Bert Blyleven, The Sporting News' choice as A. L. Rookie Pitcher of the Year in 1970, thumbed his nose at the so-called sophomore jinx by hurling the Twins to a 4-0 victory over the Brewers. Harmon Killebrew smashed a homer after a single by Tony Oliva in the first inning and the Twins added an unearned run in the same stanza to ease the way for Blyleven. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Milwaukee Brewers 0
Game Played on Wednesday, April     7, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Twins        3  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   4 11  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Tovar lf              3   0   2   0     1   0   .500
Hegan 1b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .286      Carew 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .000
May cf                4   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Oliva rf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .571
Kosco lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .286      Killebrew 3b          4   1   2   2     0   0   .571
Smith rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .222        Powell pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Pena ss               3   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Thompson 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Roof c                0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Reese 1b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .125
  Lockwood pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Holt cf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .400
  Rodriguez c         2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Cardenas ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .125
Kubiak 2b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .167      Mitterwald c          4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Krausse p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Blyleven p            3   0   1   0     0   2   .333
  Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Walton ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Ellsworth p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sanders p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   0   4   0     2   6             Totals               34   4  11   3     1   3

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance:  6,750
Left on Base: Brewers 5, Twins 7
DP: Brewers 1, Twins 1
Errors: Kosco
Doubles: Holt (1)
Home Runs: Killebrew (1)
Stolen Bases: Tovar (1)
Caught Stealing: Hegan (1)
GIDP: Pena (1), Mitterwald (1)
Hit by Pitch: Roof (1,by Blyleven)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krausse L(0-1)          6.1   8   3   2   1   3   1  28   2.84
Lopez                   0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Ellsworth               0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3  27.00
Sanders                 0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                  8    11   4   3   1   3   1  35

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(1-0)         9     4   0   0   2   6   0  32   0.00
Totals                  9     4   0   0   2   6   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Hank Soar


BREWERS 1ST: Harper struck out; Hegan singled to center; Hegan
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); May grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first);
Carew flied out to left; Oliva singled to center; Killebrew
homered [Oliva scored]; Reese singled to center; Holt singled to
left [Reese scored (error by Kosco) (unearned), Holt to third];
Cardenas made an out to first; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 3.

BREWERS 2ND: Kosco walked; Smith grounded out (first unassisted)
[Kosco to second]; Pena made an out to second; Roof was hit by a
pitch; LOCKWOOD RAN FOR ROOF; Kubiak grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 2ND: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED LOCKWOOD (PLAYING C ); Mitterwald
grounded out (shortstop to first); Blyleven struck out; Tovar
singled to left; Tovar stole second; Carew grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 3.

BREWERS 3RD: Krausse grounded out (third to first); Harper made
an out to second; Hegan lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 3RD: Oliva flied out to center; Killebrew flied out to
center; Reese grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 3.

BREWERS 4TH: May struck out; Kosco made an out to first; Smith
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 4TH: Holt flied out to center; Cardenas flied out to left;
Mitterwald was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Pena lined to right; Rodriguez struck out; Kubiak
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: Blyleven struck out; Tovar singled to left; Carew
flied to left in foul territory; Oliva singled to right [Tovar
to third]; Killebrew flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Krausse struck out; Harper grounded out (shortstop
to first); Hegan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Reese grounded out (first unassisted); Holt grounded
out (second to first); Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 3.

BREWERS 7TH: May singled to right; Kosco made an out to first;
Smith singled [May to second]; Pena grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Smith out at second]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first);
Blyleven singled to center; Tovar walked [Blyleven to second];
LOPEZ REPLACED KRAUSSE (PITCHING); Carew lined to left; Oliva
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers
0, Twins 3.

BREWERS 8TH: Rodriguez flied out to right; Kubiak walked; WALTON
BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Walton struck out; Harper singled to left
[Kubiak to second]; Hegan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: ELLSWORTH REPLACED WALTON (PITCHING); Killebrew
singled to left; POWELL RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Reese popped to third
in foul territory; Debut game for Paul Powell; Holt
doubled to right [Powell scored]; SANDERS REPLACED ELLSWORTH
(PITCHING); Cardenas singled [Holt to third]; Mitterwald
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Cardenas
out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 4.

BREWERS 9TH: THOMPSON REPLACED POWELL (PLAYING 3B); May grounded
out (first unassisted); Kosco lined to center; Smith lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Twins 4.