Pete Hamm, recalled from Portland (Pacific Coast), gained his first major league victory with the relief help of Ray Corbin when the Twins defeated the White Sox, 6-2. The Twins erased a 2-0 deficit with three runs in the sixth inning on doubles by George Mitterwald and Charlie Manuel, an error on a bunt by Cesar Tovar, single by Rich Reese and balk by Vicente Romo, who caught his spikes on the pitching rubber and fell off the mound. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 6, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Sunday, May       16, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   2  6  3
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  3    1  2  x  -   6  8  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richard ss            4   0   0   0     0   2   .239      Tovar rf,lf           3   1   0   0     0   0   .309
Stroud rf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .155      Reese 1b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .179
May 1b                3   0   0   0     1   1   .292      Killebrew 3b          3   0   1   0     1   0   .331
Melton 3b             2   0   1   0     1   0   .291      Holt cf,rf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .326
Reichardt lf          4   1   2   1     0   1   .327      Alyea lf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .281
Herrmann c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .270        Kaat pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Andrews 2b            2   0   1   1     1   0   .274        Corbin p            0   1   0   0     0   0   .200
  Alvarado pr,2b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .220      Carew 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .230
Johnstone cf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .239      Cardenas ss           4   1   1   1     0   0   .260
Bradley p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .095      Mitterwald c          3   1   2   2     1   0   .232
  Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hamm p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Manuel ph           1   1   1   1     0   0   .250
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .245        Powell cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .161
  Kealey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Eddy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Horlen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   6   2     3   6             Totals               31   6   8   5     2   5

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 10,878
Left on Base: White Sox 6, Twins 6
DP: White Sox 0, Twins 1
Errors: Alvarado, Bradley, Kealey
Doubles: Stroud (3), Mitterwald (4), Manuel (1), Killebrew (10)
Triples: Carew (2)
Home Runs: Cardenas (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Tovar (3), Powell (1), Corbin (1)
GIDP: Herrmann (2)
Hit by Pitch: Melton (3,by Hamm)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bradley L(4-2)          5     4   3   2   0   4   0  20   1.43
Romo                    0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.52
Forster                 0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.51
Kealey                  1     3   3   1   1   0   1   8   3.98
Eddy                    0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.61
Horlen                  0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.93
Totals                  8     8   6   3   2   5   1  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hamm W(1-0)             6     5   2   2   2   3   0  24   3.00
Corbin SV(2)            3     1   0   0   1   3   0  11   0.46
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   6   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Hamm (1)
Balks: Romo (1)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Richard struck out; Stroud grounded out
(shortstop to first); May walked; Melton flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Reese struck
out; Killebrew flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Reichardt singled to left; Herrmann singled to
right [Reichardt to third]; Andrews singled to left [Reichardt
scored, Herrmann out at third (left to shortstop to third),
Andrews to second (on throw)]; Johnstone made an out to second;
Bradley made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Holt lined to second; Alyea struck out; Carew
tripled; Cardenas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Richard popped to catcher in foul territory;
Stroud grounded out (second to first); May popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Mitterwald lined to left; Hamm was called out on
strikes; Tovar grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton walked; Reichardt forced Melton (third to
second); Herrmann grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Reichardt out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Reese popped to catcher in foul territory; Killebrew
made an out to first; Holt grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Andrews flied out to center; Johnstone struck
out; Bradley popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Alyea struck out; Carew flied out to left; Cardenas
lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Richard grounded out (second to first); Stroud
doubled; May struck out; Melton was hit by a pitch; Reichardt
singled to center [Stroud scored, Melton to third, Reichardt to
second (on throw)]; Herrmann flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Mitterwald doubled to left; MANUEL BATTED FOR HAMM;
Manuel doubled to right [Mitterwald scored]; Tovar reached on an
error by Bradley on a sacrifice bunt [Manuel to third]; Reese
singled to right [Tovar to third, Manuel scored]; ROMO REPLACED
BRADLEY (PITCHING); Killebrew walked [Reese to second]; Romo
balked [Killebrew to second, Reese to third, Tovar scored
(unearned)]; Holt lined to shortstop; Alyea reached on a
fielder's choice [Reese out at home (third to catcher to
third)]; KAAT RAN FOR ALYEA; FORSTER REPLACED ROMO (PITCHING);
Carew struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: CORBIN REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); POWELL REPLACED
MANUEL (PLAYING CF); HOLT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); TOVAR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Andrews walked; ALVARADO RAN FOR
ANDREWS; Johnstone grounded out (second to first) [Alvarado to
second]; WILLIAMS BATTED FOR FORSTER; Williams grounded out
(shortstop to first); Richard was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: ALVARADO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); KEALEY REPLACED
WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Cardenas homered; Mitterwald walked; Powell
out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Mitterwald to
second]; Tovar made an out to second; Reese grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Stroud struck out; May grounded out (second to
first); Melton singled to left; Reichardt struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: Killebrew doubled to left; Holt singled to center
[Killebrew to third]; Corbin reached on an error by Kealey on a
sacrifice bunt [Holt to second]; EDDY REPLACED KEALEY
(PITCHING); Carew forced Killebrew (second to catcher) [Corbin
to second, Holt to third]; HORLEN REPLACED EDDY (PITCHING);
Cardenas made an out to second; Mitterwald singled to second
[Holt scored (unearned), Corbin scored (unearned), Carew to
third (error by Alvarado), Mitterwald to second]; Powell flied
out to center; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins
6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Herrmann grounded out (first unassisted);
Alvarado flied out to center; Johnstone grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 6.