Bobby Darwin drove in four runs with a sacrifice fly and his sixth homer of the season to provide the principal support for Bert Blyleven, who pitched the Twins to a 7-0 victory over the Brewers. [The Sporting News]



Minnesota Twins 7, Milwaukee Brewers 0
Game Played on Wednesday, May       3, 1972 (Night game) at County Stadium
Twins        0  0  2    0  1  0    0  4  0  -   7 10  1
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar rf              4   1   0   0     1   1   .250      May cf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .122
Thompson ss           5   1   3   0     0   0   .340      Theobald 2b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .208
Carew 2b              3   2   2   0     2   0   .255      Scott 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .093
Killebrew 1b          3   0   2   2     0   1   .286      Briggs 1b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .200
  Reese pr,1b         1   1   0   0     0   0   .250      Lahoud lf             3   0   0   0     1   3   .290
Darwin cf             3   1   1   4     0   1   .432      Conigliaro rf         3   0   0   0     0   3   .156
Braun 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .481        Linzy p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brye lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Porter c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .083
Roof c                3   0   1   1     0   1   .158      Auerbach ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .075
Blyleven p            4   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Slaton p              1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Voss ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .222
                                                            Colborn p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Davis rf            1   0   1   0     0   0   .333

Totals               34   7  10   7     3   4             Totals               30   0   4   0     1  10

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance:  3,833
Left on Base: Twins 6, Brewers 5
DP: Twins 1, Brewers 0
Errors: Carew, Lahoud
Doubles: Braun (3), May (1)
Home Runs: Darwin (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Theobald (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Darwin (1), Killebrew (1), Roof (1)
GIDP: Theobald (2)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven W(4-0)         9     4   0   0   1  10   0  32   2.33
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1  10   0  32

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Slaton L(1-3)           5     5   3   2   3   3   0  23   3.60
Colborn                 2     4   4   3   0   1   1  10   4.32
Linzy                   2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   0.00
Totals                  9    10   7   5   3   4   1  40

Passed Balls: Porter (2)
Wild Pitches: Blyleven (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Red Flaherty, 3B - Bill Haller


TWINS 1ST: Tovar grounded out (pitcher to first); Thompson
singled to center; Carew walked [Thompson to second]; Killebrew
struck out; Darwin forced Carew (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: May doubled to center; Theobald out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [May to third]; Scott lined to shortstop;
Briggs struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 2ND: Braun grounded out (second to first); Brye grounded
out (pitcher to first); Roof singled to center; Blyleven flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lahoud struck out; Conigliaro struck out; Porter
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Brewers 0.

TWINS 3RD: Tovar walked; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Tovar to second]; Carew walked; Killebrew singled to
left [Tovar scored, Carew to third (error by Lahoud)]; Darwin
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Carew scored (unearned)]; Braun
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Auerbach made an out to shortstop; Slaton grounded
out (shortstop to first); May popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Brewers 0.

TWINS 4TH: Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Roof was
called out on strikes; Blyleven grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Theobald singled to center; Scott flied out to
right; Briggs forced Theobald (second to shortstop); Blyleven
threw a wild pitch [Briggs to second]; Lahoud walked; Conigliaro
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 2, Brewers 0.

TWINS 5TH: Tovar flied out to left; Thompson singled to right;
Carew singled to center [Thompson to third]; Killebrew hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Thompson scored]; Darwin struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Porter struck out; Auerbach popped to first in foul
territory; VOSS BATTED FOR SLATON; Voss singled to left; May
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 0.

TWINS 6TH: COLBORN REPLACED VOSS (PITCHING); Braun made an out
to first; Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Roof popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers
0.

BREWERS 6TH: Theobald made an out to shortstop; Scott made an
out to shortstop; Briggs flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 3, Brewers 0.

TWINS 7TH: Blyleven grounded out (pitcher to first); Tovar
struck out; Thompson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Lahoud was called out on strikes; Conigliaro was
called out on strikes; Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Brewers 0.

TWINS 8TH: Carew singled to left; Killebrew singled to center
[Carew to third]; REESE RAN FOR KILLEBREW; Darwin homered [Carew
scored, Reese scored]; Braun doubled to left; LINZY REPLACED
CONIGLIARO (PITCHING); DAVIS REPLACED COLBORN (PLAYING RF);
Porter allowed a passed ball [Braun to third]; Brye grounded out
(pitcher to first); Roof hit a sacrifice fly to shortstop [Braun
scored (unearned)]; Blyleven grounded out (pitcher to first); 4
R (3 ER), 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 8TH: REESE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Auerbach popped
to catcher in foul territory; Davis singled to center; May
reached on an error by Carew [Davis to second]; Theobald
grounded into a double play (third to first) [Davis out at
third]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Brewers 0.

TWINS 9TH: Tovar grounded out (pitcher to first); Thompson
singled to left; Carew grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Thompson to second]; Reese grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 9TH: Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); Briggs
struck out; Lahoud struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 7,
Brewers 0.