Jim Perry gained his 10th victory when the Twins defeated the White Sox, with the aid of three unearned runs. Leo Cardenas homered for the Twins in the second inning and their three tainted tallies followed in the fourth after Cardenas was safe on an error by Lee Richard. Perry batted in one run with a sacrifice bunt. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Friday, June      18, 1971 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
White Sox    2  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   3  7  1
Twins        0  1  0    3  0  0    0  0  x  -   4 10  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Richard ss            4   1   2   0     0   0   .237      Tovar lf              3   1   1   1     1   1   .308
Stroud cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .195      Carew 2b              4   0   3   1     0   0   .239
Maye lf               4   1   1   2     0   2   .242      Oliva rf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .381
Melton 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Killebrew 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .263
May 1b                4   1   2   0     0   1   .266      Reese 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .173
Johnstone rf          3   0   1   1     0   0   .242      Cardenas ss           4   2   2   1     0   1   .289
  McKinney ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .311      Holt cf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .260
Egan c                3   0   1   0     1   1   .297      Mitterwald c          4   0   1   0     0   2   .277
Alvarado 2b           2   0   0   0     0   1   .240      Perry p               2   0   0   1     0   2   .222
  Andrews ph,2b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .275        Perranoski p        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bradley p             1   0   0   0     0   0   .086
  Forster p           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Williams ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .271
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .194

Totals               34   3   7   3     1   6             Totals               33   4  10   4     2   7

Time of Game: 2:37   Attendance: 12,781
Left on Base: White Sox 5, Twins 8
DP: White Sox 1, Twins 0
Errors: Richard, Tovar, Cardenas
Doubles: May (9), Johnstone (6), Carew (7), Tovar (13)
Triples: May (3)
Home Runs: Maye (1), Cardenas (8)
Stolen Bases: Oliva (3), Carew (4)
Caught Stealing: Stroud (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Perry (2)
GIDP: Holt (6)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bradley L(6-6)          3.2   7   4   1   1   3   1  20   2.26
Forster                 2.1   2   0   0   0   3   0   8   2.59
Johnson                 2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   3.80
Totals                  8    10   4   1   2   7   1  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(10-5)           7     7   3   2   1   4   1  29   4.04
Perranoski SV(4)        2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   6.89
Totals                  9     7   3   2   1   6   1  35

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Richard reached on an error by Tovar [Richard to
second]; On a bunt Stroud made an out to pitcher; Maye homered
[Richard scored (unearned)]; Melton lined to right; May grounded
out (first unassisted); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
2, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar walked; Carew doubled to left [Tovar to third];
Oliva made an out to shortstop; Killebrew lined to shortstop;
Reese grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 2, Twins 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Johnstone popped to catcher in foul territory;
Egan singled to shortstop; Alvarado lined to center; Bradley
forced Egan (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cardenas homered; Holt struck out; Mitterwald singled
to left; Perry struck out; Tovar forced Mitterwald (shortstop
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Richard singled to center [Richard out at second
(center to second)]; Stroud struck out; Maye was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 3RD: Carew grounded out (second to first); Oliva singled
to left; Killebrew flied out to right; Oliva stole second; Reese
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Melton flied out to right; May doubled to left;
Johnstone flied out to center [May to third]; Egan struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 4TH: Cardenas reached on an error by Richard; Holt singled
to center [Cardenas to third]; Mitterwald struck out; Perry out
on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Holt to second, Cardenas
scored (unearned)]; Tovar doubled [Holt scored (unearned)];
Carew singled to left [Tovar scored (unearned)]; FORSTER
REPLACED BRADLEY (PITCHING); Oliva singled to left [Carew to
third]; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R (0 ER),
4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Twins 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Alvarado struck out; Forster reached on an error
by Cardenas; Richard grounded out (pitcher to first) [Forster to
second]; Stroud made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Twins 4.

TWINS 5TH: Reese made an out to second; Cardenas singled to
third; Holt grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Cardenas out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Twins 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Maye made an out to third; Melton flied out to
left; May tripled; Johnstone doubled to right [May scored]; Egan
walked; ANDREWS BATTED FOR ALVARADO; Andrews popped to catcher
in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 4.

TWINS 6TH: ANDREWS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Mitterwald
struck out; Perry struck out; Tovar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 4.

WHITE SOX 7TH: WILLIAMS BATTED FOR FORSTER; Williams lined to
second; Richard singled to left; Stroud forced Richard (first to
shortstop); Stroud was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 4.

TWINS 7TH: JOHNSON REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Carew singled
to left; Oliva flied out to left; Killebrew made an out to
first; Carew stole second; Reese grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: PERRANOSKI REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Maye struck
out; Melton flied out to center; May was called out on strikes;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 4.

TWINS 8TH: Cardenas was called out on strikes; Holt walked;
Mitterwald flied out to right; Perranoski lined to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Twins 4.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MCKINNEY BATTED FOR JOHNSTONE; McKinney flied out
to center; Egan grounded out (second to first); Andrews grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Twins 4.