Mel Queen struck out Cesar Tovar with the potential tying run on base in the ninth inning to enable the Angels to extend their winning streak to seven games with a 5-4 victory over the Twins. The defeat was the sixth straight for the Twins. California Angels 5, Minnesota Twins 4Game Played on Sunday, April 18, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumAngels 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 5 7 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 - 4 10 1 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .184 Tovar rf 5 0 2 0 0 2 .373 Berry cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .098 Cardenas ss 3 1 1 0 1 0 .205 Johnson lf 4 2 2 2 0 1 .306 Killebrew 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .311 Conigliaro rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .213 Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fregosi ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .289 Campisi p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McMullen 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .190 Alyea lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .313 Moses c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .344 Powell cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .364 Spencer 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .179 Reese 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Wright p 4 1 0 0 0 1 .000 Thompson 2b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .250 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Mitterwald c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .147 Queen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Holt pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .324 Tischinski c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carew ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .244 Kaat pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .333 Hall p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Renick ph,3b 2 0 1 2 0 0 .333 Braun pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .375 Totals 35 5 7 5 1 8 Totals 36 4 10 4 1 5 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 6,566 Left on Base: Angels 4, Twins 6 DP: Angels 1, Twins 0 Errors: Killebrew Doubles: Johnson (1), Cardenas (3), Renick (1) Home Runs: Spencer (2), Johnson (1) GIDP: Killebrew (2) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wright W(2-2) 8.2 9 4 4 1 4 0 35 3.72 LaRoche 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Queen SV(3) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 10 4 4 1 5 0 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hall L(0-2) 8 4 3 1 0 8 2 29 3.72 Williams 0.2 3 2 2 0 0 0 5 4.26 Campisi 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.70 Totals 9 7 5 3 1 8 2 36 Wild Pitches: Williams (1) Umpires: HP - Jake O'Donnell, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Haller ANGELS 1ST: Alomar popped to second; Berry popped to shortstop; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Cardenas popped to third; Killebrew grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Tovar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Twins 0. ANGELS 2ND: Conigliaro singled to left; Fregosi forced Conigliaro (third to second); McMullen struck out; Moses struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Alyea grounded out (second to first); Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Reese grounded out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Twins 0. ANGELS 3RD: Spencer homered; Wright reached on an error by Killebrew; Alomar flied out to right; Berry struck out; Johnson homered (unearned) [Wright scored (unearned)]; Conigliaro singled to left; Fregosi flied out to center; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Thompson was called out on strikes; Mitterwald flied out to left; Hall flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 0. ANGELS 4TH: McMullen lined to third; Moses grounded out (pitcher to first); Spencer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Tovar flied out to left; Cardenas flied out to center; Killebrew popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 0. ANGELS 5TH: Wright was called out on strikes; Alomar flied out to right; Berry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Alyea singled to right; Powell flied out to center; Reese forced Alyea (pitcher to shortstop); Thompson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 0. ANGELS 6TH: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Conigliaro popped to shortstop; Fregosi flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Mitterwald struck out (catcher to first); Hall grounded out (first unassisted); Tovar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 0. ANGELS 7TH: McMullen flied out to left; Moses grounded out (shortstop to first); Spencer popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: Cardenas doubled to right; Killebrew flied out to center; Alyea popped to first; Powell singled to left [Cardenas scored]; Reese grounded out (second to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 1. ANGELS 8TH: Wright popped to third; Alomar grounded out (shortstop to first); Berry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 1. TWINS 8TH: Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald singled to left; HOLT RAN FOR MITTERWALD; RENICK BATTED FOR HALL; Renick popped to first; Tovar singled to shortstop [Holt to second]; Cardenas walked [Holt to third, Tovar to second]; Killebrew flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 1. ANGELS 9TH: TISCHINSKI REPLACED HOLT (PLAYING C ); RENICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); WILLIAMS REPLACED KILLEBREW (PITCHING); Johnson doubled to right; Conigliaro grounded out (second to first) [Johnson to third]; Fregosi singled to right [Johnson scored]; Williams threw a wild pitch [Fregosi to second]; McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first); Moses singled to center [Fregosi scored]; CAMPISI REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Spencer walked [Moses to second]; Wright flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: Alyea grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell singled to center; Reese flied out to right; Thompson singled to left [Powell to second]; CAREW BATTED FOR TISCHINSKI; Carew singled to right [Thompson to third, Powell scored]; KAAT RAN FOR CAREW; LAROCHE REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Renick doubled to center [Kaat scored, Thompson scored]; QUEEN REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); BRAUN RAN FOR RENICK; Tovar struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 5, Twins 4. |
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