Ron Perranoski, who rescued Bill Zepp in the seventh inning, survived a homer by Bill Melton in the eighth and saved the Twins' 5-4 victory over the White Sox. The defeat spoiled Chuck Tanner's debut as manager of the White Sox. Bill Adair had been the acting manager since September 2 when Don Gutteridge was relieved of command.

The Twins used a single by Cesar Tovar, walk to Leo Cardenas, single by Tony Oliva and triple by Jim Holt for three runs in the first inning. Three passes loaded the bases in the third and George Mitterwald provided the deciding blow, driving in two runs with a single. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 5, Chicago White Sox 4
Game Played on Friday, September 18, 1970 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Twins        3  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  1
White Sox    0  2  1    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   4  9  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar 3b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .302      McCraw 1b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .226
Cardenas ss           3   1   1   0     1   0   .250        Josephson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .319
Oliva rf              4   1   2   1     0   0   .318        Eddy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Reese 1b              2   1   0   0     2   1   .261        Williams ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Alyea lf              2   1   0   0     1   0   .295      Aparicio ss           5   1   1   0     0   0   .316
  Brye lf             1   0   0   0     0   1   .143      May lf                4   0   0   1     0   1   .289
Holt cf               3   0   2   2     1   1   .254      Melton rf             3   2   1   1     0   2   .267
Mitterwald c          4   0   1   2     0   1   .213      Herrmann c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Thompson 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .232        McKinney ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .122
Zepp p                3   0   0   0     0   2   .136        Ortiz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Perranoski p        1   0   0   0     0   1   .043        Brinkman c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          O'Brien 3b            4   1   1   0     0   0   .251
                                                          Berry cf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .278
                                                          Knoop 2b              3   0   2   1     1   0   .226
                                                          Johnson p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .280
                                                            Maye ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
                                                            Matias 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .184
                                                            Morales ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .179

Totals               31   5   8   5     5   8             Totals               36   4   9   4     1   5

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  5,403
Left on Base: Twins 4, White Sox 7
DP: Twins 0, White Sox 3
Errors: Tovar, McCraw
Doubles: O'Brien (13), Berry (11)
Triples: Holt (3), Aparicio (3)
Home Runs: Melton (29)
Caught Stealing: Cardenas (5)
GIDP: Cardenas (11), Alyea (9), Mitterwald (10)
Hit by Pitch: Melton (9,by Zepp)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zepp W(9-4)             6.1   6   3   3   1   3   0  27   3.24
Perranoski SV(31)       2.2   3   1   1   0   2   1  11   2.30
Totals                  9     9   4   4   1   5   1  38

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(3-6)          7     8   5   3   4   4   0  29   5.35
Eddy                    2     0   0   0   1   4   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9     8   5   3   5   8   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Zepp (9)

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Bob Stewart, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Red Flaherty


TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Cardenas walked [Tovar to
second]; Oliva singled to right [Tovar scored, Cardenas to
second]; Reese was called out on strikes; Alyea flied to right;
Holt tripled to center [Cardenas scored, Oliva scored];
Mitterwald was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: McCraw grounded out (shortstop to first);
Aparicio grounded out (pitcher to first); May flied to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

TWINS 2ND: Thompson grounded out (third to first); Zepp was
called out on strikes; Tovar flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Melton was hit by a pitch; Herrmann flied to
center; O'Brien doubled to left [Melton to third]; Berry
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Melton scored, O'Brien to
third]; Knoop singled to left [O'Brien scored]; Johnson grounded
out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, White Sox
2.

TWINS 3RD: Cardenas singled to center; Oliva flied to left;
Cardenas was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Reese walked; McCraw dropped a foul fly hit by Alyea for an
error; Alyea walked [Reese to second]; Holt walked [Reese to
third, Alyea to second]; Mitterwald singled to center [Reese
scored (unearned), Alyea scored (unearned), Holt to second];
Thompson flied to center; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5,
White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: McCraw was called out on strikes; Aparicio
tripled to right; May grounded out (first unassisted) [Aparicio
scored]; Melton was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 5, White Sox 3.

TWINS 4TH: Zepp was called out on strikes; Tovar singled to
center; Cardenas grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Herrmann popped to catcher in foul territory;
O'Brien grounded out (shortstop to first); Berry doubled to
center; Knoop was walked intentionally; Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, White Sox
3.

TWINS 5TH: Oliva singled to center; Reese popped to first in
foul territory; Alyea grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Oliva out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: McCraw singled to left; Aparicio flied to center;
May flied to center; Melton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, White Sox 3.

TWINS 6TH: Holt singled to left; Mitterwald grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Holt out at second];
Thompson flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, White
Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Herrmann flied to center; O'Brien lined to right;
Berry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, White Sox 3.

TWINS 7TH: Zepp grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
grounded out (third to first); Cardenas grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: BRYE REPLACED ALYEA (PLAYING LF); Knoop singled
to third [Knoop to second (error by Tovar)]; MAYE BATTED FOR
JOHNSON; Maye flied to right [Knoop to third]; PERRANOSKI
REPLACED ZEPP (PITCHING); JOSEPHSON BATTED FOR MCCRAW; Josephson
struck out; Aparicio grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, White Sox 3.

TWINS 8TH: EDDY REPLACED JOSEPHSON (PITCHING); MATIAS REPLACED
MAYE (PLAYING 1B); Oliva popped to third; Reese walked; Brye
struck out; Holt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 5, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: May struck out; Melton homered; MCKINNEY BATTED
FOR HERRMANN; McKinney singled to right; ORTIZ RAN FOR MCKINNEY;
O'Brien grounded out (second to first) [Ortiz to second]; Berry
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5,
White Sox 4.

TWINS 9TH: BRINKMAN REPLACED ORTIZ (PLAYING C ); Mitterwald
flied to left; Thompson was called out on strikes; Perranoski
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Knoop flied to center; MORALES BATTED FOR MATIAS;
Morales flied to right; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR EDDY; Williams
singled to center; Aparicio flied to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 5, White Sox 4.