The Twins scored two runs in each of the first three innings and defeated the Athletics, 7-3. Singles by Cesar Tovar, Rod Carew and Tony Oliva, plus a wild pitch, produced a pair in the first.

Singles by Phil Roof, Tovar and Carew, together with an error, added two in the second. Steve Braun singled in the third, stole second and scored on a single by Steve Brye, who subsequently crossed the plate himself on two errors. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Sunday, September 5, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
A's          0  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3 11  3
Twins        2  2  2    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   7 15  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Campaneris ss         5   1   1   0     0   2   .257      Tovar cf,rf           4   2   3   0     0   0   .301
Hendrick lf           3   0   1   1     2   0   .263      Carew 2b              5   1   4   2     0   0   .303
Jackson rf            5   0   2   1     0   2   .277      Oliva rf              5   0   2   2     0   0   .345
Epstein 1b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .247        Nettles pr,cf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .230
Mangual cf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .311      Killebrew 1b          5   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Duncan c              4   0   1   0     0   2   .256      Braun ss              4   1   2   0     0   0   .258
Anderson 3b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .444      Brye lf               4   1   1   1     0   1   .313
Green 2b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .247      Soderholm 3b          4   0   0   0     0   2   .182
Odom p                1   0   0   0     0   1   .170      Roof c                4   1   1   0     0   0   .214
  Klimkowski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Blyleven p            3   1   2   1     0   0   .145
  Garrett ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .200
  Locker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Monday ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .235
  Grant p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
  Hegan ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .224

Totals               37   3  11   2     3  11             Totals               38   7  15   6     0   3

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance: 16,388
Left on Base: A's 10, Twins 9
DP: A's 0, Twins 1
Errors: Epstein, Anderson, Green, Soderholm
Doubles: Anderson (1)
Stolen Bases: Braun (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Blyleven (7), Tovar (11)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Odom L(10-10)           2     8   6   4   0   2   0  15   3.62
Klimkowski              1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.24
Locker                  2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.93
Grant                   3     5   1   1   0   1   0  14   3.49
Totals                  8    15   7   5   0   3   0  40

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(12-15)       9    11   3   2   3  11   0  40   3.04
Totals                  9    11   3   2   3  11   0  40

Wild Pitches: Odom (5)
Balks: Blyleven (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry Napp


ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris was called out on strikes; Hendrick
walked; Hendrick was out trying to advance to second (catcher to
shortstop); Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Tovar singled; Carew singled [Tovar to second]; Oliva
singled to center [Tovar scored, Carew to third]; Odom threw a
wild pitch [Carew scored, Oliva to second]; Killebrew flied out
to center; Braun flied out to left; Brye struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Epstein grounded out (second to first); Mangual
was called out on strikes; Duncan grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 2.

TWINS 2ND: Soderholm struck out; Roof singled to right; Blyleven
reached on an error by Green on a sacrifice bunt [Roof to
second, Blyleven to first]; Tovar singled to right [Roof to
third, Blyleven to second]; Carew singled to center [Roof
scored, Blyleven scored (unearned), Tovar to second]; Oliva
grounded out (first unassisted) [Tovar to third, Carew to
second]; Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1
ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, Twins 4.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Anderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Green
singled to center; Odom struck out; Campaneris singled to right
[Green to third]; Hendrick singled to center [Green scored,
Campaneris to second]; Jackson singled to left [Campaneris
scored, Hendrick to second]; Epstein was called out on strikes;
2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Twins 4.

TWINS 3RD: Braun singled to right; Braun stole second; Brye
singled to center [Braun scored]; KLIMKOWSKI REPLACED ODOM
(PITCHING); Soderholm lined to third [Brye to second (error by
Anderson)]; Roof flied out to center [Brye to third]; Blyleven
singled to second [Brye scored (unearned)]; Tovar grounded out
(second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2,
Twins 6.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Mangual reached on an error by Soderholm [Mangual
to first]; Duncan struck out; Anderson doubled to right [Mangual
to third]; Blyleven balked [Mangual scored (unearned), Anderson
to third]; Green struck out; GARRETT BATTED FOR KLIMKOWSKI;
Garrett walked; Campaneris flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 6.

TWINS 4TH: LOCKER REPLACED GARRETT (PITCHING); Carew grounded
out (shortstop to first); Oliva grounded out (second to first);
Killebrew flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Twins 6.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Jackson
was called out on strikes; Epstein grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 6.

TWINS 5TH: Braun singled to left; Brye forced Braun (third to
second); Soderholm forced Brye (third to second); Roof grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins
6.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Mangual singled to center; Duncan struck out;
Anderson singled to center [Mangual to second]; Green was called
out on strikes; MONDAY BATTED FOR LOCKER; Monday flied out to
left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 6.

TWINS 6TH: GRANT REPLACED MONDAY (PITCHING); Blyleven singled to
center; Tovar reached on an error by Epstein on a sacrifice bunt
[Blyleven to second, Tovar to first]; Blyleven was picked off
second (pitcher to second); Carew singled to left [Tovar to
third]; Oliva flied out to right; Killebrew lined to left; 0 R,
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 6.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Campaneris struck out; Hendrick walked; Jackson
made an out to second; Epstein singled to shortstop [Hendrick to
second]; Mangual forced Epstein (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 6.

TWINS 7TH: Braun grounded out (shortstop to first); Brye
grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 6.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Duncan singled to third; Anderson grounded out
(first unassisted) [Duncan to second]; Green lined into a double
play (second to shortstop) [Duncan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 6.

TWINS 8TH: Roof flied out to right; Blyleven grounded out (third
to first); Tovar singled to right; Carew singled to center
[Tovar to third]; Oliva singled to center [Tovar scored, Carew
to third]; NETTLES RAN FOR OLIVA; Killebrew lined to left; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 7.

ATHLETICS 9TH: NETTLES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); TOVAR
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HEGAN BATTED FOR GRANT; Hegan
singled to center; Campaneris forced Hegan (shortstop to
second); Hendrick flied out to left; Jackson singled to third
[Campaneris to second]; Epstein flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Twins 7.