Striking out 12, Bert Blyleven scattered eight hits and pitched the Twins to a 4-1 victory over the Brewers. After the Brewers tied the score at 1-1 in the fourth on a double by Bill Voss and single by Johnny Briggs, the Twins went ahead to stay in the fifth on singles by Cesar Tovar and Rod Carew, a throwing error by Dave May and sacrifice fly by Tony Oliva. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Game Played on Wednesday, May       26, 1971 (Night game) at County Stadium
Twins        1  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  0  -   4  7  0
Brewers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  4


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar lf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .303      Harper 3b             4   0   0   0     0   3   .193
Carew 2b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .239      Theobald 2b           4   0   2   0     0   1   .371
Oliva rf              2   0   1   1     1   0   .386      May cf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .294
Killebrew 1b          4   0   1   1     0   1   .306      Voss rf               4   1   3   0     0   0   .261
Braun 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .314      Briggs lf             4   0   1   1     0   3   .258
Holt cf               3   1   1   0     1   0   .321      Hegan 1b              2   0   0   0     2   0   .230
Cardenas ss           2   1   1   0     2   0   .274      Rodriguez c           3   0   1   0     0   1   .279
Mitterwald c          2   0   0   1     1   0   .243      Auerbach ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .209
Blyleven p            4   0   0   0     0   2   .094        Kubiak ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .187
                                                          Lockwood p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .111
                                                            Wicker ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                            Lopez p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
                                                            Walton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .226

Totals               30   4   7   3     6   4             Totals               33   1   8   1     2  12

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  4,978
Left on Base: Twins 7, Brewers 8
DP: Twins 1, Brewers 2
Errors: Theobald 2, May, Voss
Doubles: Carew (5), Voss (2)
Caught Stealing: Holt (1), Carew (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Oliva (1), Mitterwald (2)
GIDP: Killebrew (7)
Hit by Pitch: Rodriguez (2,by Blyleven)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(6-4)         9     8   1   1   2  12   0  36   1.81
Totals                  9     8   1   1   2  12   0  36

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lockwood L(3-4)         7     7   4   2   6   4   0  31   2.76
Lopez                   2     0   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.55
Totals                  9     7   4   2   6   4   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (2)

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


TWINS 1ST: Tovar walked; Carew doubled to left [Tovar out at
home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; Oliva walked; Killebrew
singled to center [Oliva to third, Carew scored]; Braun popped
to third in foul territory; Holt lined to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Harper struck out; Theobald singled to center; May
lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Theobald out at
first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cardenas walked; Mitterwald lined to left; Blyleven
struck out; Tovar was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Voss singled to center; Briggs struck out; Hegan
grounded out (second to first) [Voss to second]; Rodriguez was
hit by a pitch; Auerbach made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Carew grounded out (second to first); Oliva grounded
out (first unassisted); Killebrew popped to catcher in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Lockwood struck out; Harper grounded out (third to
first); Theobald struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1,
Brewers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Braun grounded out (first unassisted); Holt singled
to left; Holt was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Cardenas walked; Mitterwald walked [Cardenas to second];
Blyleven struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: May flied out to right; Voss doubled to right;
Briggs singled to right [Voss scored, Briggs out at second
(right to first to shortstop)]; Hegan walked; Rodriguez singled
to second [Hegan to second]; Auerbach flied out to right; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Brewers 1.

TWINS 5TH: Tovar singled to center; Carew singled to center
[Tovar to third (error by May)]; Oliva hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Tovar scored (unearned)]; Killebrew grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Carew out at second]; 1 R (0 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Lockwood was called out on strikes; Harper was
called out on strikes; Brewers Manager Dave Bristol ejected
by HP umpire George Maloney; Theobald grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Brewers 1.

TWINS 6TH: Braun popped to third in foul territory; Holt walked;
Cardenas singled to right [Holt scored (error by Voss), Cardenas
to third]; Mitterwald hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cardenas
scored (unearned)]; Blyleven grounded out (second to first); 2 R
(1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: May grounded out (second to first); Voss singled to
right; Briggs struck out; Hegan grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 1.

TWINS 7TH: Tovar reached on an error by Theobald; Carew forced
Tovar (second to shortstop); Oliva singled to right [Carew to
third]; Killebrew struck out while Carew was caught stealing
home (catcher to second to catcher); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 4, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 7TH: Rodriguez grounded out (second to first); Auerbach
was called out on strikes; WICKER BATTED FOR LOCKWOOD; Wicker
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4,
Brewers 1.

TWINS 8TH: LOPEZ REPLACED WICKER (PITCHING); Braun grounded out
(first unassisted); Holt lined to center; Cardenas flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 8TH: Harper was called out on strikes; Theobald singled
to left; May singled to third [Theobald to second]; Voss flied
out to left; Briggs struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 4,
Brewers 1.

TWINS 9TH: Mitterwald made an out to first; Blyleven made an out
to shortstop; Tovar reached on an error by Theobald; Carew flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 9TH: Hegan walked; Rodriguez was called out on strikes;
KUBIAK BATTED FOR AUERBACH; Kubiak struck out; WALTON BATTED FOR
LOPEZ; Walton forced Hegan (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Brewers 1.