Led by the hitting of Mickey Rivers, the Angels won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 3-2, but the Twins came back with a homer by Steve Braun and shutout pitching of Jim Kaat to take the second game, 1-0. Rivers doubled in the first inning of the opener and scored on a single by Jim Fregosi. Then, in the third, Rivers singled and stole second. After a pass to Fregosi, Ken McMullen and Tony Gonzalez hit run-scoring singles. Harmon Killebrew homered for the Twins in the fourth and set up their other run with a single in the sixth. California Angels 3, Minnesota Twins 2 (Game 1)Game Played on Monday, September 13, 1971 (Night game) at Anaheim StadiumTwins 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Angels 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 x - 3 8 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tovar lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Alomar ss 3 0 0 0 1 0 .254 Haydel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Rivers cf 4 2 3 0 0 1 .286 Braun 2b,lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .250 Fregosi 1b 1 1 1 1 2 0 .227 Killebrew 1b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .258 McMullen 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .249 Oliva rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .345 Gonzalez lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .248 Cardenas ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Berry lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Brye cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .261 Parker 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .176 Mitterwald c 4 0 0 0 0 3 .251 Repoz rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .187 Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .132 Stephenson c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Hamm p 1 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Torborg c 2 0 1 0 0 0 .204 Renick ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 May p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .161 Luebber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .059 Allen p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .313 Carew ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Totals 33 2 7 1 2 6 Totals 29 3 8 3 6 6 Time of Game: 2:37 Left on Base: Twins 6, Angels 9 DP: Twins 2, Angels 1 Errors: Haydel, Rivers Doubles: Hamm (1), Oliva (30), Rivers (11) Home Runs: Killebrew (24) Stolen Bases: Rivers (12) Sacrifice Hits: Fregosi (5) GIDP: Oliva (19), Gonzalez (10), McMullen (18) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hamm L(2-3) 4 6 3 3 1 2 0 18 6.87 Luebber 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 10 5.31 Haydel 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 8 4.01 Totals 8 8 3 3 6 6 0 36 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA May W(10-11) 6 6 2 2 1 3 1 24 2.88 Allen SV(13) 3 1 0 0 1 3 0 11 2.38 Totals 9 7 2 2 2 6 1 35 Wild Pitches: Luebber (1) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry Napp TWINS 1ST: Tovar lined to pitcher; Braun flied out to left; Killebrew singled to center [Killebrew to second (error by Rivers)]; Oliva grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (second to first); Rivers doubled to right; Fregosi singled to left [Rivers scored]; McMullen singled to center [Fregosi to second]; Gonzalez grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [McMullen out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Angels 1. TWINS 2ND: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Brye grounded out (pitcher to first); Mitterwald struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Angels 1. ANGELS 2ND: Parker struck out; Repoz flied out to left; Stephenson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Angels 1. TWINS 3RD: Soderholm flied out to left; Hamm doubled to right; Tovar flied out to center; Braun struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Angels 1. ANGELS 3RD: May grounded out (shortstop to first); Alomar grounded out (first to pitcher); Rivers singled to right; Rivers stole second; Fregosi walked; McMullen singled to left [Rivers scored, Fregosi to second]; Gonzalez singled to center [Fregosi scored, McMullen to third]; Parker flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Angels 3. TWINS 4TH: Killebrew homered; Oliva struck out; Cardenas flied out to center; Brye singled to left; Mitterwald flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Angels 3. ANGELS 4TH: Repoz flied out to center; Stephenson flied out to left; May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Angels 3. TWINS 5TH: TORBORG REPLACED STEPHENSON (PLAYING C ); Soderholm grounded out (second to first); RENICK BATTED FOR HAMM; Renick grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Angels 3. ANGELS 5TH: LUEBBER REPLACED RENICK (PITCHING); Alomar walked; Rivers singled to right [Alomar to second]; Fregosi out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Alomar to third, Rivers to second]; McMullen reached on a fielder's choice [Alomar out at home (third to catcher to third), Rivers stayed at second]; Luebber threw a wild pitch [Rivers to third, McMullen to second]; Gonzalez was walked intentionally; Parker struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 1, Angels 3. TWINS 6TH: Braun walked; Killebrew singled to left [Braun to third]; Oliva grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Braun scored (no RBI), Killebrew out at second]; Cardenas grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Angels 3. ANGELS 6TH: Repoz struck out; Torborg singled to center; On a bunt May forced Torborg (third to shortstop); Alomar popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Angels 3. TWINS 7TH: Brye singled to left; ALLEN REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Mitterwald struck out; Soderholm walked [Brye to second]; CAREW BATTED FOR LUEBBER; Carew forced Soderholm (third to second) [Brye to third]; Tovar grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Angels 3. ANGELS 7TH: CAREW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); HAYDEL REPLACED TOVAR (PITCHING); BRAUN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Rivers was called out on strikes; Fregosi walked; McMullen grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Fregosi out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Angels 3. TWINS 8TH: Braun grounded out (second to first); Killebrew grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliva doubled to left; Cardenas grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Angels 3. ANGELS 8TH: Gonzalez grounded out (second to first); Parker walked; Parker was picked off first but was safe on an error by Haydel [Parker to second]; Repoz was walked intentionally; Torborg flied out to right; Allen struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Angels 3. TWINS 9TH: BERRY REPLACED GONZALEZ (PLAYING LF); Brye grounded out (first to pitcher); Mitterwald was called out on strikes; Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Angels 3. |
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