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. California Angels 5, Minnesota Twins 1Game Played on Wednesday, September 16, 1970 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumAngels 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. |
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