With Cesar Tovar providing the batting punch, the Twins beat the Angels, 3-1, to complete the sweep of the three-game series and extend their West division lead to six lengths. Tovar homered after a pass to Rich Reese in the third inning and then doubled in the seventh to drive in George Mitterwald, who also had doubled.

Tom Hall, who pitched for the Twins, was lifted in the ninth after Sandy Alomar walked and Jarvis Tatum singled. Ron Perranoski relieved and got Jim Fregosi and Alex Johnson on grounders, with Alomar scoring, before Billy Cowan flied out to end the game. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 3, California Angels 1
Game Played on Sunday, September 6, 1970 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium
Twins        0  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  8  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  4  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf,lf           5   1   2   3     0   0   .294      Alomar 2b             3   1   0   0     1   1   .261
Thompson 2b,3b        5   0   0   0     0   1   .248      J. Tatum cf           4   0   1   0     0   2   .243
Killebrew 3b          4   0   0   0     1   1   .284      Fregosi ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .283
  Quilici 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .209      Johnson lf            4   0   1   1     0   0   .321
Oliva rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .317      McMullen 3b           3   0   0   0     1   1   .225
Alyea lf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .281        Rivers pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Holt cf             1   0   0   0     0   1   .257      Reynolds rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Cardenas ss           3   0   2   0     1   0   .254        Cowan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Reese 1b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .264      Spencer 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Mitterwald c          3   0   2   0     0   0   .210      Azcue c               3   0   1   0     0   0   .236
  Brye pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Wright p              2   0   0   0     0   2   .191
  Tischinski c        0   0   0   0     1   0   .182        Kealey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Hall p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .207        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .053        Ruiz ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .231
                                                            Fisher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .125

Totals               33   3   8   3     4   4             Totals               31   1   4   1     2   6

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 19,641
Left on Base: Twins 9, Angels 5
DP: Twins 0, Angels 0
Doubles: Alyea (8), Mitterwald (8), Tovar (30), Cardenas (30), Johnson (25)
Home Runs: Tovar (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Hall 2 (6)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hall W(7-6)             8     4   1   1   1   6   0  29   2.65
Perranoski SV(27)       1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.15
Totals                  9     4   1   1   2   6   0  33

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright L(19-10)         6.1   7   3   3   2   2   1  28   3.00
Kealey                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   1.84
LaRoche                 1.1   1   0   0   2   1   0   7   3.86
Fisher                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.95
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4   4   1  39

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to right; Thompson grounded out
(third to first); Killebrew popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar popped to first in foul territory; J. Tatum
struck out; Fregosi popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 0.

TWINS 2ND: Oliva grounded out (first to pitcher); Alyea grounded
out (shortstop to first); Cardenas flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); McMullen
flied out to center; Reynolds grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Angels 0.

TWINS 3RD: Reese walked; Mitterwald flied out to center; Hall
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Reese to second];
Tovar homered [Reese scored]; Thompson grounded out (shortstop
to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Spencer flied out to right; Azcue singled to left;
Wright struck out; Alomar lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 2, Angels 0.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew flied out to right; Oliva flied out to
right; Alyea doubled to left; Cardenas was walked intentionally;
Reese grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: J. Tatum flied out to center; Fregosi singled to
left; Johnson doubled to left [Fregosi to third]; McMullen
struck out; Reynolds grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

TWINS 5TH: Mitterwald singled to center; Hall was called out on
strikes; Tovar flied out to right; Thompson flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Spencer flied out to left; Azcue flied out to right;
Wright struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

TWINS 6TH: Killebrew struck out; Oliva singled to right; Alyea
flied out to right; Cardenas singled to right [Oliva to second];
Reese grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Alomar struck out; J. Tatum struck out; Fregosi
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Angels 0.

TWINS 7TH: Mitterwald doubled to center; BRYE RAN FOR
MITTERWALD; Hall out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Brye
to third]; Tovar doubled to left [Brye scored]; KEALEY REPLACED
WRIGHT (PITCHING); Thompson was called out on strikes; LAROCHE
REPLACED KEALEY (PITCHING); Killebrew was walked intentionally;
Oliva flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: TISCHINSKI REPLACED BRYE (PLAYING C ); HOLT REPLACED
ALYEA (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Johnson flied out to right; McMullen flied out to right;
Reynolds grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

TWINS 8TH: Holt struck out; Cardenas doubled to left; Reese
flied out to right; Tischinski was walked intentionally; Hall
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 8TH: Spencer flied out to right; Azcue grounded out
(shortstop to first); RUIZ BATTED FOR LAROCHE; Ruiz grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

TWINS 9TH: FISHER REPLACED RUIZ (PITCHING); Tovar flied out to
center; Thompson grounded out (third to first); Killebrew made
an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 9TH: QUILICI REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 2B); THOMPSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Alomar walked; J. Tatum singled
to left [Alomar to second]; PERRANOSKI REPLACED HALL (PITCHING);
Fregosi grounded out (third to first) [J. Tatum to second,
Alomar to third]; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Alomar scored]; McMullen walked; RIVERS RAN FOR MCMULLEN; COWAN
BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Cowan flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 3, Angels 1.