Harmon Killebrew clouted a homer and double, driving in four runs, and George Mitterwald connected for the circuit with two men on base to power the Twins to an 8-5 victory over the Brewers. Killebrew's homer in the first inning accounted for two runs. Mitterwald hit his homer and Killebrew rapped his double to produce five runs in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 8, Milwaukee Brewers 5
Game Played on Tuesday, May       25, 1971 (Night game) at County Stadium
Twins        2  0  1    0  0  5    0  0  0  -   8 15  1
Brewers      0  1  1    0  1  2    0  0  0  -   5 10  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar lf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .304      Harper 3b,cf          5   1   1   1     0   2   .199
Carew 2b              5   2   2   0     0   0   .234      Theobald 2b           5   0   1   0     0   1   .355
Oliva rf              5   1   2   0     0   0   .385      May cf                3   1   1   0     1   0   .295
Killebrew 1b          4   1   2   4     1   0   .307        Pena ph,3b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Braun 3b              4   0   0   0     1   1   .333      Voss rf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .243
Holt cf               5   1   3   1     0   0   .321        Yates ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
Cardenas ss           5   1   2   0     0   1   .271      Briggs lf             3   1   2   1     0   0   .259
Mitterwald c          5   1   3   3     0   2   .248        Walton ph,lf        2   0   1   1     0   1   .231
Hamm p                2   0   0   0     0   2   .000      Hegan 1b              2   1   2   1     1   0   .235
  Williams p          1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Kosco ph,1b         2   0   0   0     0   2   .176
  Hall p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Rodriguez c           2   0   0   1     2   0   .277
                                                            Morris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kubiak ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .189
                                                          Auerbach ss           4   0   0   0     1   0   .217
                                                          Krausse p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
                                                            Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Hannan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Roof c              1   0   0   0     0   1   .191

Totals               42   8  15   8     3   7             Totals               38   5  10   5     6  10

Time of Game: 3:02   Attendance:  4,006
Left on Base: Twins 10, Brewers 12
DP: Twins 0, Brewers 1
Errors: Tovar, Krausse
Doubles: Killebrew (11), Theobald (2), Hegan (4)
Triples: Tovar (3)
Home Runs: Killebrew (5), Mitterwald (4), Hegan (3), Briggs (4), Harper (2)
GIDP: Killebrew (6)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hamm                    4.1   7   3   3   3   2   2  24   2.60
Williams W(1-2)         1     2   2   2   2   1   1   7   3.41
Hall SV(3)              3.2   1   0   0   1   7   0  13   3.21
Totals                  9    10   5   5   6  10   3  44

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Krausse L(1-6)          5.2   9   6   6   2   5   2  28   3.60
Lopez                   0.1   4   2   2   0   0   0   5   2.78
Hannan                  0.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   4   3.86
Morris                  2.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.00
Totals                  9    15   8   8   3   7   2  45

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar flied out to right; On a bunt Carew singled to
third; Oliva popped to third in foul territory; Killebrew
homered [Carew scored]; Braun reached on an error by Krausse;
Holt grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper flied out to center; Theobald grounded out
(shortstop to first); May singled to center; Voss grounded out
(first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Brewers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cardenas flied out to left; Mitterwald struck out;
Hamm was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Briggs flied out to center; Hegan homered;
Rodriguez walked; Auerbach reached on an error by Tovar
[Rodriguez to second]; Krausse forced Rodriguez (pitcher to
third) [Auerbach to second]; Harper made an out to second; 1 R,
1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Brewers 1.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar tripled to center; Carew grounded out (third to
first); Oliva popped to third in foul territory; Killebrew was
walked intentionally; Braun walked [Killebrew to second]; Holt
singled to center [Braun to second, Killebrew to third, Tovar
scored]; Cardenas flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Twins 3, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Theobald grounded out (third to first); May
grounded out (pitcher to first); Voss singled to right; Briggs
singled to center [Voss to third]; Hegan walked [Briggs to
second]; Rodriguez walked [Voss scored, Briggs to third, Hegan
to second]; Auerbach grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 2.

TWINS 4TH: Mitterwald singled to left; Hamm struck out; Tovar
flied out to center; Carew flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 4TH: Krausse struck out; Harper struck out; Theobald
doubled to left; May flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 3, Brewers 2.

TWINS 5TH: Oliva singled to center; Killebrew grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Oliva out at second];
Braun struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 5TH: Voss flied out to left; Briggs homered; Hegan
doubled; WILLIAMS REPLACED HAMM (PITCHING); Rodriguez lined to
center; Auerbach was walked intentionally; Krausse struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 3.

TWINS 6TH: Holt singled to center; Cardenas singled to center
[Holt to third]; Mitterwald homered [Holt scored, Cardenas
scored]; Williams was called out on strikes; Tovar flied out to
center; LOPEZ REPLACED KRAUSSE (PITCHING); Carew singled to
left; Oliva singled to right [Carew to third]; Killebrew doubled
to left [Oliva scored, Carew scored]; Braun grounded out (first
to pitcher); 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 8, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Harper homered; Theobald flied out to center; May
walked; Voss singled to right [May to second]; HALL REPLACED
WILLIAMS (PITCHING); WALTON BATTED FOR BRIGGS; Walton singled to
left [Voss to second, May scored]; KOSCO BATTED FOR HEGAN; Kosco
struck out; Rodriguez flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Twins 8, Brewers 5.

TWINS 7TH: WALTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); KOSCO STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 1B); Holt singled to left; HANNAN REPLACED LOPEZ
(PITCHING); Cardenas struck out; Mitterwald singled to left
[Holt to second]; Hall forced Mitterwald (second to shortstop)
[Holt to third]; Tovar walked [Hall to second]; MORRIS REPLACED
RODRIGUEZ (PITCHING); ROOF REPLACED HANNAN (PLAYING C ); Carew
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 8,
Brewers 5.

BREWERS 7TH: Auerbach grounded out (pitcher to first); Roof
struck out; Harper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 8,
Brewers 5.

TWINS 8TH: Oliva grounded out (second to first); Killebrew
grounded out (third to first); Braun popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 8, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 8TH: Theobald struck out; PENA BATTED FOR MAY; Pena
flied out to left; YATES BATTED FOR VOSS; Yates struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 8, Brewers 5.

TWINS 9TH: PENA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HARPER CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); YATES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Holt
grounded out (second to first); Cardenas singled to left;
Mitterwald struck out; Hall forced Cardenas (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 8, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 9TH: Walton struck out; Kosco struck out; KUBIAK BATTED
FOR MORRIS; Kubiak walked; Auerbach made an out to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 8, Brewers 5.