Ted Ford provided the Indians with a better idea than losing by driving in three runs to beat the Twins, 4-2, in a game stopped by rain with two out in the last half of the sixth inning. Ford doubled to plate two of the Indians' three runs in the first and singled to produce their last in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Minnesota Twins 2
Game Played on Friday, June      4, 1971 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Indians      3  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  6  0
Twins        1  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  4  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nettles 3b            2   0   0   0     1   1   .192      Tovar lf              2   1   1   0     1   0   .309
Pinson cf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .254      Carew 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Fosse c               3   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Oliva rf              3   1   1   1     0   1   .370
Chambliss 1b          3   2   2   0     0   0   .385      Killebrew 1b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .289
Uhlaender lf          3   1   1   1     0   0   .292      Holt cf               3   0   1   1     0   0   .288
Ford rf               3   0   2   3     0   1   .226      Braun 2b              1   0   0   0     1   1   .271
Leon 2b               3   0   0   0     0   1   .270      Cardenas ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .287
Heidemann ss          2   0   0   0     0   1   .175      Mitterwald c          2   0   0   0     0   0   .246
A. Foster p           2   0   0   0     0   1   .118      Blyleven p            2   0   0   0     0   2   .083

Totals               23   4   6   4     1   6             Totals               21   2   4   2     2   6

Time of Game: 1:38   Attendance: 10,494
Left on Base: Indians 3, Twins 4
DP: Indians 0, Twins 0
Errors: Blyleven
Doubles: Ford (4), Fosse (9), Holt (6)
Home Runs: Oliva (12)
Caught Stealing: Nettles (1)
Hit by Pitch: Pinson (4,by Blyleven)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
A. Foster W(4-2)        5.2   4   2   2   2   6   1  23   3.50
Totals                  5.2   4   2   2   2   6   1  23

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(6-6)         6     6   4   4   1   6   0  25   2.19
Totals                  6     6   4   4   1   6   0  25

Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (3)

Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - John Rice, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Ron Luciano


INDIANS 1ST: Nettles was called out on strikes; Pinson was hit
by a pitch; Fosse forced Pinson (shortstop to second); Chambliss
singled to center [Fosse to third]; Uhlaender singled to center
[Chambliss to second, Fosse scored]; Ford doubled to left
[Uhlaender scored, Chambliss scored]; Leon struck out; 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar walked; Carew flied out to left; Oliva flied
out to left; Killebrew singled to shortstop [Tovar to second];
Holt doubled to right [Killebrew to third, Tovar scored]; Braun
was walked intentionally; Cardenas popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Heidemann struck out; A. Foster struck out; Nettles
walked; Nettles was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins
1.

TWINS 2ND: Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first);
Blyleven struck out; Tovar singled to center; Carew forced Tovar
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Pinson grounded out (second to first); Fosse
doubled to right; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Fosse to third]; Uhlaender grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Oliva struck out; Killebrew flied out to right; Holt
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Ford struck out; Leon grounded out (second to
first); Heidemann grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Braun struck out; Cardenas struck out; Mitterwald
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 1.

INDIANS 5TH: A. Foster popped to second; Nettles flied out to
center; Pinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3,
Twins 1.

TWINS 5TH: Blyleven struck out; Tovar grounded out (third to
first); Carew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Twins 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Fosse popped to third; Chambliss singled to right;
Chambliss was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Blyleven [Chambliss to second]; Uhlaender grounded out
(shortstop to first); Ford singled to left [Chambliss scored];
Leon grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 4, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Oliva homered; Killebrew grounded out (third to
first); Holt flied out to center; Called for rain after delay
during which fans were evacuated to spaces under stadium as
tornadoes threatened; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Twins 2.