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.

Kaat gave up nine hits in the nightcap but was equal to the occasion whenever trouble brewed. Tom Murphy, who started for the Angels, yielded only five hits but was beaten on Braun's homer in the fourth inning. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 3, Minnesota Twins 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Monday, September 13, 1971 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Twins        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.