In a dramatic comeback, after the White Sox scored three runs in the 11th inning, the Twins rallied for four runs in their half to gain a 7-6 victory. A double by Mike Andrews and triple by Lee Richard helped the White Sox take their lead.

Steve Braun started the Twins' comeback with a double, Cesar Tovar walked and Harmon Killebrew singled to load the bases. Tony Oliva drove in two runs with a single. After a safe bunt by Leo Cardenas reloaded the sacks, Rich Reese hit a sacrifice fly to tie the score and George Mitterwald singled for his fourth hit of the game to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, Chicago White Sox 6
Game Played on Thursday, June      17, 1971 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    1  0  0    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  3  -   6 10  2
Twins        0  0  2    0  0  1    0  0  0    0  4  -   7 13  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richard ss            5   1   1   1     1   0   .231      Tovar lf              4   1   1   0     1   0   .307
Stroud cf             6   1   2   0     0   2   .202      Carew 2b              5   1   0   0     1   2   .230
May 1b                4   1   0   0     1   2   .262      Killebrew 3b          3   1   2   2     3   0   .268
Melton 3b             4   1   2   3     0   0   .280        Kaat pr             0   1   0   0     0   0   .205
Reichardt lf          2   0   0   0     1   2   .306      Oliva rf              6   1   2   2     0   1   .378
  Maye lf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Cardenas ss           5   0   2   0     1   0   .285
Johnstone rf          5   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Reese 1b              5   0   0   1     0   1   .178
Egan c                5   1   1   0     0   3   .295      Mitterwald c          6   1   4   2     0   0   .277
Alvarado 2b           4   0   2   0     1   0   .245      Holt cf               5   0   1   0     0   0   .259
John p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .136      Corbin p              2   0   0   0     0   1   .100
  Andrews ph          1   1   1   1     0   0   .278        Renick ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .214
  Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .316
  Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Alyea ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .232
  Horlen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Nettles pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .308
                                                            Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Perranoski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Braun ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .254

Totals               40   6  10   5     4  10             Totals               43   7  13   7     7   6

Time of Game: 3:27   Attendance: 11,072
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Twins 13
DP: White Sox 1, Twins 1
Errors: Richard, Melton
Doubles: Andrews (10), Braun (5)
Triples: Richard (2)
Home Runs: Melton (12), Killebrew (10), Mitterwald (6)
Stolen Bases: Johnstone (3), Holt (3)
Sacrifice Hits: John 2 (6), Tovar (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Reese (2)
GIDP: Oliva (4)
Hit by Pitch: Melton (4,by Williams)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John                   10     8   3   3   6   5   2  44   4.48
Romo                    0     1   2   2   1   0   0   2   5.10
Forster                 0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.86
Horlen L(1-4)           0.1   4   2   2   0   0   0   5   4.41
Totals                 10.2  13   7   7   7   6   2  52

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corbin                  6     7   3   3   2   6   1  27   3.71
Hall                    3     0   0   0   1   2   0  10   3.20
Williams                1.2   3   3   3   1   1   0   9   4.09
Perranoski W(1-3)       0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   7.36
Totals                 11    10   6   6   4  10   1  47

Hit by Pitch: Williams (5)
Wild Pitches: Corbin (4)
Balks: Perranoski (1)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Jake O'Donnell, 3B - Frank Umont


WHITE SOX 1ST: Richard popped to first in foul territory; Stroud
singled to center; Corbin threw a wild pitch [Stroud to second];
May struck out; Melton singled to left [Stroud scored];
Reichardt walked [Melton to second]; Johnstone grounded out
(first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Carew was called out on
strikes; Killebrew reached on an error by Melton [Tovar to
second]; Oliva grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Killebrew out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Egan struck out; Alvarado singled; John out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Alvarado to second]; Richard
walked; Stroud lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cardenas grounded out (third to first); Reese
grounded out (second to first); Mitterwald singled to left; Holt
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: May grounded out (first to pitcher); Melton
grounded out (second to first); Reichardt struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Corbin popped to catcher in foul territory; Tovar
grounded out (third to first); Carew walked; Killebrew homered
[Carew scored]; Oliva singled to center; Cardenas singled to
left [Oliva to second]; Reese struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 1, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Johnstone lined to first; Egan flied out to left;
Alvarado singled to center; John grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 2.

TWINS 4TH: Mitterwald made an out to shortstop; Holt grounded
out (pitcher to first); Corbin struck out (catcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Richard grounded out (shortstop to first); Stroud
singled to center; May forced Stroud (second to shortstop);
Melton homered [May scored]; Reichardt struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 2.

TWINS 5TH: MAYE REPLACED REICHARDT (PLAYING LF); Tovar flied out
to left; Carew grounded out (third to first); Killebrew walked;
Oliva grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 3, Twins 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Johnstone singled to right; Egan struck out;
Johnstone stole second; Alvarado made an out to shortstop; John
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Twins 2.

TWINS 6TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Reese
grounded out (first unassisted); Mitterwald homered; Holt
singled to left; RENICK BATTED FOR CORBIN; Holt stole second;
Renick struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: HALL REPLACED RENICK (PITCHING); Richard grounded
out (shortstop to first); Stroud flied out to center; May struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 7TH: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Carew
grounded out (pitcher to first); Killebrew walked; Oliva struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Melton grounded out (pitcher to first); Maye
lined to right; Johnstone grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 8TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Reese
grounded out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald singled to left;
Holt grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 3, Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Egan struck out; Alvarado walked; John out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Alvarado to second]; Richard
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 9TH: ALYEA BATTED FOR HALL; Alyea walked; NETTLES RAN FOR
ALYEA; Tovar out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Nettles
to second]; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Killebrew
was walked intentionally; Oliva made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 10TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED NETTLES (PITCHING); Stroud was
called out on strikes; May walked; Melton was hit by a pitch
[May to second]; Maye lined into a double play (right to second
to shortstop) [May out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Twins 3.

TWINS 10TH: Cardenas walked; On a bunt Reese forced Cardenas
(third to shortstop); Mitterwald lined to shortstop [Reese to
second (error by Richard)]; Holt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 3.

WHITE SOX 11TH: Johnstone flied out to right; Egan singled to
center; Alvarado flied out to center; ANDREWS BATTED FOR JOHN;
Andrews doubled to left [Egan scored]; Richard tripled to left
[Andrews scored]; PERRANOSKI REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING);
Perranoski balked [Richard scored]; Stroud struck out; 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 6, Twins 3.

TWINS 11TH: ROMO REPLACED ANDREWS (PITCHING); BRAUN BATTED FOR
PERRANOSKI; Braun doubled; Tovar walked; FORSTER REPLACED ROMO
(PITCHING); Carew was called out on strikes; HORLEN REPLACED
FORSTER (PITCHING); Killebrew singled to center [Tovar to
second, Braun to third]; KAAT RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Oliva singled
to right [Kaat to second, Tovar scored, Braun scored]; On a bunt
Cardenas singled [Oliva to second, Kaat to third]; Reese hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Kaat scored]; Mitterwald singled
[Cardenas to second, Oliva scored]; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 6, Twins 7.