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The Yankees rallied for five runs in the ninth inning to gain a 6-5 victory over the Twins, who wasted a grand-slam homer by Jim Nettles. Felipe Alou doubled and Jake Gibbs singled for the first run in the Yankee rally to kayo Bert Blyleven. Danny Cater walked and Thurman Munson singled off Tom Hall for the second tally. Stan Williams relieved and gave up a run-scoring single by John Ellis. New York Yankees 6, Minnesota Twins 5Game Played on Tuesday, July 20, 1971 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium ITwins 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 - 5 4 1
Yankees 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 - 6 13 1
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Tovar lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .293 Clarke 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .225
Carew 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Munson ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .255
Oliva rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .379 Kenney 3b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .246
Reese 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Ellis ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .235
Killebrew 1b 3 1 0 0 1 2 .261 Baker pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .105
Holt rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Murcer cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .336
Cardenas ss 3 0 1 1 0 0 .282 White lf 4 0 1 1 1 2 .294
Braun 3b 2 1 0 0 2 0 .246 Blomberg rf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .339
Nettles cf 4 1 1 4 0 0 .309 Swoboda ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 .264
Roof c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .195 Alou 1b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .259
Tischinski c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .130 Gibbs c 4 1 1 1 0 1 .211
Blyleven p 3 0 0 0 0 0 .075 Michael ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .245
Hall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Bahnsen p 2 0 1 0 0 0 .178
Williams p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Aker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Perranoski p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyttle ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .211
Hambright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Cater ph 0 1 0 0 1 0 .253
Totals 30 5 4 5 4 4 Totals 39 6 13 5 2 10
Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 13,038
Left on Base: Twins 3, Yankees 10
DP: Twins 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Roof, Clarke
Doubles: Murcer (16), Michael (11), Alou (14)
Home Runs: Nettles (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Cardenas (8)
GIDP: Nettles (1)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blyleven 8 11 3 3 0 9 0 34 3.37
Hall 0.1 1 2 1 1 1 0 3 3.34
Williams L(2-4) 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3.79
Perranoski 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 6.53
Totals 8.1 13 6 5 2 10 0 41
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Bahnsen 5.2 4 5 5 3 3 1 25 3.42
Aker 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.27
Hambright W(1-0) 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0.00
Totals 9 4 5 5 4 4 1 35
Passed Balls: Roof (1)
Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Nestor Chylak
TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Carew flied out
to left; Oliva grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 0.
YANKEES 1ST: Clarke grounded out (third to first); Kenney
grounded out (pitcher to first); Murcer doubled to left; White
singled to right [Murcer scored]; Blomberg struck out; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1.
TWINS 2ND: Killebrew was called out on strikes; Cardenas flied
out to left; Braun flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 2ND: Alou struck out; Gibbs grounded out (second to
first); Michael popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Yankees 1.
TWINS 3RD: Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); Roof was
called out on strikes; Blyleven reached on an error by Clarke
[Blyleven to first]; Tovar forced Blyleven (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 3RD: Bahnsen flied out to center; Clarke grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kenney struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Yankees 1.
TWINS 4TH: Carew flied out to left; Oliva singled to left;
Killebrew struck out; Cardenas singled to center [Oliva to
second]; Braun grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 4TH: Murcer popped to shortstop; White struck out;
Blomberg struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1.
TWINS 5TH: Nettles flied out to center; Roof made an out to
first; Blyleven grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Twins 0, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 5TH: Alou singled to center; Gibbs struck out; Alou was
picked off first (pitcher to first); Michael singled to left;
Bahnsen singled to left [Michael to third]; Clarke forced
Bahnsen (second unassisted); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0,
Yankees 1.
TWINS 6TH: Tovar walked; Carew made an out to shortstop; Oliva
singled to left [Tovar to second]; Killebrew walked [Tovar to
third, Oliva to second]; Cardenas hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Tovar scored]; Braun walked [Oliva to third, Killebrew to
second]; Nettles homered [Oliva scored, Killebrew scored, Braun
scored]; AKER REPLACED BAHNSEN (PITCHING); Roof struck out; 5 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 6TH: Kenney singled to left; Murcer flied out to center;
White struck out; Blomberg grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Yankees 1.
TWINS 7TH: Blyleven grounded out (third to first); Tovar lined
to third; Carew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Twins 5, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 7TH: Alou popped to first in foul territory; Gibbs
grounded out (first to pitcher); Michael doubled to center;
LYTTLE BATTED FOR AKER; Lyttle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 5, Yankees 1.
TWINS 8TH: HAMBRIGHT REPLACED LYTTLE (PITCHING); Oliva popped to
third in foul territory; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to
first); Cardenas flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 5, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 8TH: REESE REPLACED OLIVA (PLAYING 1B); HOLT REPLACED
KILLEBREW (PLAYING RF); Clarke grounded out (shortstop to
first); Kenney singled to center; Murcer singled to right
[Kenney to second]; White forced Murcer (second to shortstop)
[Kenney to third]; Blomberg was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 5, Yankees 1.
TWINS 9TH: Braun walked; Nettles grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Braun out at second]; Roof flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 5, Yankees 1.
YANKEES 9TH: Alou doubled to left; Gibbs singled to center [Alou
scored]; HALL REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Michael was called
out on strikes; CATER BATTED FOR HAMBRIGHT; Cater walked [Gibbs
to second]; MUNSON BATTED FOR CLARKE; Roof allowed a passed ball
[Gibbs to third, Cater to second]; Munson singled to right
[Gibbs scored, Cater to third]; ELLIS BATTED FOR KENNEY;
WILLIAMS REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Ellis singled to right [Cater
scored, Munson to third]; BAKER RAN FOR ELLIS; PERRANOSKI
REPLACED WILLIAMS (PITCHING); Murcer reached on a fielder's
choice [Munson scored (error by Roof; assist by Carew)
(unearned) (no RBI), Baker to third, Murcer to second];
TISCHINSKI REPLACED ROOF (PLAYING C ); White was walked
intentionally; Phil Roof left with unknown injury;
SWOBODA BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Swoboda reached on a fielder's
choice [Baker scored, Murcer to third, White to second]; 5 R (4
ER), 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Twins 5, Yankees 6.
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