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Harmon Killebrew, who had been in a slugging slump, hit his first homer since June 22 as the Twins exploded for five runs in the fifth inning to defeat the Red Sox, 6-2. Stan Williams, the winner in relief of Bert Blyleven, walked to start the outburst and Cesar Tovar, Rod Carew and Tony Oliva followed with singles to produce two runs. Killebrew then drove in three runs with the 499th homer of his major league career. [The Sporting News] Minnesota Twins 6, Boston Red Sox 2Game Played on Sunday, July 25, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumRed Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 4 0 Twins 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 x - 6 10 1 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kennedy ss 4 0 1 2 0 1 .312 Tovar lf 4 2 2 0 0 0 .302 Gagliano 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .419 Carew 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .279 Smith cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .283 Oliva rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .363 Conigliaro ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278 Killebrew 3b 4 1 2 4 0 0 .261 Yastrzemski lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Reese 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .195 Petrocelli 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .241 Cardenas ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .286 Scott 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .273 Nettles cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .284 Lahoud rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .254 Mitterwald c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .246 Josephson c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Blyleven p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .093 Montgomery c 1 1 0 0 1 0 .307 Williams p 2 1 0 0 1 2 .000 Tiant p 2 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Brett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Fiore ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .091 Koonce p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Peters ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Totals 32 2 4 2 4 6 Totals 34 6 10 6 2 6 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 16,188 Left on Base: Red Sox 7, Twins 6 DP: Red Sox 0, Twins 0 Errors: Oliva Doubles: Kennedy (7) Home Runs: Killebrew (12) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tiant L(0-4) 4 9 6 6 1 2 1 22 6.05 Brett 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 7 3.63 Koonce 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 5.51 Totals 8 10 6 6 2 6 1 36 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 14 3.30 Williams W(3-4) 6 2 2 2 2 4 0 22 3.61 Totals 9 4 2 2 4 6 0 36 Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry Napp RED SOX 1ST: Kennedy grounded out (shortstop to first); Gagliano struck out; Smith walked; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled to center; Carew lined to center; Oliva flied out to center; Killebrew grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0. RED SOX 2ND: Petrocelli grounded out (third to first); Scott was called out on strikes; Lahoud walked; Josephson made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Reese flied out to left; Cardenas singled to center; Nettles grounded out (third to first) [Cardenas to second]; Mitterwald grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0. RED SOX 3RD: Tiant flied out to left; Kennedy reached on an error by Oliva [Kennedy to third]; Gagliano grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Blyleven singled to center; Tovar forced Blyleven (third to second); Carew singled to right [Tovar to third]; Oliva flied out to left; Killebrew singled to left [Tovar scored, Carew to second]; Reese struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 1. RED SOX 4TH: Yastrzemski singled to left; Petrocelli singled to center [Yastrzemski to third]; WILLIAMS REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Scott struck out; Lahoud was called out on strikes; Josephson made an out to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 1. TWINS 4TH: Cardenas grounded out (third to first); Nettles flied out to center; Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 1. RED SOX 5TH: Tiant grounded out (shortstop to first); Kennedy struck out; Gagliano lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 1. TWINS 5TH: MONTGOMERY REPLACED JOSEPHSON (PLAYING C ); Williams walked; On a bunt Tovar singled to third [Williams to second]; Carew singled to right [Williams scored, Tovar to second]; Oliva singled to right [Tovar scored, Carew to third]; Killebrew homered [Carew scored, Oliva scored]; BRETT REPLACED TIANT (PITCHING); Reese grounded out (first unassisted); Cardenas singled to left; Nettles forced Cardenas (first to shortstop); Mitterwald struck out; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 6. RED SOX 6TH: Smith flied out to left; Yastrzemski struck out; Petrocelli flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 6. TWINS 6TH: Williams struck out; Tovar made an out to second; Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 0, Twins 6. RED SOX 7TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); Lahoud singled to left; Montgomery walked [Lahoud to second]; FIORE BATTED FOR BRETT; Fiore flied out to right; Kennedy doubled to right [Lahoud scored, Montgomery scored]; Gagliano walked; CONIGLIARO BATTED FOR SMITH; Conigliaro flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 2, Twins 6. TWINS 7TH: CONIGLIARO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); KOONCE REPLACED FIORE (PITCHING); Oliva grounded out (third to first); Killebrew grounded out (third to first); Reese flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Twins 6. RED SOX 8TH: Yastrzemski made an out to first; Petrocelli popped to shortstop in foul territory; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Twins 6. TWINS 8TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles walked; Mitterwald popped to catcher in foul territory; Williams struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 2, Twins 6. RED SOX 9TH: Lahoud flied out to center; Montgomery flied out to left; PETERS BATTED FOR KOONCE; Peters flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 2, Twins 6. |
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