPLACED ALYEA (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Repoz made an out to pitcher; McMullen
walked; Egan struck out; VOSS BATTED FOR LAROCHE; Voss grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 3.

TWINS 7TH: MESSERSMITH REPLACED VOSS (PITCHING); RATLIFF BATTED
FOR PERRY; Ratliff singled to center; BRYE RAN FOR RATLIFF;
Tovar forced Brye (first to shortstop); Tovar stole second;
Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva was walked
intentionally; Killebrew singled to shortstop [Tovar out at
third (second to third), Oliva to second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Twins 4, Angels 3.

ANGELS 7TH: KAAT REPLACED BRYE (PITCHING); Alomar singled to
center; Gonzalez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Alomar to second]; WILLIAMS REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Fregosi
was called out on strikes; Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 3.

TWINS 8TH: Reese grounded out (second to pitcher); Holt grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cardenas was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 3.

ANGELS 8TH: Spencer singled to right; J. TATUM RAN FOR SPENCER;
Repoz made an out to first; McMullen made an out to second;
RIVERS BATTED FOR EGAN; Rivers struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 4, Angels 3.

TWINS 9TH: BROWN REPLACED RIVERS (PLAYING C ); J. TATUM STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); REPOZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
Mitterwald flied out to right; Williams struck out; Tovar struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 3.

ANGELS 9TH: RUIZ BATTED FOR MESSERSMITH; Ruiz struck out; Alomar
made an out to second; Gonzalez was called out on strikes; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Angels 3.