Vida Blue's 10-0 record in Oakland Coliseum since joining the Athletics in August, 1969, was spoiled when the Twins gained a 5-3 victory over the young southpaw with the aid of homers by Steve Braun and Leo Cardenas. The loss was only the third of the season for Blue, who had won 16 games. The A's took a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Rick Monday singled and Dave Duncan homered.

A single by Ray Corbin, double by Cesar Tovar and sacrifice fly by Rod Carew gave the Twins one run in the third and they tied the score on Braun's boundary belt in the fourth. Braun was on base with a walk when Cardenas broke the tie with his homer in the seventh. That was only the fifth hit off Blue, who was removed for a pinch-hitter in the A's half of the seventh, marking only the fourth time this season that he had failed to hurl the route in 20 starts. [The Sporting News]

Minnesota Twins 5, Oakland Athletics 3

Game Played on Tuesday, June 29, 1971 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Twins        0  0  1    1  0  0    2  0  1  -   5  8  2
A's          0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   3  7  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar cf,lf,rf        4   0   1   0     0   0   .294      Campaneris ss         5   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Carew 2b              1   0   0   1     2   1   .263      Rudi lf               5   1   2   0     0   2   .262
Oliva rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .375      Jackson rf            2   0   0   0     3   1   .282
  Thomas lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .067      Epstein 1b            3   0   0   0     1   1   .284
Alyea lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .218      Bando 3b              5   0   1   1     0   0   .271
  Holt cf             1   1   1   0     0   0   .269      Monday cf             3   1   1   0     1   1   .226
Mitterwald c          3   0   1   0     1   1   .258        Tenace ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .170
Braun 3b              3   2   1   1     1   0   .244      Duncan c              4   1   2   2     1   0   .236
Cardenas ss           4   1   2   3     0   1   .291      Green 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .275
Reese 1b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .186      Blue p                2   0   0   0     0   1   .109
Corbin p              3   1   1   0     0   2   .158        Mangual ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .306
  Perranoski p        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .313
                                                            Roland p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   8   5     4   6             Totals               34   3   7   3     8   6

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 35,398
Left on Base: Twins 4, A's 13
DP: Twins 0, A's 2
Errors: Carew, Mitterwald, Bando
Doubles: Tovar (14), Duncan (7), Rudi (17), Bando (13)
Home Runs: Braun (4), Cardenas (10), Duncan (11)
Stolen Bases: Jackson (10)
Caught Stealing: Monday (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Carew (1)
GIDP: Alyea (5), Reese (5)
Hit by Pitch: Epstein (8,by Perranoski)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Corbin W(5-5)           6.2   4   2   2   7   6   1  30   3.50
Perranoski SV(5)        2.1   3   1   0   1   0   0  13   6.21
Totals                  9     7   3   2   8   6   1  43

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(16-3)            7     5   4   4   3   6   2  27   1.53
Knowles                 1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   6.00
Roland                  0     2   1   0   0   0   0   3   3.81
Locker                  1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.89
Totals                  9     8   5   4   4   6   2  36

Passed Balls: Duncan (5)
Hit by Pitch: Perranoski (3)
Wild Pitches: Corbin (6)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Nestor Chylak


TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Carew struck
out; Oliva struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
Rudi grounded out (third to first); Jackson walked; Corbin threw
a wild pitch [Jackson to second]; Epstein walked; Bando made an
out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

TWINS 2ND: Alyea grounded out (shortstop to first); Mitterwald
walked; Duncan allowed a passed ball [Mitterwald to second];
Braun flied out to right; Cardenas made an out to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Monday singled to center; Duncan homered [Monday
scored]; Green grounded out (shortstop to first); Blue struck
out; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 0, Athletics 2.

TWINS 3RD: Reese grounded out (second to first); Corbin singled
to left; Tovar doubled to center [Corbin to third]; Carew hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Corbin scored]; Oliva lined to third; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Rudi struck out; Jackson was called out on
strikes; Epstein flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Athletics 2.

TWINS 4TH: Alyea flied out to center; Mitterwald flied out to
left; Braun homered; Cardenas struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bando grounded out (third to first); Monday was
called out on strikes; Duncan doubled to left; Green was walked
intentionally; Blue forced Green (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 2.

TWINS 5TH: Reese grounded out (second to first); Corbin struck
out; Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Rudi
was called out on strikes; Jackson walked; Jackson stole second
[Jackson to third (error by Mitterwald)]; Epstein struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 2.

TWINS 6TH: Carew walked; Carew was picked off first (catcher to
first); Oliva singled to left; Alyea grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Oliva out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Bando made an out to second; Monday walked;
Monday was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Duncan
walked; Green forced Duncan (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 2, Athletics 2.

TWINS 7TH: Mitterwald struck out; Braun walked; Cardenas homered
[Braun scored]; Reese grounded out (catcher to first); Corbin
struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HOLT REPLACED ALYEA (PLAYING CF); TOVAR CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); MANGUAL BATTED FOR BLUE; Mangual made an
out to first; Campaneris made an out to first; Rudi singled to
left; Jackson walked [Rudi to second]; PERRANOSKI REPLACED
CORBIN (PITCHING); Epstein was hit by a pitch [Rudi to third,
Jackson to second]; Bando forced Epstein (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 4, Athletics 2.

TWINS 8TH: KNOWLES REPLACED MANGUAL (PITCHING); Tovar grounded
out (shortstop to first); Carew walked; Carew was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Oliva grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 4, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Monday grounded out (second to first); Duncan
flied out to center; Green singled to center; DAVIS BATTED FOR
KNOWLES; Davis forced Green (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Athletics 2.

TWINS 9TH: ROLAND REPLACED DAVIS (PITCHING); Holt singled to
center; Mitterwald singled to left [Holt to second]; Braun
reached on an error by Bando [Holt to third, Mitterwald to
second, Braun to first]; LOCKER REPLACED ROLAND (PITCHING);
Cardenas singled to pitcher [Holt scored (unearned), Mitterwald
to third, Braun to second]; Reese grounded into a double play
(first to catcher to first) [Braun to third, Cardenas to second,
Mitterwald out at home]; Perranoski grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Campaneris flied out to right; Rudi doubled to
right; TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); THOMAS REPLACED
OLIVA (PLAYING LF); Jackson made an out to first; Tony Oliva
left with badly injured knee; Epstein reached on an error by
Carew [Rudi to third, Epstein to first]; Bando doubled to right
[Rudi scored (unearned), Epstein to third]; TENACE BATTED FOR
MONDAY; Tenace walked; Duncan flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 5, Athletics 3.

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