Although tagged for two homers, Tom Hall gave up no other hits in 7 2/3 innings of pitching and received credit for the Twins' 7-4 victory over the Athletics. Bert Campaneris connected for a solo shot off Hall in the seventh inning. Then, in the eighth, the 22-year-old southpaw walked two batters and served up a homer by Dave Duncan before yielding the mound to Bill Zepp.

The Twins scored two runs on a bases-loaded double by Jim Holt in the first, added three on a homer by George Mitterwald in the third and picked up their final pair on a single by Rich Reese in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Wednesday, September 23, 1970 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Twins        2  0  3    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   7 12  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    1  3  0  -   4  2  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nettles lf            5   1   2   0     0   0   .333      Campaneris ss         5   1   1   1     0   1   .282
Cardenas ss           5   1   1   0     0   2   .244      Rudi lf               5   0   0   0     0   2   .310
Oliva rf              4   3   3   0     0   0   .324      Alou rf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .272
  Hill rf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .095      Mincher 1b            2   1   0   0     2   2   .251
Killebrew 3b          2   0   0   0     2   1   .273      Bando 3b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .260
  Tovar pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Jackson cf            2   0   0   0     2   2   .238
  Quilici 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Duncan c              3   1   1   3     1   0   .251
Reese 1b              4   0   1   2     0   1   .265      Green 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .191
Holt cf               4   1   2   2     0   0   .263      Hunter p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .184
Mitterwald c          4   1   2   3     0   1   .214        Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .103
Thompson 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .224        Tenace ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .278
Hall p                4   0   1   0     0   2   .167        Lachemann p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Zepp p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .136        Hovley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .239

Totals               37   7  12   7     2   8             Totals               29   4   2   4     9   9

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance:  5,066
Left on Base: Twins 5, A's 7
DP: Twins 0, A's 1
Doubles: Holt (9), Cardenas (33)
Home Runs: Mitterwald (15), Campaneris (22), Duncan (10)
Caught Stealing: Nettles (1)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hall W(10-6)            7.2   2   4   4   9   9   2  34   2.69
Zepp SV(2)              1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.22
Totals                  9     2   4   4   9   9   2  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(17-14)         6.1  11   7   7   1   6   1  30   3.84
Fingers                 0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.60
Lachemann               2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   2.79
Totals                  9    12   7   7   2   8   1  39

Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Larry Napp


TWINS 1ST: Nettles singled to right; Cardenas popped to third in
foul territory; Oliva singled to center [Nettles to second];
Killebrew walked [Nettles to third, Oliva to second]; Reese
struck out; Holt doubled to center [Killebrew to third, Oliva
scored, Nettles scored]; Mitterwald struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; Rudi struck out; Alou
walked; Mincher struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2,
Athletics 0.

TWINS 2ND: Thompson was called out on strikes; Hall singled to
center; Nettles flied out to left; Cardenas flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bando grounded out (third to first); Jackson
struck out; Duncan walked; Green flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 0.

TWINS 3RD: Oliva singled to center; Killebrew struck out; Reese
flied out to center; Holt singled to center [Oliva to second];
Mitterwald homered [Oliva scored, Holt scored]; Thompson popped
to first in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Hunter lined to center; Campaneris grounded out
(third to first); Rudi flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Twins 5, Athletics 0.

TWINS 4TH: Hall struck out; Nettles singled to right; Nettles
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Cardenas was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Alou flied out to left; Mincher walked; Bando
made an out to second; Jackson walked [Mincher to second];
Duncan forced Mincher (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 5, Athletics 0.

TWINS 5TH: Oliva grounded out (second to first); Killebrew
grounded out (third to first); Reese flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Green walked; Hunter struck out; Campaneris lined
to center; Rudi was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 5, Athletics 0.

TWINS 6TH: Holt flied out to right; Mitterwald singled to third;
Thompson flied out to center; Hall made an out to shortstop; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Alou made an out to second; Mincher struck out;
Bando walked; Jackson walked [Bando to second]; Duncan lined to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Athletics 0.

TWINS 7TH: Nettles flied out to center; Cardenas doubled to
right; Oliva singled to right [Oliva to second (on throw to
home), Cardenas to third]; FINGERS REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING);
Killebrew was walked intentionally; TOVAR RAN FOR KILLEBREW;
Reese singled to right [Tovar to third, Oliva scored, Cardenas
scored]; Holt hit into a double play (left to third to first to
catcher) [Tovar out at home]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: QUILICI REPLACED TOVAR (PLAYING 3B); HILL
REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING RF); Green made an out to shortstop;
TENACE BATTED FOR FINGERS; Tenace struck out; Campaneris
homered; Rudi flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
7, Athletics 1.

TWINS 8TH: LACHEMANN REPLACED TENACE (PITCHING); Mitterwald made
an out to third; Thompson grounded out (third to first); Hall
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Alou lined to right; Mincher walked; Bando walked
[Mincher to second]; Jackson struck out; Duncan homered [Mincher
scored, Bando scored]; ZEPP REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Green
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7,
Athletics 4.

TWINS 9TH: Nettles made an out to shortstop; Cardenas struck
out; Hill grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 7, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: HOVLEY BATTED FOR LACHEMANN; Hovley grounded out
(second to first); Campaneris lined to left; Rudi grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7, Athletics 4.