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Andy Messersmith became the third 20-game winner in Angels' history by defeating the Twins, 6-2. Previous club members in the charmed circle were Dean Chance in 1964 and Clyde Wright in 1970. Sandy Alomar led the Angels' attack in support of Messersmith with a homer, double and single. [The Sporting News] California Angels 6, Minnesota Twins 2Game Played on Tuesday, September 28, 1971 (Day game) at Metropolitan StadiumAngels 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 - 6 12 2
Twins 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 9 0
Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Alomar ss 4 3 3 2 1 1 .257 Tovar rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .310
Berry cf 5 1 2 0 0 2 .225 Braun 3b 3 0 1 0 2 1 .254
Fregosi 1b 5 0 1 1 0 2 .227 Killebrew 1b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .255
McMullen 3b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .251 Carew 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .307
Cowan lf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .281 Cardenas ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 .265
Rivers ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Brye lf 3 1 3 1 1 0 .230
Parker 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .238 Nettles cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .250
T. Reynolds rf,lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .193 Mitterwald c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .250
Torborg c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .212 Hall p 2 0 1 0 0 1 .265
Messersmith p 3 0 0 0 0 2 .172 Reese ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .216
Haydel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
Gebhard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Holt ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .259
Totals 35 6 12 6 2 9 Totals 35 2 9 2 5 7
Time of Game: 2:24 Attendance: 3,353
Left on Base: Angels 6, Twins 12
DP: Angels 1, Twins 0
Errors: McMullen, Rivers
Doubles: T. Reynolds (3), Alomar (23), Berry (17)
Home Runs: Alomar (4), Brye (3)
Stolen Bases: Tovar (18)
Caught Stealing: Parker (1)
Sacrifice Hits: T. Reynolds (2), Messersmith (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Killebrew (10)
GIDP: Mitterwald (9)
Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Messersmith W(20-13) 9 9 2 1 5 7 1 41 2.99
Totals 9 9 2 1 5 7 1 41
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hall L(4-7) 7 6 3 3 1 7 1 27 3.33
Haydel 1.2 5 3 3 1 1 0 10 4.28
Gebhard 0.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 3.00
Totals 9 12 6 6 2 9 1 39
Passed Balls: Torborg (5)
Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Ron Luciano
ANGELS 1ST: Alomar homered; Berry was called out on strikes;
Fregosi was called out on strikes; McMullen singled to left;
Cowan struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun was
called out on strikes; Killebrew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0.
ANGELS 2ND: Parker flied out to center; T. Reynolds doubled to
left; Torborg popped to shortstop; Messersmith grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Twins 0.
TWINS 2ND: Carew singled to center; Cardenas popped to
shortstop; Brye singled to right [Carew to third (error by
McMullen; assist by T. Reynolds)]; Nettles walked [Brye to
second]; Mitterwald grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Nettles out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels
1, Twins 0.
ANGELS 3RD: Alomar doubled to left; Berry grounded out (second
to first) [Alomar to third]; Fregosi grounded out (first
unassisted) [Alomar scored]; McMullen flied out to right; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 3RD: Hall struck out; Tovar singled to left; Braun
grounded out (second to first) [Tovar to second]; Killebrew
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels
2, Twins 0.
ANGELS 4TH: Cowan singled to third; Parker forced Cowan (third
to second); Parker was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); T. Reynolds flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Angels 2, Twins 0.
TWINS 4TH: Carew grounded out (pitcher to first); Cardenas flied
out to center; Brye homered; Nettles grounded out (pitcher to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 1.
ANGELS 5TH: Torborg grounded out (third to first); Messersmith
struck out; Alomar struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 1.
TWINS 5TH: Mitterwald grounded out (shortstop to first); Hall
singled to right; Tovar forced Hall (second to shortstop); Tovar
stole second; Braun walked; Killebrew forced Tovar (third
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Twins 1.
ANGELS 6TH: Berry doubled to left; Fregosi grounded out (third
to first) [Berry to third]; McMullen was walked intentionally;
Cowan forced McMullen (shortstop to second) [Berry scored];
Parker struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 1.
TWINS 6TH: Carew grounded out (first unassisted); Cardenas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brye walked; Nettles flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 1.
ANGELS 7TH: T. Reynolds grounded out (shortstop to first);
Torborg popped to first; Messersmith struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 1.
TWINS 7TH: Mitterwald walked; REESE BATTED FOR HALL; Reese flied
out to right; Tovar was called out on strikes; Braun walked
[Mitterwald to second]; Killebrew popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, Twins 1.
ANGELS 8TH: HAYDEL REPLACED REESE (PITCHING); Alomar walked;
Berry struck out; Fregosi singled to left [Alomar to second];
McMullen singled to center [Alomar scored, Fregosi out at third
(center to third)]; RIVERS BATTED FOR COWAN; Rivers grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Twins 1.
TWINS 8TH: RIVERS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); T. REYNOLDS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Carew struck out; Cardenas was
called out on strikes; Brye singled to left; Nettles singled to
left [Brye to second]; Torborg allowed a passed ball [Brye to
third, Nettles to second]; Mitterwald popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 4, Twins 1.
ANGELS 9TH: Parker singled to right; T. Reynolds out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Parker to second]; Torborg
singled to left [Parker scored]; Messersmith out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Torborg to second]; Alomar singled to
center [Torborg scored]; GEBHARD REPLACED HAYDEL (PITCHING);
Berry singled to left [Alomar to second]; Fregosi was called out
on strikes; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 6, Twins 1.
TWINS 9TH: HOLT BATTED FOR GEBHARD; Holt singled to pitcher;
Tovar reached on an error by Rivers [Holt to second, Tovar to
first]; Braun singled to left [Holt to third, Tovar to second];
Killebrew hit a sacrifice fly to left [Holt scored (unearned)];
Carew struck out; Cardenas flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H,
1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 6, Twins 2.
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