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Harmon Killebrew and Tony Oliva smashed two-run homers in support of Jim Perry, who pitched the Twins to a 7-2 victory over the Senators. Perry gave up six hits. The Nats' runs came on circuit clouts by Frank Howard and Tommy McCraw. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 7, Washington Senators 2Game Played on Monday, April 26, 1971 (Night game) at Robert F. Kennedy StadiumTwins 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 7 9 2
Senators 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 2
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Senators AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Tovar cf,lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .329 Unser cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .333
Carew 2b 5 2 2 1 0 1 .246 Cullen 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .239
Killebrew 1b,3b 5 1 2 3 0 1 .333 Epstein 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .283
Oliva rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .375 McCraw rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .355
Alyea lf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .316 Howard lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .286
Holt pr,cf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .292 Allen 3b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .357
Mitterwald c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .167 French c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .192
Braun ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Harrah ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .169
Tischinski c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Shellenback p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Cardenas ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .222 Gogolewski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Thompson 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 x Scheinblum ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Reese ph,1b 2 1 0 0 1 0 .204 Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Perry p 2 1 0 0 2 1 .182 Janeski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Billings ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Pina p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Maddox ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .185
Totals 32 7 9 6 6 4 Totals 33 2 6 2 1 4
Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 3,931
Left on Base: Twins 5, Senators 7
DP: Twins 1, Senators 3
Errors: Carew, Tischinski, Unser, Shellenback
Doubles: Allen (1)
Home Runs: Killebrew (3), Oliva (7), Howard (2), McCraw (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Tovar (1)
GIDP: Oliva (1), Perry (1), Cardenas (2), French (2)
Hit by Pitch: Howard (1,by Perry)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Perry W(3-2) 9 6 2 2 1 4 2 36 3.82
Totals 9 6 2 2 1 4 2 36
Senators IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Shellenback L(1-2) 3 5 3 3 2 2 1 15 5.40
Gogolewski 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 10 0.00
Riddleberger 0.1 1 3 3 2 1 0 4 12.60
Janeski 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.52
Knowles 0.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 2 1.64
Pina 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0.84
Totals 9 9 7 7 6 4 2 39
Hit by Pitch: Perry (1)
Wild Pitches: Riddleberger (1)
Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Hank Soar, 3B - Larry Barnett
TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); On a bunt Carew
singled to pitcher [Carew to second (error by Shellenback)];
Killebrew homered [Carew scored]; Oliva popped to first; Alyea
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins
2, Senators 0.
SENATORS 1ST: Unser was called out on strikes; Cullen popped to
first; Epstein flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins
2, Senators 0.
TWINS 2ND: Mitterwald popped to catcher in foul territory;
Cardenas struck out; Thompson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Twins 2, Senators 0.
SENATORS 2ND: McCraw grounded out (second to first); Howard
flied out to center; Allen singled to right; French grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Senators 0.
TWINS 3RD: Perry walked; On a bunt Tovar singled to third [Perry
to second]; Carew struck out; Killebrew singled to center [Tovar
to third, Perry scored]; Oliva grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Killebrew out at second]; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Senators 0.
SENATORS 3RD: Harrah flied out to center; Shellenback struck
out; Unser flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3,
Senators 0.
TWINS 4TH: Alyea singled to left; HOLT RAN FOR ALYEA; Mitterwald
walked [Holt to second]; GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED SHELLENBACK
(PITCHING); Cardenas walked [Holt to third, Mitterwald to
second]; REESE BATTED FOR THOMPSON; Reese popped to third in
foul territory; Perry grounded into a double play (first to
catcher to first) [Holt out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 3, Senators 0.
SENATORS 4TH: HOLT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); KILLEBREW CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Cullen flied out to
right; Epstein flied out to center; McCraw grounded out (first
to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Senators 0.
TWINS 5TH: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
grounded out (third to first); Killebrew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Senators 0.
SENATORS 5TH: Howard homered; Allen walked; French grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Allen out at
second]; Harrah flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Senators 1.
TWINS 6TH: Oliva singled to shortstop; Holt singled to right
[Oliva to third]; BRAUN BATTED FOR MITTERWALD; Braun flied out
to left; Cardenas grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Holt out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 3, Senators 1.
SENATORS 6TH: TISCHINSKI REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING C ); SCHEINBLUM
BATTED FOR GOGOLEWSKI; Scheinblum reached on catcher's
interference by Tischinski; Unser forced Scheinblum (shortstop
to second); Cullen forced Unser (pitcher to shortstop); Epstein
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3,
Senators 1.
TWINS 7TH: RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PITCHING); Reese
walked; On a bunt Perry struck out; Riddleberger threw a wild
pitch [Reese to second]; Tovar walked; Carew singled to center
[Reese scored, Tovar scored (error by Unser) (no RBI), Carew to
second (on throw)]; JANESKI REPLACED RIDDLEBERGER (PITCHING);
Killebrew grounded out (third to first); KNOWLES REPLACED
JANESKI (PITCHING); Oliva homered [Carew scored]; Holt grounded
out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7,
Senators 1.
SENATORS 7TH: McCraw homered; Howard grounded out (shortstop to
first); Allen doubled to right; French popped to catcher in foul
territory; Harrah reached on an error by Carew [Allen to third];
BILLINGS BATTED FOR KNOWLES; Billings flied out to right; 1 R, 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 7, Senators 2.
TWINS 8TH: PINA REPLACED BILLINGS (PITCHING); Tischinski popped
to third; Cardenas grounded out (third to first); Reese grounded
out (second to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7,
Senators 2.
SENATORS 8TH: On a bunt Unser singled to third; On a bunt Cullen
singled to third [Unser to second]; Epstein popped to second;
McCraw grounded out (first unassisted) [Cullen to second, Unser
to third]; Howard was hit by a pitch; Allen popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 7, Senators 2.
TWINS 9TH: Perry walked; Tovar out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Perry to second]; Carew grounded out (second to first)
[Perry to third]; Killebrew popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 7, Senators 2.
SENATORS 9TH: French grounded out (second to first); Harrah
grounded out (second to first); MADDOX BATTED FOR PINA; Maddox
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 7, Senators 2.
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