The Twins rallied to tie the score at 1-1 in the seventh inning and at 2-2 in the eighth before Harmon Killebrew singled in the ninth and Tony Oliva homered to beat the Senators, 4-2. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 4, Washington Senators 2
Game Played on Tuesday, July      27, 1971 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Senators     0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  0  -   2  7  1
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  1  2  -   4  8  0


Senators             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf,rf           4   0   2   0     1   0   .280      Tovar lf,cf           4   1   0   0     1   0   .299
Randle 2b             4   0   1   0     1   1   .252      Carew 2b              4   0   0   1     0   1   .273
Mincher 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .302      Killebrew 3b,1b       2   1   1   0     3   0   .260
  Harrah ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .230      Oliva rf              5   1   2   2     0   0   .359
Howard lf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .307      Cardenas ss           1   1   0   0     3   0   .284
  Maddox cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .173      Reese 1b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .203
Biittner rf,lf        2   1   0   0     2   0   .268        Thomas ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .179
Billings c            4   0   3   1     0   0   .257        Braun pr,3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Nelson 3b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .294      Mitterwald c          4   0   1   0     0   2   .250
Cullen ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Nettles cf            2   0   1   0     1   0   .278
  Allen ph            0   0   0   1     1   0   .252        Alyea ph,lf         0   0   0   0     1   0   .196
  Pina p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Luebber p             2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Thompson ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Shellenback p         3   0   0   0     0   1   .120        Williams p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McCraw ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .225        Corbin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .231
                                                            Roof ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .194
                                                            Haydel p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   7   2     8   3             Totals               30   4   8   4     9   3

Time of Game: 2:52   Attendance:  7,939
Left on Base: Senators 10, Twins 12
DP: Senators 1, Twins 2
Errors: Shellenback
Doubles: Billings (7), Oliva (17), Nettles (2), Reese (3), Mitterwald (8)
Home Runs: Oliva (19)
Stolen Bases: Cardenas (2)
Caught Stealing: Billings (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Cullen (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Carew (3)
GIDP: Mincher (6), Nelson (2), Roof (6)


Senators               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Shellenback             7     4   1   0   6   3   0  31   3.17
Pina                    0     0   1   1   1   0   0   1   3.27
Lindblad L(5-2)         1     4   2   2   2   0   1   8   2.61
Totals                  8     8   4   3   9   3   1  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Luebber                 7     6   1   1   5   3   0  29   5.76
Williams                0.2   1   1   1   3   0   0   6   3.71
Corbin                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.16
Haydel W(1-1)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   7.36
Totals                  9     7   2   2   8   3   0  39

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


SENATORS 1ST: Unser flied out to left; Randle walked; Mincher
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Randle out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 0, Twins
0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (third to first); Carew grounded
out (second to first); Killebrew walked; Oliva grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Twins 0.

SENATORS 2ND: Howard walked; Biittner flied out to center;
Billings singled to left [Howard to second]; Nelson grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Billings out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Cardenas walked; Reese flied out to center;
Mitterwald struck out; Nettles walked [Cardenas to second];
Luebber forced Nettles (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Senators 0, Twins 0.

SENATORS 3RD: Cullen popped to third; Shellenback flied out to
left; Unser singled to center; Randle grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 0, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar popped to first in foul territory; Carew struck
out; Killebrew walked; Oliva doubled to left [Killebrew to
third]; Cardenas was walked intentionally; Reese forced Cardenas
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Senators 0, Twins
0.

SENATORS 4TH: Mincher struck out; Howard grounded out (shortstop
to first); Biittner walked; Billings doubled to left [Biittner
scored]; Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Senators 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles
doubled to left; Luebber grounded out (shortstop to first);
Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Senators 1, Twins 0.

SENATORS 5TH: Cullen flied out to left; Shellenback grounded out
(third to first); Unser singled to right; Randle singled to
right [Unser to third]; Mincher forced Randle (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Killebrew
grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 1, Twins 0.

SENATORS 6TH: Howard popped to shortstop; Biittner grounded out
(first unassisted); Billings singled to third; Billings was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Senators 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Reese
doubled; Mitterwald struck out; Nettles flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 1, Twins 0.

SENATORS 7TH: Nelson walked; Cullen out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Nelson to second]; Shellenback was called out
on strikes; Unser was walked intentionally; Randle struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Senators 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: THOMPSON BATTED FOR LUEBBER; Thompson singled to
right; Tovar forced Thompson (shortstop to second); Tovar was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Shellenback [Tovar
to third]; Carew hit a sacrifice fly to center [Tovar scored
(unearned)]; Killebrew walked; Oliva popped to second; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Senators 1, Twins 1.

SENATORS 8TH: WILLIAMS REPLACED THOMPSON (PITCHING); Mincher
flied out to left; Howard singled to center; Biittner walked
[Howard to second]; Billings flied out to center; Nelson walked
[Howard to third, Biittner to second]; ALLEN BATTED FOR CULLEN;
Allen walked [Howard scored, Biittner to third, Nelson to
second]; MCCRAW BATTED FOR SHELLENBACK; CORBIN REPLACED WILLIAMS
(PITCHING); McCraw grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Senators 2, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: PINA REPLACED ALLEN (PITCHING); MCCRAW STAYED IN GAME
(PLAYING 1B); HARRAH REPLACED MINCHER (PLAYING SS); MADDOX
REPLACED HOWARD (PLAYING CF); BIITTNER CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING LF); UNSER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Cardenas
walked; LINDBLAD REPLACED PINA (PITCHING); THOMAS BATTED FOR
REESE; Cardenas stole second; Thomas singled to right [Cardenas
scored]; BRAUN RAN FOR THOMAS; Mitterwald doubled to left [Braun
to third]; ALYEA BATTED FOR NETTLES; Alyea was walked
intentionally; ROOF BATTED FOR CORBIN; Roof grounded into a
double play (shortstop to catcher to first) [Mitterwald to
third, Alyea to second, Braun out at home]; Tovar was walked
intentionally; Carew grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Senators 2, Twins 2.

SENATORS 9TH: HAYDEL REPLACED ROOF (PITCHING); ALYEA STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); KILLEBREW
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); TOVAR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); Unser popped to shortstop; Randle grounded out (third to
first); Harrah flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Senators 2, Twins 2.

TWINS 9TH: Killebrew singled to left; Oliva homered [Killebrew
scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Senators 2, Twins 4.