Bert Blyleven pitched a four-hitter and breezed to a 10-1 victory over the Athletics with stout batting support from the Twins, whose attack included two homers by George Mitterwald and one by Steve Braun, his first in the major leagues. Blyleven was deprived of his fourth shutout of the season when Bert Campaneris homered in the sixth inning for the A's run. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 10, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Friday, May       21, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Twins        3  0  1    0  0  1    0  2  3  -  10 11  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  4  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar lf              4   2   1   0     1   1   .313      Campaneris ss         4   1   1   1     0   1   .254
Carew 2b              5   1   1   0     0   2   .236      Rudi lf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .252
Oliva rf              3   1   1   1     1   0   .397      Jackson rf            4   0   2   0     0   1   .263
  Nettles rf          1   1   1   1     0   0   .333      Epstein 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Killebrew 1b          4   0   0   1     0   2   .317      Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .278
  Reese 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .177      Monday cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .233
Braun 3b              4   2   2   1     1   1   .327      Duncan c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .231
Holt cf               4   1   2   1     1   0   .317      Green 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Cardenas ss           4   0   1   2     0   1   .280        Webster ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .100
Mitterwald c          3   2   2   3     1   0   .235        LaRussa 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Blyleven p            4   0   0   0     0   3   .107      Odom p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fingers p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .278
                                                            Hovley ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .136
                                                            Roland p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .268
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36  10  11  10     5  10             Totals               31   1   4   1     0   7

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 10,005
Left on Base: Twins 6, A's 3
DP: Twins 0, A's 1
Errors: Epstein
Doubles: Oliva (11), Tovar (9), Jackson (7)
Triples: Nettles (1)
Home Runs: Mitterwald 2 (3), Braun (1), Campaneris (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Cardenas (4), Killebrew (1)
GIDP: Mitterwald (5)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(5-4)         9     4   1   1   0   7   1  31   1.90
Totals                  9     4   1   1   0   7   1  31

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom L(0-1)             0.2   3   3   3   3   1   0   8   6.75
Fingers                 5.1   3   2   2   1   5   1  20   3.73
Roland                  2     2   2   2   0   3   1   8   5.65
Knowles                 1     3   3   3   1   1   1   7   6.75
Totals                  9    11  10  10   5  10   3  43

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Art Frantz


TWINS 1ST: Tovar walked; Carew singled to center [Tovar to
third]; Oliva doubled to left [Carew to third, Tovar scored];
Killebrew was called out on strikes; Braun walked; Holt singled
[Braun to second, Oliva to third, Carew scored]; Cardenas hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Oliva scored]; Mitterwald walked [Braun
to third, Holt to second]; FINGERS REPLACED ODOM (PITCHING);
Blyleven struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris popped to catcher in foul territory;
Rudi grounded out (pitcher to first); Jackson flied out to left;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics 0.

TWINS 2ND: Tovar flied out to left; Carew lined to center; Oliva
walked; Killebrew forced Oliva (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein struck out; Bando grounded out (second to
first); Monday lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3,
Athletics 0.

TWINS 3RD: Braun singled; Holt grounded out (second to first)
[Braun to second]; Cardenas singled to center [Braun scored];
Mitterwald grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to
first) [Cardenas out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Duncan popped to catcher in foul territory; Green
flied out to center; Fingers lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 4, Athletics 0.

TWINS 4TH: Blyleven grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Tovar
struck out; Carew reached on an error by Epstein; Oliva grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Campaneris struck out; Rudi lined to center;
Jackson singled to right; Epstein grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Athletics 0.

TWINS 5TH: Killebrew was called out on strikes; Braun popped to
third in foul territory; Holt grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bando flied out to center; Monday struck out;
Duncan singled to left; Green popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Athletics 0.

TWINS 6TH: Cardenas struck out; Mitterwald homered; Blyleven
struck out; Tovar grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: HOVLEY BATTED FOR FINGERS; Hovley lined to left;
Campaneris homered; Rudi flied out to left; Jackson struck out;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Athletics 1.

TWINS 7TH: ROLAND REPLACED HOVLEY (PITCHING); Carew struck out;
Oliva lined to center; Killebrew lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 5, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Epstein grounded out (second to pitcher); Bando
flied out to right; Monday flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 5, Athletics 1.

TWINS 8TH: Braun struck out; Holt singled to center; Cardenas
popped to third in foul territory; Mitterwald homered [Holt
scored]; Blyleven was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 7, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: NETTLES REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING RF); Duncan flied
out to right; WEBSTER BATTED FOR GREEN; Webster struck out;
DAVIS BATTED FOR ROLAND; Davis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7, Athletics 1.

TWINS 9TH: LARUSSA REPLACED WEBSTER (PLAYING 2B); KNOWLES
REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Tovar doubled to right; Carew was
called out on strikes; Nettles tripled [Tovar scored]; Killebrew
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Nettles scored]; Braun homered;
Holt walked; Cardenas flied to left in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 10, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: REESE REPLACED KILLEBREW (PLAYING 1B); Campaneris
grounded out (third to first); Rudi struck out; Jackson doubled
to left; Epstein flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
10, Athletics 1.