Jim Perry, who put the Twins ahead with a single in the seventh inning, beat the Athletics, 3-1, for his 22nd victory in the first game of a scheduled twi-night doubleheader. The second game was rained out. Minnesota Twins 3, Oakland Athletics 1Game Played on Wednesday, September 9, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumA's 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 x - 3 8 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .282 Tovar cf,lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Monday cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .290 Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Rudi lf,1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .302 Oliva rf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .318 Mincher 1b 3 1 2 1 0 1 .257 Killebrew 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .291 Lewis pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Reese 1b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .263 Alou lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Alyea lf 3 0 2 1 0 1 .293 Bando 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .264 Holt pr,cf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .257 Jackson rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .234 Renick ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .231 Tenace c 3 0 0 0 1 3 .333 Hill pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .105 Green 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Mitterwald c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .209 Hovley ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Quilici 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .214 LaRussa 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .191 Manuel ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Dobson p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .131 Thompson pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perry p 3 0 1 1 0 0 .267 Grant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 1 6 1 4 7 Totals 30 3 8 3 4 4 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 14,428 Left on Base: A's 6, Twins 7 DP: A's 2, Twins 2 Doubles: Bando (17), Killebrew (19), Alyea (9), Oliva (29) Home Runs: Mincher (26) Caught Stealing: Monday (11), Lewis (1), Killebrew (3) Sacrifice Hits: Bando (7), Dobson (5) GIDP: Green (12), Mitterwald (8) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Dobson L(15-13) 7.1 7 3 3 3 4 0 31 3.64 Lindblad 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.93 Grant 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.71 Totals 8 8 3 3 4 4 0 34 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry W(22-11) 8 5 1 1 4 5 1 30 2.93 Williams SV(12) 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.11 Totals 9 6 1 1 4 7 1 34 Wild Pitches: Perry 2 (3), Williams (2) Umpires: HP - Jim Honochick, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Lou DiMuro ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Monday singled to right; Monday was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Rudi singled to center; Mincher struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Cardenas flied out to center; Oliva grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson was called out on strikes; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Killebrew singled to right; Reese struck out while Killebrew was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first); Alyea singled to center; Mitterwald flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Green made an out to first; Dobson made an out to second; Campaneris lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Quilici flied out to center; Perry grounded out (second to first); Tovar grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Monday grounded out (second to first); Rudi lined to center; Mincher homered; Bando walked; Perry threw a wild pitch [Bando to second]; Jackson made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Cardenas made an out to second; Oliva walked; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first) [Oliva to second]; Reese struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Tenace walked; Green grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Tenace out at second]; Dobson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Alyea was called out on strikes; Mitterwald struck out; Quilici singled to right; Perry flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris flied out to right; Monday flied out to left; Rudi grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Tovar made an out to first; Cardenas grounded out (second to first); Oliva grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: Mincher singled to center; LEWIS RAN FOR MINCHER; Bando out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Lewis to second]; Jackson was walked intentionally; Tenace struck out while Lewis was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: ALOU REPLACED LEWIS (PLAYING LF); RUDI CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Killebrew doubled to right; Reese flied out to center; Alyea doubled to left [Killebrew scored]; HOLT RAN FOR ALYEA; Mitterwald walked; MANUEL BATTED FOR QUILICI; Manuel forced Mitterwald (shortstop to second) [Holt to third]; THOMPSON RAN FOR MANUEL; Perry singled to center [Thompson to third, Holt scored]; Tovar forced Perry (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); THOMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HOVLEY BATTED FOR GREEN; Hovley singled to right; Dobson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Hovley to second]; Campaneris walked; Perry threw a wild pitch [Campaneris to second, Hovley to third]; Monday was called out on strikes; Rudi flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 2. TWINS 8TH: LARUSSA REPLACED HOVLEY (PLAYING 2B); Cardenas flied out to right; Oliva doubled to left; Killebrew was walked intentionally; LINDBLAD REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Reese singled to right [Killebrew to third, Oliva scored]; RENICK BATTED FOR HOLT; GRANT REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Renick walked [Reese to second]; HILL RAN FOR RENICK; Mitterwald grounded into a double play (third to catcher to first) [Killebrew out at home]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: HILL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); WILLIAMS REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); Bando doubled to right; Williams threw a wild pitch [Bando to third]; Jackson struck out; Tenace was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Twins 3. |
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