After winning the day game, 7-5, with the aid of a grand-slam homer by Leo Cardenas, the Twins were forced to settle for a split when the Angels erupted for five runs in the ninth inning to take the night game, 5-3. The day game was scheduled because of the previous night's postponement and only 699 fans turned out in 55-degree weather. The night contest drew 8,383.

Cardenas' grand slam in the second inning of the day game followed three walks issued by Tom Bradley. However, the Angels came back to tie the score before the Twins posted their winning runs on a bases-loaded single by Jim Holt in the sixth.

With Rich Reese hitting a homer and a triple, the Twins held a 3-0 lead in the night game going into the ninth inning when the Angels started their rally with a single by Jarvis Tatum and a pass to Sandy Alomar. Ron Perranoski replaced Tom Hall and was tagged for three singles that produced the tying runs. Stan Williams, who was the winner in relief in the afternoon game, then took over, but Tony Gonzalez doubled to drive in the winning pair for the Angels. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, California Angels 5 (Game 1)
Game Played on Tuesday, September 15, 1970 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Angels       2  0  1    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  1
Twins        1  4  0    0  0  2    0  0  x  -   7  6  1


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar ss             4   1   1   0     1   2   .258      Tovar cf,lf           3   2   1   0     1   0   .297
Gonzalez rf           3   0   1   2     0   1   .263      Cardenas ss           4   1   1   4     0   0   .251
  J. Tatum ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Oliva rf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .319
Fregosi 1b            4   2   2   2     1   1   .283      Killebrew 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .282
Johnson lf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .320      Reese 1b              4   0   0   0     0   2   .262
Johnstone cf          4   0   2   0     0   1   .239      Alyea lf              1   0   0   0     2   1   .298
McMullen 3b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .226        Hill pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .100
Azcue c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .230        Perranoski p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .045
  Garrett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Mitterwald c          3   2   1   0     1   0   .212
Griffin 2b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .071      Quilici 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Bradley p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .167        Manuel ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .216
  Repoz ph            1   1   0   0     0   0   .243        Thompson pr,2b      1   0   1   0     0   0   .238
  Queen p             1   0   1   0     0   0   .143      Zepp p                0   1   0   0     1   0   .146
  Kealey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Williams p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Egan c              1   0   0   0     0   0   .232        Holt ph,cf          2   0   1   2     0   0   .257

Totals               37   5  11   5     2   6             Totals               30   7   6   7     5   6

Time of Game: 2:45
Left on Base: Angels 8, Twins 5
DP: Angels 0, Twins 2
Errors: Griffin, Quilici
Doubles: Oliva (32), Thompson (8)
Home Runs: Fregosi (21), Cardenas (11)
Stolen Bases: Gonzalez (3), Alomar (34), Reese (4)
GIDP: McMullen (15), Johnson (24)
Hit by Pitch: Gonzalez (1,by Zepp), Manuel (1,by Queen)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bradley                 3     3   5   5   4   1   1  16   3.56
Queen L(3-5)            2.1   2   2   2   1   3   0  11   4.06
Kealey                  0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.19
Garrett                 2     1   0   0   0   2   0   7   2.75
Totals                  8     6   7   7   5   6   1  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zepp                    3     8   5   4   1   2   1  20   3.20
Williams W(10-1)        3     1   0   0   1   4   0  11   2.07
Perranoski SV(30)       3     2   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.02
Totals                  9    11   5   4   2   6   1  40

Hit by Pitch: Queen (4), Zepp (8)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar walked; Gonzalez grounded out (first
unassisted) [Alomar to second]; Fregosi homered [Alomar scored];
Johnson singled to center; Johnstone struck out; McMullen
singled to left [Johnson to third]; Azcue flied out to right; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to shortstop; Cardenas flied out to
center; Oliva doubled to left [Tovar scored]; Killebrew lined to
left; Reese flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 2,
Twins 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Griffin grounded out (second to first); Bradley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Alomar struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Alyea struck out; Mitterwald walked; Quilici grounded
out (third to first) [Mitterwald to second]; Zepp walked; Tovar
walked [Mitterwald to third, Zepp to second]; Cardenas homered
[Mitterwald scored, Zepp scored, Tovar scored]; Oliva grounded
out (second to first); 4 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 2, Twins 5.

ANGELS 3RD: Gonzalez was hit by a pitch; Fregosi forced Gonzalez
(shortstop to second); Johnson grounded out (third to first)
[Fregosi to second]; Johnstone singled [Fregosi to third];
McMullen singled to left [Johnstone to third, Fregosi scored];
Azcue grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Angels 3, Twins 5.

TWINS 3RD: Killebrew grounded out (third to first); Reese
reached on an error by Griffin; Alyea walked [Reese to second];
Reese stole third [Reese out at home (catcher to pitcher)];
Mitterwald lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Twins
5.

ANGELS 4TH: Griffin singled to left; REPOZ BATTED FOR BRADLEY;
Repoz reached on an error by Quilici [Griffin to second]; Alomar
singled to right [Repoz to second, Griffin to third]; Gonzalez
singled to center [Alomar to second, Repoz scored (unearned),
Griffin scored]; WILLIAMS REPLACED ZEPP (PITCHING); Alomar stole
third and Gonzalez stole second; Fregosi struck out; Johnson
struck out; Johnstone lined to third; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 5.

TWINS 4TH: QUEEN REPLACED REPOZ (PITCHING); Quilici made an out
to shortstop; Williams struck out; Tovar popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 5.

ANGELS 5TH: McMullen grounded out (third to first); Azcue
grounded out (shortstop to first); Griffin flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 5.

TWINS 5TH: Cardenas flied out to center; Oliva grounded out
(first to pitcher); Killebrew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 5, Twins 5.

ANGELS 6TH: Queen singled to center; Alomar struck out; Gonzalez
struck out; Fregosi walked [Queen to second]; Johnson forced
Fregosi (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 5,
Twins 5.

TWINS 6TH: Reese was called out on strikes; Alyea walked; HILL
RAN FOR ALYEA; Mitterwald singled to left [Hill to second];
MANUEL BATTED FOR QUILICI; Manuel was hit by a pitch [Hill to
third, Mitterwald to second]; THOMPSON RAN FOR MANUEL; HOLT
BATTED FOR WILLIAMS; Holt singled to left [Thompson to second,
Mitterwald scored, Hill scored]; KEALEY REPLACED QUEEN
(PITCHING); Tovar flied out to right; Cardenas flied out to
center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 7.

ANGELS 7TH: PERRANOSKI REPLACED HILL (PITCHING); THOMPSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); TOVAR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Johnstone singled to center;
McMullen grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Johnstone out at second]; Azcue grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 7.

TWINS 7TH: GARRETT REPLACED AZCUE (PITCHING); EGAN REPLACED
KEALEY (PLAYING C ); Oliva grounded out (third to first);
Killebrew made an out to third; Reese struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 7.

ANGELS 8TH: Griffin grounded out (pitcher to first); Egan
grounded out (third to first); Alomar grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 7.

TWINS 8TH: Perranoski struck out; Mitterwald grounded out
(shortstop to first); Thompson doubled to center; Holt flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 7.

ANGELS 9TH: J. TATUM BATTED FOR GONZALEZ; J. Tatum grounded out
(shortstop to first); Fregosi singled to center; Johnson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Fregosi out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 7.