The Twins completed four double plays, their high for season, to back the pitching of Bill Zepp, who yielded only five hits and shut out the White Sox, 6-0. Harmon Killebrew, Frank Qullici and George Mitterwald smashed homers. Quilici's blow came with two on base in the fourth inning. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 6, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Friday, September 11, 1970 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1
Twins        2  0  0    3  0  0    0  1  x  -   6 11  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
O'Brien 3b            4   0   2   0     0   0   .252      Tovar cf,rf,lf        5   0   2   0     0   0   .295
Aparicio ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .317      Cardenas ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .249
May lf                4   0   1   0     0   1   .294      Killebrew 1b,3b       4   1   1   1     0   0   .288
Melton rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .265        Nettles rf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Herrmann c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .279      Oliva rf              1   1   0   0     1   0   .317
Hopkins 1b            1   0   0   0     3   0   .281        Holt cf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
Berry cf              0   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Alyea lf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .308
  McCraw cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .224        Thompson 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Knoop 2b              3   0   0   0     0   2   .222      Renick 3b             2   1   1   0     0   0   .233
Moore p               1   0   0   0     0   1   .179        Reese ph,1b         2   0   0   0     0   1   .263
  Weaver p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mitterwald c          3   2   2   1     1   1   .211
  Ortiz ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Quilici 2b            3   1   1   3     1   2   .224
  Stange p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Zepp p                4   0   1   0     0   3   .146
  Williams ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .255
  Murphy p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .400

Totals               29   0   5   0     5   4             Totals               33   6  11   6     3   8

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 10,575
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Twins 7
DP: White Sox 1, Twins 4
Errors: Aparicio, Cardenas
Doubles: Alyea (10), Cardenas (32)
Triples: Alyea (1)
Home Runs: Killebrew (41), Quilici (2), Mitterwald (14)
Caught Stealing: Mitterwald (5), Tovar (13), Alyea (3)
GIDP: May 2 (24), O'Brien (10), Melton (6)
Hit by Pitch: Oliva (3,by Moore)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Moore L(3-9)            3.1   8   5   5   2   4   2  19   5.49
Weaver                  1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   3.83
Stange                  2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   5.26
Murphy                  1     2   1   1   0   1   1   5   5.42
Totals                  8    11   6   6   3   8   3  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zepp W(8-4)             9     5   0   0   5   4   0  34   3.01
Totals                  9     5   0   0   5   4   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Moore (9)
Wild Pitches: Zepp (4)

Umpires: HP - Jake O'Donnell, 1B - Jim Honochick, 2B - Frank Umont, 3B - George Maloney


WHITE SOX 1ST: O'Brien grounded out (shortstop to first);
Aparicio singled to center; May grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Aparicio out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied to right; Cardenas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Killebrew homered; Oliva was hit by a
pitch; Alyea doubled to left [Oliva scored]; Renick grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton flied to center; Herrmann flied to right;
Hopkins grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 2ND: MCCRAW REPLACED BERRY (PLAYING CF); Mitterwald
singled to center; Quilici struck out while Mitterwald was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Zepp was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: McCraw grounded out (second to first); Knoop
grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar singled to center; Tovar was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Cardenas doubled to right; Killebrew
grounded out (third to first); Oliva walked; Alyea was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: O'Brien singled to third; Aparicio forced O'Brien
(shortstop to second); May grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Aparicio out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Renick singled to center; Mitterwald walked [Renick
to second]; Quilici homered [Renick scored, Mitterwald scored];
Zepp struck out; Tovar singled to left; WEAVER REPLACED MOORE
(PITCHING); Cardenas flied to right; Killebrew reached on an
error by Aparicio [Tovar to third, Killebrew to first]; Oliva
flied to left; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Melton walked; Herrmann popped to third; Hopkins
walked [Melton to second]; McCraw grounded out (first
unassisted) [Melton to third, Hopkins to second]; Knoop struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 5.

TWINS 5TH: Alyea tripled to center; REESE BATTED FOR RENICK;
Reese struck out; Alyea was caught stealing home (catcher
unassisted); Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); KILLEBREW
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); HOLT REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING
CF); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); ORTIZ BATTED FOR
WEAVER; Ortiz flied to center; O'Brien singled to left; Aparicio
reached on a fielder's choice [O'Brien to third (error by
Cardenas)]; May struck out; Melton popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 5.

TWINS 6TH: STANGE REPLACED ORTIZ (PITCHING); Quilici walked; On
a bunt Zepp struck out; Tovar flied to center; Cardenas popped
to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Herrmann flied to center; Hopkins walked; McCraw
flied to right; Zepp threw a wild pitch [Hopkins to second];
Knoop struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 5.

TWINS 7TH: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); Holt
grounded out (second to first); Alyea lined to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 5.

WHITE SOX 8TH: TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); NETTLES
REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING RF); THOMPSON REPLACED ALYEA
(PLAYING 3B); WILLIAMS BATTED FOR STANGE; Williams walked;
O'Brien grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Williams out at second]; Aparicio grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins
5.

TWINS 8TH: MURPHY REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Reese grounded
out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald homered; Quilici struck
out; Zepp singled to center; Tovar popped to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: May singled to center; Melton grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [May out at second];
Herrmann singled to right; Hopkins walked [Herrmann to second];
McCraw popped to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Twins 6.