Brant Alyea, pinch-hitting for Jim Perry, drove in a run with a single in the eighth inning to enable the Twins to defeat the Indians, 4-3. Leo Cardenas, who doubled, scored on Alyea's hit.

The Twins' three other runs counted in the fourth on a walk to Harmon Killebrew, homer by Rich Reese, triple by Jim Holt and single by Cardenas. Graig Nettles and Chris Chambliss homered for the Indians, Nettles' drive coming with a man on base. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Sunday, June      6, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  1  -   3  5  1
Twins        0  0  0    3  0  0    0  1  x  -   4 13  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nettles 3b            4   1   1   2     0   0   .209      Braun 2b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .257
Pinson cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .251      Tovar lf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .306
Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .284      Oliva rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .376
Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   1     0   0   .314      Killebrew 3b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .290
Uhlaender lf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .301      Reese 1b              4   1   1   2     0   1   .180
Ford rf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .218      Holt cf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .286
Leon 2b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .289      Cardenas ss           4   1   3   1     0   1   .293
Heidemann ss          0   0   0   0     1   0   .164      Mitterwald c          3   0   1   0     1   0   .241
  Harrelson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .201      Perry p               2   0   1   0     0   0   .258
  Austin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Carew ph            0   0   0   0     0   0   .232
  Colbert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Alyea ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .250
  R. Foster ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .243        Kaat pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .219
  Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .316
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500
Dunning p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .192
  Hodge ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .243
  Stanley ss          0   1   0   0     1   0   .174

Totals               31   3   5   3     2   4             Totals               35   4  13   4     2   3

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 12,146
Left on Base: Indians 3, Twins 10
DP: Indians 1, Twins 1
Errors: Pinson
Doubles: Cardenas (11)
Triples: Holt (3)
Home Runs: Nettles (9), Chambliss (1), Reese (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Perry (1)
GIDP: Nettles (5)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dunning L(5-4)          4     7   3   3   1   1   1  19   4.14
Austin                  2.1   4   0   0   0   1   0  11   2.84
Colbert                 0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   5.09
Hennigan                0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   1.59
Mingori                 0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.38
Totals                  8    13   4   4   2   3   1  38

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(8-4)            8     4   2   2   2   3   1  29   4.00
Hall SV(5)              1     1   1   1   0   1   1   4   3.54
Totals                  9     5   3   3   2   4   2  33

Balks: Dunning (1)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Nettles flied out to center; Pinson singled to
left; Fosse grounded out (second to first) [Pinson to second];
Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Braun singled to left; Tovar singled to third [Braun
to second]; Oliva flied out to center; Killebrew singled to
second [Tovar to second, Braun to third]; Reese flied into a
double play (center to catcher to third) [Braun out at third]; 0
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Uhlaender flied out to right; Ford popped to
second; Leon flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Holt flied out to left; Cardenas struck out;
Mitterwald flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Twins 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Heidemann walked; Dunning popped to first; Nettles
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Heidemann out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Perry grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun flied
out to center; Tovar grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Pinson flied out to left; Fosse lined to left;
Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Oliva grounded out (second to first); Killebrew
walked; Dunning balked [Killebrew to second]; Reese homered
[Killebrew scored]; Holt tripled to left; Cardenas singled to
center [Holt scored]; Mitterwald singled to third [Cardenas to
second]; Perry out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Mitterwald to second, Cardenas to third]; Braun lined to
center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Uhlaender singled to center; Ford struck out; Leon
singled to right [Uhlaender to second]; HARRELSON BATTED FOR
HEIDEMANN; Harrelson was called out on strikes; HODGE BATTED FOR
DUNNING; Hodge struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Twins 3.

TWINS 5TH: STANLEY REPLACED HODGE (PLAYING SS); AUSTIN REPLACED
HARRELSON (PITCHING); Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first);
Oliva singled to center; Killebrew popped to second; Reese flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Nettles popped to shortstop; Pinson flied out to
left; Fosse flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Twins 3.

TWINS 6TH: Holt flied out to right; Cardenas singled to left;
Mitterwald lined to left; Perry singled to left [Cardenas to
second]; Braun struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Twins 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted);
Uhlaender grounded out (first to pitcher); Ford grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Tovar grounded out (catcher to first); Oliva singled
to center; COLBERT REPLACED AUSTIN (PITCHING); Killebrew flied
out to center; Reese struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, Twins 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Leon flied out to left; R. FOSTER BATTED FOR
COLBERT; R. Foster flied out to center; Stanley walked; Nettles
homered [Stanley scored]; Pinson grounded out (second to first);
2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: HENNIGAN REPLACED R. FOSTER (PITCHING); Holt flied
out to center; Cardenas doubled to center [Cardenas to third
(error by Pinson)]; Mitterwald was walked intentionally; CAREW
BATTED FOR PERRY; MINGORI REPLACED HENNIGAN (PITCHING); ALYEA
BATTED FOR CAREW; Alyea singled to left [Mitterwald to second,
Cardenas scored]; KAAT RAN FOR ALYEA; Braun forced Kaat (second
to shortstop) [Mitterwald to third]; Tovar forced Braun
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 4.

INDIANS 9TH: HALL REPLACED KAAT (PITCHING); Fosse flied out to
center; Chambliss homered; Uhlaender struck out; Ford grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 4.