Clyde Wright became the second pitcher in Angels' history to win 20 games when the lefthander defeated the Twins, 5-1. Dean Chance won 20 when with the Angels in 1964.

Bert Blyleven, the Twins' 19-year-old rookie, tied a major league record by striking out the first six batters to face him, but Alex Johnson homered for the Angels in the fourth inning. The Angels added three unearned runs in the sixth and wound up the scoring with singles by Tony Gonzalez, Jim Fregosi and Chico Ruiz in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 5, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Wednesday, September 16, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Angels       0  0  0    1  0  3    1  0  0  -   5  9  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  3  2


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar ss,2b          5   0   1   0     0   2   .258      Tovar cf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .299
Gonzalez cf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .267      Cardenas ss           3   0   0   0     1   1   .248
Fregosi 1b            5   1   1   0     0   1   .280      Killebrew 1b          2   0   0   0     2   0   .278
Johnson lf            4   2   1   1     1   1   .319      Oliva rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .317
McMullen 3b           3   0   1   1     0   1   .227      Renick 3b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .232
  Ruiz pr,3b          2   1   1   1     0   1   .241      Allison lf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Johnstone rf          2   0   1   0     1   1   .238        Kaat p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .197
  Cowan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .270        Nash ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Repoz rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Mitterwald c          3   0   1   0     1   0   .212
Griffin 2b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .100      Quilici 2b            1   0   0   0     1   0   .227
  Spencer ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .282        Dempsey ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Oyler ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .105        Thompson 2b         1   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Egan c                1   0   0   0     1   1   .226      Blyleven p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .136
  Voss ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .237        Brye lf             1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
  Brown c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wright p              4   0   1   0     0   1   .189

Totals               37   5   9   3     3  11             Totals               30   1   3   1     5   3

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 12,386
Left on Base: Angels 9, Twins 7
DP: Angels 0, Twins 0
Errors: Cardenas, Quilici
Doubles: Mitterwald (9)
Home Runs: Johnson (13)
Stolen Bases: McMullen (1), Johnson (13)
Sacrifice Hits: Gonzalez (2)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright W(20-11)         9     3   1   1   5   3   0  35   2.93
Totals                  9     3   1   1   5   3   0  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(9-8)         6.2   8   5   2   2  10   1  32   3.23
Kaat                    2.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   9   3.70
Totals                  9     9   5   2   3  11   1  41

Wild Pitches: Blyleven (1)

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


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar struck out; Gonzalez was called out on
strikes; Fregosi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar made an out to first; Cardenas flied out to
center; Killebrew walked; Oliva flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Johnson struck out; McMullen struck out; Johnstone
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Renick singled to shortstop; Allison flied out to
right; Mitterwald grounded out (third to first) [Renick to
second]; Quilici lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels
0, Twins 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Griffin flied out to center; Egan struck out; Wright
singled to center; Alomar struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Blyleven grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
grounded out (third to first); Cardenas made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Gonzalez made an out to third; Fregosi grounded out
(shortstop to first); Johnson homered; McMullen lined to
shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva
flied out to left; Renick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Johnstone singled to right; Griffin struck out; Egan
walked [Johnstone to second]; Blyleven threw a wild pitch [Egan
to second, Johnstone to third]; Wright flied to right in foul
territory; Alomar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Allison grounded out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald
flied out to right; Quilici walked; Blyleven forced Quilici
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Gonzalez singled to center; Fregosi forced Gonzalez
(third to second); Johnson reached on an error by Cardenas
[Fregosi to second]; McMullen singled to left [Johnson to
second, Fregosi scored (unearned)]; Johnson stole third and
McMullen stole second; RUIZ RAN FOR MCMULLEN; Johnstone was
walked intentionally; SPENCER BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Spencer made
an out to second; VOSS BATTED FOR EGAN; Voss reached on an error
by Quilici [Johnstone to third, Ruiz scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Johnson scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Wright struck out; 3 R (0
ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 4, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: RUIZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); OYLER REPLACED
SPENCER (PLAYING SS); BROWN REPLACED VOSS (PLAYING C ); ALOMAR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Tovar singled to center;
Cardenas walked [Tovar to second]; Killebrew walked [Tovar to
third, Cardenas to second]; Oliva made an out to shortstop;
Renick forced Killebrew (shortstop to second) [Cardenas to
third, Tovar scored]; Allison forced Renick (third to second); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 4, Twins 1.

ANGELS 7TH: Alomar grounded out (second to first); Gonzalez
singled to pitcher; Fregosi singled to center [Gonzalez to
second]; Johnson flied out to center; Ruiz singled to right
[Fregosi to third, Gonzalez scored]; COWAN BATTED FOR JOHNSTONE;
KAAT REPLACED ALLISON (PITCHING); BRYE REPLACED BLYLEVEN
(PLAYING LF); Cowan made an out to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Angels 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: REPOZ REPLACED COWAN (PLAYING RF); Mitterwald walked;
DEMPSEY BATTED FOR QUILICI; Dempsey flied out to center; Brye
struck out; Tovar forced Mitterwald (shortstop to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 1.

ANGELS 8TH: THOMPSON REPLACED DEMPSEY (PLAYING 2B); Oyler
grounded out (second to first); Brown lined to shortstop; Wright
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
5, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: Cardenas struck out; Killebrew popped to first in
foul territory; Oliva made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 1.

ANGELS 9TH: Alomar singled to right; Gonzalez out on a sacrifice
bunt (catcher to second) [Alomar to second]; Fregosi flied out
to right; Johnson was walked intentionally; Ruiz struck out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 5, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: Renick grounded out (third to first); NASH BATTED FOR
KAAT; Nash struck out; Mitterwald doubled to left; Thompson
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 5,
Twins 1.