With relief help from Stan Williams, Jim Perry gained his 23rd victory when the Twins defeated the Angels, 4-3. Leo Cardenas singled in the first inning and Cesar Tovar tripled for the Twins' initial run. A walk to Tovar, triple by Cardenas and double by Tony Oliva added a pair in the third. The Twins then scored what proved to be the winning run when George Mitterwald doubled and Danny Thompson singled in the fourth. The Angels rallied for one run in the seventh and two in the eighth, when Williams took over to save the game. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, California Angels 3
Game Played on Thursday, September 17, 1970 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  2  0  -   3  8  0
Twins        1  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  7  0


Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Tovar 3b              3   2   2   0     1   0   .301
Gonzalez cf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .269      Cardenas ss           4   1   2   2     0   0   .250
Fregosi ss            4   0   1   1     0   0   .280      Oliva rf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .317
Johnson lf            2   1   0   1     0   0   .318      Reese 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .262
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Holt cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .281      Manuel lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Johnstone rf          4   0   1   1     0   0   .238        Hill lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .100
Ruiz 3b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .230        Nettles lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Egan c                2   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Mitterwald c          3   1   1   0     0   0   .213
  Repoz ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Thompson 2b           3   0   1   1     0   1   .236
  Brown c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perry p               3   0   0   0     0   0   .256
  Queen ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .200        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  J. Tatum pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .240
Murphy p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .141
  Kealey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Rivers ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .143
  Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Voss ph,lf          2   1   1   0     0   0   .240

Totals               33   3   8   3     1   2             Totals               30   4   7   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance:  7,179
Left on Base: Angels 6, Twins 4
DP: Angels 1, Twins 1
Doubles: Spencer (18), Fregosi (33), Oliva (34), Mitterwald (10)
Triples: Tovar (13), Cardenas (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Johnson (3)
GIDP: Alomar (6), Reese (7)
Hit by Pitch: Johnson (7,by Perry)


Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Murphy L(14-13)         3.1   6   4   4   1   2   0  17   4.23
Kealey                  1.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   6   3.86
Allen                   2     0   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.65
LaRoche                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.64
Totals                  8     7   4   4   2   3   0  32

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(23-11)          7.1   7   3   3   1   2   0  30   3.09
Williams SV(14)         1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.03
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   2   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Perry (7)

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


ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (second to first); Gonzalez
struck out; Fregosi grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar tripled to left; Cardenas singled to center
[Tovar scored]; Oliva forced Cardenas (first to shortstop);
Reese grounded out (first unassisted) [Oliva to second]; Holt
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0,
Twins 1.

ANGELS 2ND: Johnson flied out to right; Spencer grounded out
(second to first); Johnstone singled to right; Ruiz lined to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 2ND: Manuel flied out to right; Mitterwald grounded out
(third to first); Thompson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Twins 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Egan singled to left; Murphy forced Egan (first to
shortstop); Alomar grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Murphy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 0, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Perry grounded out (first to pitcher); Tovar walked;
Cardenas tripled to center [Tovar scored]; Oliva doubled to left
[Cardenas scored]; Reese grounded out (second to first) [Oliva
to third]; Holt was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Angels 0, Twins 3.

ANGELS 4TH: Gonzalez grounded out (first to pitcher); Fregosi
grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson made an out to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 4TH: Manuel grounded out (first unassisted); Mitterwald
doubled to left; Thompson singled to pitcher [Mitterwald
scored]; KEALEY REPLACED MURPHY (PITCHING); Perry grounded out
(second to first) [Thompson to second]; Tovar singled to
shortstop [Thompson to third]; Cardenas forced Tovar (shortstop
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 4.

ANGELS 5TH: Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher); Johnstone
flied out to left; Ruiz flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Angels 0, Twins 4.

TWINS 5TH: Oliva walked; Reese grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Oliva out at second]; Holt
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels
0, Twins 4.

ANGELS 6TH: Egan grounded out (shortstop to first); RIVERS
BATTED FOR KEALEY; Rivers walked; Alomar flied out to center;
Gonzalez singled to center [Rivers to second]; Fregosi grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins
4.

TWINS 6TH: ALLEN REPLACED RIVERS (PITCHING); Manuel struck out;
Mitterwald popped to first in foul territory; Thompson made an
out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 0, Twins 4.

ANGELS 7TH: HILL REPLACED MANUEL (PLAYING LF); Johnson was hit
by a pitch; Spencer doubled to right [Johnson to third];
Johnstone grounded out (first unassisted) [Spencer to third,
Johnson scored]; Ruiz struck out; REPOZ BATTED FOR EGAN; Repoz
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Angels 1, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: BROWN REPLACED REPOZ (PLAYING C ); Perry grounded out
(shortstop to first); Tovar flied out to right; Cardenas flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Angels 1, Twins 4.

ANGELS 8TH: VOSS BATTED FOR ALLEN; Voss singled to left; Alomar
flied out to left; Gonzalez singled to center [Voss to second];
Fregosi doubled to left [Gonzalez to third, Voss scored];
WILLIAMS REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Johnson hit a sacrifice fly
to right [Gonzalez scored]; Spencer flied out to right; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: VOSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LAROCHE REPLACED
JOHNSON (PITCHING); Oliva grounded out (second to first); Reese
made an out to third; Holt flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Angels 3, Twins 4.

ANGELS 9TH: NETTLES REPLACED HILL (PLAYING LF); Johnstone
grounded out (second to first); Ruiz flied out to left; QUEEN
BATTED FOR BROWN; Queen singled to right; J. TATUM RAN FOR
QUEEN; Voss flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Angels 3,
Twins 4.